imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    imintrouble replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the whole story. I don't work at that facility. Mistakes are rarely the result of one persons' error. I don't know what reprimands the offending nurse has had. I don't know if they...
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    imintrouble replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    You are very lucky that you have found a job so perfectly suited to your personality. Congratulations and best luck to you in the path you
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    imintrouble replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    I am always suspicious of crusaders, who feel the need to right the worlds wrongs, and administer punishment to the guilty. Some parts of the OPs post sound like a witch hunt. The OP deliberately...
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    After termination: A Great Update

    imintrouble replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in General Nursing

    :ancong!:
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    Is this truly the reality of nursing?

    imintrouble replied to Reneeann25's topic in General Nursing

    After the night I had, I can't be objective in response to this thread. It was awful. :cry:Twelve hours later I'm still teetering toward tears. Proceed without me while I go blubber on the dog's
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    What does Nursing mean to you?

    imintrouble replied to FutureRNontario's topic in General Nursing

    Behave in a way that respects the trust placed in me by my employer and my
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    is it just me, or has standard of care sunk?

    imintrouble replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    Is it reasonable to run cardiacs everyday for a pt who c/o chest pain everyday? How many times can they be negative before you say "The heart's not the problem" Is defensive medicine the only way to...
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    COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    imintrouble replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    The pt denies smoking even though there is the smell of smoke. As absurd as it sounds I have to catch them red handed. I can't catch them when they smoke in the bathroom with the door closed. Then...
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    is it just me, or has standard of care sunk?

    imintrouble replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    In defense of the ER, and I don't work ER, they frequently have the same pts, present several times a week with the same complaint. Apparently the ER is very familiar with this pt. Is it possible she...
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    COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    imintrouble replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have no policy concerning smokers who go outside with no MD order. We can tell them they can't go, but if they insist we can't stop them. We can't even threaten them with discharge. They know we...
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    Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    imintrouble replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    No. Where I work, moving up means moving off the
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    Do you have a "Work You" vs. a "Home You"?

    imintrouble replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I also have a sister me, a brother me, a daughter me, a husband me,............... I think we are different people in every different social interaction. The core stays the same, but the surface...
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    To those who want to leave nursing

    imintrouble replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can vent here or not. I can read the vent or not. I can choose to do either or neither. I am exercising my right to the latter. Good night to my fellow nurses on
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    To those who want to leave nursing

    imintrouble replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Try working that 14 hour shift for 10-20-30 years. You might appreciate the "I want to leave nursing" vents
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    To those who want to leave nursing

    imintrouble replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If it were only that easy. The OP is 25 yrs old. Everything was simpler when I was 25. I guess the OP didn't pass the therapeutic communication part of the
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    What if you don't want to be an RN anymore?

    imintrouble replied to inthesouthrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same boat as you. You sound a little depressed, but which came first? The depression, or the stress over the job? Did one cause the other? All of us would agree that nursing has changed....
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    How to deal with no sleep?

    imintrouble replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Ear
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    Cyclical vomiting syndrome

    imintrouble replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    I had a pt with that dx. The pts history of psych issues left most of us questioning the need for around the clock Dilauded and Phenergan. Zofran would not do. Especially with only one emesis on...
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    That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    imintrouble replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that,
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    How are staffing issues at your facility/department?

    imintrouble replied to Queen2u's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is cut to the bone where I work. The sups get out their calculators, and shuffle numbers to arrive at a magical number that is supposed to adequately cover the nursing needs of the floor....
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    Family complaint? Throw the nurse under the bus!

    imintrouble replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are at the bottom of the healthcare food chain. All c/o eventually become the nurses'
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    What's the easiest job you've ever had?

    imintrouble replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    I made pizzas at Arni's Pizza King. Easiest. Most fun. Just thinking about it now makes me smile. Thirty five years
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    Any RNs out there who switched to RT

    imintrouble replied to MightyMilly's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts too! The only problem is, in smaller hospitals more responsibility falls on the shoulders of the RTs. I think I would add BIG hospital to my wish list. Then it would be
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    Employment drug screen to include nicotine

    imintrouble replied to originalred's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you're asking. I did a search just a few minutes ago, but the threads were months old. Some were YEARS old. Sometimes you just want to argue with somebody in real
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    Have any of you ever lost a patient?

    imintrouble replied to Nurse Mami's topic in General Nursing

    The confused pts are one thing, but the completely oriented ones are another. I can honestly say I've misplaced :uhoh21: a confused pt a time or two. I've had an assortment of pts leave AMA. But for a...