imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Stupid mistakes

    imintrouble replied to New picu's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry. Been there done that. It's going to take a while before your fellow nurses have any confidence in your nursing judgement. Just part of the mistake. Sometimes the doc will bark orders at me...
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    I have a dilemma

    imintrouble replied to toyosee's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I won't be much help. I've never been on the other end of a phone interview. I don't know any nurse that has. Maybe it's a big city thing? I you're asking about two different jobs, I'd never take a...
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    Controlling parents won't allow job interview

    imintrouble replied to guyman123's topic in Nursing Career

    Some people do exactly what they want, then blame it on somebody else. I think morte hit the nail on the head. Maybe the stay at home nurse wants to stay at home, and she just doesn't have the...
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    Do you attend patient funerals?

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

    Never have and never will. How can you possibly anticipate the reaction of the family unless you knew them before? I would not want a person from the hospital where my loved one died, to attend...
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    The best excuses for positive drug screens

    imintrouble replied to rnaturcervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My post was off
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    Nurse/patient ratio

    imintrouble replied to madghost31's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How awful. How is it possible that decent human beings can warehouse the old and impaired in such a
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    One Strike for Massachusetts!

    imintrouble replied to Esme12's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would anticipate higher nurse/pt ratios on the other hospital units, to balance the extra cost in the ICU. But a victory is a victory, and any safe ratio mandate is something to celebrate. I hope...
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    Is This a Difficult Patient,or is it a Genuine Concern?

    imintrouble replied to Isis Phoenix's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I really wish the OP would post her/his thoughts. This is such a wonderful place to learn. We wouldn't laugh or dismiss whatever the OP presented. Most of us love to teach, and there's probably...
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    imintrouble replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I both worked in union shops in my other life. Before unions went the way of the dinosaur. Triple time is a vague memory. The only holiday we're paid for is Chistmas. Time and a...
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    Assumptions

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

    My husband works in a hospital. He was changing linens on a bed and needed help. He stepped into the hall and cornered the first person he saw in scrubs. The female helped him change the bed and get...
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    Hospital will not hire smokers

    imintrouble replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's a bad day when ones smoking status trumps their intelligence. Most people have no problem with the smoking slope we're sliding down. Wait til it's how fat you are. Or how old you are. Or how...
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    Do you think acute care nursing is becoming less safe?

    imintrouble replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, it is more dangerous. If the general public could see what I see on any given day, we'd have a whole new industry in health care. The nurse for hire who'd accompany patients to the hospital, to...
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

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

    I could, but Press Gainey must be
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    The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

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

    The family who shows up on the unit at 0230, expecting to be allowed to wake their post op father who just went to sleep. After I've administered every narcotic known to nursing to get him to sleep....
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    Becoming One with Your Coffee

    imintrouble replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My coffee addiction probably started in the 50s, when I'd sneak down to my grandmother's house and she'd fix me a cup. Milk, sugar, and just a taste of coffee. It was heaven and our little secret....
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    Just a bad shift...

    imintrouble replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    Not all shifts make me wish I was dead, but I no longer want to do even one. On top of everything else, I've been around long enough to know it's not going to get any better, any time soon. Why would...
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    Walked in on a pt rolling a joint

    imintrouble replied to Anonymous666's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most of us don't know each other personally. We don't know the history of the nurses who post here. I once had a dying hospice patient with cancer. This was LTAC. PCA pushed by the family, plus IVP...
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    caught a med error. ...stress. ..

    imintrouble replied to thatnurse17's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a pretty honest person, but even if I weren't, I've always found life is easier if you just tell the truth. May not easier.
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    How do you console or give encouragement to someone that is very sick?

    imintrouble replied to nurse3131's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I stink at therapeutic communication. Talking about death, dying, or just plain seriously ill, is beyond my capabilities. That doesn't mean I don't feel sympathy. A patient I admire enormously was...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    imintrouble replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new hire at an old hospital. I was still on orientation, and knew nothing about the stories about ghosts. I was waiting at the elevator with several other nurses, to go down to lunch. I...
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    Demanding family members

    imintrouble replied to PerfectlyNumb's topic in Emergency

    Whenever a doc stands tough against those kind of patients, he becomes our hero. We are currently hero-less where I work. It's all about
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    Who/what keeps track of your hours?

    imintrouble replied to SteelGrey's topic in General Nursing

    We have Kronos. The pay stub is so complex I honestly can't read it at times. There are columns for week one and two. Overtime. Differential for week one and two. Differential for evenings and...
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    Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

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

    I have nothing half as shocking as the incidents listed here. There was a nurse and insulin. Not very shocking. The wrong insulin is given at times, and nobody has to die over it. What I found...
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    manipulative and dominating employee

    imintrouble replied to sourapril's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You have no control over how the boss reacts to any situation. You have no control over what behavior the boss finds acceptable, and what she doesn't. You can't control how your colleagues behave....
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    Grammar Police

    imintrouble replied to ICURN3020's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've never formed strong opinions about text speak one way or another. I don't send or receive texts. It seems rather lazy and disrespectful. As if the recipient isn't worth the extra time to type...