BiohazardBetty

BiohazardBetty

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  1. New Nurse Pain Med Question

    BiohazardBetty replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Amen!

  2. Does this happen to you, too?

    BiohazardBetty replied to granolatrees's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The hospital I work at is phasing out LPNs very quickly, but that doesn't mean your area is doing the same... I'm an RN and I could tell you next to nothing about what an LPN does or their job...

  3. new grad/new nurse....In need of some honest advice

    BiohazardBetty replied to lillyh_90's topic in Psychiatric

  4. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They were important to me because I felt my patients would enjoy them, whether they were considered 'terminal' at the time or not. I get at least a couple of sincere thank you notes, phone calls,...

  5. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Funny thing, I didn't ever thank them... Calling it a "thank you" note was a TERRIBLE choice of words on my part. Here's what I said in my initial post... They were just the cards the hospital uses...

  6. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Being a little jaded every now and then never hurt anybody... and y'all are anything but heartless and never come across that way. If you were heartless you never would have tried to protect me in the...

  7. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really admire you for these things... nurses like you are too few and far between. P.S. You do realize the "crusty old ones" thing was me referring to someone else's quote, right?? Not negative...

  8. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lets be honest, the would would be terribly boring without the old crusty ones :) I hope I can develop an appropriate level of cautiousness without becoming one

  9. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, please don't close it! If they closed every thread where the OP disagreed with a few of the posts we wouldn't have any more open threads!!! LOL To me, the whole point is to get opinions that may...

  10. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  11. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not really. I was just curious because my dad, who was an attorney before he died from cancer almost 2 years ago, had tried a case where emails from one employee to another were a deciding factor in...

  12. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Company email = legally binding... I've confirmed this with both an outside attorney & the hospital attorney. I know y'all have good intentions & I appreciate

  13. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Point taken. I wanted to know who wrote them. Now I know few do. Mission accomplished. I wanted to know what nurses who wrote them thought would be appropriate to say. Mission accomplished. Lots of...

  14. New Grad BSN RN...offered position into LTC post hospital unit as charge nurse

    BiohazardBetty replied to CallMeNurseNek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The fact that its LTC isn't what bothers me, I would be TERRIFIED to be a charge nurse, even with my years's experience as a floor nurse... I barely know how to survive as a nurse, much less supervise...

  15. What are your white board goals?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Education

    I wish they were a fad on their way out the door! They really suck... Some pts take it too seriously, "it's been an hour & 59.3 minutes and no one has come to reposition me!?!" & others are...

  16. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, as I mentioned earlier, I have done this and both my nurse manager and DON, in writing, said it's fine and even a good idea. I asked if y'all wrote thank you notes and if you felt anything was...

  17. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It feels like you are choosing to be argumentative for argument's sake, which is certainly a personal choice for which I won't judge. Thanks for your suggestion. While I am a new nurse, at 30 years...

  18. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, but it can be... and it has been. Trust

  19. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand the potential consequences of my kindness... I thank you all for taking time to repeatedly show them to me, even though that's not at all why I opened this thread. Hey, what's your...

  20. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's an incredibly extreme way to look at it. You have a fascinating imagination I get that you're trying to show me the potential consequence, but come on.... As I said before, I have contacted...

  21. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol you just don't like me, do you? I don't think anyone thinks there's any sincerity even remotely attached to a card where staff just sign their names... That's why I'm choosing to do something...

  22. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  23. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have personally lost a child and feel like it would upset us a lot to have received a sympathy card on the anniversary of his death... but then again, it looks like I'm very different than a lot of...

  24. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course my intention was NEVER to "invade" a patient's home, but I'm SURE I would feel invaded if I had received a "one-year anniversary" card after I lost my child like applewhitern mentioned, so I...

  25. Thank You Notes to Patients?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is all such good advice... y'all are bringing up so many points I never even considered. I'm glad I asked for your guidance, even though the thread went in a totally unanticipated