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  1. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    TakeOne replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    The question is relevant to nursing because students' minds must remain open to beliefs and practices outside those of Western medicine. All of this is coming to us second hand. It is hearsay. Your...

  2. retaliation after resignation?

    TakeOne replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    This is the best advice so far. Be aware that specific criteria exist that legally define "hostile work environment," and they don't include that you think that management doesn't listen to staff or...

  3. Outraged by no more privacy

    TakeOne replied to inquiringaide's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school and got my first jobs in the days before criminal background checks were the rage. That said, we had to have photo and finger print IDs to sit the licensure exam (back in the...

  4. LTC hurt opps for hospital jobs?

    TakeOne replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I started in nursing, LTC was seen as somewhere that patients went to die while nurses passed pills. Much has changed in the interim. The long term patients that SNFs admit now are more complex...

  5. registry requesting access to my medical files

    TakeOne replied to scrabble nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree that it's not kosher. Employers have a need to know a limited amount about the medical status of applicants and new hires such as immunization status, PPDs and/or chest x-rays, medications,...

  6. How many visitors per day does the typical inpatient have?

    TakeOne replied to KimGee's topic in General Nursing

    There may be so much variability from patient to patient, day to day, week to week that, while it would be possible to calculate an average within a target population, it might end up just the...

  7. Restraint-free facility = FALLS GALORE

    TakeOne replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nonsense. The concept of "restraint-free" has been around for a couple of decades. Properly used, patients and residents ARE at reduced risk of serious injury from falls. The trick is to use it...

  8. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    TakeOne replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I disagree with you. I found the "It's really OK not to reply if you don't know what you're talking about" supercilious and arrogant. Rather than take the tack of simply saying "I don't agree...

  9. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    TakeOne replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Brandon2011 actually gave good advice, but it was

  10. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    TakeOne replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. The OP was reacting out of anxiety and ignorance, trusting the word of a coworker who had no knowledge (and isn't expected to have it) of unit staffing. We all gave her good advice and...

  11. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    TakeOne replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    No. "First off" she needs to talk to someone other than the unit clerk and find out if it is indeed true, then determine what kind of orientation will be offered. The LTAC's in this area won't hire...

  12. Who's in violation of Hipaa?

    TakeOne replied to tiger74's topic in General Nursing

    If everyone in the scenario needed to share information with each other to prevent errors and further continuity of care, HIPAA was not

  13. VENT- vacation requests

    TakeOne replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    In every place I've worked, union and non-union, it's been first come-first served. No matter who you are, if you request a particular block of time first, you get it. There are exceptions only if...

  14. What to do with co-worker that is drinking

    TakeOne replied to robby5313's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it's not a good idea. The statement outright accuses her of drunk dialing, an accusation you can't back up. Even if you're tempted to say it just to test the waters or look for her reaction,...

  15. What to do with co-worker that is drinking

    TakeOne replied to robby5313's topic in General Nursing

    "I think that..." "I swear that..." "It sounds just like..." "Somebody else said that..." "I was talking to her on the phone and it was just like..." In other words, you don't KNOW anything. Take her...

  16. Resident Care Conferences/Staffings

    TakeOne replied to dkrzysik's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Beverages and nice upholstery do little to help resistive families focus and accept reality. Keeping them on track during conferences will help to improve communication more than offering them perks...

  17. Resident Care Conferences/Staffings

    TakeOne replied to dkrzysik's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had to strictly enforce conference start times, with each resident's family expected to be there on time or we would proceed without them. We also had to set timers to let family members,...

  18. Resident Care Conferences/Staffings

    TakeOne replied to dkrzysik's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "In today's current environment, organizations need to find ways to exceed customer expectations." Suddenly nauseated, I stopped reading at that

  19. I feel out of the loop.

    TakeOne replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Because it sounds to me like the old scenario wherein the nurses on the units would give report to each other and to the charge nurses, then the charge nurses for each unit--who seem to act more like...

  20. I feel out of the loop.

    TakeOne replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So why don't you ask your charge nurse for relevant information about your patients? I have never worked in a setting where the "cart nurse" (?) was kept in the dark and only the charge nurse was...

  21. No Raise In Years in LTC Facility

    TakeOne replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    Health care workers who haven't seen raises in a few years can have difficulty understanding the difference between capital improvement expenditure and payroll expenditure. Capital improvements--all...

  22. Can you be fired after giving notice??

    TakeOne replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    and still, if you want to join a union and your nursing staff wants to unionize, there is nothing that can stop you. hey, someone finally did their own homework!! (don't take that the wrong way....

  23. What the heck is going on?!

    TakeOne replied to Nire83's topic in General Nursing

    You still haven't explained what "high fructose corn sugar infection"

  24. how does JCHAO Patient safety goals prevent medication errors?

    TakeOne replied to sginformatics's topic in General Nursing

    Only one nurse was terminated for this? Both should have

  25. What the heck is going on?!

    TakeOne replied to Nire83's topic in General Nursing

    Huh??