imintrouble BSN, RN

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    I need to know the starting pay

    imintrouble replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if the employer is not volunteering the pay because it's low. Maybe they want the OP to see everything else they have to offer, before they throw out a number that would automatically...
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    Board of nursing discipline

    imintrouble replied to kuippo's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My one experience with the BON was months of feeling like I was in a meat grinder. However, when I finally sat across the desk from the investigator I was treated fairly. And oddly enough, with...
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    disturbing observation at the Children's hospital...

    imintrouble replied to NurseCard's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It really is just a matter common sense. Young and pretty beats old and worn any day of the week. The one edge old and worn has is experience, and young and pretty can be taught. Not much of an...
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    CNA as a career

    imintrouble replied to unbrokenx3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There are CNA jobs with hiring bonuses in our area. There are no CNAs. What does that tell
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    How to NOT Aid a Cheater?

    imintrouble replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes our egos nudge us in directions we shouldn't go. I wonder if the supervisor pandered to the smart kid with the MSN. Maybe the smart kid wanted to show off exactly how smart he
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    How did the 12 hour shift begin?

    imintrouble replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    In my other life, when the world revolved around 8 hour shifts, there was a push for 12s. It wasn't nursing. The biggest reason was money. You can staff your organization with fewer people if you...
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    Strange requests from patients

    imintrouble replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've had requests to shave arm pits and legs and I thought that was outrageous. I'm afraid my poker face wouldn't have held up over shaving the lady
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    Remaining professional with rude, disrespectful family members

    imintrouble replied to litbitblack's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never experienced the level of verbal abuse described in the OP. That's pretty awful. I've adopted the #1 option from TheCommuter's post. I read it before on allnurses, and I now use it as the...
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    ICU RNs floated to floors?

    imintrouble replied to jamisaurus's topic in Critical Care

    Everybody floats everywhere where I work. It didn't start out that way. Slowly over the last year or so, we've ended up where as long as you're a nurse, you can be floated to any nursing opening....
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    imintrouble replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Blanket statements have a way of coming back and biting. Not all families who admit their loved ones into LTC have choices. I haven't worked in a LTC for a long time, but I find nothing posted by the...
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    Being an individual

    imintrouble replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    Had we always been color coded of course there'd be no issue. If I'd been hired with Purple as my dress code I'd never blinked an eye. There's something about telling me how I need to look and dress...
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    Get off the phone

    imintrouble replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    It's just a simple slide to incivility. Ignoring anybody standing and waiting for you for anything, is just plain rude. Unless there's an emergency, all my patients have an order. It's not...
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    Being an individual

    imintrouble replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    I though of this a long time, because on the face of things it makes so much sense. I immediately dismissed the attorney and banker as there is no definite carved in stone color mandate. Suits and...
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    My ER Rant

    imintrouble replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be, before single dose cups, the parent got the whole bottle of Tylenol to take home with them. That way they didn't have to buy it after leaving the ER. It's OTC so Medicaid won't pay....
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    Help! I look young!

    imintrouble replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If the OP had posted "I'm too pretty", every single successive post would blast it. I, like nightnurse, don't see a lot a daylight between the two
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    first RN paycheck?

    imintrouble replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember what I did with it, but I remember being relieved that I could pay my
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    Working the same unit you were once hospitalized (psych)

    imintrouble replied to Ddestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be awkward too. I also find it puzzling why a nurse would want to work on a psych unit where they were a
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    Of your patient load..

    imintrouble replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. It used to be the same 70-90 yr old patients week after week. They made up 80-90% of our census. I too have noticed the increase in 50-60 year olds. This winter for the first time,...
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    Being an individual

    imintrouble replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    There won't be job interviews, there will be auditions. The applicants will be required to appear in "costume" and interact with a "patient" from a
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    imintrouble replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Out here in the boonies we don't get much that is surprising or shocking. The one patient that I remember most weighed 650-700 lbs. I can see that room in my mind as clearly as I see this screen....
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    Thanks for the support and opposition

    imintrouble replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I think your ability to withstand opposing viewpoints increases the longer you post. Kind of like growing a callous. I once posted a question that really wasn't a question. I was absolutely...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    imintrouble replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I never mind being the CNA, but as one who sometimes gets floated to an area I don't like, I understand the "I didn't sign up for this" thinking. I don't like the idea that we can be plugged into...
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    Being an individual

    imintrouble replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    Colors are mandated where I work. Slowly every other form of outward individual expression is being suppressed. Our shared governance committee is now looking at one to two brands of shoes that...
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    Unwanted transition

    imintrouble replied to TSL7286's topic in General Nursing

    As in all things, it's where you're standing when you look at the situation. Emergent sees the situation exactly as I would. If I returned from a leave to find my job given to my temp replacement,...
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    Returning to the bedside..not such a good idea afterall

    imintrouble replied to Marshall1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There will be a swing back to sanity in nursing. It's just not going to happen soon enough for me. The current atmosphere is just not sustainable. There are no CNAs because they all want to be...