imintrouble BSN, RN

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    Nurses expecting to do too much!

    imintrouble replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    I see where the OP is coming from. We'd all be pretty upset if we had to call dietary every AM and remind them who's NPO. Or call lab every time we have a timed draw, just to remind them so they...
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    Relieved my daughter decided against nursing

    imintrouble replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My child could not have attended college without my financial input. It seems kind of unfair that I have no input in their academic choice. I didn't and wouldn't have forced them into something they...
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    If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    imintrouble replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    No to your question. But that answer changes month to month, year to year. If I were averaging, I'd say 80/20. The worst part about my choice is it made me the bread winner, and that hasn't changed...
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    Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    imintrouble replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little more careful when my care involves contact with the pts blood. That's it. The last time I cared for an HIV positive patient, I paused and thought briefly that nothing about her care...
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    The Ship Is Sinking

    imintrouble replied to beachtomountainsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a personal interest in this thread as my "ship" has been sinking for months. Advice as to leaving is harder than you think. With almost 20 years at my facility, and 36 months until earliest...
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    "Job Filled".... What?

    imintrouble replied to kass333's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, job postings are merely formalities. Jobs are already filled before the posting is made. People are interviewed, which is insulting and a huge waste of time and money. Admittedly my...
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    Please stop making that sound !

    imintrouble replied to WhiteStockings's topic in General Nursing

    Who knew? I don't have a particular sensitivity, but loud noises put me on edge. They make me nervous. The longer I'm exposed the more wired I get. I thought it was just me, and maybe it is. I...
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    (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    imintrouble replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Driving a car without air conditioning, in 100 degree heat, is really unpleasant. I think I already knew that, but I haven't done the above for
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    Late on interview.

    imintrouble replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree. Getting your point across is most definitely not all that matters. Most of us equate good grammar with intelligence. We can disagree about whether that's fair or not, but it's...
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    Anyone working mother baby in a critical access hospital?

    imintrouble replied to Postpartum RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are several critical access hospitals where I live. With only 25 total beds, none of them have OB "units". The beds are mostly geriatric patients with chronic illnesses. Factor in skilled...
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    Price of Patient Satisfaction

    imintrouble replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

    I find myself seriously depressed about my job. I don't like it. I don't want to show up. I drag myself through my 12 hour day by pretending to be a doormat. Not only have patient's attitudes...
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    imintrouble replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    The flu vaccine debate has started. It must be fall. Well, I guess we're starting a little early this year. The only problem I have with my employer requiring vaccination for employment is they don't...
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    Pray for our firefighters please

    imintrouble replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hope for you all, from my home to
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    Walking from school at night with deer and no street lamps?

    imintrouble replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

    Coyotes scare me. We have packs of them where I live, and the sound they make is bone
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    False testimony

    imintrouble replied to Jere2911's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the OP works in LTC. The only recourse to unavailable meds is to get them from pharmacy. Where I worked, the pharmacy was out of town and only delivered once a day. Missing a med...
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    colleague does not want to take day off

    imintrouble replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    As an almost sixty year old, I can say that I no longer spend my energy on kids' needs and schedules. They're for the most part gone. All that energy I get to spend on what I want. I work extra for...
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    Our units acuity is at an all time high.

    imintrouble replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is your acuity the really sick people? Or the heavy lifting, confused, high maintenance crowd? Two different patient populations. When I spend a shift running after personal alarms, or turning every...
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    Would you wait for Dr orders?

    imintrouble replied to AcuteCare4Life's topic in General Nursing

    There's not much I do without an order. O2? That's about it. My co-workers and I discuss this sometimes, and the young ones say they'd do this or that without an order. I attribute that attitude...
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    What advice would you give your 19 year old self?

    imintrouble replied to depalma.amada's topic in General Nursing

    I made all the major life altering decisions of my life before I was 22. When I was too stupid to know how stupid I was. I'd tell myself to slow down. There is no hurry. There are approximately 80...
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    You are NOT allergic to...

    imintrouble replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who had NKA listed on her chart. She said NKA when asked. However, when I spiked her antibiotic she said "Oh, I can't take that. It makes me sick". I did some lengthy teaching...
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    Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    imintrouble replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you're asking me if the patient should consider my feelings, of course not. My argument is and always has been with management. We are a small facility. If men are prohibited from taking care of...
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    Comparing myself/feeling inadequate

    imintrouble replied to ladydanger's topic in General Nursing

    Comparing yourself to other people is pointless. It ensures dissatisfaction with who you are and where you are. I'm not immune to asking the same questions the OP asks. I just stomp them out as...
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    Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    imintrouble replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not arguing that nursing care is patient centered, because we all know it is. I'm just saying maybe, just maybe sometimes the nurse's feelings should be considered. When you have an employee who...
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    Nursing is becoming stupid

    imintrouble replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    We had a 5 million dollar expansion completed in the spring that involved the most visible areas of the hospital. Our lobby is gorgeous. Then they cut the hours of every nurse who punches a clock....
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    Patient Death Experience.

    imintrouble replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is seriously messed up. Creeped out to say the least. I rarely share the details when a patient dies. I owe the patient and their family the respect of my silence. It's not to be...