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  1. 10 Best Practices for Telephonic Nurse Case Managers

    learner1108 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Case Management

    I am glad to see these. I can't think of a thing I would add. You have listed them very well. I also do all these practices. Even though case management can feel overwhelming at times when you have...

  2. Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    learner1108 replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Posters, She is new to the profession. She is asking a question based on her observations. The question shows she is worried and probably scared. She is probably asking herself has she wasted all that...

  3. I Don't Want to Stick a Patient

    learner1108 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have embroidered and sew by hand for 40 years. In all that time, I have accidentally stuck my fingers many times. There is a sting when the needle goes in, but then it doesn't hurt. Make sure you...

  4. The right to an opinion

    learner1108 replied to ElectricCabbage's topic in General Nursing

    The family members are the ones who will live with their end-of-life decisions they made for their loved ones who were not able to make those decisions themselves. They will remember the rest of their...

  5. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    learner1108 replied to wisconurse16's topic in General Nursing

    On my Ortho unit, we clocked out for lunch and in like we were supposed to, but didn't leave the floor or actually sit down in the break room to eat for longer than 5

  6. Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    learner1108 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I'll take natural body odors and regular odors anytime over the stomach-turning air deodorizers. The air deodorizers also have particulates which disperse in the air, so they aren't healthy for some...

  7. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    learner1108 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I like the Maya Angelou quote.

  8. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    learner1108 replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Two things to consider. First, if the patient is in severe pain, they will not be yelling and cussing. My very experienced nurse aunt told me that the quiet ones with severe injuries or pain were the...

  9. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    learner1108 replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hollybobs has some good points. If your patient is scared, angry or very stressed, you must calm down. Speak in a lower calm tone and have slower movements. Don't slow down just don't have jerky quick...

  10. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    learner1108 replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses worry about serious stuff enough. Sometimes nurses just wanna have fun. This thread is

  11. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    learner1108 replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    I love this thread. I'm laughing. Everyone is so witty. We were scared like this in nursing school. What a

  12. New Grad Interviews - What should I take?

    learner1108 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This kind of advice is what new grads need when looking for jobs. It would be nice if nursing schools education included these tips for nursing

  13. New Nurse, what did I get myself into...

    learner1108 replied to ColorfulStethoscope's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't read all the comments, but the first few. Okay everyone, she wasn't whining about the work. She was saying that her preceptor was criticizing everything she did. She is trying. In case you...

  14. New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    learner1108 replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I so agree with Not A Hat Person. In my senior clinical, I had a wonderful RN, but I did not get to plan for a patient one whole shift. I could have practiced on how I would care for a patient, and he...

  15. Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    learner1108 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a youngster, as the oldest child in the family, I had to clean up our two cats' messes while they were learning about litter box. That was my mom's directive if we wanted the cats. There...

  16. Why do we eat our young?

    learner1108 replied to jreynrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "And honestly, there does come a time where you need to stop asking "permission" before every single thing you do." posted by Wooh. Yes, I agree Wooh, and the orienting nurse needs to tell the new...

  17. Why do we eat our young?

    learner1108 replied to jreynrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, as I stated in my original post, if the hospitals or organizations who employ nurses offer incentives and training to the vets, perhaps some things might change in their behaviors to new grads...

  18. Why do we eat our young?

    learner1108 replied to jreynrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think this "eating their young" is a description for what some experienced nurses do to their orientees because the experienced nurses are like new first time parents who feel that what the newbie...

  19. New nurses feel like quitting?

    learner1108 replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I quit nursing and don't know if I will ever go back because of my age - 50+. Nursing was my second career after I retired from my first one. I had wanted to be a nurse since I was first in college,...

  20. New Job Dilemma, HELP!

    learner1108 replied to sa[RN]ah's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the middle of an orientation when a unit I wanted to work for called me for an interview. I told them I was being oriented to another unit. So I finished orientation, worked and wasn't a...

  21. Will I be shunned?

    learner1108 replied to studentgolfer's topic in General Students

    As others have said, be friendly but study alone when that works best for you. At my school, the instructors would not allow us to work on graded assignments alone. We had to be in a group. If you...

  22. Turned down job..did I do the right thing?

    learner1108 replied to sunny314's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing. I would suggest that when you are ready to work full time as a RN that you check with HR or nurse manager and get a job (if one is available) which doesn't require...

  23. A Pre-nursing Student who believes...

    learner1108 replied to digoe74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She is just innocent. But when she is a bedside nurse and she walks in on one of her confused pts on fall precautions who has watery poop all over her and the bed and is trying to get out of bed to...

  24. 2nd Career in Nursing

    learner1108 replied to teenieebikiniee's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    1. Take prereqs at night. Keep your daytime job until your children are grown. Nursing will still be there when they are grown. 2. Become a part time CNA (requires training) or hospital tech...

  25. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    learner1108 replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Seems like nursing jobs for New Grads are hard to get in some areas of the country. I think the first poster was giving a laudable heads up to prospective and current nursing students. I would add...