TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    rant.. "4 weeks notice"

    TriciaJ replied to misyan's topic in General Nursing

    If you could afford to work part time, maybe you would stay with your current employer. But you can't. You got offered a full time gig and you will severely jeopardize this opportunity by trying to...
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    RACISM BY PATIENTS???

    TriciaJ replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I still laugh to myself about something that happened years ago. I was asked to take a patient from a nurse who spoke with a fairly heavy Polish accent. The patient wanted "an American nurse" and...
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    What are some factors that influence nursing practice?

    TriciaJ replied to ONCRN2017's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh, honey. We hear this one a hundred times a week. One of the major characteristics a nurse needs is self-initiative. We would all hate to have a nurse (or work with one) who needed to be...
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    Suggestions for appeal letter

    TriciaJ replied to Misrak Bereka's topic in General Students

    I imagine this is not very politically correct, but OP, I strongly recommend you take an English writing course. You might have excellent interpersonal skills, but your English writing skills are...
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    advice needed

    TriciaJ replied to chelsey6600's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent for you that you have this insurance. Yes, do contact them. If they can't help you with this situation, nothing lost. But it does smell like a set-up. Do bring them on board. Hopefully...
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    Is this really how it is?

    TriciaJ replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    That is excellent that you called her. Too bad about the party. These things are never management's problem until someone makes it their problem. Way too many nurses enable management to turn a...
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    No friends at work

    TriciaJ replied to rn5730's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the workplace is intractably cliquish, then you have to decide how badly you need friends at work. You can choose to ignore everyone, except for strictly work-related interaction, and just put...
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    Death of a Dream

    TriciaJ replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

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    PRN with set schedule fired for excessive abscenses need advice

    TriciaJ replied to fortyyogamer's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Probably not much can be done to save a job that was terminated during probation. However, since you have a rapport with your manager, please ask her for a reference. When you apply for your next...
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    Not Cut Out to Be a Nurse?

    TriciaJ replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    I still think you're being expected to perform outside your scope. Sounds like they want to train someone off the street and have them function like an RN. They're expecting critical thinking skills...
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    PLEASE HELP! fired/demoted RN still on orientation

    TriciaJ replied to jrobbin44's topic in General Nursing

    This all sounds like typical new grad flotsam and jetsam. Part of the fresh out of school learning curve. I hope you get some action on one of your applications
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    PLEASE HELP! fired/demoted RN still on orientation

    TriciaJ replied to jrobbin44's topic in General Nursing

    Not only that, if you're still on probation, you're likely in a work-at-will situation. In most places you are not protected until you complete
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    Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

    TriciaJ replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny. 70 and still dining out on what her father did. Actually, though, it's really quite sad. As far as the cocky orientee, it all depends on what kind of support you get from your...
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    Odd situation

    TriciaJ replied to anonymous88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is either a troll post, or something very ****** going on. If this is even remotely for real, there need to be phone calls to 1. Hospital admin 2. CPS (or CSD or whatever they're called in your...
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    Hepatitis B titer low?

    TriciaJ replied to dreamchase's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that the titre level can drop years after the vaccination, even if it showed previously showed immunity. Check the CDC website. I think if you need the titre to show immunity,...
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    Turning the scripting around for our benefit.

    TriciaJ replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can usually attribute needy behaviours to anxiety and loss of control. One of my favourite tactics was to park my butt in a chair - felt so good on med-surg - and much more eloquent than the tripe...
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    That nagging feeling...

    TriciaJ replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was working acute psych we had a patient with an IV and foley (both rare on psych). He also didn't speak English. Late one evening, I went into his dark room to change his IV bag by the bit...
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    Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    TriciaJ replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    The way this nurse is doing narc count should make the count sheets look odd. It would appear that on all her shifts there would be multiple entries for narcs signed out just prior to narc count. It...
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    TriciaJ replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Let me see if I have this right: the patient is at high risk to become quadriplegic (for all we know) and someone wasn't using the Service Excellence script?
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    No Scrubs Allowed.. opinions??

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse4892's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My thoughts exactly. Nothing wrong with having a mandated uniform to keep people from coming to work looking slovenly. (And scrubs have gotten so hideous! People can't choose colours and prints to...
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    No Scrubs Allowed.. opinions??

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse4892's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My thoughts exactly. Nothing wrong with having a mandated uniform to keep people from coming to work looking slovenly. (And scrubs have gotten so hideous! People can't choose colours and prints to...
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    Previous pneumonia

    TriciaJ replied to suzy12's topic in Immigration Advice

    A T-spot (or quantiferon gold) is a simple blood draw that can determine if a positive skin test is from BCG or actual exposure. For our international students, we don't even do a skin test anymore....
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    How do I contact the CA BRN

    TriciaJ replied to butterflykissesxo's topic in California Nursing

    Several years ago I applied for a CA nursing license when I was planning to move there. I heard nothing for 6 months. Could not get through on the phone. Then I read online that Gov. Schwarzenegger...
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    Impersonating a nurse

    TriciaJ replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wrong. The California Nurse Practice Act specifically states the word "nurse" can only be used by an RN or LVN who has an active
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    Impersonating a nurse

    TriciaJ replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No, I think you missed the point. The point was that MAs in no way compare to PAs, so to refer to themselves as such would be blatantly egregious and MDs would probably take umbrage (as they should)....