imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Abusive Nurse Manager

    imintrouble replied to Kahluagirl85's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's funny how you can see someone else's dilemma clearly, and be flummoxed by your own. I'm having NM problems too, and trying to decide if I want to complain. Obviously the OP's NM has had the job...
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    Help! I'm burnt out!

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

    You can't save the world. If you're lucky you might "touch" one patient out of a hundred. Nursing is a job. It's not a religion, or a calling. I know there are those who will argue that point,...
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    How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    imintrouble replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Fat is the last acceptable prejudice. I saw that on the news a while ago. I look forward to the day when that's no longer true. I work with a nurse who is very thin and pretty. She's openly...
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    Bedpan dilemma

    imintrouble replied to Pennyrieder's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have to agree with the other posters. Too often I've had my replacement, not remember their promise to handle what I report on. I usually ask myself "What if they don't" when deciding what I can...
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    So, as a nurse it's my #1 priority to serve your narcs on a platter...

    imintrouble replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Medications

    Pt's are placed on a CPM machine for knee replacement, in the recovery room. They're up and walked by therapy the following morning post op. They're up to void. No bedpan allowed. They get in and...
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    So, as a nurse it's my #1 priority to serve your narcs on a platter...

    imintrouble replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Medications

    I have to agree with Nola on this one. Post op ortho surgery patients frequently end up in SNFs for therapy. I always find it suspect, when the patient 2 weeks post op, needs more meds more...
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    Millennials in the workplace

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

    If this is deliberate it's hilarious. If not, please
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    is it nurse's week?

    imintrouble replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I have a job that pays well. I like my boss, who is as much as possible, fair and honest. The balance of my co-workers tips toward cohesive. Klone is right. It's enough. But ( I can't help it) I...
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    Millennials in the workplace

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

    I can't work overtime or switch shifts, because I'm already working a second job and babysitting my Millenial daughter's children. Most of the nurses my age babysit their grandchildren on their days...
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    Millennials in the workplace

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

    I'm a boomer. Your post made me remember my pre-nursing jobs of the past. Fondly. I was a "company man" and RNperdiem is right, that really never goes away. However, I've recognized for years...
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    Breaking the fear of being disliked or disagreed.

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

    I'm still like you. Some of the time. I think we all are. Just getting along gets a bad wrap. It has its place. Other times, I accept somebody's going to get upset. Either me at myself for being...
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    Unsafe ED

    imintrouble replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't work ED (I like ER better, but I'll bow to the experts). I just know how it works downstairs. Just because you don't have a bed, doesn't mean you don't have patients. If it's really busy,...
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    Rant

    imintrouble replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

    The rant would not be possible, if the alert and oriented x 4 pharmacist had voiced displeasure over an inappropriate verbal exchange with a nurse. That
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    Unprofessional Remark by Manager

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

    It all boils down to the above. That would be my first consideration, when sitting down across the desk from the
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    imintrouble replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    What's even better, is when ER sends the actors to the floor, and we get to witness the performance
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    Newborn pictures posted on social media?

    imintrouble replied to sandy79's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I wouldn't take a chance with my job. I don't care how small the chance. It just seems kind of silly to risk your future over a
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    imintrouble replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You have effectively shut off a pretty reasonable discussion by suggesting I'm unreasonable in what I believe. Or that I'm a small minded busybody. It's why we yell at each other all the time, or...
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    imintrouble replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, I'm not willing to let someone die in order to appease my sense of fair play. But then you should agree that allowing 18 year olds on Medicaid, to call an ambulance to the ER for a HA, should have...
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    imintrouble replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of all the posters on this entire website, you'd be the one who could make me think differently. I see things the way you describe them. I then try to resolve those things with what I believe. I...
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    imintrouble replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe I just don't see the big picture. I see the same drunks, addicts, and young adults with chronic illnesses, week after week after week. Changing nothing, and getting free health care via...
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    Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    imintrouble replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I respect and value a person who says what they believe. There is no way to misinterpret the above statement. I like that too. The only way we can have an intelligent conversation about anything,...
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    Things you tell newbies

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

    It seems our new crop of nurses don't need any words of
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    Critically ill pts wanting to go AMA?

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

    Serial troponins climbing, EKG changes, chest pain, and the patient left AMA. True story. You just can't predict what people will do, or who they'll
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    What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    imintrouble replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    Teenagers, to early 20s. I know I was never that dramatic when I was that
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    That person

    imintrouble replied to AmandaRn912's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't tell anybody I'm a nurse when I'm the patient. It really is a hard thing to hide though. One of two concise questions about the diagnosis, generally gives it