imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Strike breaking agency recruiting nurses

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

    I understand CEOs who try to stiff employees. I understand nurses who strike. What I can't understand is a nurse who sells out a fellow nurse over
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    Anyone ever tell you, you would never be able to become a nurse? Proved them wrong?!

    imintrouble replied to taraer1206's topic in General Nursing

    I have been blessed. No one has ever told me I couldn't have/achieve anything I wanted. I always assumed the world was mine, if I was willing to work hard enough and long enough to get it. No one...
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    Dumb question

    imintrouble replied to FORTHELOVEOF!!!!'s topic in General Nursing

    We are scheduled 3 12s, but an hour is automatically deducted from each day for lunch. Therefore 33 hrs. Seventy five percent of the time nurses don't get lunches. It is our responsibility to fill...
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    Who is responsible to check the emergency cart?

    imintrouble replied to tony2020's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses at night. Whoever has the time. Eventually it gets
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    Should I stay in the unit I'm currently working in or transfer to different one?

    imintrouble replied to Kookie2412's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Knowledge is never wasted. I would have been a career student if I could have afforded it. I understand completely the need to pursue your education. Having said that, your career choices don't...
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    Can we have a punching bag in the break room?

    imintrouble replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's better for you than a pan of
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    Crap!

    imintrouble replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    I have a healthy fear of narcotic vials that I have not disposed of properly. Bad experience with a diverting nurse. No, it wasn't me.:) I would have turned around and returned to work immediately....
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    Remember why you became a nurse...

    imintrouble replied to 2bNurseynursenurse1's topic in General Nursing

    We come here to rant. To spew all that anger and resentment. Then we go back to work the next day. It's not just the money and prestige:) The fact that we return speaks volumes about how we REALLY...
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    Why can't you get Financial Aid with a Bachelors Degree?

    imintrouble replied to thewoods4's topic in General Students

    I can't decide if this is one of those threads intended to incite a riot. If it is, I will comply. Whatever happened to paying your own way? Especially for a second
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    Health care a right or privilege

    imintrouble replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health and health CARE are two entirely different
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    Visitor policies

    imintrouble replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody is told to go home. It might make the customer
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    Feeling discouraged :'(

    imintrouble replied to Holland4500's topic in General Nursing

    I can rapid response/code like a finely tuned machine:). I'm calm. Cool. In charge. Directing like a cop at a traffic stop. As long as the patient is not mine. When it's my pt, I've taken care of...
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    Question about nurses on orientation.

    imintrouble posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was responsible for a new nurse. Two weeks on the job. She was a licensed RN with 1 year RN experience..She was assigned X amt of pts by the supervisor. I was responsible for her, her pts, and the...
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    Question about nurses on orientation.

    imintrouble replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I was responsible for her. But in all honesty, that night she was on her own, as I simply could not monitor her and take care of my load too. I spent the night jittery and anxious as I knew I could...
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    Question about nurses on orientation.

    imintrouble replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely taken advantage of. What can I do about it? Saying no, is insubordination, at least where I work. Where I work we cycle through these bizarre money saving ideas. I can't decide if it's a...
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    really need advice.

    imintrouble replied to oatmeal's topic in Home Health

    I would have quit after the first 72 hr shift. I find it hard to believe that anyone else would go back after such gross abuse of an
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    Experiened Vs New Nurse: An Ongoing Struggle

    imintrouble replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can I borrow your melon-baller?
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    Lying about a med to a psych patient

    imintrouble replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

    Standing stiffly on a line because it legally can't be crossed, all the while being pummelled by a pt, makes no
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    Some days I just wanna bang my head against a wall

    imintrouble replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Hope. It's unreasonable. It's almost impossible to let go of. It's like a light bulb that nobody wants to turn off. Hope makes you cling to the 1% chance, and ignore the 99% reality. Even when...
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

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

    On some days I'm a good nurse just because I showed
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    What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    imintrouble replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    It was never me. It was my poor children. I was sure they were going to have some awful disease. Every symptom was significant. Even drug one of them to the ER convinced they had a
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    My first RN paycheck hits my account today!!

    imintrouble replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats to
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    How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

    imintrouble replied to melanie1126's topic in General Nursing

    The person with the least pts gets the new admit. It would have been nice if one of your fellow nurses would have volunteered to take the pt, when they could see how your shift was going. We are...
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    HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

    imintrouble replied to concerned2012's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Ask the parent of the child whose picture was distributed if they feel there was a violation. If it were my child I'd hound that hospital until that nurse was on the street. Then I'd start with the...
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    How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    imintrouble replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    The question was about priming tubing. Not administering blood. If you just read the posts there are several different descriptions and rationales on how to prime blood tubing. 100 ml bag, 250 bag,...