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  1. monkeybug

    A patient wants to know your thoughts on frequent fliers...

    monkeybug replied to Clusterhead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sent you a PM. Best wishes to you, it's certainly no kind of life you'd wish on anyone
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    Nurse Posts About a Patient on Facebook ... Duty to Report?

    monkeybug replied to PacoUSA's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Umm, wow. Just wow. Some family member could have a lot of fun with this in a courtroom.
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    monkeybug replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And to the OP, I was very lucky with the doctors I worked with. The vast majority of our OBs were very responsive to our concerns, and very respectful our judgments. It was not at all uncommon for...
  4. monkeybug

    What exactly do physicians do again?

    monkeybug replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder how much bailing will actually happen, though? I bailed out the residents I liked. If they were jerks, I'd sit back and watch them drown with a sense of extreme satisfaction. I do see a...
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    Applied for transfer, told no one, coworker asked me about it

    monkeybug replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Someone likes to gossip, apparently. I hate stuff like
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    Bedside nurses and pregnancy

    monkeybug replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I worked L&D when I was pregnant, and it was a badge of honor among the L&D nurses to work up until the absolute last possible moment. In fact, several of the nurses I worked with came to...
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    Schedule

    monkeybug replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    My last hospital job, I knew my schedule from here to eternity. I had the exact same schedule each pay period. The only thing that changed were our mandatory call shifts and charge nurse assignments,...
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    Has anyone ever been careless and gotten stuck?

    monkeybug replied to NCmcMan's topic in General Nursing

    I had a needle stick due to carelessness, but not my carelessness. Another nurse (the nurse educator, of all people) came in to help me and got my umbilical cord blood for me. This is typically done...
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    Crying?

    monkeybug replied to daisygirl5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I cried plenty of times in L&D. Tears of joy, and tears of sadness. We are human, not emotionless lumps. The important thing is to not make it about you. After a while, you will cry less. I...
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    OR to L&D?

    monkeybug replied to sugarik13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've worked at teaching hospitals and at non-teaching, and I prefer non-teaching. As a nurse, I get to do more when residents aren't involved. More cervical exams, more interventions, more nursing...
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    Corporate "doesn't believe in" Nurses Week

    monkeybug replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are shallow at all. I think I get what you're saying. Their general attitude towards the nurses is highlighted by their refusing to aknowledge Nurses
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    Single moms, daycare and day shift

    monkeybug replied to HelenaHandbasket's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried all the daycares in the area? In our town there are a couple set up to accomodate healthcare schedules. Your best bet, though, is probably going to be an individual that can come to...
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    OR to L&D?

    monkeybug replied to sugarik13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's a wise move if L&D is your passion. But boy is it going to be different. If you are going to a unit that does their own sections, then your experience will be greatly appreciated. You will...
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    When the doctor doesn't respond to their page...

    monkeybug replied to kate4rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I found the relationship between doctors and nurses there different, too. We had 2 docs, so they stayed very, very busy with many sleepless nights. It was not uncommon to hear, as the doc exited the...
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    calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

    monkeybug replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I read it, and I still stand by my statement. Maybe nursing used to be a calling, but now it is all business. When the hospitals began treating patients like commodities, that's when it lost its...
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    Pattern of colleague harassment - what to do?

    monkeybug replied to jlynn2303's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You feel like you are now the target, as I understand it. Go to management. If she has this reputation among the other nurses, management is usually aware. You can go in very calmly and discuss...
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    Eliminating charge Nurse position

    monkeybug replied to lilredmc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The Board's response doesn't surprise me. "We have no rules that would help you in any way, but by golly, if something goes wrong we're going to blame you for not advocating for patient safety!"...
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    When the doctor doesn't respond to their page...

    monkeybug replied to kate4rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OP, I think I get where you're coming from. My first hospital job was in a tiny rural hospital. No house supervisor, no residents, no rapid response. I went through a very similar situation when I...
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    calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

    monkeybug replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

    But they are understaffed because of management and administration, NOT because of you! Stay home and feel better. Save the guilt for a situation that deserves
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    calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

    monkeybug replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

    No, not at all. There are very few things out there that are actual callings. Foreign missions, nun, pastor, all qualify. Nursing is a JOB. Yes, it requires dedication and sacrifice. We sacrifice...
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    Reported to BON because of eating disorder!?!?

    monkeybug replied to RoamFreeRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That may not be breach of confidentiality, but calling her mother probably
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    monkeybug replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Totally not true. I have a family member who graduated from nursing school a couple of semesters ahead of me from the same BSN program and then started med school the next fall. She's a doctor. Not...
  23. monkeybug

    No long distance for patients?

    monkeybug replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep, very common. At several hospitals I've seen nurses do this: the patient legitimately needs to make a long distance call. Nurse goes to the desk and calls, and then transfers the call to the...
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    Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    monkeybug replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've heard many times that being born with a caul will give the baby psychic abilities. Dont' know about that, but I find most superstitions
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    Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    monkeybug replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my first jobs was in a very old hospital. We had a patient who was insisting that mice were dancing in the room. The nurse was humoring him, until the "dancing" mouse ran across her