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    Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    OCNRN63 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I was in a different situation. I was being bullied (and I mean the true definition of "bullied). It turned out that three nurses (who up until that point I thought were my friends) started ganging...
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    My LVN job considers me as an MA...feeling unappreciated and very stressed...NEED ADVICE!

    OCNRN63 replied to mariamarro321's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would reinforce to the doctors that you are a licensed vocational/practical nurse, not an MA. Make sure the parents of your patients know you're nurse,
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    Screaming match with my preceptor

    OCNRN63 replied to jherd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You could try having a meeting with her and someone from HR serving as a mediator. Honestly, I don't see you surviving this episode. In the long run, it may be prudent to just move
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    teenagers and pot

    OCNRN63 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    You can't be serious. Plenty of teenagers do indeed get
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    OCNRN63 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I don't think it would die even if we drove a stake through its
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    Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    OCNRN63 replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

    My first job (30y ago) was in psych. I was certain I would never work in anything but psych. After about 4 years I could see the writing on the wall for our unit; decreasing admissions, staff taking...
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    Looking up patients previously in your care

    OCNRN63 replied to Clovery's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    There are plenty of different case studies you can look up for learning experiences. Don't risk your license by looking up your previous patients, even if it is for good
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    Collegue with restrictions

    OCNRN63 replied to Mqnurse40's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just do your job and let HR manage your
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    Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    OCNRN63 replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a wreck when I would have to be at work at 0630. Actually, I had to be there before 0630 because there were patients standing outside the department waiting for me (Outpatient Oncology). I was...
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    Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    OCNRN63 replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You're still saying the same thing, only qualifying it with a non-apology apology ("I'm sorry if my posts hurt anyone's feelings"). Had I not been sidelined by a serious illness, I would have stayed...
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    Weed and work.

    OCNRN63 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Unless your friend plans to work where one of us is working, the answer doesn't really matter. If your friend is that dependent on weed, he needs help, not ways to beat the
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    Requesting words of encouragement… I’m a new grad having a breakdown at work right now.

    OCNRN63 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, this is a very wise post from a wise poster. Please read it a few times and think about what's being
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    So fed up with my coworker

    OCNRN63 replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She's working there on a prn basis; that means she isn't obligated to work every time someone needs to be off. Honestly, I'm surprised she has the energy to work at all with four very young children...
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    Seventh Day Adventist and working on Sabbath???

    OCNRN63 replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    You take the Bible literally? All of it?
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    OCNRN63 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, those fakers during the Spanish Influenza were pretty ridiculous, weren't
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    Help with how to become a nurse

    OCNRN63 replied to ANChar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Did it ever occur to you that these colleges have a vested interest in continuing to promote this "nursing
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    Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    OCNRN63 replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There is no shortage of RNs; just a shortage of hospitals willing to hire RNs to staff their units
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't advocate for minimal intervention. But mental health laws, heck, even CMS state that psych patients be treated with the least restrictive means possible. And again, FTR, I have been in the...
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    I said "basic psychiatric care." Preserving a psych pt's dignity shouldn't be different, whether it's in the ED or on a psych unit. That is not saying it's apples to
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    Jealous Friends...

    OCNRN63 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in School, College Programs

    Wow...if someone told me that I was the reason he/she decided to go into nursing school, I would be flattered. I would see it as that person saying he/she considered me a role model. You can ask the...
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    You strip your psych patients naked in the ED? We had several floridly psychotic patients present to the ED. While they were put in the locked room, we didn't make them stay back there, shivering...
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    They get shacked in four point restraints naked? Never happened when I worked in psych, and certainly never happened when I worked in the
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    migraines and work

    OCNRN63 replied to RobotNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm not aware of anything other than FMLA that gives you a 90 day certification for chronic
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    You're not saying that she lay naked and restrained in that room, are you? Please tell me she got a gown or paper
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    OCNRN63 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    You were lucky she was that docile, because that was inappropriate. Busy or not, she shouldn't have been placed in seclusion and restraints. If your ED was that concerned about her, why not call...