Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    Charge Nurse in 6 months?

    Kooky Korky replied to iheartnursing91's topic in Nursing Career

    Your "coworkers" should be locked up for abandoning you, endangering patients, deserting patients, and just plain evilness (if that's a word). I do hope you let your boss know about this. Another...
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    New Grad changes Preceptor. Help!

    Kooky Korky replied to MOmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Blessed are the
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    New Grad changes Preceptor. Help!

    Kooky Korky replied to MOmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's nobody's business. Do not say anything other than "shift change". I mean it. Do NOT say anything
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    New Grad changes Preceptor. Help!

    Kooky Korky replied to MOmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dear God, do not do
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    New Grad changes Preceptor. Help!

    Kooky Korky replied to MOmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Many but, fortunately, not all. OP - continue on your present course. You are very wise to have gotten someone with whom you "click". And just let the matter with your first preceptor die down. I...
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    My coworkers dont like me because I bragged

    Kooky Korky replied to esrun13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Especially don't bring snacks - unless you just want to bring some food for a weekend shift or for holidays or "just because". but not to apologize. I would eat the food and still be upset with you,...
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    Unappreciated at my Job

    Kooky Korky replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I don't think is such a good approach to figuring out why you didn't get the job and dealing with it. Do it the way Beth suggested. You might want to consider being less available, stop working both...
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    New to Correctional Nursing, any tips?

    Kooky Korky replied to ckbreathing's topic in Correctional

    Some nurses seem to think they are Custody personnel, not nursing. most I worked with were very helpful to me and pleasant to be with, generally speaking. Follow the rules, keep your license....
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    Vomit Emergency

    Kooky Korky replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    Maybe she just wanted you to take a peek at her
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    Charge Nurse in 6 months?

    Kooky Korky replied to iheartnursing91's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was a new grad in my first job (ER), a couple of the wenches I worked with decided I should be Charge. Mind you, I had had no training for the role, no orientation to it. I had no idea what I...
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    I hate this "squeaky wheel gets the oil" actions in healthcare!!

    Kooky Korky replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    True but naive, and being quietly good doesn't help in all situations. Some bosses never see good in a person like that. They don't see problems with that person perhaps, but they also don't see the...
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    I hate this "squeaky wheel gets the oil" actions in healthcare!!

    Kooky Korky replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    complIment = say nice stuff about you complEment = complete you If I were your boss, I'd question the fact that YOU are handing me the
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    What do you do when your instructors are useless?

    Kooky Korky replied to Lpn2014's topic in LPN to RN

    You can develop critical thinking skills. What a bunch of baloney you've been fed! Don't go into too much debt. you will have to spend your whole life paying it off, maybe even into retirement - if...
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    Jeopardize nursing school, as a CNA

    Kooky Korky replied to MyDream 2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think it stinks that a particular aide doesn't reap the punishment for being a total jerk. I think it stinks that the bosses don't get rid of him or, at least, make him toe the mark that you and...
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    I'm a CNA, will I lose my license?

    Kooky Korky replied to Websterwiki's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    She doesn't say where she walked out of - the break room? Out of the building where the job is and she did not return, rather called an hour later? She was on a break and got sick. If I were her...
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    Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    Kooky Korky replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    Talk with a couple of attorneys to make sure, but I don't think it's abandonment for you to refuse what you know to be an unsafe assignment. How can you abandon a patient whom you have not accepted?...
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    without a job until after new years

    Kooky Korky replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    You most likely would not. You would figure out that you could panhandle or get a job in fast food places or any of a dozen other places. You would go to churches and other religious institutions and...
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    Would you call in sick?

    Kooky Korky replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are there any call rooms? Or could you get a room in the Nurses' Residence if there is one. You could go there immediately after your shift and maybe catch a nap before you drive
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    Would you call in sick?

    Kooky Korky replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was once offered a Day/Night position. I figured I'd be chronically exhausted, as sleeping during the day was impossible for me. I got no more than a couple of hours. There was an open 3-11...
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    Would you call in sick?

    Kooky Korky replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You'd be doing her a
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    Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    Kooky Korky replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, they certainly have you where they want you - Feeling guilty for breathing. Please realize that you are being used and abused. I understand you want to keep the job. But why should you feel...
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    HIPAA violation and future employment opportunities

    Kooky Korky replied to kmcd90's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I have no advice for you, OP, but you have received lots of good advice from others. It is nearly incredible to see how extremely serious privacy is considered today. Years back, that was not the...
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    PTO

    Kooky Korky replied to SidyJean's topic in General Nursing

    Staffing is not your problem. You are, in fact, though you don't seem to realize it, actually making staffing even harder by shortchanging yourself. You should not have to sacrifice what is...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Kooky Korky replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She should not be fired. She made a mistake - a serious error. She will beat herself up enough and doesn't need to be fired. What needs fixing is not only this nurse's medication administration...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Kooky Korky replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    And this first rate place has a shortage of nurses. But there was at least one who should have said "no" when she was stretched too far. Already covering for a nurse on break, already stretched too...