TakeOne

TakeOne

Member

  • Content

    219

  • Visitors

    3,797

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by TakeOne

  1. Advice about Co-Worker

    TakeOne replied to bellagreeneyz's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever worked in a hospital where staff members wagered informally on who will die next, on what day and at what time? Have you ever said or heard someone say that they should write a book...

  2. Another Vent...About a Frequent Faller!

    TakeOne replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The falling resident doesn't need to give you "a straight answer" about what he's doing. "Alert" doesn't mean oriented and rational, and "alert" doesn't mean absence of short-term memory impairment....

  3. Advice about Co-Worker

    TakeOne replied to bellagreeneyz's topic in General Nursing

    No it isn't. Nothing has happened, no ones confidentiality has been breached, no information has been disseminated. HIPAA does not apply. Huh? That part lost me. Oh, for heaven's sake! Do you...

  4. Another Vent...About a Frequent Faller!

    TakeOne replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ya know... think about that for a minute. If you were confused and disoriented, and found yourself "zipped" into something and utterly unable to get out, how do you think you'd react? I think I'd feel...

  5. Ethical Issue -Missing Prescriptions

    TakeOne replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I asked you if you were sure, but you responded by saying I'm wrong. What am I wrong about? I read your message correctly. You put a newly-filled bottle of narcotic pain reliever in places you usually...

  6. Advice about Co-Worker

    TakeOne replied to bellagreeneyz's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Your post is full of petty and catty remarks about this coworker, and my take is that you are dying to start something. Please, PLEASE don't be one of those

  7. DNR POLST not signed by conservator, signed by MD

    TakeOne replied to Loving.Very.Nice's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's my experience that court-appointed guardians will sign POLSTs for their wards only if that person's wishes were known ahead of time. Otherwise, since these are third parties assigned when there...

  8. health professional while married

    TakeOne replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    I had my career before marriage so that's a frame of reference I'm not familiar with. If pressed, however, I would say that marriage, kids, etc. definitely did influence my career

  9. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    TakeOne replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    Much of what is here is highly judgmental and all of it is one-sided. You only included "items" that you think carry any weight, so what happened to the rest of the story? Moreover, nowhere in your...

  10. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    TakeOne replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    How on earth do my comments, which you lifted out of context and now have standing alone as non sequiturs, illustrate your point in even a sarcastic fashion? I've been practicing for thirty years....

  11. How to Deal With Ignorant Medical Professionals

    TakeOne replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Does your employer not have its own Medical Director and physicians to whom you can go for orders when the patient's regular MD is "not available"? Are there established protocols and standing orders...

  12. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    TakeOne replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds highly resentful. She's not necessarily jealous, but she is very resentful of newly hired new grad RNs in charge

  13. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    TakeOne replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    Nonsense. That IS how it is and how it's been for as long as I've been practicing. All RNs learned to do charge, and rotated through the position if there was more than one RN on the unit per shift....

  14. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    TakeOne replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like you have a problem with it, no matter how much you deny it. She's the RN. You're LPNs. She's in charge, even though she's a new grad with no experience (how much experience would you...

  15. Nurse assaulted

    TakeOne replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    Management doesn't want this kind of thing to get draw the wrong kind of attention to the facility, lest it be perceived as an unsafe work environment. If something like that is identified, management...

  16. Nurse assaulted

    TakeOne replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that it is "policy." This is probably just advice given to her verbally by her supervisor and management. She certainly had the right to call the police and press charges when a crime was...

  17. Ethical Issue -Missing Prescriptions

    TakeOne replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    And? I doubt that the weekend caregiver was "fired pending investigation." She was more likely suspended pending investigation. Meanwhile, you have put two fresh refills in places you don't usually...

  18. Nurse assaulted

    TakeOne replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    Bravo for the patient who was watching as this went down. Maybe he didn't know what exactly to do, but at least he did something. Why were the police not called? Assault is assault, and the nurse was...

  19. Question regarding medicine administration

    TakeOne replied to Nissan350z's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill. Things like this are not your concern yet. All things in time.

  20. Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

    TakeOne replied to Noahm's topic in General Nursing

    Beware. In my area, Utah, the hospitals, LTACs and adult care facilities are advertising for nurses constantly too, but they actually hire very few and the experiential criteria can be surreal. They...

  21. Who is my employer?

    TakeOne replied to BBear13's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're in a pickle, dear. Did you fill out W4s for the agency? Did the agency handle your wages at all? Did you get W2s for income tax filing, or Form 1099? Your agency would not have deducted...

  22. 2 weeks notice

    TakeOne replied to Powerof3jlw's topic in General Nursing

    I think you mean untrue in your opinion as well, don't you? As I said in my post, it depends on the circumstances. There are times when quitting is the sensible and intelligent thing to do. I also...

  23. Maternal loss due to DIC

    TakeOne replied to SchiwartRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I may be misunderstanding what you're saying, but I always thought the priority was mother first, baby second. She didn't develop DIC until after the section, so the procedure was done for suspected...

  24. 2 weeks notice

    TakeOne replied to Powerof3jlw's topic in General Nursing

    Untrue, especially if one is in a job that is obviously not a good fit, or other life circumstance wherein self-preservation matters more than anything else. However, I agree with others who say that...

  25. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    TakeOne replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    because that particular question must be the one that her friend had a prayer of finding a rationalization for, and getting the instructor to accept the rationalization for that single item would have...