TDCHIM

TDCHIM

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  1. What were your job interview red flags?

    TDCHIM replied to Destiny12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just to clear things up: most of the questions you were asked weren't possibly illegal, they were VERY illegal. Here's a link to information that clarifies many of the forbidden interview questions...

  2. Admitting a med error on Facebook??!!

    TDCHIM replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    This acquaintance of yours is heading for a very unpleasant conversation with management. Wow. Employers may eventually take a legal beating for trying to dictate what employees may do during their...

  3. What were your job interview red flags?

    TDCHIM replied to Destiny12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My biggest red flag happened not in health care, but in journalism. Still it's funny enough that I thought I'd share: "Well, we'll start you at $7.50 an hour, but after a year you'll have a chance to...

  4. The face of nursing is changing.

    TDCHIM replied to dthomasa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a big problem with trying to get information about patient perceptions of service, because it's only reasonable to pursue data that can have a major impact on the hospital's ability to...

  5. Be extra careful! Posting at internet sites: protect your identity

    TDCHIM replied to laynaER's topic in General Nursing

    The employer could just fire me and deal with the consequences if I tried to get my job back. It's happened before, it'll happen again. Given that I've had that sort of thing happen to me once already...

  6. Be extra careful! Posting at internet sites: protect your identity

    TDCHIM replied to laynaER's topic in General Nursing

    Yes - if I fought it. There are plenty of people without the money or time to do so, or who are in situations in which even if they win, they lose. If you sue an employer, good luck being employed...

  7. What's your personality like?

    TDCHIM replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I would make the world's worst nurse. So everyone in the U.S. should be very thankful I'm going into paper-pushing and health care data analysis for a living. Nurses have earned my undying respect for...

  8. Be extra careful! Posting at internet sites: protect your identity

    TDCHIM replied to laynaER's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree. Plenty of employers will go after an employee who posts something about his/her workplace, even if what the employee said isn't derogatory. Perhaps I might come on here and ask for...

  9. Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    TDCHIM replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in agreement with the OP on this issue. I text like crazy, probably 75-100 times per day and I use text language when I do so, because it's faster and the people I text understand my shorthand....

  10. Patient 'found' my number on the internet...

    TDCHIM replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in General Nursing

    You can get some cell phone number owner information. You just can't get it for free. It might cost you a few dollars and it's not nearly as reliable as a landline phone number

  11. Dog on the floor, what do you think?

    TDCHIM replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, a hospital is a business. There are plenty of other businesses that provide some free services; that doesn't stop them from being businesses. My question would be with the segregation issue....

  12. Rude nurse may have helped me to be a better nurse

    TDCHIM replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    The best thing anyone can do with a mistake is learn from it. It can be your own or someone else's, but never lose a chance to learn from one. I'm really glad to hear you'll be putting this new...

  13. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    TDCHIM replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    There really are days when I wish I could tag along with Karma, just to see obnoxious jerks get what's coming to them. I envision it as being similar in some ways to hanging out with Dream from the...

  14. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    TDCHIM replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the part of the real world in which they're working, unfortunately...management areas always seem to have a higher tolerance for this sort of

  15. Funny Websites or Blogs With Nursing or Hosp Stuff

    TDCHIM replied to kidsnstudyn's topic in Nursing Humor

    This site is a riot: http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/ Now, the lady who runs it just lost her husband, so she isn't posting much right now. But there are loads of archived posts that will just have...

  16. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    TDCHIM replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm so sorry for what you're having to deal with, babynurse. I will say that gabapentin might be helpful for you. It really seems to depend greatly on the person as to how they respond to things like...

  17. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    TDCHIM replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    There's a Monty Python sketch about this sort of thing with John Cleese. In it, he has a desk plate that goes halfway around the room, listing all his titles, degrees, universities bestowing those...

  18. Could I like OB even if I'm an "all natural" kind of girl?

    TDCHIM replied to lalalalexi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It might be the most likely problem, but it isn't the most dangerous one. Being at odds with coworkers over philosophical differences in delivery interventions is a professional issue. Conveying...

  19. sumitting resignation letter via email?

    TDCHIM replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly so. My husband has a relation who made a habit of refusing to sign for certified letters dunning him for past-due bills. He was the boss at his particular location so it didn't hurt him in...

  20. Return to work early after surgery

    TDCHIM replied to LittleOneRN's topic in General Nursing

    @roser13: You are correct, obviously, in that FMLA as it stands isn't paid leave. However, there are some employers who pay some of your salary when you take partial-pay leave coupled with FMLA leave....

  21. Could I like OB even if I'm an "all natural" kind of girl?

    TDCHIM replied to lalalalexi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you firmly believe you can separate your views from your work and you've had success doing so in other arenas, perhaps this position would work out well. But if there's the slightest chance you're...

  22. I need some Advice... and quick!

    TDCHIM replied to Noel1221's topic in General Nursing

    I read your post. I've stated my opinion of your tactics and wording. And done is done. We've both had our

  23. IV Placement on Deaf Child

    TDCHIM replied to nessa_5555's topic in General Nursing

    Oh this just breaks my heart. I can see my child in his place, terrified if that primary mode of communication were suddenly taken away. The inked-on warning for his hands doesn't sound bad. Maybe the...

  24. I need some Advice... and quick!

    TDCHIM replied to Noel1221's topic in General Nursing

    Good heavens! The OP asked for advice, not your personal judgment of her life! There are many, many individuals who manage to pull off long-distance relationships for a time, even while engaged or...

  25. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    TDCHIM replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    What's wrong with "consumer?" It sounds a heck of a lot less pretentious to me than "client;" to me, that sounds like nurses are executing stock trades rather than providing care! "Patient" makes the...