SweetPEI

SweetPEI

(Nursing Support) Psych and rehab

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  1. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Man oh man where were y'all when I was being thrown in the trenches? Lol. Luckily, I didn't back down or change my

  2. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let us not start making things up. You didn't read any post by me regarding saying anything to a smoker. That is why I posted on AN, to vent about a situation. You did read that I encourage patients...

  3. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not to debate over semantics but wanting change in an overall situation is not directly trying to change people. People can smoke, its their choice, but in the workspace its heaviness weighs down on...

  4. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for your positivity and

  5. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with the other job part, but I want the experience this particular hospital gives. Until I find another like it my prn status with then stays. At the same time, I have the right to

  6. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you for understanding my rant. It was a situation that occurred earlier and it was the icing on top of the I smell smoke everyday situation. The reason I titled the post like that is because the...

  7. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well Old Timer, by all means please bash my avatar. After all when I log off, I'll be a real person in scrubs. I guess what I take from you is that I should just suck it up (literally) asthma and all....

  8. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please read carefully. No one would ever allow any patient to hold a lit cigarette if the were unable to. There are many staff members available who would be willing to assist. I just would not be the...

  9. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not at all miserable. I am also not asking for radical change. I am also not trying to change anyone. Neither should anyone try to convince me that I should hold a cigarette for a smoker downwind...

  10. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, the smell of smoke would irritate the patient and her respiratory problem. Not only would she then complain of her peers smoking, she would also avoid talking to me because I have become part of...

  11. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is perfectly ok if you are a smoker. Are you suggesting I take up smoking to create a relationship with my patients? There are too many healthy ways to gain a patient's trust. As a staff member...

  12. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think many overlooked the title and poll of this post. Its more about the staff than anything else. Also about the One incident where I refused to sit with and hold a cigarette for a patient who was...

  13. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear you fathertod. I'm all about advocating for patients. The bigger problem is the staff increasing in it and us non smokers feeling the effects. The second big problem that I had was my charge...

  14. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My "supportive" comment had nothing to do with people agreeing with me. It was about the negativity. I don't want people to just agree with me. I had a concern, one of the main reasons why I created a...

  15. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Basically what I've gathered from those who have responded is that I should find somewhere else to work. I don't believe that is the way to go. I want to stand up for what I believe and because this...

  16. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They also have sex in their home, some do drugs and abuse alcohol in their home we don't allow none of the above and much more. They also can go in and out of their home as they please. They can't do...

  17. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I currently work in another psych facility that has a strict no smoking policy. And there is no problem. I will absolutely take your additional advice. And just so others are clear, I am in no way...

  18. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i hear you gitanorn, however when i was interviewed, hired and oriented there was no evidence this happened. they were and still renovating so some of the units were not accessible during our tour....

  19. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Considering I began my post with the word "rant" um, that is exactly what I did... Rant!! That is what allnurses is about. Furthermore, I have the right to complain and I also have the right to be...

  20. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  21. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Smoking is not a policy protected activity. In fact, we are constantly reminded by administration to remind the patients that smoking is a privilege, not a right, that is at the sole discretion of the...

  22. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    SweetPEI replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear you guys. Getting another job isn't a problem, thankfully, I actually have multiple prn ones as I am in nursing school. The only reason I wanted to work there was for the hands on psych...

  23. Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    SweetPEI replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I completely agree. When I look at it from a personal view, I would not want to be a patient at certain facilities I've worked at because of how the staff were treated. I still think its is about...

  24. Can we say...sour grapes?

    SweetPEI replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! As for the scheduler, she was mad that she wasn't able to pull in overtime cash. She'll get over

  25. Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    SweetPEI replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the title of this post, in case you missed it [h=1]"Nursing is slavery Period!!!