Ella Halligan RN

Ella Halligan RN

Pediatrics, Rural, L&D, Postpartum

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  1. case manager - what can you tell me about it?

    Ella Halligan RN replied to abc987's topic in General Nursing

    After everything you have heard here about the necessary experience.... and they are still hot to trot for a new grad? I repeat my earlier concern: why can't they attract/keep experienced

  2. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Ella Halligan RN replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure they HAVE picked up on a few phrases. Most of them would have to do with their everyday lives, though... OUR everyday lives involve medical phrases. Most people's don't, though. As for all of...

  3. Advice, what would you have done in this situation?

    Ella Halligan RN replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not easy being the new one on the floor... no matter how long you've been a nurse! That being said... there are jobs anyone can do, and there are jobs only RNs can do. Anyone can put a patient on...

  4. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, as someone who on my mother's side of the family is Polish gypsy and Jewish, as someone who did lose family members there, and as someone who has physically been there..... I have legitimate...

  5. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Ella Halligan RN replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    it probably wouldn't. but, if you had one specific language that you knew you were going to encounter every single shift (or even the majority of shifts) wouldn't it make sense to learn at least a...

  6. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CAN an employer choose to fire an employee for this? Sure, they can. Can an employee choose to sue that employer for that decision? Absolutely. Will the employee or employer prevail in court? That...

  7. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There IS another scientifically supported opinion. It is using the precautions we have in place already (whether you entered nursing at the time they were called standard or universal or whatever new...

  8. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, and apparently you can't see a difference between being forced to inject something IN to your body that may have adverse medical consequences that are unforeseen at the time of the injection and...

  9. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have no clue who Godwin is. My name is Elisabeth. I am married to my husband Steven, which if you went to my profile and the link to one of my Squidoo sites you would see that. I have seven children...

  10. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Ella Halligan RN replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously do NOT get this attitude. Yes, every now and then it would cause a problem. But before I moved here (Idaho) my patient base was 90% Hispanic and a large portion of them only spoke Spanish....

  11. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The fact is that no one is addressing the actual point: There is a non-invasive way to accomplish the same goal. But hey, if throwing out one-liners because you can't argue that legitimate point makes...

  12. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, but in the case above.... they

  13. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You may feel it is specious. As someone who spent a great deal of time behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet controlled Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Germany, who has walked through the gas chambers...

  14. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You can keep repeating that, it won't make it true. My father worked in human resources and employment law for many years. Even at-will employment in right-to-work states can be contested in a court...

  15. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And if it was not made a condition of employment when that person was hired, that person has a case for wrongful termination. A good employee who does their job faithfully and well, abides by...

  16. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My employer has the right to insist that I be productive and work within the rules in terms of allowed sick days and time off. It does not have the right to tell me HOW I must protect my

  17. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Agreed. I'd far rather see people standing up for the right to bodily integrity than "play along" with a facade and charade. There are legitimate reasons that all states have some form of "opt-out"...

  18. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, the previous post listed the exact law and the lawsuits brought forth under it and the latest case. Feel free to look them up at any time. In the meantime, I am going reiterate my premise of...

  19. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Amazingly, stating "people are not thinking" (a general statement) is not the same as saying that you specifically aren't thinking. I wasn't responding JUST to you. It was to the thread as a whole. As...

  20. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Ella Halligan RN replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    That used to drive me nuts, too!!! Nothing quite like having the translator ask a question that the family didn't understand when I asked it, only to have the translator use the exact same words with...

  21. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Then maybe staff should be washing their hands and following universal precautions. Otherwise, any number of the other strains of the flu NOT protected against by that year's shot can still be...

  22. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    Ella Halligan RN replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not after the fact, they can't! If it isn't a condition of employment when you are hired then they are opening themselves to massive wrongful termination suits by trying to force it in later. (Yes,...

  23. When patients attack

    Ella Halligan RN replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    Unfortunately, we knew him to be heavily armed. We got security (ours were actual officers with guns, joy of being an inner city county hospital) there quickly and they escorted him off. It was a...

  24. What is the purpose of Interview?

    Ella Halligan RN replied to jtanga's topic in Nursing Career

    It's designed to see if someone can think and can express themselves. You don't have to be Einstein or a professional speaker.... but you do have to show that there is some "stuff" up there and that...

  25. Can someone explain this job requirement for hospital?

    Ella Halligan RN replied to swtchariot's topic in General Nursing

    My father didn't work in nursing, but he did work in human resources and hiring. The job description requirements (other than things like mandatory licenses, etc.) are a wish list... sure, they'd LOVE...