IMustBeCrazy

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  1. Can this contract possibly be legal?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to paigeRN1962's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I was thinking the same thing, they just pulled the wrong contract out of the drawer. I would approach it as such to the business/HR

  2. Disney Culture in Hospitals

    IMustBeCrazy replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Mickey this. http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Disney/Yorba.html There are no words for

  3. Need Some Advice

    IMustBeCrazy replied to kayleo22's topic in General Nursing

    DO IT! See suggestions above re: how you can make this work. Getting into nursing school is kinda like being pregnant - hard to plan and it tends to just happen. :wink2: Good luck! Let us know how...

  4. Venting about a new CNA...this is really, really long!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Simple. She is in her probationary period which means she can be terminated WITH NO EXPLANATION. I would pitch this to HR citing the problems you have been having....if they are breathing/have half...

  5. Psych RN's, being phased out???

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Halinja's topic in Psychiatric

    IMO, Psychiatric Nursing remains the best kept secret in most hospitals. No, there will always be a niche for the talented behavioral health nurse. Talk to someone that works in ER. You will find...

  6. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said "excuse me one minute", calmly walked out of her office and called security and the meeting would be reconvened when they show up to the unit. If asked I would clearly state that I...

  7. Will LTC as a new grad kill other options???

    IMustBeCrazy replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree that from a hospital day-to-day workflow standpoint this grad would be at a disadvantage to segue back into hospital from LTC (it's not impossible however - hospitals DO hire new grads...

  8. Gross Out Co-Worker

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I strongly recommend that you not make any moves that could be perceived as harassment, i.e. printing out this thread, confronting in front of coworkers, or doing anything as a group that could...

  9. Dealing with a patient who verbally threatens you

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in General Nursing

    Always be aware of that little voice inside you. If you get "that feeling" then GET OUT. NEVER EVER compromise your own

  10. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you are correct. I don't have any evidence-based statistics off hand to support it, but I see this happen very often with Alzheimers/Parkinson's pts when they are getting meds

  11. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Steroids have a nasty way of inducing psychosis. Had an MS pt once that was so severe in the progression of his disease that he began receiving steroids. Ended up on the unit about 2 days

  12. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Multicollinarity, you hit the nail on the head. This is why I love my job, despite the very real risks. The human mind is awe-inspiring. At the same time, they are not just "the schizophrenic in...

  13. rules of injections

    IMustBeCrazy replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    Waste the med per NPA protocol. I'm pretty sure our hospital got cited by JHACO for this very thing within the last year because all the nursing staff had to complete an education refresher for

  14. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    two out of three mothers undergo the "baby blues," a feeling of let down after the emotional experience of childbirth. serious postpartum depression affects 10 percent to 20 percent of women after...

  15. I'm sick of nursing unions!!!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    You have a poor LOCAL union. Find out where the state/national headquarters of this union is and start writing LOTS of grievance letters. Your local union is only poor because they haven't had to...

  16. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    In that case I bet you did have a ton of felons faking mental illness. Fortunately, we don't have the type of facilities you describe where I live. They are definitely prisons, but with focused...

  17. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    One more thought. If a psych patient is proven in court to be harmful to themselves or others, or they don't have adequate cognition to understand why they need medication, they can be court ordered...

  18. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...it seems like you are describing a 'state mental facility' more than a forensic psych facility. There are different levels of care/institutions. I would be surprised if violent or homicidally...

  19. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    That is true, but generally, those that 'get by' with doing that have to be smart enough to fool MANY psychiatrists, not just one. It also begs the question as to what the secondary gains are in...

  20. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want innocent people murdered either. But I also have problems with the lack of motivation to be educated in the health profession regarding mental illness. Mental illness is seen by most as...

  21. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    They were fortunate to have enough of their faculties to realize that there was a problem and to come in to get help. Or, perhaps, their family recognized the problem and had them emergency-detained....

  22. Is This A Normal Practice???

    IMustBeCrazy replied to kersti's topic in General Nursing

    If you are required to be at your job 15 minutes before/after start time to take report/give report, darn skippy I would add that to my time card without thinking once about it. Your employers are...

  23. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    This is who was watching her children: "she began to self mutilate and refused to feed her children because she felt they were eating too much. She thought there were video cameras in the ceilings and...

  24. Andrea Yates R.N.

    IMustBeCrazy replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    andrea yates suffered from post-partum psychosis not post-partum depression. the two are not the same. thousands of mothers every year suffer from post-partum depression and do not kill their...

  25. "Those who can, do. Those who can't..."

    IMustBeCrazy replied to AnonymousCanadian's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell me you did not mean to insinuate that a psych nurse is somehow less a