TriciaJ RN

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    Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    TriciaJ replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    SEIU does not have the best track record for honest dealing. Organizations like this give unions a bad rap. I currently work in an SEIU shop. While they have their merits, I chose to pay fair-share...
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    Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    TriciaJ replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yes, the political positions are definitely a turn-off for many people. But unions definitely limit how much crap a nurse has to take lying
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    TriciaJ replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That is horrible. I was of the impression that slow codes are now illegal. Either the patient is DNR or he is coded. I understand the use of "slow codes" when end-of-life conversations didn't...
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    "nurse" has been charged with scalding two year old

    TriciaJ replied to 1wellnessnurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The point is she is identified as a nurse, and she is not a nurse. Nurses constantly get a bad rap in the media because all kinds of people are identified as "nurses" when they aren't. See a related...
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    Uncertain about Nursing

    TriciaJ replied to daetor2012's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't choose nursing for the money or for helping people. It chose me. When I finished high school I didn't think I had what it took, so I became a transcriptionist. It really didn't ring my...
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    The Dreaded Annual JCAHO Survey

    TriciaJ replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    One year we were given a script in case the JCAHO investigators asked any of us about staffing. We were supposed to say that staffing was done according to our patient needs. In reality, we used a...
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    Just a rant rn-bsn

    TriciaJ replied to ChipNurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, PCAs weren't invented and everyone got Demerol shots in the butt. Everyone got daily postop dressing changes that were done with strict sterile technique. People stayed in the hospital longer...
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    Apparently, everyone is a nurse! (rant)

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

    Reminds me of when I was caring for my mother-in-law and had to give her Lovenox shots. There was a question of whether she needed an additional invasive test, and whether I should continue the...
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    Apparently, everyone is a nurse! (rant)

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

    Fiat40, in case this doesn't adequately portray the situation, let me give you another example.Suppose you were seeing your doctor and someone who identified himself as a doctor came in, gave you an...
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    Seizures Real vs Fake

    TriciaJ replied to princess pickles's topic in Correctional

    The jail I worked in had only metal or concrete surfaces, so real seizures always involved blood. If the person didn't bite his tongue, it was pretty hard not to hit his head on something during the...
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    A nurse who might have found god..

    TriciaJ replied to Mysteriousdarkness's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    OP, you seem to believe what I have believed for a very long time. I don't think of "god" as some discrete being somewhere, sort of a vindictive Santa Clause. I think we tend to anthropomorphize the...
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    Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to rhapsodyinblue's topic in Patient Medications

    The main reason we hate reporting errors is because we don't want to look bad. But many errors are not caused by the individual; they are system errors that were in progress long before the hapless...
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    Apparently, everyone is a nurse! (rant)

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

    This is right on. And you do need a new job, because this place is dangerous and you don't need to go down with the ship. If you don't report these people, it'll get out at some point anyway and you...
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    Scheduled Food Delivery to Nurses. Thoughts?

    TriciaJ replied to Sanders4069's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have often wished for a similar service. On those evening when you know you're not leaving the unit anytime, it would be so nice to have a sandwich cart roll around at some point. With healthy...
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    Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

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

    You win. I'm not even going to try to think up an example for this
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    Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

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

    That's why the whole barcode thing was invented and installed in hospitals at great expense - so we could quit making errors like that. No matter what safety system gets invented, someone will find a...
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    help, bedside nursing not for me?

    TriciaJ replied to nurse.j.'s topic in Health, Stress Management

    Congratulations on your new position! I was originally going to suggest that you hang in a bit longer with your current job; I thought it was a matter of getting over the one year hump. Then you...
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    Carpuject!?

    TriciaJ replied to hendersonar's topic in Patient Medications

    Get your hands on a Carpuject thingy and keep it in your pocket with all your work stuff. Consider it your personal property. Much simpler with Carpuject cartridges. Also, I know I'm in a minority,...
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    Just a rant rn-bsn

    TriciaJ replied to ChipNurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wow. Those tuition costs blow me away. Before the earth's crust cooled I paid about $1000 for 3 years of nursing school tuition. For what it costs nowadays, I'd want to learn how to raise the
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    Cincinnati, OH Hospital accused

    TriciaJ replied to applesxoranges's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The woman's ex-boyfriend may have had friends in the hospital who had access to records and were none-too-scrupulous. There are a lot of people who still think they can post things and not have them...
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    RN's: Who helps you with controversial issues in your practice?

    TriciaJ replied to JuliaRNMSN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Coaching is not a bad idea, but the piece that's always missing is nurse empowerment. Nursing journals either preach to the choir or toss the onus back into the individual nurse's lap. So many...
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    why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

    TriciaJ replied to chillnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I wish I could like this 10
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    Help! Accused giving more narcotics than peers

    TriciaJ replied to h8bootheel_mo_rn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't get it either. But for what it's worth, travelers and agency nurses typically don't have union protection
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    "bad" evaluations given by students of faculty

    TriciaJ replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I think a lot of nursing schools do their students a huge disservice by being touchy-feely. I once overheard an instructor tell a student "You set your own learning goals". Say what? The Board of...
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    1st job as LVN, bullied, victim of theft, then terminated

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

    I'd file the police report without "absolute proof". There are unauthorized charges on your credit card; let the police track those down. Usually, the card issuer just has you sign an affidavit that...