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    What motivates you to go to work every day?

    Vespertinas replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Not working is not for me. I recently had 1.5 months at home in between jobs and I nearly went crazy. Going off to work sometimes keeps me from arguing with my husband, spending too much money, or...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, I don't even believe in my own suggestion because I encountered the same difficulties with the discharge nurse thing. How can you discharge a patient whom you know nothing about? The...
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    Fired for giving Med late

    Vespertinas replied to Beaubou's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to answer this but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's NYU and not Mount Sinai if we're talking about
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    Fired for giving Med late

    Vespertinas replied to Beaubou's topic in General Nursing

    meant to say, "at the *risk* of sounding argumentative." In today's environment, she would just as easily get in trouble for doing it the other way around. I'm afraid the takeaway lesson here may be...
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    Fired for giving Med late

    Vespertinas replied to Beaubou's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to describe your situation without sounding defensive. I think it's important that this situation is documented in your words. You also shouldn't pursue your case at the expense of...
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    Medication shortages?

    Vespertinas replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    Last year we were short on furosemide (Lasix). Had to quickly learn the equivalent doses for bumetanide (Bumex). Then we were short on acetylcysteine (Mucomyst)... so instead of getting the whole...
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    If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    Vespertinas replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    A girl I know who has been an RN for a long time and used to work in the Philippines said that they had a few sets of their own gloves and every morning would blow them up to check for holes. If it...
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    If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    Vespertinas replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    So everyone who is performing a job duty which is both important to public safety and also puts their lives at risk is NOT professional and IS stupid? Nuclear power plant workers Firemen Police...
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    Is it something in the water? Inappropriate/rude patients.

    Vespertinas replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that's a good
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    "Listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor"

    Vespertinas replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're all making me miss my first job. Everyplace I've worked has just progressively gotten worse as far as MD/RN interaction. Now I'm in a hospital where I am starting to see how some doctors have...
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    Can stupid people pass nursing school?

    Vespertinas replied to countrygirl1234's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ...I thought this was a
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    Coding

    Vespertinas replied to RNDude100's topic in Cardiac

    You will be amazed at how much of a difference a good team leader can make. A frazzled team leader will make everything seem chaotic and you may have trouble following what's going on. When you are...
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    Standard practice for arterial line pulls

    Vespertinas replied to butofcourse's topic in Cardiac

    one observed pull and you're good to go. it's not brain surgery And if you're really trying to thoroughly assess "competence" then maybe key points could be covered in a formal or informal written...
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    Is it something in the water? Inappropriate/rude patients.

    Vespertinas replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's very frustrating. As if you don't already have enough stressors at your job. Lately I've had a run of patients who act out and it bothers me for a moment but when I return, they apologize. That...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.vha.com/AboutVHA/PublicPolicy/Documents/SummaryOfHospitalValue.pdf
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I hear people repeating this and it was starting to drive me crazy not knowing for sure what's gong on so..I answered my own question and I am surprised to find out that while I was taught that HCAHPS...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know whether to laugh or
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    Vespertinas replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's where I disagree. The pre-reqs are the same in name but, in my opinion, not in style. I don't think that what separates ADN from BSN is simply the extra classes I had to take like holistic...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    For the record, I work in a hospital. I've never worked elsewhere and what the OP described sounds PERFECTLY NORMAL. I stretch myself to the limit everyday, I come home frazzled, but I still love my...
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    Vespertinas replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a traditional student. My understanding of the RN-to-BSN program makes me displeased. From what I hear, they don't have to take those basic patho, pharm, med-surg, A&P classes because...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Vespertinas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Not from insurance companies. I was told that's not legal since satisfaction scores are subjective. The HCAPS are important to us because of patients who do their research and shop around hospitals...
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    You're a nurse? How much do you make?

    Vespertinas replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    that's so far out of the normal range (at least in my state) that i wouldn't say that. sure, it's possible... but why would i quote the uppermost 99th percentile to distort the inquirer's concept of...
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    Creative Ways to Manage Confused Pts

    Vespertinas posted a topic in General Nursing

    We've all had those folks who continually try to climb out of bed despite our best efforts. Or they chew themselves free of IV tubing.. at least I have had those. Anyway, another thread reminded me of...
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    late stage senile dementia pt. praying clear as a bell

    Vespertinas replied to gr8fulnrs's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Wow. How special to have been there with this man. On the topic of dementia, I had a lady who would reenact scenes from her young life speaking the voices of multiple roles. My favorite was when she...
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    patient death from PE

    Vespertinas replied to RockingItInTheER's topic in General Nursing

    Why you...! ::shaking you