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  1. The strangest write up ever.

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it was my manager who wrote me up. She also included a full page of things that were not true such as "wrongfully accusing other nurses of misconduct" because I asked questions that make people...

  2. Philippine RN looking for a job in California.

    DedHedRN replied to dnomyer_yoj's topic in Nurse Registration

    Because there are already too many unemployed RN in California that live here all there life? Just a wild

  3. Passing the buck.

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Been at a new job at a LTC center, I have worked six shifts so far. Two shifts I have had to send people to the ER the minute I got report. I have had to contact MDs about rashes that the CNAs say...

  4. Passing the buck.

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am feeling burnt out, even thinking about calling in sick tonight. I am truly scared that this is the type of place where people lose licenses at. Im actually dreading going in tonight. This feels...

  5. Termination is so bad - will I be able to go on in nursing?

    DedHedRN replied to a.w123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I tend to answer strange requests with "Awww... Id love to be able to do that for you, but I cannot without a doctors order" Then smile and ask if there is ANYTHING else I could do for

  6. Took new position...

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I took a job at a new place thinking it would be a typical RN type job. Turns out there is no one but the MAs to train me. I feel out of place and clueless about what I am supposed to be doing half...

  7. Took new position...

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your advice. I have been more proactive the past few days. I have been reviewing the next days schedule and lettting the providers know who I need to see for teaching. They have been...

  8. Can stupid people pass nursing school?

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

    I met a girl in nursing school who failed microbiology 2 times and anatomy once before she passed with C's. She failed twice in one program, then switched to another where she failed second semester....

  9. Decreasing my hours....

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm depressed and burnt out. Working in LTC for about 8 months now, overworked and under-apperciated. Its my first RN job. I feel I need time off, or a decrease in hours. How do I go about asking for...

  10. Useless degree! At what point do you quit trying?

    DedHedRN replied to SuburbanGypsy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The work is out there.... its just not advertised. Apply in person to places that are not advertising. That's your best bet at this point. I got two job offers five months after graduation doing it...

  11. What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    DedHedRN replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    I personally have put a lot of thought into clinical nurse bullies. I went to a school where they had received a 2 million dollar grant to increase the amount of nursing graduates. All they did was...

  12. Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    DedHedRN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work there is a guy who comes in when he pleases, leaves when he wants, and no one ever says a word to him. He is cocky and tells the other CNAs that he isn't working this shift or that shift...

  13. Odd requests

    DedHedRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There was this one woman where I work who always tells the CNAs that they have to put barrier cream up inside her lady parts with there fingers. She also demanded the nurse come insert finger in...

  14. That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    DedHedRN replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhh I feel your

  15. That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    DedHedRN replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Monkey see, monkey

  16. Would keeping my own birth book be a HIPAA violation?

    DedHedRN replied to somedayCNM's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's weird, was the book written before hippa? Sounds

  17. how much orientation did you receive as a new grad?

    DedHedRN replied to tokmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    4 weeks, but really 3 days then just someone there that I could ask questions

  18. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    DedHedRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nurse try to give me a PPD into a vein on my arm when I was in nursing school. Also a few days ago, I got in report that a pt. Had heartburn for six hours straight. I went in to assess him...

  19. I'm a nut case and about to apply for licensure in Texas

    DedHedRN replied to ffliper27's topic in Texas Nursing

    Reguardless of what you say I don't see how they can find out unless you tell them. There is a little law called hipaa and I doubt they can legally get any of your medical

  20. 2 new grads in charge?

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have all of about three months experience now, and I am going to be working alone at a facility with another new grad who's first day on her own will be in a few days. She is amazingly...

  21. 2 new grads in charge?

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, for some reason I see train wrecks ahead. She asked me why I would bother looking up meds and told me pharmacology wasn't her thing. She thought I was crazy for questioning a doctors orders....

  22. My CNAs dont seem to respect me...

    DedHedRN replied to CCFCP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is the kind of thing they didn't teach me in nursing school. And why oh why do some people become CNAs when they have no patience and hate

  23. My CNAs dont seem to respect me...

    DedHedRN replied to CCFCP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm having it now. CNAs are unbearable where I work. One of them screams and cusses in the hall on a regular basis because residents use their call

  24. Got a promotion because of my big...

    DedHedRN replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    Fairly sure I saw a question about the status of foreskin on a questionnaire for a physical for my job. Funny thing is the questions were "manditory" and became part of my employee file. I seriously...

  25. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    DedHedRN replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Lol! I