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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    Observant Jew Cannot Work Saturday Shifts

    Katillac replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nurse Beth, I so appreciate your balanced response to this writer, and your manager's perspective. It's very helpful to see these things from the viewpoint of the PTB. But I am struck by the language...
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    Will I get fired?

    Katillac replied to Chloe86's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let's break this down. OP asked if she could get fired for this, and if it's a violation. If you practice in a right to work state, yes, you can be fired for this, and for anything else your...
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    Appropriate patient discussion

    Katillac replied to amtisdale's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager may want to talk with your loss prevention/ risk management people. Every hospital, even small ones, should have somebody managing the liability exposure of the organization. If something...
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    Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

    Katillac replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    ROFLKMFSTS (rolling on floor laughing kicking my feet scaring the
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    Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

    Katillac replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you traumaRUs for your time putting together this post. And with all due respect for Audrey Wirth, MSN, RN-BC, CVRN-BC adjunct clinical instructor at Aurora University's School of Nursing and...
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    Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

    Katillac replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Given that there's no good research showing BSN prepared nurses provide care resulting in better outcomes, I too have been racking my brain to figure out why the push. The only consistent rationale I...
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    LTC Patient Ratio Unsafe

    Katillac replied to Parri11's topic in General Nursing

    Outside the impossible and unsafe volume of work required of you, your facility has put you in the position of working dangerously far outside the LPN scope of practice. An LPN is permitted to gather...
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    Christmas Gift Ideas?

    Katillac posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know it's last minute, but I'd like to get some small gifts (as in under $20) for the CNAs I work with. Does anyone have any suggestions about what gifts you've given that the recipient seemed to...
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    Christmas Gift Ideas?

    Katillac replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks so much for all of your great suggestions! There are a ton of ideas that I think will work really well. Sorry I didn't get back to this thread before this, first it was the Christmas home...
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    Christmas Gift Ideas?

    Katillac replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    What a unique and thoughtful
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    Christmas Gift Ideas?

    Katillac replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies, folks. Last year I did lanyards, but gift cards are always
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm grateful for threads like this in that they help me think through my perspective on issues. The OP and I differ drastically in our opinions on this. I don't think griping per se is an effective...
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wait, this sounds familiar. . . let me think. . . Oh, right, it sounds like management refusing to provide opportunities and working conditions conducive to attracting and retaining good nurses, then...
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you so much, Princess Elle - I didn't recognize him until I saw your post. I couldn't agree with you more regarding the identity or the prescription. For those who may not be familiar with the...
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking how you avoided suffering at the hands of your colleagues. I was wondering how you, a presumably college educated man, avoided becoming a nurse guilty of...
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fact that some of us are replying is an indication we are not all ignoring what you're saying. Nobody has said "it" doesn't happen. Nobody has said you aren't entitled to your opinion and...
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    It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    Katillac replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's just lovely you have developed a perspective allowing you to cope with some of the challenges of your work. However, as you've noticed here, not everyone shares your perspective, nor do they...
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    Resigning

    Katillac replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    A resignation letter is just that, a communication informing your organization that after a certain date you won't be there anymore. It's not the place to vent your frustrations or to try to address...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    Katillac replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Just venting"? Sounds more like you are making judgements about every nurse in the profession. Sure, you "understand that not everyone wants to teach". . . but they should. We should "all be willing...
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    Pain management scenario

    Katillac replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm not sure that unless you put him on a PCA with no lockout wherein when he gets sedated enough he will just go to sleep until he wakes and presses the button again you will be able to come up with...
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    When refusing to work is considered abandonment?

    Katillac replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    There are three separate issues being blurred here. First, most BONs will not censure you for abandonment unless you have taken report and then leave. But that means if your replacement doesn't show...
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    Nurses, Doctors, and Admins: Nightmare Becomes Reality

    Katillac replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how meaningful the answers can be; your premise is seriously flawed. While all concerned possibly should have the same objective and may want to create the appearance of providing that...
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    Not bullying!! But need help to grow a backbone around a certain co-worker.

    Katillac replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll take a flyer here. Not sure you need to grow a backbone as much as change your perspective on this person. I think you'd like her to be the kind of person who treats others with civility, and is...
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    How do I delegate?

    Katillac replied to scrubs0204's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Being bossy is literally what delegating is - as a boss, you are distributing the workload according to your professional judgement. I think your task is not so much "not sounding bossy" as coming to...
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Katillac replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious, OP: what kind of "retraining" would be effective to get her to understand there's an expectation that a worker actually performs work? You didn't get her fired, you helped free her to...