TriciaJ RN

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    Nurse Sues for Lunch Breaks

    TriciaJ replied to Mamanurse90's topic in Nursing News

    Your husband sounds like a definite
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    Scheduling that isn't self-scheduling

    TriciaJ replied to haunani's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Pretty
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    How to deal with energy parasites?

    TriciaJ replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boundaries DO work, but you have to be the one maintaining them. The Energy Black Holes won't respect them for you. When you turn down a request, do you provide a valid reason for doing so? Bad...
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    Legal Ramifications of Joining a Formal Church "Emergency Response Team"

    TriciaJ replied to Yep, Me's topic in General Nursing

    What exactly is the rationale for even organizing this? Can EMS not easily reach this location if
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    Strike nursing

    TriciaJ replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Strike nursing does not "stick it to the man" because of the high wages paid to scabs. It just pits nurses against one another and undermines the union. If you ever decide to do this, do not try to...
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    Bullying in the workplace

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

    "Battling it out over tampons"? I have had many jobs in my time, the vast majority in female-dominated work places. I have never seen this. Please tell me what such a battle
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    Time management and brain sheet

    TriciaJ replied to MissNurs2016's topic in General Nursing

    I can't improve on Ruby's system, especially when I worked on a regular surgical floor, not critical care. My unit had preprinted worksheets that worked for me, so it saved me the step of developing...
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    Problem with co-worker - called racist?

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse071094's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's normal, especially when you're new, to want to get things settled once and for all. You were blindsided by bs accusations and you want the record straight. But I think you got some good advice...
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    Fentanyl Patch med error

    TriciaJ replied to nursesaysay's topic in Patient Medications

    This woman is out to lunch. I think she needs to give you her paycheque if she expects you to do her
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    Fentanyl Patch med error

    TriciaJ replied to nursesaysay's topic in Patient Medications

    What kind of example was she hoping you'd lead by? Ignoring gross med errors? Looks like she wants to keep her head in the sand and shoot the
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    I/M Injections

    TriciaJ replied to OR_RN13456's topic in Patient Medications

    1. First change your user name. It is illegal to identify yourself as an RN until you actually are one. 2. What does your instructor say about your injection technique? You should not be giving...
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    Is it okay to look for another job?

    TriciaJ replied to kmend11's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is good advice. If the place is exploiting you horribly or not set up to provide even marginal quality of care, then get out and don't look back. If it's just not your dream job, then...
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    racist patients

    TriciaJ replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One time I was asked to change assignments with a nurse from Poland, because the patient wanted "an American nurse". The charge nurse rolled her eyes and said "Yes, I know, I know" before I could...
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    A question about the use of drawing-up needles

    TriciaJ replied to 5alazar's topic in Patient Medications

    That is good to know. I had no idea. Thank
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    A question about the use of drawing-up needles

    TriciaJ replied to 5alazar's topic in Patient Medications

    Unless he means an access device placed in the multidose vial of saline. At a hospital where I worked the device was called a clave port. It was pushed through the rubber stopper and the syringe was...
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    Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    TriciaJ replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad you don't have time to improve your knitting skills. Then those socks wouldn't need
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    RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

    TriciaJ replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone made really excellent points. Stop thinking of her as a nurse; she isn't. If you consider yourself a passive person, you have to know by now that was never going to work for you as a nurse....
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    Calling report to the floor.

    TriciaJ replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I did insulin drips all the time on the floor. One time I floated and a brand new relief charge assigned me 2 insulin drips and a chest tube. Luckily people were nice and helped me. Especially when...
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    Calling report to the floor.

    TriciaJ replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a nickel for every time I was this close to being caught up, and then get told: "PACU is on the line with report" and I didn't even know I was getting another patient - I really hope my...
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    School nurse delays giving epi pen

    TriciaJ replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Interesting situation. There have been previous threads about "school nurses" not actually being nurses at all. Has anyone verified that the "school nurse" in this story is really a nurse? In any...
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    Charge Nurse??? Try Ringmaster

    TriciaJ replied to Harveyslake's topic in Nurse Management

    Time to figure out who to call outside the building. Joint commission? AHA? Is there a board of directors? If you have a union you can file an unsafe staffing report. I don't think anyone inside...
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    elimination of bed/chair alarms?

    TriciaJ replied to lauriannsmith's topic in General Nursing

    This just gets more absurd. The whole reason for bed and chair alarms in the first place was so staff could be cut. Now they're taking away the alarms but not adding staff. The reason: alarms are...
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    TriciaJ replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I can't "like" this one enough. I always took pride in leaving everything squared away for the next shift. On days when it was impossible, I acknowledged and apologized. I tried to cut slack for...
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    Is this normal for a doctor to do? what to expect..

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

    I think this is the best answer. I never trust anything someone says their doctor told them. I would want to hear it from the doctor directly. It's very likely some wires got
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    Bad management

    TriciaJ replied to Jen4nursing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Two things stand out: 1. It sounds like you're in a very toxic workplace with poor management. They don't seem to run a very tight ship with CNAs picking and choosing what they'll do and being...