imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    imintrouble replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I didn't say you were wrong. Didn't say you weren't justified. I might even have responded the same as you. However, your response was complete without throwing in the last
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    imintrouble replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I really hate it when someone suggests that responses are unbalanced/irrational/crazy, and psychiatric help is in order. In the interest of fair play I consider such statements as "low blows". I'm...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    imintrouble replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What is a human right? Human rights are commonly understood as "Inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being". I looked it up on...
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    For the love of God, I cannot figure out why my pretend pt is taking Flagyl!!!

    imintrouble replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Metronidazole (Metrogel) is commonly prescribed for Rosacea as an anti-inflammatory. I could understand why the topical form would be prescribed for the SLE rash, but not oral. Was the...
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    Dear God, Help me

    imintrouble replied to artsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ssshhhhh The babies are sleeping is a classic. I've been using that one for years. Doesn't work so well with the old guys
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    My coworkers are great because....

    imintrouble replied to wooh's topic in Nurses Rock

    My co-workers are great Because they tolerate my weirdness:greyalien: Nurses are among the most tolerant human beings on the
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    Over 60, seasoned nurse, fired for not being a "Robot RN."

    imintrouble replied to Wise Woman RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's all about money. To say it's because I balk at a computer, (I don't) or I'm mean to the new nurses, is simply giving my employer reasons that don't exist. It's money, money, money. To say...
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    Over 60, seasoned nurse, fired for not being a "Robot RN."

    imintrouble replied to Wise Woman RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is ageism. You're not alone as Esme posted. The worst part of being fired, is starting think that you deserved it. Or that you're worth less. I almost wish they could just say it's because...
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    Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    imintrouble replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nurses who have never worked in LTC simply can't understand the rules and regulations that control what the facility and nurses choose to do. LTC restraint policies might sound unreasonable to a...
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    MD screaming at RN's in front of patients regularly

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

    I've not experienced what you describe personally, but I've witnessed it and remained silent. I regret that daily. I always wonder what would have happened if I'd simply offered support for the...
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    Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    imintrouble replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am so sorry. Nurses are at the bottom of the food chain. Always. If you'd placed the alarm against the pt/family wishes you'd have been reprimanded. Since you left it off you were fired. This is...
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    Medicare fines over hospitals' readmitted patients to begin on Monday Oct 1,2012

    imintrouble replied to kcmylorn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Most of you are talking about short hospital stays, where the pt is "fixed" then sent home too early. What we have where I work is the pt is kept too long, PT et OT for weeks, bleeding the system....
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    Coffee Is My Medicine

    imintrouble replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cups? That's for amateurs. I drink
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    imintrouble replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If healtcare is a right, the COPDer who smokes 2 packs a day comes to the hospital and gets a weeks worth of free care. We fix him up then send him home to his third floor apt without AC, in 100...
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    What to do in family emergency situations?

    imintrouble replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read any of the other responses because what the OP wrote struck a chord. I got a call at work that my daughter, who was in the ER at another facility had coded, and I needed to get there...
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    Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    imintrouble replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have become informed!!! I'll admit I'm biased against MJ. All those movies about hippy like people puffing on little cigs. Goofy and dazed. MJ is not part of my history, or that of my family...at...
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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    imintrouble replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wasn't bashing you. Not in a million years. I was completely honest when I said I've been in your shoes. More than once. Sometimes you have to decide who you can save and who you
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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    imintrouble replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When there is a choice between buying groceries, and keeping my mouth shut, I'll keep my mouth shut. I think if it were just me, I could afford to be noble and honorable under every condition. My...
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    Waitressing as a pre-req?

    imintrouble replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    It makes me crazy when the families demand more of my time than the patient. Last night one room requested extra pillows and blankets. Two cups of hot tea, cookies, and ice cream. The remote...
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    Turning a hospice patient in severe pain?

    imintrouble replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I wouldn't have turned my pt if I had been in your shoes. When you know your pt is not going to survive long enough to get a decube, it seems pointless to cause
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    Calling in sick, staffing issues

    imintrouble replied to staffing24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't resent anyone taking a day off (calling in sick) when I do the same thing. Life happens. What I resent is my employer using that absence to save money and not call in help. That upsets me....
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    Wearing Black Scrubs in Pediatric Hospital

    imintrouble replied to Soliloquy's topic in Pediatric

    The only scrub requirement I've ever had in all the places I've worked, is one place prohibited black scrubs. It had nothing to do with kids as pts. In our culture black is usually associated with...
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    Hired into ICU as a new grad, now bring shipped off to ICC... :(

    imintrouble replied to Phlavyah's topic in Critical Care

    Being promised a job, a shift, continuing ed, and then having it all taken away. I'd be more than disappointed. Your employer is not very honorable. You really have no choice but to tough it out...
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    What is in your first aid kit?

    imintrouble replied to acosenza2's topic in General Nursing

    Caramel cone ice cream. When that's not sufficient, soap, water and a band
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    Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

    imintrouble replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

    Back in the day there were very few male nursing students. Our class only had one. Guess who was my partner, and I'm not male:) Yuk! Yuk! Yuk! I remeber it clearly all these years later. How many...