TriciaJ RN

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    Thrown From the Tower!!

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

    Let's recap: Your life is teeming with medical problems, legal problems, unreliable transportation and childcare hassles. Your work is error-prone. But your supervisor is jealous? If I was living...
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    Moral and ethical dilemma with coworker

    TriciaJ replied to Nursedaughtermother's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to sum up: While being investigated for a DUI she left that part out on her license renewal. BON found out and license was revoked. DUI charges were dropped and license subsequently got...
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    New nurse getting passed over

    TriciaJ replied to ramonaa's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sending your resumes into cyberspace and hoping some human eyeballs finally land on one? Try calling HR or the nurse recruiter at the hospital and tell them you'd like to hand-deliver your...
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    Need advice! Thinking about giving up on nursing..

    TriciaJ replied to nowwhat2391's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, honey, I'm so sorry you're going through this. First thing: take a deep breath. You were smart to get out of med-surg because it was literally killing you. Hospitals are brutal and I don't...
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    3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    TriciaJ replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Well we did all choose to become nurses. Does that not make you question your sanity at
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you thank you. When I first read the study years ago, I wondered if I was missing something. Yet it gets trotted out regularly. And someone made a very good point: since higher degree nurses are...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    Actually it is the point because we keep being told the patient in bed will have a better outcome if his hands-on nurse has a bachelor's degree. But we're not actually seeing that. Many good reasons...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    When I was in nursing school, the instructors actually told us that we were all going out to show the old guard how it should be done. Out with the old; in with the new-and-improved! What...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

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

    Unfortunately, there are managers who encourage petty tattling and enjoy showing up with a gasoline can whenever sparks fly. People can't work cohesively (or ever present a united front) when they're...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    It's just not cost-effective for many of us. We wouldn't benefit, and contrary to propaganda, neither would our employers or patients. Anyone notice the irony between requiring degrees and providing...
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    Getting Our Egos Out of the Hierarchy!

    TriciaJ replied to BethBoynton's topic in General Nursing

    Can't "like" this one
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    Don't get along with a particular CNA

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

    Not only did you use a giant paragraph, you tend to use a lot of qualifiers, eg "I feel like..." "somewhat" "maybe". Your speech habits may have you looking less than assertive. Practice being...
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    Getting Our Egos Out of the Hierarchy!

    TriciaJ replied to BethBoynton's topic in General Nursing

    I do think we should encourage patients to educate themselves and be their own advocates. Health care requires everyone's participation. No one appreciates the patient who takes no interest in his...
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    Nursing Depts Ran by Non-Nurses?

    TriciaJ replied to Reeses30135's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but the spiffy lanyard would make it all
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    Have you ever worked with someone who had such a nasty attitude that it was almost hostile

    TriciaJ replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe the mean nurse needed a shot to the side of the head. Would it be supportive of us to tell the OP to do that? No one is saying Mean Nurse is in the right. But if OP is that quick to go to...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone here is disputing the benefits of higher education. There are many excellent reasons to have a BSN and higher. But most of us are very sick of hearing that having a BSN will help...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    Unbelievable! You were already there, paying your money and they still had to keep up the brainwashing! I've worked with so many stellar nurses of all stripes; so glad most of us are too smart to be...
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Not a thing wrong with higher education. It's a very good idea. But it's past time for this naked emperor to be
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    Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    TriciaJ replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    That's why it's such a BS study. How can you simultaneously measure 2 variables without a corollary study? The article is simply insulting. You're right on. Since we KNOW that shorter patient loads...
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    Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    TriciaJ replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you can't get your breaks then they're stealing from you. They probably wish they could pay everyone in graham
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    Bad situation

    TriciaJ replied to NativeNurseBre's topic in General Nursing

    OP, is there any way you could sit down with your nurse manager and administrator and work something out for mutual benefit? She's in over her head, you're in over your head, the admin has a hot mess...
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    med error!!!

    TriciaJ replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I don't think it was that huge a mistake. The standard used to be 4 hours, and the receiving nurse didn't notice the red bag and check the orders? And you're swamped, but instead of...
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    New grad RN, hate nursing?

    TriciaJ replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, change your user name. I'm sure it doesn't fit you and you're just jinxing yourself. Two months is just enough time to think "Oh, crap! What have I done?" and not nearly enough time...
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    Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    TriciaJ replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just more straws on the camel's
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    Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    TriciaJ replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Flunked out of nursing school, did we? Go ahead and reduce my role. I'll hit a bathroom and maybe even get a coffee