Teacher Sue

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  1. What NOT to say during an interview

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I will usually tell someone who has made an error like this in an interview why they did not get the position. In this case, I will call her in a day or two and let her know. I might have HR do it...

  2. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Teacher Sue replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a really, really important question, but I need to give you some background first. I have an IQ of 180. I am considered a genius by most people. I am also very beautiful. I have been compared...

  3. Awkwardness....what to do?

    Teacher Sue replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this is not what you want to hear, but you need to make and keep a follow up appointment. There could be problems that you are unaware of that caused the miscarriage, or even retained tissue....

  4. Does anyone have a GOOD manager

    Teacher Sue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading some of the recent posts about rude and unprofessional Nurse Managers. As a manager myself, I am appalled at some of the behaviors described here. I have been an RN for over 20...

  5. Wrongful termination? Age discrimination?

    Teacher Sue replied to TomCCRN1991's topic in General Nursing

    Taking legal action will probably only cost you time and stress. You can be assured that before you were terminated, your manager had plenty of documentation to support her position. She undoubtedly...

  6. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    Teacher Sue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

  7. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    Teacher Sue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually find the entire tone of your post quite disturbing. As a hospice nurse, you should be there to help the family through the process as well as the patient, not to criticize them for acting...

  8. Forced to leave job-can I take legal action?

    Teacher Sue replied to wilbur1's topic in General Nursing

    You can see an attorney and try to take legal action, but it would probably not do you any good. If this was an ongoing situation with management, you can be sure there is documentation and supporting...

  9. Difficulty finding a job

    Teacher Sue replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to imply that you were only trying to find a job to get maternity leave. If my post came across that way, I am truly sorry. I simply meant to suggest that you might be better off trying...

  10. Difficulty finding a job

    Teacher Sue replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    I would not look for a job at this point if I were you. At seven months pregnant, you would probably not even be able to complete an orientation before you need to take your maternity leave. And when...

  11. Bordeline illegal interviewing process hospitals are getting away with n this economy

    Teacher Sue replied to NEWGRADNURSE75's topic in General Nursing

    Two years ago, I did not have enough applicants to fill all of my available positions. This year I interviewed six candidates for one opening. Two of these I knew five minutes into the interview I did...

  12. Interview Blunders

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    I want to hear the truth, but not with a negative attitude. Something like "I want to move forward in my career, perhaps into a specialty like ICU. I think it is important to have a solid med-surg...

  13. Interview Blunders

    Teacher Sue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading some of the threads by people who are wondering why they did not get a job they interviewed for. I have done a lot of interviews over the last three years as a manager, and I will...

  14. Interview Blunders

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    Another one: Don't tell the manager that you are only applying for her unit because you can't get into the unit you really want. Or that you are applying just to get your year of med-surg so you can...

  15. Wrongful Suspension

    Teacher Sue replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    As a manager, I can tell you that I probably would have taken some kind of disciplinary action had this occurred on my unit. However, I would have spoken with everyone involved before I made a...

  16. Nurses grossed out by spit/mucus

    Teacher Sue replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    How can you tell a nurse from a respiratory therapist? Stand them both in stool up to their chests, and throw sputum at them. The one that ducks is the

  17. What are your methods for keeping your cool at work?

    Teacher Sue replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    This may not be popular advice, but here goes. Have you ever thought about examining your own behavior? Perhaps you are doing something that brings on this treatment. Or maybe you are being overly...

  18. Returning to Acute Care

    Teacher Sue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have decided that when the current semester is over, I am leaving my teaching position and returning to acute care. I have had my resignation letter written for some time, and turned it in on...

  19. Returning to Acute Care

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    Everything I have done has been part of my professional growth. I started as a staff nurse in med-surg, went to the ED, then ICU, then shift supervisor, staff development, and Unit Director in ICU...

  20. Returning to Acute Care

    Teacher Sue replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    I have never been "away" from the bedside. I have been teaching for only one year, but I continued to work per diem in my old unit as staff in order to keep my skills

  21. Rude Cna To Nurses

    Teacher Sue replied to inna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First of all, I would not respond to her with insults and sarcasm. That will only escalate the situation. It seems like she is trying to elicit a response like this from you. She is probably enjoying...

  22. Elderly fall then bleed???

    Teacher Sue replied to JellyBean1's topic in General Nursing

    The patient wasn't autopsied? In my state, the coroner would have been notified of the patient's death, and an autopsy would have been ordered. I once had a very similar situation to this one, and the...

  23. Ready to leave supervising

    Teacher Sue replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, Canoe, and I do sympathize with you. House supervisor is one of the least rewarding jobs. Like you, I enjoyed being a resource person, and helping out on the floors, but it never seemed to...

  24. Telephone orders...read back and verified...

    Teacher Sue replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in acute care,we did RBV too. And we did have one doc who would deny that he gave orders. We would just have another RN on the line, and both signed the verbal

  25. Tension in the workplace

    Teacher Sue replied to acuteobrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's very difficult to form an opinion from a single post, and from only one person's perceptions, but here goes. First of all, it sounds as if this person has an emotional problem or personality...