nursemike ASN, RN

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    Is it worth it?

    nursemike replied to Jogirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still pretty new at this, and still have days when I wonder whether I made the right choice. My first six months or so were pretty rugged, and I spent a good deal of time wondering whether I was...
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    A New Twist on a Familiar Complaint: Toxic EMPLOYEES

    nursemike replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the things they've done at my facility is to start classes so a few of our ancillary/support staff can train to become nurse's aides. So you can get a job as a housekeeper or dietary assistant...
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    A New Twist on a Familiar Complaint: Toxic EMPLOYEES

    nursemike replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For sure, there are two sides to that coin. Then, too, even non-union employees have some recourse for wrongful terminations, although it sounds like a pretty big ordeal. It's bound to be easier to...
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    A New Twist on a Familiar Complaint: Toxic EMPLOYEES

    nursemike replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You said a mouthful, there, Babe! Back in my carpenter days, when we ran a crew, my dad always said it only takes one guy to screw up a whole crew. It was true, then, and it's true in nursing. My...
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    What's the truth?

    nursemike replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    You may well be right, but I prefer to take what people say at face value. I generally take this approach at work, too--if someone wants to vent, I listen and nod sympathetically. If they ask for...
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    Charting Bloopers

    nursemike replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once had an aide point out that I had placed our entire six-bed epilepsy monitoring unit on suicide precautions (check box right above "seizure precautions"). Also transfered an off-service pt to...
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    Any new grad ever been let go after 6 month trial period?

    nursemike replied to cjj0603's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others that a transfer to a different unit might be preferable to resignation, if it's feasible. The climate can vary a great deal from one floor to another. At my facility, new...
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    The fatting of America.

    nursemike replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely. My "drive-thru diet" wasn't a bit helpful. And who has time to exercise, what with work, household chores, and surfing the internet for hours at a
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    The fatting of America.

    nursemike replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have to admit, I've skipped a fair bit of this thread. Probably I should just keep skipping, but I feel I need to contribute something useful to the discussion. Years ago, I could lose weight...
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    Do patients rarely catch a cold?

    nursemike replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. I've only been a nurse ayear and a half, but I was in healthcare seven years before that. Other night I had a trach I thought might be developing pneumonia, but the doc said it might just...
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    Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

    nursemike replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    While I was in school, I was encouraging a friend of mine--an aide--to get into nursing school. Many, many advantages for a young, single mom. Her big concern was that nurses don't spend time with...
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    nursemike replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    That is so cool--to see results that soon! Good for you and your manager. We've had a lot of education on phenergan, lately, too. We do give it IV, and I've never had a pt complain of it burning--I...
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    Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nursemike replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    25 yr carpenter, here. I didn't find this to be anywhere near universally true, though I certainly did see some of it. Well, the laughing at the next guy--yeah, that's pretty universal, but usually...
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    Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nursemike replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I guess maybe I'm not entirely a newbie, since I have been allowed to orient some people--Ye Gods! Who's idea was THAT? But I'm still new enough that I can remember your situation pretty vividly....
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    sexual harrassment

    nursemike replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    It's a sometimes unfortunate, but nevertheless unavoidable fact that women are often, indeed usually, no match for most men in physical conflict. Even when approximately matched in size and weight,...
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    sexual harrassment

    nursemike replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think any attorney is going to consider a sexual harassment inservice an adequate remedy. If you can show, by a "preponderance of evidence" (not as stringent as "beyond a reasonable doubt")...
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    dealing with perverted patients

    nursemike replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done some of that. As a male, I don't usually get sexually inappropriate remarks from male patients, and while female patients can occassionally be inappropriate, they aren't usually as...
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    Do you feel more is expected of you...

    nursemike replied to MALE*RN*777's topic in Men in Nursing

    I find I get called for combative patients and heavy lifts, but I don't wait to be called if I know either situation is occuring. I have a lot of experience with pt transfers from my previous job, so...
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    Posters that are not nurses

    nursemike replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you enjoy your visits, and that they help you as much as they did when I was in school (all those many months ago...). I must admit, I haven't looked at the Terms of Service in awhile, but I...
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    still overwhelmed

    nursemike replied to sunneeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here, here! I sometimes feel like I'm running my butt off to do things that a year ago I didn't even know I needed to do. I'm not making myself sick with anxiety, so much, but I'm still nervous on...
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    Careplans in your head?

    nursemike replied to Troischats's topic in General Nursing

    We use a sheet(actually several pages)that you just check off problems or potential problems, goals, and outcomes. Pretty convenient. Our Clinical Preceptor told me she lays out her notes on her...
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    sexual harrassment

    nursemike replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is certainly a police matter (in addition to the other remedies already mentioned.) Poking your breast against your will and other incidents you mentioned are not only sexual harassment, but...
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    The GOOD things about nursing - why are we still doing it

    nursemike replied to Tiwi's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient ask me, awhile back, "Have you been doing my assessment last because I talk so much?" I told him, truthfully, that I had been alternating him with another fellow down the hall who also...
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    Son of a bad patient

    nursemike posted a topic in General Nursing

    My father, whom I dearly love, is in the hospital tonight, should come home this morning. Had a femoral artery stent, which I'm hoping will relieve some of his ischemic leg pain, improve his quality...
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    Son of a bad patient

    nursemike replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the advice and support. Dad's home and fine and in a much better mood, and a little sleep did help my outlook, too. He wasn't demented--just very grumpy. I guess there's a good reason...