Adele_Michal7 ASN, RN

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    Is This Behavior Inappropriate?

    I agree with previous posters. Sorry you're going through
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    Was I right, wrong, or am I going crazy

    I didn't get past "no handover." I would never take patients without
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    I didn't see a thread similar so I decided to make one. Share your strange coworker stories! It's all in good fun. A long time ago I was training with a nurse and before she started her med pass she...
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    Incoming shift running late!

    That would drive me insane. I'm always ridiculously
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    iv certified

    Where I work, in Ca, LVNs can not touch IV's regardless of certification (may flush the line, that is
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    This is so bizarre. Recently I had a nightmare that I was taking all these narcotic pain pills (I'm not in real life, lol.) At work one day I faxed my prescriptions to the pharmacy we use for refill....
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    I will not defend nurses anymore

    Unless he's trying to vent, he's preaching to the choir. Rolls eyes, grabs
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    Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    Oh,
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    Cell Phone Withdrawals

    I just like knowing it's there, you know? Google has come in handy a few times at work,
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    New vent, old topic

    I worked for a family or two who saved all of
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    Cell Phone Withdrawals

    I work in a SNF. It stays in my pocket because I love using my pedometer app to track my steps! I only check it here and there for important messages. I have a few nursing centered apps I will...
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    How do you spend your first day off?

    Yes! Elevate those lower extremities prn!
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    Unethical?

    Stand your ground, but prepared to lose your
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    Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    I got asked, "What's your favorite animal and three reasons why you identify with that
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    Mobile scrub store

    I would love this! I order scrubs online. Mostly online. No scrub stores where I
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    Wait
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    How do you spend your first day off?

    I'm pretty useless on my first day off. I usually sleep in, shop, eat pizza, watch Netflix, and try to do some sort of housework. Wash or buy
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    That's so weird!
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    Nursing and the supernatural

    Yes, I had an MD write a STAT order for an exorcism. That was
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    Noncompliant diabetic patients

    Yes, document document
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    Noncompliant diabetic patients

    Hospitals may be different. At the "transitional care center" where I work (SNF) we just document non compliance. And document patient education. I agree with you. We can't take food away from them if...
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    To everyone who said they liked this topic, thank you! I'm glad! Keep
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    Priority-setting questions are fun

    It's funny you posted this. I work with a lot of new grads and they struggle with priority setting. I know it takes time to
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    Where to buy cheap scrubs?

    Do you have a Burlington Coat Factory near you? I got the Grey's Anatomy tops for $7.99 (style #4153) and they're amazing, so much so I ordered another one at full
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    Dealing with possibly unsafe coworkers?

    In addition to wanting to echo what other posters have said... Be careful you don't get sucked in too much into doing what other people should be doing. If a nurse is negligent, drowning, etc, you...