Katillac RN

That's not a pic of me. That's Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for you young pups.

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    Stop Calling It Burnout

    Katillac posted a topic in General Nursing

    An article and six minute video that brilliantly call out the culture of victim blaming and shaming around the crisis in the mental health of health care workers: "So many of us in healthcare feel...
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    Stop Calling It Burnout

    Katillac replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    He offers some potential solutions in this Twitter
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    Stop Calling It Burnout

    Katillac replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    I can't thank you enough for your response. You've brilliantly blown the muck off a piece of this that's been bothering me but I couldn't bring into focus. I never noticed before I've been lumping the...
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    S & M Nurses

    Katillac replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    And here I thought this was going to be a thread about fashionistas, you know, the Stand and Model nurses. I ain't nearly freaky enough for this
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    Charting and learning

    Katillac replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    What she said
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    Charting and learning

    Katillac replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    And another thing. . . LOL If you go for another job, the way to present this experience is, "Unfortunately, the position I accepted wasn't available when I started working at Big Mistake Care...
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    Charting and learning

    Katillac replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem is nobody actually showed her any charting, they just had her doing legwork for them. Policies and procedures don't typically cover the charting flow. Cheat sheets are awesome when...
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    Associates if I don't get into a BSN program?

    Katillac replied to n0rse's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhhh. . . right, I forgot about those. It takes a village.
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    Associates if I don't get into a BSN program?

    Katillac replied to n0rse's topic in General Nursing

    A successfully completed accredited AASN program prepares you to NCLEX test to become an RN, not an LVN/LPN. The down side of that is not all facilities will hire an RN with an ASN degree, some insist...
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    Anyone knows about ADN healthcare?

    Katillac replied to ScaredRN's topic in General Nursing

    According to their website, there is no charge to the candidate. It looks like they are a typical recruiter, in which case they would be paid by the employer. But I've never worked for them nor do I...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Katillac replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    When you say any of these, I'm assuming you are talking about ways to say no to extra hours. And it doesn't matter if you are new or not, saying no is inconvenient for management. It's up to each of...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Katillac replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    If you allow managers to fill in when needed, you de-incentivize leadership from staffing appropriately. I've heard union members say it's because they care about the morale of their members, I think...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Katillac replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    They are allowed to do it because the morale of the staff and safety of the patients are secondary to the financial bottom line to the PTB. In short, they don't care. Same reason they don't have a...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Katillac replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    ?????
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    Katillac replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite: NM: Will you split the evening shift and work 7A to 7P? Me: Who's coming in at 7? NM: <sigh> We don't know yet. Me: HAHAHAHAHA.
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    Case Management Care Plans

    Katillac posted a topic in Case Management

    For those doing insurance case management in the home, for example in a transitions program, what does the company look for in a care plan? Trying to come up with one for an
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    Advice from experienced nurses please

    Katillac replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    It might help to think of it from the perspective that not all enter the field for the same reasons, and not all have the same perspective. Some CNAs see the work as a valuable team effort, others see...
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    Vent

    Katillac replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    If you read the OP, you'll remember that the in service she talked about was given to nursing staff. They, as well as the group of RNs shown the hand drawing of a bronchial tree, already have a basic...
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    Vent

    Katillac replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    That's . . . disgustingly and appallingly insensitive. Faking a trach demeans every person who has one. To do it as a joke, well, I hope this presenter got burned to a crisp in the
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    Would you be insulted?

    Katillac replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have a pretty good understanding of why you haven't been asked; the nurse educator has a different opinion of you than your co-workers do. To confirm that, you'd need to in some way...
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    Advice from experienced nurses please

    Katillac replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're doing great at 5/6 months in. Here's why: You know what you don't know and you're fixing it.You have developed an intuitive grasp of the big picture, and you're getting a good sense of...
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    Case Study: HIPAA violation or not?

    Katillac replied to Allmy?'s topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It looks like photos of wounds aren't PHI because the wounds themselves aren't permanent, so they aren't considered identifiers. So no HIPAA violation, but if taken without consent and disclosure how...
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    Was he scared?

    Katillac replied to bananorama's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What you replied to the wife was perfect. It was true, and you can't really know if he was scared, especially since the spouse didn't know. He might have been crying, or maybe not. If he was crying,...
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    Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    Katillac replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I couldn't find the words for. Perfect. Ms. Practically A Nurse doesn't understand what she doesn't see and therefore thinks it's all about the
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    Is it bad to turn down an interview in 3 days after having agreed to it?

    Katillac replied to Erica_24's topic in General Nursing

    Recruiters and hiring managers are different creatures and need to be treated differently. The recruiter's job is to find a pool of candidates in the world that might be a good fit for any number of...