TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If we were staffed well enough to get breaks there would be more collaboration and less
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    Needed to vent a bit

    TriciaJ replied to I<3NEPatriots's topic in General Nursing

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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    TriciaJ replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    Of course there is no point begrudging anyone the deal they've been able to make. You are right. It is up to management to address the problem they've created. I think the rest of the staff should...
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    Concerned about a coworker on stimulants whose heart rate is 110

    TriciaJ replied to farawayisland's topic in General Nursing

    I really didn't get that OP was being nosy or judgmental. Just wondering about the repercussions of a chronically high resting heart rate. I took this as a clinical question, not any kind of...
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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    TriciaJ replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the OP on this one. The whole reason we have unions is so management can't favour one employee over another. I would be frosted if someone got the same bennies for less work but everyone...
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    Needed to vent a bit

    TriciaJ replied to I<3NEPatriots's topic in General Nursing

    Canoehead was actually giving you very good advice. You need to put management on notice that you are not available to be stuck there because they have no emergency staffing policy. They will milk...
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    Bullies

    TriciaJ replied to dream'n's topic in School

    No, you raised some excellent points that hadn't been raised previously. Your perspective added a lot to this thread. Thank
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    TriciaJ replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I plan to stay in my current job for the rest of my career. That's only partly because I'm retiring soon. But if I wasn't, this job is a keeper; unfortunately I've just run out of steam...
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    Would you keep applying to a job that rejected you twice or more?

    TriciaJ replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Rejected once? You were edged out by someone well-qualified. Twice? Time to think: are you competing with many applicants because it's a desirable position? Then keep applying. If you don't...
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    Do psychotropic meds contribute to poor decision making sometimes?

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I worked psych back in the eighties. I can't tell you how many little old ladies I had clutching my lapels for their "prn" Ativan right on schedule. They had NO interest in doing anything else to...
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    THIS would have made for an excellent Nurses' Week
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    What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    TriciaJ replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    Thank YOU for saying it for all of
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    TriciaJ replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    Study hard, get good grades. Apply yourself in your clinical rotations. Try to make connections with people you encounter there. If they can't help you get employed in that particular facility,...
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    Professionalism Award at nursing school

    TriciaJ replied to Familyde5's topic in General Students

    Frankly, I'm very jaded about awards of any kind. Sometimes they are given to the person most deserving, but quite often not. I once had a coworker who won the "most professional appearance" award...
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    Needed to vent a bit

    TriciaJ replied to I<3NEPatriots's topic in General Nursing

    First of all: paragraphs are your friend. You will get more responses if readers don't have to wade through a wall of text. Second: Sounds like your workplace was all right to begin with, but went...
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't even realize skills came in sets. Pretty sure I acquired all mine
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I cannot even begin to get my head around this. Just. Not.
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    What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    TriciaJ replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    What's wrong with being self-serving one day a year when you spend the rest of the year serving everyone else? I used to work in a place where nurses were a tiny minority. I started announcing how...
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to put strychnine in your
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    School non academic dishonesty

    TriciaJ replied to Midnightmocha's topic in General Students

    .Thanks. OP, your big concern should be how you're going to get adequate clinical hours to actually function as a nurse some day. If you have instructors pulling shenanigans, that's your hard-earned...
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    What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    TriciaJ replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    Did you use them at work until they overheated and shorted
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    Dealing with sensitive care aides

    TriciaJ replied to notanumber's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes tiptoeing around "sensitive" people can backfire. A truly sensitive person doesn't want to cause you distress, either. So if you point out that something is in violation of policy, they...
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, that's
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    School non academic dishonesty

    TriciaJ replied to Midnightmocha's topic in General Students

    OK. I think I got it. The hospital was being inspected by Joint Commission so your clinical instructor cancelled your clinical day. Then reported herself and all of you as having attended. Then...
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    Manager catch phrases

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Shhhh!