imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    imintrouble replied to imintrouble's topic in School

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    Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    imintrouble replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    School nurses here have said transgender students sometimes use their restrooms. Would it be ok for the cisgender student to make the same request, to avoid the transgender
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    Public Schools and transgender bathrooms.

    imintrouble replied to imintrouble's topic in School

    I'd thought the same thing. I don't see this issue as a nurse responsibility, but I consider it inevitable that you'll be pulled into it. If transgender students already use the school nurse...
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    Depression and nursing

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

    It's just not fair to get one life, between 50-80 years if you're lucky, and spend half of it miserable. I think of that because as others have already posted, I could be you. I wish I knew the...
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    Giving my two weeks notice even though I'm not finished with orientation

    imintrouble replied to TeddyBer's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've lived the last 6-12 months of my life in a constant state of low level stress. Because of my job. It's not just at work. It follows me home. I can't emphasize enough the value of the above...
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    "Your job is to make me happy"

    imintrouble replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had patients think a lot of things are my job. I've been asked to do almost everything you can imagine can be done in a hospital. Except one. If I were a lot younger I'm sure I'd have been...
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    FBI: Hospice Owner Told Worker to 'Make Patient Go Bye-Bye

    imintrouble replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    How is it financially beneficial to kill off the people that are paying the bills? Sorry. I read the article and my question was
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    No pain meds in ER??

    imintrouble replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    The tide is turning on pain control. From giving everybody who asks for an opiate, an opiate, to withholding serious pain meds to those who really need it. Just as the prior system aided the seeker,...
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    HIPAA violation question

    imintrouble replied to burd24's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Where I work, nobody gets away with unauthorized snooping, and the penalty ranges from reprimand to firing. You're a student. What were you thinking? I've seen seasoned nurses fired for HIPPA...
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    Words You Hate

    imintrouble replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    My sister hates the word pus. Cringes when she says it, and only says it when she's saying how much she hates it. I, on the other hand, love words. Although I have to admit there are some I love...
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    made MD angry, and resources on unit

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

    As everyone else has already said, the OP did fine for her patient. If I'd called an MD and said "I don't know" about the bleeding, I would have been slaughtered. All places are different. If I'd...
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    Lack of Professionalism in PACU

    imintrouble replied to MamaJean, RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our docs make rounds in blue jeans, sneakers, and polo shirts. The definition of professionalism in healthcare has changed. "Just the way it is now" about sums it up. Everything about how we act...
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    What do you do when a pt goes into anaphylactic shock?

    imintrouble replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    More than twenty years and I've seen zero. I'm careful about allergies. I ask every patient what they're allergic to prior to giving meds. Even when the armband is visible, and I have it written...
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    Forced transfer

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

    I agree with the positive attitude, but it feels like I'm putting my stamp of approval on the transfer when I act like it doesn't bother me. I tried that, and it just made everybody else feel better...
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    Forced transfer

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

    I tried to look it up, but to be honest, I had a hard time making sense of it. I probably need to take another harder
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    Forced transfer

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

    We don't have a union. I wish we
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    Flex shifts, getting pulled to other units, ect

    imintrouble replied to nccoastnurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You're welcome. All areas pay, treat, hire nurses differently. It's an eye opening experience to read about pay scales and working conditions in other areas of the country. Sometimes it's better and...
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    Forced transfer

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

    I could do all three of your suggestions, but the first two would probably mean I'd lose my job. Not much of a loss, but right now I don't have a replacement. I need to actively look for another...
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    Forced transfer

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

    I'm stuck in a place just a handful of years til retirement. Sometimes I think they just want us oldies to quit. If that's the strategy, it's pretty darn awful. It's hard going from the most...
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    Forced transfer

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

    CC is critical care. At least where I work. It includes ICU, ED, and the step down
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    Forced transfer

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

    I'm so angry and bitter the situation is toxic. I have few options, but going to work makes me sick. The unit I left is staffed with new nurses and they can't keep up. They move me because I'm...
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    Forced transfer

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

    I thought we were unique in the transfers without consent. I guess not. You quit rather than be treated like a chair. Right now I'm still the chair, debating on what to do. It makes no sense to me....
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    New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    imintrouble replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just had a similar night. Six patients no CNA. The other nurses had six, but had been nurses I was exhausted and my new nurse co-workers were exhausted and demoralized. I just wanted to quit,...
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    Customer Service Surveys Have Run Amok

    imintrouble replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I love the term "run amok". I don't like customer service surveys either, and never participate. Such a huge waste of time. The website I visit for CEUs won't let me complete until I rate. I just...
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    When does a nurse recognize it's time to be put out to pasture.

    imintrouble posted a topic in General Nursing

    When can I tell I'm too old to do my job? Am I forgetting to write orders, sign off the MAR, or losing my "brains", because my memory is failing? Or is it because there simply is too much to do?...