TriciaJ RN

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    50 Resolutions Nurses Should Make for This New Year

    TriciaJ replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    These are fantastic. Can't like them
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    TriciaJ replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    And a thousand more. The whole thing makes me queasy. Just how poorly can some people behave and still live with themselves? A screenwriter couldn't write this stuff and sell it to a producer; it...
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    Why can't hospitals do better?

    TriciaJ replied to ORNurseCOS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My question is, is this all about the money?
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    How much trouble am I ? Scale: 1 to super fired

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

    You said this job teaches you things that are helpful in your other job. Well, for a nursing activist, this job just handed you a gift. Who can use activism more than a place where people treat each...
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    Secret Santa

    TriciaJ replied to Salzb2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is my personal rule for participating in Christmas activities: If it sounds fun and I can do it with a smile on my face, I go for it. If it brings out the curmudgeon in me, I pass. If I have a...
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    Can an employer ask you what medications you are taking?

    TriciaJ replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first I've heard of this. Seems like it would violate some law or other, but then a case could be made for nurses falling into the same category as pilots and heavy equipment operators,...
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    Is this considered 1 Occurrence?

    TriciaJ replied to whomiskim's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Check your hospital policy or talk to someone in HR. It should be just 1
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    TriciaJ replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's hospital administrators themselves who are preoccupied with money. Yes, it takes money to run a hospital. But when they keep sprucing up the lobby, remodeling their offices and other cosmetic...
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    This probably will come across to most of you as a typical vent, but its not

    TriciaJ replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup. It's not a nursing thing. It's the culture that's evolved in your workplace. Probably a function of weak leadership. A good New Year's resolution would be to get out of Dodge. Good
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    Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    TriciaJ replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    I've never heard of this publication. Reads like a middle school student newspaper. Death can be ascertained by objective criteria. "Objective" and "journalism" can no longer be used in the same...
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    Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    TriciaJ replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    Which Fox News anchors have discussed the story? I must have missed it, so I'd like to look for the archives. I'm not sure what this case has to do with Obamacare. I don't believe dead people are...
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    Don't Know Where Else to Ask This

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

    This is a bit off-topic, but out of curiosity: Are these "nurses" even nurses? There have been other threads about medical office personnel being referred to as "nurses" when they aren't. Did...
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    A question for a friend!!

    TriciaJ replied to dannygurl84's topic in General Nursing

    If there's no fraud involved, then I don't get what the dilemma is. Your "friend" can just apply for a name change on all her legal documents, using her marriage certificate as proof. If she has not...
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    So disappointed in hospital RNs and MDs

    TriciaJ replied to carachel2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You have a point, but cutting important corners will only get the nurse hung out to dry (oh, yeah and maybe kill the patient). Most union shops have some type of inadequate staffing notification...
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    So disappointed in hospital RNs and MDs

    TriciaJ replied to carachel2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Until someone sues. Then every word is taken very seriously. I'm scared to death to chart an assessment I didn't actually perform. You can't know which one is going to come back to haunt you. Are...
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    Best lotion for dry hands?

    TriciaJ replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Didn't read through all the posts, but did anyone mention sugar scrub? Put some white sugar and oil (almond or sesame are great) into an old cosmetic jar. Scoop out some of this on your dry hands...
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    Drug-seeking in prison? Rx narcotics?

    TriciaJ replied to maddison1002's topic in Correctional

    Another thing: narcotics are jailhouse currency. They can be cheeked, palmed, keistered, bought, sold, traded. Easy to end up in someone for whom they're not prescribed. Alternative methods? OK,...
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    Time to vent - my apologies in advance.

    TriciaJ replied to Levitas's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It shocks me that people still have the mentality that incident reports are like "telling on" someone. We're not kids in a playground. How else do we identify the factors that get in the way of...
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    Need Your Advice Desperately!

    TriciaJ replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    People love gossip and scandal. (Look at the magazines lining the checkout counter in any grocery store.) When someone says anything to you, don't bother asking how they know. Don't bother...
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    Might loose another job...I'm suicidal

    TriciaJ replied to VAC's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Please get yourself and your 16 yo into a safer place (geographically and otherwise). Find whatever kind of funding you can get at the moment (family help, public assistance, Salvation Army,...
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    family issues

    TriciaJ replied to canoehead's topic in Health, Stress Management

    What an impossible situation! You're ready to go the extra mile for your sister, and she can't get past being prickly and uncommunicative. I think I'd put most of my energy developing a relationship...
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    Can you check my psych care plan please?

    TriciaJ replied to Little_Bear2013's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with Whispera. Many of the nursing diagnoses are not backed by sufficient evidence. One part that jumped out was that he was in denial about how Mediaographic images got into his computer....
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    Why so reluctant to give pain meds?

    TriciaJ replied to Baubo516's topic in Patient Medications

    Double knee replacement? Of course it hurts. How on earth is she supposed to do the stuff she needs to do to recover if all she can do is writhe in pain? Sounds like your facility needs a pain...
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    The Health Insurance Marketplace: What We Learned and How We Can Educate Our Patients

    TriciaJ replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for posting this. Because I've been working an on-call position, I've been buying my own health insurance. I got a letter recently from my insurer stating they are getting out of the...
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    travel nurse with HIPAA violation

    TriciaJ replied to berdy25's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Is there any way to check if the hospital had a financial crunch and had to quickly trim expenses? Travelers are expensive and easy to fire because they are not union-represented. This sounds like a...