blamejoe

blamejoe

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  1. "working" when you're off...

    blamejoe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to vent. I can't stand that I never seem to have time off. When I'm not at work, I still get the calls about, " my kid swallowed...", " my mom is ..." etc. family, friends, fbook persons, etc....

  2. "working" when you're off...

    blamejoe replied to blamejoe's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the judgmental replies. And an honest thanks to the few who actually tried to help, you are a welcome minority. I've decided that the majority of people who replied thinking that this...

  3. Bedside shift report.

    blamejoe replied to mamason's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I work, we started bedside shift report about 2 years ago. At first I had some of your same concerns ( and some the you don't mention, like getting out on time). Some of your concerns I don't...

  4. "working" when you're off...

    blamejoe replied to blamejoe's topic in General Nursing

    It's like Pavlov's dogs these days. That bell goes off and I feel drawn to check. You're right, of course, but I feel compelled to check if my staff are the ones calling or texting (it happens often,...

  5. Am I ever going to get this?

    blamejoe replied to jlynn2303's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Only thing I would add to all the responders comments, which I wholeheartedly agree with, is this - when someone is only speaking about the things you do wrong, calmly say, "I appreciate your input,...

  6. Aids giving me trouble-what to do?

    blamejoe replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    agree with MN-nurse. I didn't like it too much when I was an aid, but the fact remains that one of the duties of an aid is to follow instructions as given by the primary nurse. It was the job I...

  7. nurses attached by patients

    blamejoe replied to ATXRN's topic in General Nursing

    I will clarify also. I have been assaulted several times at work and have never once pressed charges of my own, despite having been seriously injured (with scars) more than once. But not everyone...

  8. Just how bad is the job market in the Lehigh Valley?

    blamejoe replied to Noahm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I believe LVH might be hiring for external candidates now. I don't access the external jobs but on the internal webpage there are many RN positions. They recently approved to add an additional RN to...

  9. How to quit immediately ?!

    blamejoe replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I always wonder about this, because I believe it is a common misconception and I do not know of a single instance where a person caught heat for this. Wherever I have been a supervisor, I was never...

  10. nurses attached by patients

    blamejoe replied to ATXRN's topic in General Nursing

    not to be a complete @$$ about it (because I do sympathize with your friend's condition. I know of situations where people with seizure disorders have been arrested, tasered, etc, because there were...

  11. Desk job or Prison job? Help!

    blamejoe replied to christinacub's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad others commented about the looks thing first. If your looks were never a problem in the past, you're probably in good shape. On my unit of the hospital, many of the female nurses are young...

  12. nurses attached by patients

    blamejoe replied to ATXRN's topic in General Nursing

    I teach our behavioral dyscontrol safety class for the hospital I work for, and part of that class covers exactly this topic. It is a felony offense to assault any healthcare worker on-the-job. I do...

  13. How to quit immediately ?!

    blamejoe replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    so how did it

  14. Verbal assault by a pt.

    blamejoe replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    haha, tag!

  15. Verbal assault by a pt.

    blamejoe replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with nursie_pants. More and more over the past decade+ I've been in healthcare, it seems that nurses stop taking care of themselves and learning assertiveness, and then break down when issues...

  16. As a young male, what can I expect during my OB/Newborn rotation?

    blamejoe replied to Spikey9001's topic in Ob/Gyn

    time for my 2 cents: I was 27 during OB, and in my clinical group of 8 people, 2 of us were male. It made it easy to almost always have a female present, because as a student, in a field I'm not...

  17. Blended units: pediatric patients on med/surg units

    blamejoe replied to LouCadet's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that there needs to be separate units, but depending on the number of peds your facility sees, this could be impractical. I work for a large health network. We have 3 hospital campuses, and...

  18. Noting physician orders

    blamejoe replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Your coworkers need to be reported. They're not playing for the same team as you, and in fact it sounds like they are against you. Regardless of their intention, stating that they will wring your...

  19. Making the move to the day shift..advice?

    blamejoe replied to JessiekRN's topic in Nursing Career

    After over 6 years on night shift at my hospital, the past 28 months as an RN, I finally switched to days 1 month ago (Nov. 2). We also have only 12hr days or 12hr nights, no middles. And I had the...

  20. CNA Task Delegation & Patient Care Coordination Advice Needed

    blamejoe replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    I have the benefit of working with great staff as well. I try to keep in mind that I am not helping the techs with their job, and they are not helping me with my job, but we are helping the patient....

  21. Antibiotic Situation

    blamejoe replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    another point maybe to be had: Even if that 24g IV in the hand was not painful, I never give anything simultanously to blood. If the person is on TPN and already has a dual or triple lumen access,...

  22. night shift is really hard on me...

    blamejoe replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    Provigil also helped me, more while I was also going to nursing school and the classes were after a shift, but still - I suggested it to my doctor and it made a difference; I only had to take it maybe...

  23. night shift is really hard on me...

    blamejoe replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    The suggestions above are great. I would definitely discuss this with your doctor if you are prone to depression, because the lack of sun (as well as the lack of social contact we night shifters deal...

  24. Nursing Journal Articles

    blamejoe replied to HollyHart's topic in General Nursing

    www.findarticles.org click under "HEALTH" and if you go to advanced options, you can search for specific journals. I used to just do a general search under health, and then visually narrow down...

  25. NO PRIVACY: HIPPA? What's HIPPA

    blamejoe replied to daniedi77's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The hospital I work at just changed their policy to allow us to look up our own medical records. We can even access our family members' info if our name is on a signed consent for the patient/family...