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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    Compensation fair or not?

    Katillac replied to feelix's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    A three credit course is three hours of class time per week plus I imagine at least two hours of prep and grading for every hour in class. So for a typical semester of 15 weeks, you're talking $2,000...
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    Marketer Conflict as a DON

    Katillac replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    "What? What? Can you hear me? We have a bad con. . . ." Sorry, I couldn't resist. You're right OP, it doesn't sound bad. It sounds horrible! My suggestions involve a mindset change on your part....
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    Advice please

    Katillac replied to Been there,done that's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'll say this as gently as I can. . . what you're missing is that you can't case manage from a distance, especially with a complicated case where pain meds are being refused. It is of course against...
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    Resume and Cover Letter Critique

    Katillac replied to nursechilespice's topic in Nursing Career

    You're
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    Asking for Hospice Nurses Expertise and Help

    Katillac replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    It's very much the family's business. But just as when a patient is discharged from acute care the case manager or discharge planner offers assistance with finding appropriate services after...
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    Hiring an RN into private practice

    Katillac replied to curiousMD's topic in General Nursing

    Every single reference I can find - dozens - talks about the MD establishing the correct dose and technicians or medical assistants administering. Some mention a requirement of having BLS, some...
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    Hiring an RN into private practice

    Katillac replied to curiousMD's topic in General Nursing

    I'm puzzled with why you haven't talked with your lawyer and find out exactly why he or she is insisting you need an RN. I'm having a hard time imagining what liability an LPN would expose you to that...
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    Resume and Cover Letter Critique

    Katillac replied to nursechilespice's topic in Nursing Career

    OK, I'm going to be super picky, because you want your materials to be perfect. It's your chance to make an impression, don't give them any chance to put your materials aside. Good luck! As someone...
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    Asking for Hospice Nurses Expertise and Help

    Katillac replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    It's important to wait until they're ready, even if that means after the patient dies. When I have a case like this, I bring it up again gently when the patient is actively dying and I've talked with...
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    Recipient's right's complaint filed on me

    Katillac replied to RhythmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be concerned about defending yourself against libel at this point. In order to win in a libel action you would need to prove damages, or losses, which unless you lose your job is unlikely....
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    Admin just not getting it

    Katillac replied to ABRN2012's topic in School

    Maybe tell them that as much as you know they would never hire a person without the appropriate qualifications to teach just because the parents wanted that person hired, you expect them not to put...
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    Hospice RN in northern VA/ Montgomery county MD.

    Katillac replied to Sarl86's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Lovely to see your interest in hospice. I couldn't agree more that hospice is a different kind of stressful but demanding all the same. But your experience, perspective and desire to move away from...
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    Admitting More ICU Patients than Hospital is Licensed To Take

    Katillac replied to J Friday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Your state is an employment at will state which means among other things that you can be fired for anything and nothing at all, including refusing an assignment. You could probably get unemployment...
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    Workplace Sayings

    Katillac replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    TMBD became one of our favorite "behind closed doors" hospice diagnoses. It was a sign you needed to dig deep to find the Dx leading to the 6 month prognosis. It came from something our exasperated...
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    Hospice morphine overdose

    Katillac replied to Robbie8121's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The same laws and regulations protect all patients, hospice and non-hospice, from being overdosed on morphine by health care providers. Robbie, you just joined today and this is your first post. That...
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    Feelings of an extremely burnt out nurse

    Katillac replied to HayRayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going out on a limb here and say maybe you can realign your expectations - change the picture you had if you will - and feel more fulfilled. It seems possible you didn't just go into nursing to...
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    I want to quit during orientation...

    Katillac replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    People stress way too much about what to say in a resignation letter. There is no way to quit this situation that the management will like because they are desperate for you to stay. The resignation...
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    My DON accused me of patient abandonment during a snowstorm

    Katillac replied to NurseScorpio88's topic in General Nursing

    Still not PATIENT abandonment. You never accepted the assignment, therefore no duty to care. But now I see why the DON was madder than a wet hornet. After you consult the lawyer, will you update us?...
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    My DON accused me of patient abandonment during a snowstorm

    Katillac replied to NurseScorpio88's topic in General Nursing

    Flat out no, there is no case for abandonment here. You worked your scheduled shift then reported off to a nurse who accepted the assignment. It doesn't matter what your DON says, this is not...
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    Keeping experienced staff!!!

    Katillac replied to riden6944's topic in General Nursing

    Perfect. And I just realized this would motivate me to stay more than a raise. A raise actually feels a little dirty because it's just throwing me a few more bucks to put up with the abuse. But being...
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    Charting Bloopers

    Katillac replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Talk to text errors just in one shift's charting: Had a bed elevated city for degree. Patient was asleep when this nurse arrived at the TVs to sleep at this time. This is a pain anxiety on the...
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    90 day notice??

    Katillac replied to MomandCPNP's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    By virtue of the fact that you are hourly and not in one of the automatically exempt positions, your employer must pay you for the time you work, not the time you are scheduled to work. If you agree...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    Katillac replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Susie, I think I understand better now why you are reading into this that people are advocating to under-treat or refuse care to people who are vocal advocates for themselves and loved ones. I'm so...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    Katillac replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. People naive to the system don't know to request "that special cart with the cookies and coffee", don't know specific routes, dosages, and times for meds, and don't know to start yelling for the...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    Katillac replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Prejudice against whom? People who refuse to engage in health promoting behaviors? I get it, you think the ACA has resulted in many people who were formerly denied care who arrive at our hospitals...