IMustBeCrazy

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  1. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I've spent many years in a family business also. The problem being that family businesses and full blown corporations in the health care field bear few similarities. Especially when CEO's view nurses...

  2. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Since we cannot hire ourselves, write our own reviews, or give ourselves raises at a job, we are in a position of inferiority. It would be nice, but it ain't

  3. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I would never tell or encourage someone to tell their boss to kiss their nether regions and walk. Or to make a decision hastily for that matter. We are all educated persons. In order to receive...

  4. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to you Raindrop! Good things CAN come out of sticking up for yourself! For those that say we don't have the option to quit without notice d/t being blackballed, I say for every action there is...

  5. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    When the administrators are willing to 'stick it out' by working in the hell holes of their own making, then nurses should be willing to also. But that will never happen. In no other profession is...

  6. My first and hopefully last resignation letter I will ever have to type...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem with professional responsibility. But nurses have extra guilt with being bullied into staying in patently unsafe situations due to their license status. Administrators love to...

  7. Dealing with borderline

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Cute_CNA's topic in Psychiatric

    :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Sorry, no room on the unit! But...I may be able to wrangle a trade for a few actively hallucinating pts?! :chuckle

  8. Dealing with borderline

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Cute_CNA's topic in Psychiatric

    Borderline patients are fascinating, if only for the constant manipulation of their environment. (Oftentimes it can be arduous working WITH them. ) And yes, not all are loud and obnoxious. I once...

  9. Dealing with borderline

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Cute_CNA's topic in Psychiatric

    Keep in mind that unless the patient has Axis indicating Borderline Personality Disorder, that they are being labeled inappropriately and unfairly. I have witnessed patients on medical floors being...

  10. Dealing with borderline

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Cute_CNA's topic in Psychiatric

    SET LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!! I think of borderlines like a three year old. They need attention, and they are going to get it, whether through positive or negative means. If it means getting cozy with staff...

  11. Victims' tuition may be waived...read on

    IMustBeCrazy posted a topic in General Nursing

    victims' tuition may be waived the associated press west bend-the university of wisconsin system board of regents said friday it will waive fall tuition for students impacted by hurricane katrina as...

  12. Victims' tuition may be waived...read on

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    updated news release: for immediate release september 16, 2005 contact: doug bradley [email protected] (608) 262-5061 uw system campuses to waive fall 2005 tuition for hurricane victims madison ―...

  13. Don't Like It!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ((((Ratched)))

  14. Don't Like It!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just wanted to dispell a few myths. Psych units have constant stress also. Just because you don't happen to see people in 4 point restraints tied to beds doesn't mean that nurses have been on a...

  15. How to deal with litigious patients?

    IMustBeCrazy posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you handle cares for patients that are known troublemakers? I have bumped into this recently. Add in the mix any sort of known behavioral problem and it seems 10x worse. Management knows...

  16. How to deal with litigious patients?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciated reading everyone's views on this. As you may have guessed, I worked with a pain in the butt pt lately, and after one day of dealing with this them, I asked to be given a reprieve on day...

  17. Why can't anyone give me a job?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in Nursing Career

    Since healthcare seems to be a bust for you atm, and you have bills to pay, YES, go for the grocery/McDonalds etc. BUT....be smart about it. What I mean is, when they ask about education, especially...

  18. Don't Like It!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Working with administration is a two way street. Sounds great, but often administrations dictatorial style leaves no room for negotiation. Some comments in this thread sound like the type of rhetoric...

  19. Don't Like It!

    IMustBeCrazy replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Starting as a new nurse today is much different than it used to be 'back in the day'. I've spoken to seasoned nurses about this many times. The patient acuity is through the roof now and the sickest...

  20. How to deal with litigious patients?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    Understood. But if you have such information, how likely would it be to let slip that you are referring to it? Then there is the whole issue of discovery. Attorneys have ways of making this info come...

  21. How to deal with litigious patients?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    i was advised it was far worse to take something like that home. even with the names removed it is a hipaa violation, since patients involved in a situation could be identified via the date events...

  22. How to deal with litigious patients?

    IMustBeCrazy replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    Great advice all, thanks! I like Canoehead's direct and honest style. I need to incorporate that line in these situations. Comment on keeping a personal diary, I was taught *never* to do that and to...

  23. About to give up on being a nurse

    IMustBeCrazy replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    If this has been brought up before, I apologize in advance, I skipped over several pages of posts. I am another that has a hard time with the idea that your husband is not supportive of YOUR FAMILY'S...

  24. Quit after 4 weeks, now what...

    IMustBeCrazy replied to nursecarebear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not picking on the one that posted the above because it's a pervasive notion held by many, but why is this attitude generally accepted as a 'rite of passage'? The fact is, nursing is not consistently...

  25. Dosage site

    IMustBeCrazy replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent site: http://www.manuelsweb.com/nrs_calculators.htm