imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Private Duty for New Grads

    imintrouble replied to reginarn88's topic in Private Duty

    With all due respect, new grads don't know what they don't know. In PDN there's only you and the client. Maybe there are parents who know what to do in any emergency, but basically it's all on the...
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    am I a nurse or home maker???

    imintrouble replied to jack1339's topic in Private Duty

    For almost 3 yrs I worked as a private duty nurse. I worked mostly nights. Days about once a week. I never saw any kind of contract. I was oriented by the nurse who'd been there 10 yrs. I didn't know...
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    How often does this happen?

    imintrouble replied to jrsRN07's topic in General Nursing

    If you're asking if people are fired for things other than their work performance, the answer is yes. The "other things" are just not listed as the reason. However, I doubt either side told you the...
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    You want us to do what?!?

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

    I dine with people I like. I stay home
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    My new grad experience at an SNF

    imintrouble replied to alltheway2013's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked SNF in a LTC setting, we did everything the hospital did but hang blood. Our nurse/pt ratio was 2-3 times that of a med/surg unit. We did all of it without the luxury of a rounding MD...
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    Canceled up to 3-4 times a WEEK. What do?!

    imintrouble replied to murseBSN's topic in General Nursing

    We've reached the same conclusion. I and my fellow nurses where I work, have been loisng 1-2 days a pay period for at least 6 months. Those are 12hr days. We keep thinking it'll get better and it...
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    Pros and Cons of Computerized Charting

    imintrouble replied to phlowtey's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like our system. It's slow, therefore it takes longer to do just about everything. We don't have computers in every room. We wheel our computers from room to room between 5-7 patients. It's...
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    Nursing students and immaturity

    imintrouble replied to Melanin's topic in General Students

    It's sexual harrassment. It's illegal. The OP can stop it or endure it. It's her choice. I'd first ask the two to stop. Warn them of consequences if they didn't. Then follow through with those...
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    Unsupportive fiance...not sure what to do

    imintrouble replied to Ashley_Sam's topic in General Students

    The answer is obvious to me, as it is to most of the other posters. If the OP decides to continue this relationship, I can see her having to make this decision again. Somewhere down the road when...
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    Doing favors or giving gifts for patients: Unacceptable?

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

    Patients are patients and friends are friends and never the twain shall meet. It works for
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    I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    imintrouble replied to jane82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You already know the answer to your question. There are pts who haunt me for one reason or another. You've just acquired your first. I'm sorry for you, for her, and for her family. I'm sorry there...
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    Increased nurse staff levels tied to lower odds of Medicare readmissions penalties, s

    imintrouble replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe we should shift this to the "what baffles you" thread. It certainly makes no
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    taking care of stethoscope tubing

    imintrouble replied to latestnight's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had a Littmann. A new grad gift to myself a long time ago. Tubing became stiff and cracked. Some of the nurses where I work put fabric "sleeves" on their stethoscopes. Different colors and patterns...
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    You won't believe.....

    imintrouble replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see either person behaving in a right or wrong way. I see them being who they are. Bubbly student. Distracted nurse. Neither one made the best choice as how to respond to the other. As one who...
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    A few questions about bedside manner.

    imintrouble replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Compassion is overrated. It is not a prerequisite for excellent
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    Hearts and Entertainment | Life of a Nurse

    imintrouble replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My first job was similar to what you describe. The comraderie was unique. No other place I've worked ever clicked like that one. Your post made me think of things I haven't thought of for a long...
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    A few questions about bedside manner.

    imintrouble replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As individuals, we have preferences for certain types of people, in all areas of our lives. I don't like the waitress who hovers and chats. I don't like sales people to follow me around and "visit"....
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    Refusing food offered by patients

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

    It took me years to figure out that gifts are more about the giver, than the receiver. I mostly refused when a pt offered me anything, then I decided the pleasure the pt received was worth whatever...
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    What are the nurses' protection against patient accusations?

    imintrouble replied to kgran's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've only witnessed one serious patient accusation against staff in all the years I've been in my current position. Not the fluff complaints, but criminal level complaints of a pt against a nurse. I...
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    Snowed a patient

    imintrouble replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When a patient continues to c/o pain of 10, and you ignore it, Press Gainey is gonna hear about it. If a pt wants the pain med, you don't give it, the MD is gonna hear about it. Not to mention the...
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    Need Advice... Nurse stealing non-narcotic medication

    imintrouble replied to JSSCELI's topic in General Nursing

    There was a time when I would have reported the nurse who asked about the PO Zofran. I wouldn't now. But I would have trouble working in a facility where that kind of activity is routine. I...
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    ekg certification worth the time and money?

    imintrouble replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I've wondered what I'm responsible for as an RN, concerning my tele pts. I rely on techs or nurses to alert me to changes in condition. I'm not a SCU nurse, but sometimes have tele pts on the med surg...
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    Purple;or, I'm Not Barney

    imintrouble replied to Bortaz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't care what color my male co-workers wear. Having said that, I've never seen any of them wear purple. Lavender might raise a few eyebrows, but the purple shade above might just slide past the...
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    mask or flu shot?

    imintrouble replied to lilangel6828's topic in Disaster Preparation

    First flu shot last year when it became a condition of my employment. I didn't even consider the mask. I've never missed a day because of flu. I rarely get sick. I have excellent health. I saw...
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    Can they force me to work weekends during jury duty???

    imintrouble replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    Jury duty where I live may simply be showing up in the AM, then being dismissed after a couple of hrs when you didn't get picked for a trial. That might happen several times a week, but rarely every...