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  1. Doesn't matter where u go

    moia replied to Laloba's topic in General Nursing

    Do you need to work? Can your husband support the family for a few months? If the answer is yes..resign your position with a note from your doctor that states you are on stress leave. I don't know...

  2. problem with management(jnette-please read)

    moia replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are in a really bad spot here. You have been counselled a number of times and as far as you know there is nothing in your employment file...don't be so sure. I would go to HR and look at your file...

  3. Scariest situation?

    moia replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    I have been scared a thousand times..sometimes I have been scared a thousand times in one shift. Being in charge when a patient goes bad, when your own patient goes bad...that freaky moment when you...

  4. Nurses who smoke

    moia replied to Fivestar22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What is the relevance of me being a nonsmoker or a smoker? Does it change anything I said? I think you use that trick a lot on people in the hopes you can dismiss anything they say .....I think you...

  5. Nurses who smoke

    moia replied to Fivestar22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    wow the hostility is incredible in this thread. From the guard dog attack behaviour over spelling and the blistering hatred of smokers it makes me wonder what kind of nurse you can be when you are so...

  6. backdated MARs, med errors, & me in the middle

    moia replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in General Nursing

    Hold on a minute..if you truly believe another nurse falsified the MAR it is your obligation to report this immediantly. If a nurse could do this what else is she doing that no one has discovered yet?...

  7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    moia replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I actually don't mind nurse family members, they can be a pain but alot of time they can be a great help. What makes me absolutely crazy is the patient with two thousand family members,200 friends and...

  8. compartment syndrome-did I cause it?

    moia replied to Lynn RN ER TX's topic in General Nursing

    Try to remember that you followed established protocal, you investigated the patients complaints promptly and intervened. You were given doctors orders which you followed, you had a patent IV and...

  9. How do you deal w/a student you don't like?

    moia replied to Fivestar22's topic in General Nursing

    I had the clinical instructer from hell...I am not kidding. Looking back the woman should have been commited and really if I had been required to deal with her in the real world she would have had my...

  10. HELP!!! <LONG>

    moia replied to PedsNurse1981's topic in General Nursing

    Go...go now...yes...leave now and buy clothes when you get to whatever sunny place you end up in. You are 22...nursing is not a prison sentence where you have to do your time and then you get paroled....

  11. Angry at feeling used

    moia replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have real concerns with going to management with what truly is gossip. Unless you can convince the person who told you what happened that morning to go to the supervisor then it is not your place to...

  12. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    moia replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all know management will pile on as much crap as we are willing to carry. We grumble, we moan we complain to each other...if we are unionized we fill out unsafe patient load blah blah...

  13. Intravenous therapy! Help!

    moia replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

    well..I am an IV nurse...my equipment is..me Two sites is because one of the first signs of transfusion reaction is pain at the IV insertion site. redcell hemolysis(death) causes trauma and pain to...

  14. What is wrong with this patient? Help Please!!

    moia replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    I am not worried about the BP considering she was walked and she bent over a sink and washed her hair and then got back into bed...just the position over a sink must have been wildly painful over the...

  15. New position...help!

    moia replied to LesJenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would call the manager and ask for a sit down meeting. Sometimes...very rarely mind you..a nurse comes along that just really rocks..they know their stuff, they are great to work with, they can take...

  16. Will I be judged on my past?

    moia replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Never make assumptions about other people. You are sensitive about those scars because when you see those scars you think drugs. Honestly anyone else seeing those scars isn't thinking drug addict...

  17. lpn-rn...same difference

    moia replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    here in the slightly thawed frozen north it is now da law that RNS must be Bachelors prepared for entry to practice....I am less than hopeful as clinical time hasn't always been the priority it should...

  18. Charge Nurse with patient assignment.

    moia replied to RNPATL's topic in Nurse Management

    well...in critical care..we call it the"resource" position so the management can get away with piling on a patient load ...see you are not in charge...you are a "resource" for your coworkers...nice...

  19. Tension in the workplace

    moia replied to acuteobrn's topic in General Nursing

    This is a really tricky problem but there are some solutions. You need to make a plan. When you are on shift with her limit your contact with her to the absolute barest minimum...I mean try to make it...

  20. quit job or stay

    moia replied to transplant's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound really hard but I think this is the best route to go. Call your boss and schedule a sit down meeting. Spend an evening and write down all your concerns. Go to the meeting and...

  21. Symapathy is not easy

    moia replied to shannon8282's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse was an exception...but sometimes i wonder what my expression is when I have to tell the family such awful news.. I never know how to position my face..I don't want to look horrified or...

  22. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    moia replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in kentucky I had the opportunity to work with an incredible CNA, she was dedicated,funny and really really good at her job.I returned to Canada where I met her opposite and a patient...

  23. The way nurses treat each other

    moia replied to Mantibob's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I can't get behind the "oppressed" title considering I believe oppressed people truly suffer and I am sorry to say someone being catty and talking behind your back or having a less than...

  24. Abusive patients...

    moia replied to Sgt_Chunk_Spelunker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well I have no idea how your police department behaves but I can tell you police where I work take an assault on a nurse very seriously. Jail may not be a dumping ground for psych patients but it is a...

  25. What do you do if a doctor yells at you?

    moia replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Nursing

    I have had one bad moment and I grabbed that little jerk and hauled him into a private room and told him very clearly if he tried that crap with me again he would be paying a lawyer and looking for a...