Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Stuck myself with dirty needle - please help.

    Horseshoe replied to danedsel's topic in General Students

    Don't know about the OP, but in my case the following occurred: Giving insulin to a patient with a hundred family members who were for some reason allowed to visit in great numbers, contrary to...

  2. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Anyone here actually believe she is following her mother's

  3. Stuck myself with dirty needle - please help.

    Horseshoe replied to danedsel's topic in General Students

    You make the point with an all caps "HOWEVER" that the patient has cancer, diabetes, and is on Bipap. How is that relevant to your needle stick? You aren't going to contract any of those conditions...

  4. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The point is not that she could be fired for refusal to work overtime. The point is that her manager is insinuating she could lose her license for "abandonment." Someone earlier in the thread provided...

  5. Registered Nurse Interview (Due ASAP)

    Horseshoe replied to FutureJoy's topic in General Students

    http://yourgrantauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lack_of_planning.jpg

  6. honeymoon during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to notah's topic in General Nursing

    So apparently the answer to your question is that it is no big deal to request a vacation immediately after being hired, and that it would not be okay to ask for time off for your honeymoon during...

  7. honeymoon during orientation

    Horseshoe replied to notah's topic in General Nursing

    My experience is that managers are fairly understanding about honeymoons taken by established employees who have proven they are assets to the unit. A brand new grad asking for a vacation during...

  8. Many of my colleagues are raising their grandkids

    Horseshoe replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My kids are in college, and feel way too young to be having children, so I have no grandchildren. I hope I never have to raise grand kids, partly because I'd like to enjoy being empty nesters and...

  9. Correcting Others mistakes?

    Horseshoe replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I admit to being a little skeptical when I saw the title of your thread, but yeah, these are legitimate concerns. And my stomach literally lurched with revulsion after reading the part about the bed...

  10. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    This might make it more clear. Colorado top court says Dish worker can be fired for medical marijuana - Jun. 15,

  11. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not according to this: http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse/nurseabandon-qa.htm The OP says she is from NY, and this applies to NYS nurses. The OP should copy this and hand it to...

  12. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    I don't. I live in a neighborhood where 60 years ago, the deed restrictions stated that no one could sell their home to a black person. There were laws on the books making certain sex acts between...

  13. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    No she didn't. But I suspect you know that perfectly well, because I doubt you are actually that obtuse. Which means you are trolling,

  14. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Laws that "make people destroy towns!" Emphasis is mine. Wow, who knew that a law could MAKE people riot, destroy property, and act like

  15. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, no doubt! The fact that facilities can refuse to hire smokers even though it is a legal activity pretty much leaves no doubt that they can also apply the same logic to marijuana use. People can...

  16. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    There is also the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Facts About Pregnancy

  17. Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    Horseshoe replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Discrimination against pregnant women is not "acceptable." Not saying it doesn't happen, but it is not legal, much less "acceptable." More on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act from the EEOC: Facts...

  18. Hospital Cares More about HCAHPS than Nurses!

    Horseshoe replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not the OP, but I work in a stand alone endo facility and also PRN at a plastic surgery OR. No nights, no weekends, no holidays, no doubles. A DON who supports the nurses, and doctors who are...

  19. Drug seekers

    Horseshoe replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    As discussed earlier, nurses working ER are kind of in a different category. They are in essence the clearing house for a lot of the addicted. And kudos to those that can maintain their professional...

  20. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No kidding. DH and I used a lawyer for our estate planning. I COULD NOT BELIEVE the bill when it came. Legal advice can be quite

  21. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If that's the case, then yeah, total *@ move. I'm not one for up and quitting, but in that kind of environment where the manager is that uncaring about her staff, it's only going to get worse. I don't...

  22. Why do minorities have more respect for nurses?

    Horseshoe replied to Runman1914's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    MISSING 90 degree temps?!?!?! If we had one more 97 degree day here (Texas) in OCTOBER, I was going to go nuts. Hate hate hate hot weather, especially during the time of year it's supposed to be at...

  23. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If I understand the OP, that's not what has happened. Her manager has threatened to report her immediately for abandonment for refusing to pick up a future overtime shift, not for refusing to stay...

  24. Is it illegal to place a towel over a patient's face?

    Horseshoe replied to poolnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've had fantasies of covering a patient's face with a pillow, but never a towel! And I'm joking, JOKING about the fantasy.

  25. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Horseshoe replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's amazing the amount of crap some managers attempt to pull over on nurses with regard to license revocation. I'd send her a printed definition of nurse abandonment, and refusing to take extra...