S.Gettes

S.Gettes

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  1. Dealing with inmates...

    S.Gettes replied to lm8539's topic in Correctional

    Your response was fine. The worst thing to do in an interview is to falsify any kind of information. In the end they will always find out and not only will you not get the job or lose it when they...

  2. Utmost respect for Burn Unit Nurses.

    S.Gettes replied to tookalongtime's topic in Burn

    Completely agree with you. These nurses work long and hard and their job is one where you see much pain and horrific injuries that would be hard for even the strongest willed of us all to ignore, not...

  3. Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    S.Gettes replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel so sorry for you. What an awful experience you had with this interviewer. Obviously this person seems to have forgotten that every single nurse started out somewhere as a new comer with no or...

  4. How often do your pts thank you?

    S.Gettes replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    When I am lucky enough to get shifts where my patients are actually awake i do usually get thanked. But mostly i work when they sleep so they don't thank me. If they are being discharged when i am on...

  5. Forced Bath's is this taking away a patients rights?

    S.Gettes replied to Health-Nut's topic in General Nursing

    Although this certainly is a hygeine issue i would be cautious and rather reluctant to force a patient to take a bath, especially a sponge bath. I would rather leave them be if they refuse and keep...

  6. HELP!! What to put on resume after being unjustly FIRED?

    S.Gettes replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would not put on there your reasons for no longer working for that employer. I would just put down the place and the dates that you worked there from and until. If they were to probe into...

  7. Am I wrong? Or am I being Harrassed?

    S.Gettes replied to nursynurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she has targeted you for some reason un be known to you, it's hard to say. I had a coworker who was fairly similar to this, she was a lovely person for the most part and then all of a sudden out...

  8. Those who want to get out of nursing..

    S.Gettes replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it isn't just the BS that you have to deal with at work that gets you down but it's also the place itself. Not the job. I found that when I was fairly over my job, didn't really enjoy it one...

  9. Legal? new employer wants list of all meds taken and medical records

    S.Gettes replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    If they are not the people treating you medically then there is no need for them to have access to your medical records, you are well within your rights to refuse them to access these records. I see...

  10. my co-worker set me up

    S.Gettes replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunatley there isn't much you can do, this co worker got you good, All you can do now is learn from the experience and tell your DON what has happened and make sure it does not happen again....

  11. This is why I love my job

    S.Gettes replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Reading that bought tears to my eyes, it really did, That is absolutely beautiful and it is times like that which make you love what we do. It is good to know that people like this exist in the world,...

  12. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

    S.Gettes replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to try to believe the patients when they claim that they are in pain but there are some things that they may do which will set off alarm bells ringing in my head. I have noticed a few people...

  13. Sending Condolences

    S.Gettes replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think that there is anything wrong with that at all, i think quite the opposite actually, it would be such a nice gesture for you to make to the family in this time that would surely be one...

  14. Seeking Your Opinions, Please - Coworker Stuff

    S.Gettes replied to bigbub3000's topic in General Nursing

    No i can completely understand your frustration in this kind of thing. I don't like it when i go to get a soda out of the machine and it is out of order chews up my money and no sign attached to warn...

  15. Lazy coworker

    S.Gettes replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that in every job there will be some lazy co workers to have to deal with and no matter what job you are in they are going to be just as annoying. I myself have a co worker who is much the...

  16. I guess I've become sensitized to nursing.

    S.Gettes replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I think that after a little while, the things we see in our jobs, the good and the bad, the happy and the sad, all make us more aware of things happening around us that we would have otherwise just...

  17. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    S.Gettes replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    My significant other has a brother who is nothing short of a severe exaggerater when it comes to his stories. There is always some kind of fantastical story coming out of my brother in laws mouth and...

  18. Drainage and the color of it.....

    S.Gettes replied to docpsychrn's topic in Infectious Disease

    i agree about pseudomonads. they are a group of bacteria which are found most commonly in soil and other natural types of environments. many types of pseudomonads have been identified the one which...

  19. Contact precautions and nowhere to wash my hands?

    S.Gettes replied to november17's topic in Infectious Disease

    Well since the sinks have sensors to turn on when needed and the door is open then this means there is no need once you have done your duties for the patient for you to touch anything. I would simply...

  20. Tea Tree Oil Side Effects??

    S.Gettes replied to e-dice's topic in Holistic

    a proven natural antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal medicine, tea tree oil is used in first aid and against many skin ailments and infections, cuts, abrasions, burns, bites and skin spots, people...

  21. "My child came to the nurse? Why didn't anyone call me??"

    S.Gettes replied to safarirn's topic in School

    The same thing was happening at the school my daughter attends. Kids will be kids, they run around and play on the playground equipment and they get injured, they skin their knees, the get sick from...

  22. Hyperglycemia Question

    S.Gettes replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Hyperglycemia is experienced when there is an excessive amount of glucose circulating in the blood plasma which is generally considered to be a bgl of 10+mmol/l but as for experiencing symptoms of...

  23. Homeless-- where do they go after discharge?

    S.Gettes replied to AmericanChai's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes a social worker will speak with the homeless patient before they are discharged in an effort to see whether they can locate friends or family members who may be able to provide accomodation...

  24. Gross!!

    S.Gettes replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds absolutely disgusting and the instructions that he had given the patient really should have been written down somewhere, such as the chart notes, to allow the other nurses to be aware of...

  25. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    S.Gettes replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Moments like these can be hard especially on your emotions, mainly your empathy for the patient. It is hard to look at someone knowing full well that they are not going to survive their condition and...