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mindlor

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  1. Dear Boss

    mindlor posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you think that a cavelier, punitive attitude is a good thing? Do you think the constant short staffing goes un-noticed? Do you wonder why there is a mass exodus of long term, great employees? To...

  2. Can employer change job description and demands?

    mindlor replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    In a right to work state your employer can do as they please. However, you also have the option to let them know how you feel about it by voting with your feet...and walking out the front

  3. So I get a call from the lab.....

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    Your pt has a critical high potassium of 4.8.....seriously? Then in the same sentence....your other pt is set for dialysis....tell the dialysis nurse to stop.....their creatinine is 4.1 and dialysis...

  4. People calling out for the holidays

    mindlor replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Where I work.....all we are, are human resources. They care not on iota about us as individuals. They would have no issue with working us to death, spitting on our graves, hiring new human resources...

  5. never been screamed at like this before :(

    mindlor replied to mmc51264's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Gotta set limits.... My nasty patients get seen last, get their pain meds last and get their call lights answered last.... They quickly learn the result of being a jerk.... I dont tolerate it........

  6. ANA application question

    mindlor replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    I joined right after I became an RN....I wont be renewing..... I feel like i got nada in exchange for a LOT of

  7. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    mindlor replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    First to the OP....I am 99.99 percent certain that corners are being cut in your facility....you just dont know it. Myself? I cut corners each and every shift. I have to. No on has died yet, thank...

  8. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    mindlor replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My boss said, Here sign this, I am writing you up. BTW, can you do me a favor and pick up an extra shift tommorrow.......

  9. Do you think psychiatric care is inadequate in the US?

    mindlor replied to MusicEMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the body of evidence speaks for itself.....or should I say

  10. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    mindlor replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    any chance of getting rid of the MA and hiring a nurse?

  11. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    mindlor replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    What my place does is they dig a little on each of us and find a reason to write us up. Then all of us get a nice little sumthin sumthin in our personel file for the holidays. I find it really puts...

  12. Win CASH! Christmas Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    mindlor replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    All I want for Christmas is a New Elf Care

  13. Tampa, FL Hospitals: HELP!

    mindlor replied to rachel3332's topic in Florida Nursing

    Baycare is the best system in the area..... baycare.org I believe......is the

  14. Asked to get Consent

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my place we are constantly ordered to get consent for procedures that we are not going to perform. Typically when I ask the pt if they have spoken to the provider and have had all their questions...

  15. Heads Up: Only Hiring Nursing Grads from NLNAC or CCNE Accredited Programs

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    My GF just graduated from a private nursing school. *ITT*. They have a decent enough program but they are not yet NLNAC accredited. She has worked as a tech at a major hospital in my area for 2.5...

  16. So I get a call from the lab.....

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA and to lori.....do you think K+ of 4.8 is high? Do you think creatinine of 4.1 is a contraindication for dialysis? I dont have time to waster on stupid phone

  17. What to do about refusing Dr. orders?

    mindlor replied to nancynurse0828's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail right on the head friend....they are true leaders in every sense of the word....I love all of them dearly and so do their

  18. masters degrees without ever working at the bedside?!

    mindlor replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I was in the direct enty program at Columbia University in NYC. Their position is that being an ARNP had absolutely nothing to do with being a bedside nurse. To make a long story short....I left the...

  19. Think Twice Before Becoming a "NURSE"

    mindlor replied to mcrutRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am told by my pts and their families that I am making a positive difference in the life/lives..... Everything else is noise..... I love being a

  20. What to do about refusing Dr. orders?

    mindlor replied to nancynurse0828's topic in General Nursing

    30 mg dilaudid would have probably killed that pt. You saved their life. well done. Just today a pt had last the previous day and K+ was 7. Yes....I said 7 lol. They had gotten kayexelate the...

  21. called in sick, nurse manager calling back (inappropriate tactics?)

    mindlor replied to jbaggins's topic in General Nursing

    I always get called in on my days off. I always say no, unless it is to work overtime and it includes a bonus. They hate paying the bonus but will do so when desperate.... Anyway, I asked my NM...

  22. Holiday Gifts for PCT's

    mindlor replied to PinkNBlue's topic in General Nursing

    They are compensated for their work. Not much mind you, but that is not my fault. No one is ging to get me anything for doing my job...... Anyway, giving gifts at work = tricky because someone will...

  23. PT Pulls out their NG tube...boss says I need to fill out an event report?

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? I read all the definitions....near miss all the way to sentinel event. None of them fit. This seems silly to

  24. First Year Almost Over, No Magical "Ah ha" Moment Yet

    mindlor replied to babysteps25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As to time nanagement. People talk a lot about this. The bottomline is that while I am hanging an IV I CANNOT do anything else. I can do one thing at a time period. Again its the little things. If...

  25. First Year Almost Over, No Magical "Ah ha" Moment Yet

    mindlor replied to babysteps25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I dunno...I am 5 months in. I am learning to spot when pts are going bad. I know to hold Kayexelate if K+ is 4.3. I know to hold NS bolus if Na is 145 :) Its a clinical judgement thing. However, I...