Alnitak7

retired from healthcare

Member

  • Content

    561

  • Visitors

    18,021

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    25

All Content by Alnitak7

  1. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

  2. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    The difference with emergency services and snowplow drivers is that their cars are solid and in this way they are more safe out on the roads. Also, no one chooses to have them go to work in...
  3. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    This is a situation of great enormity. This is one reason I included the word sociopathy. Why do building managers and DoNs not have any plans in place to keep their staff out of these situations?...
  4. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

  5. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    What I actually did say is that I have gone out of my way to come in early and work doubles so my co workers can stay safe. I also said that I was treated with rudeness and indifference by the...
  6. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    The sheriffs do offer rides for nurses and caregivers. If they really are busy, they probably would have no trouble standing up for themselves. When I called them for a ride, it was in part...
  7. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I have described my experiences of being at work during the storms. I described working double shifts, contacting my supervisor to take shifts away from the others out of my concern for them and...
  8. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    What would you think of a building manager who is denying someone the right to a dignified place to sleep after they have worked a double shift, have to work again the next morning, and are stuck in...
  9. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

  10. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I have had elderly clients who worry themselves sick about the safety of their caregivers who are required to drive on ice. These poor little clients were very relieved when I contacted the...
  11. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I know the value of SLOWING DOWN. [/quote So do I. I actually had to explain to a charge nurse why I was late when I drove long distance in a dangerous
  12. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I got up at 4 a.m. to make my shift that started at 8 a.m. Driving long distance in snow that literally blinds you so you can't see where the road goes and then being questioned by a charge nurse...
  13. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Can charge nurses and DoNs plan for this by asking, "Who would like to come in during the snow storm?" They should plan to stay longer than an eight hour shift. They also should be offered a hot...
  14. Alnitak7

    Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    The Sheriffs will take you to work but I think your workplace has to be inside their jurisdiction. I have gotten them to bring me to work in years past. In the event that you commute from your...
  15. Alnitak7

    Is this a HIPAA violation?

    Alnitak7 replied to JTinKY's topic in HIPAA Challenges

  16. Alnitak7

    Is this a HIPAA violation?

    Alnitak7 replied to JTinKY's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Last time someone on Facebook commented to me about my workplace, I deleted all my comments off that thread where I unknowingly set myself up. As far as talking about my patients or work...
  17. Alnitak7

    What Nobody Tells You: The Reality of Nursing Jobs for Foreign Trained Nurses

    Alnitak7 replied to rosomebody007's topic in Immigration Advice

    What I have seen some foreigners do is find a private home care situation with a client who likes and understands them. I have met some patients who like foreigners and readily accept nursing care...
  18. Alnitak7

    What Nobody Tells You: The Reality of Nursing Jobs for Foreign Trained Nurses

    Alnitak7 replied to rosomebody007's topic in Immigration Advice

    Clearly, you are proficient in English. I don't understand why a nurse who is NOT proficient in English would think she would be able to work in the US. We speak English here. The doctors (even the...
  19. Alnitak7

    What are your pet peeves?

    Alnitak7 replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    When my co workers make authoritative comments that are not true and end off the conversation like that's all that exists, ie, "She has a right to refuse." Well giving the consequences of their...
  20. Alnitak7

    Up half the night helping diabetic with diet diary

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    As a special favor to a diabetic man who is strict about his diet, I opened up my Excel chart and recorded the things he ate. I told him it would be better than his notebook because you can do a...
  21. Alnitak7

    Let's not try to make them invalids or keep them invalids

    Alnitak7 replied to Alnitak7's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    For patients who are at home with no supervision for some parts of the day, who have dizzy spells, I think there are times when canes and walkers would not really be enough to protect them. I think...
  22. Alnitak7

    You can tell that they're dying by looking at their eyes

    Alnitak7 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I was a new girl on the wing, there were two patients whose eyes were all tired and staring. The nurses talked about their tired staring eyes in the report room. They said they could tell by...
  23. Alnitak7

    Feeling stuck

    Alnitak7 replied to RN_203's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In times past I've gone in for an interview and they had me working the next
  24. Alnitak7

    Lazy nurses

    Alnitak7 replied to Future FNP 14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Part of the education about transfers is knowing which ones you can't and should not move by yourself and to identify the ones you're being bullied and pressured into moving by yourself just because...
  25. Alnitak7

    Single mother and nursing student

    Alnitak7 replied to lakeisha87's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know in some areas there are teaching hospitals that also offer child care to their employees. I do not know if they would offer child care for their students. I also do not know if they...