TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Needle difficult to insert in injection site

    TriciaJ replied to Brian Fields's topic in General Nursing

    Are we talking depo injections? I think the preferred site is gluteal and now we see why. I've never encountered anyone whose muscle I couldn't inject, but I have had a couple bounce off the skin if...
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    Alone in the PACU

    TriciaJ replied to Statdotcom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's their answer? "It's really very unlikely to happen"? Do these people even carry fire insurance on their own homes? I wonder how many patients would sign consent forms if they had any...
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    The Needy Patient

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with spending extra time at the beginning of the shift and being very solicitous. This helps with the patients who are calling frequently due to anxiety. When they get the message that...
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    Interpreting New Director Behavior/Personality

    TriciaJ replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked for a hospital that had nurses parroting "Oh, we're so over budget!". No one on our section of the food chain ever laid eyes on any budget. Your hospital sounds similar. They use...
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    Bad Clinical Experience Today

    TriciaJ replied to j0622's topic in General Students

    What really stands out for me, OP, is your tendency to personalize everyone else's behaviour. You seem to worry about other people's motives like "wanting me to fail" or "showing off her skill"....
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    Alone in the PACU

    TriciaJ replied to Statdotcom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Of course. It's always "Always been done like this" until they have to settle a lawsuit. Then they magically see the
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    Bit Off More Than I Can Chew

    TriciaJ replied to bluescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you go full time at the psych job and bag the others? Juggling is what you do when you can't make enough at any one job. At this point you're running yourself ragged, you have scheduling...
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    Interpreting New Director Behavior/Personality

    TriciaJ replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Let me interpret her behaviour for you: she's a *****. Hopefully all of you can run her off before she runs you off. If all your coworkers start jumping ship and the director seems stuck in,...
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    Medical Theories!

    TriciaJ replied to guest1163268's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    You could have spent the day in a garden, a bakery and a perfume shop to see if your theory held
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    Posting Styles

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I am the one who called her a caustic dingbat. Maybe I misread your post but I thought you were tarring all women with the same brush. No, I am certainly not sticking up for Madam
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    Posting Styles

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Yeah, but... you did ask "why are women so full of themselves?". My best guess is the same reason men are. One caustic dingbat
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    Do I have to do bedside nursing as a new grad?

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'll tell you a personal story, for what it's worth. I started out in psych and worked there 15 years. The thought of med-surg put me off. When I got tired of psych, I went to corrections for...
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    Posting Styles

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    No, I really want to
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    Posting Styles

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Are you judging half the world's population by the actions of one caustic dingbat? Over the years, I've entertained some very uncharitable thoughts about the other half. I'll leave it at
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    National Bicycle Day!

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    That looks like quite a project. This is a very timely topic for me. Several years ago, I found a bike that someone had dumped in my yard. Attempts to find the rightful owner were unsuccessful....
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    Being sued

    TriciaJ replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am sorry for the horror story you just described. Psych nurses see these horror stories playing out every day. We know there is a paucity of decent places where people can get long term help....
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    Anxiety over Patient Care

    TriciaJ replied to nursingcutie's topic in General Nursing

    Take a breath. Your wall of text is a bit unclear. Also was she to discharge at midnight or noon the next day? What does DTV stand for? I'm not familiar with it. I assume she had a lap hyst...
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    Lies my mother told me

    TriciaJ replied to Merrie82's topic in General Nursing

    When working psych I accepted a transfer of a little old lady from the medical floor. Despite several doses of perphenazine, she was still "psychotic". Our psych resident even cleared her medically...
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    TriciaJ replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    I did try that. They just flat out didn't bother to fill the order and I was the one with the patient clutching my lapels. In retrospect, I should have just filled out an incident reports for the...
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    Is it wise to work from home?

    TriciaJ replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I know that I am late to this party, but your upper management must really love you! They can drop anything on you and you gamely shoulder the responsibility. Do you think at some point the bigwigs...
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    Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    TriciaJ replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    If the job was mainly administering covid vaccinations, then they needed you to know how to properly give an IM injection, and they needed you to be able to administer epi, if needed. In...
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    Hired For Underqualified Position

    TriciaJ replied to ALMB's topic in General Nursing

    It looks as though they didn't really have a job for you, they just created a role by the seat of their pants and hired someone to fill it. You were supposed to be the warm body parked in a chair and...
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    TriciaJ replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are always asked to fix things that aren't their job. A regular hospital scenario: Pharmacy: I need you to call the doctor and tell him that med is non-formulary. Nurse: Why don't...
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    Hospice Patient’s Family Refusing Hospice Cares

    TriciaJ replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    @SilverBells I'm glad the situation is resolved, such as it was. Was there ever a care conference when someone could ask the daughter what was her understanding of patient's condition, what were her...
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still stuck on the inanimate art project leg that turned out to be connected to a live, but neglected person. And Davey, you've already done all kinds of performance art that you are not...