TriciaJ RN

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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    When I have a splitting headache lasting for hours I'm always amazed at how instantly it is relieved with enteric-coated ibuprofen. Before there is any way the enteric coating could have dissolved....
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Let's just say there's a certain amount of overlap. But I think you're on the right
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    It can take years or decades to develop a spiritual practice and even then it can be constantly evolving. You keep trying to boil things down into neat little pigeon holes and sound bites. It saves...
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    CMA playing "Nurse Manager?" CMA boundaries? NPD?

    TriciaJ replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm smelling a rat, too. I had no trouble with a CMA doing the scheduling and handling administrative scut work. But is this person actually going to be disciplining nurses? No dice. Nothing wrong...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Spells are just prayers with props. You can use a prayer rug like the Muslims, or you can use rosary beads like Catholics, or you can use a candle. Or anything. Prayers (and spells) do not alter...
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    Please Help

    TriciaJ replied to guest1136129's topic in General Nursing

    Please strongly encourage your daughter to postpone the wedding in order to get a better grip on her career situation. Hopefully in that time she gets some professional help and some personal...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    "That stuff"? You mean like the "stuff" they talk about in a church or a mosque or a synagogue? You don't know what anyone believes until you study their beliefs. Hint: Hollywood can be counted on...
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    Witchcraft Resurgence

    TriciaJ replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Today's hocus pocus is tomorrow's miracle. Didn't Edward Jenner have to be bonkers to deliberately inject someone with smallpox? When I was in nursing school (before the earth's crust cooled) I...
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    To mind own business or...

    TriciaJ replied to VeronicaMarie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. Incident reports serve a variety of functions and it's a bummer when they are used punitively. They can elucidate systems errors so they can be fixed. If there was ever a major...
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    New Grad: How do I handle harsh criticism from other nurses?

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

    Learn to sift the wheat from the chaff. This person is not giving you harsh criticism; she's just being a b. True criticism (even harsh) will give you something to learn from. This person is just...
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    AMA Looks to Retrain Doctors on Taking Blood Pressures

    TriciaJ replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    I often wonder if the MAs in some clinics even get trained in the first place, other than wrap the cuff somewhere on the arm and press the button. Then they get wigged out because my BP is...
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    Short staffing - where do we stand?

    TriciaJ replied to Marnie_C's topic in United Kingdom

    Are you unionized? Is there any mechanism whereby you can put management on notice that you are accepting an unsafe assignment under protest and can't be held completely responsible for outcomes?...
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    Depressed and Suicidal at work

    TriciaJ replied to Coffee Cray's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh, gawd just get out of there. There obviously needs to be a bigger exodus before management gets a clue. Don't go down with that ship. I really hope your new husband is emotionally supportive....
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    What should I do when I am not appreciated on my unit

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Yoni's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with nursy. (Quote button not working.) What passes for appreciation isn't very appreciative. And maybe we wouldn't be feeling the lack of appreciation so much if we actually got our legal...
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    What should I do when I am not appreciated on my unit

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Yoni's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Payday is when appreciation gets expressed. Everything else is a bonus. Good idea to make a point of expressing appreciation of others. "Be the change you want to see" to put it tritely. As far as...
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    How to Best Handle A Patient When They Jerk During an Injection?

    TriciaJ replied to MagicalGirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Proper technique can go a long way toward making an injection quicker and less painful. Can you dart the needle in using wrist action? Or do you put the needle tip on the skin and push it through?...
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    Special Needs Facility Job With 20 Patients

    TriciaJ replied to Elven_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are that you are going to be thrown in at the deep end. I predict everyone will be wonderful and caring on your first day. About 2-3 days in, someone will regretfully tell you a...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    TriciaJ replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Exactly. AB is certainly guilty of the same crime, but because nothing bad happened, she was lucky. This is why it is such a bad idea to practice poorly and depend on luck to save you. Sometimes...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    TriciaJ replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    How could she not be "consciously aware"? How on earth do you give a med without looking at the damn label? Bar code scanning (and all the other technology) should be redundant, not replace old...
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    BAD first day at assisted living as a new nurse

    TriciaJ replied to VeronicaMarie's topic in General Nursing

    You're on orientation, you were left to your own devices, a situation occurred that you had to handle, your preceptor returned and gave you positive feedback with some learning feedback. I don't get...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    TriciaJ replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I agree with this. If I had a nickel for every time a patient said "You're the only one who checks my wristband." I thought they just weren't noticing or remembering, but when I mentioned it to a...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    TriciaJ replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    If there was a safety measure that could still have prevented this, I'm sure I don't know what it is. She blew past so many stops it still makes my head spin. As you learned from your own...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    TriciaJ replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Judging by how many posts rushing to RV's defense and making statements that "medical errors shouldn't be criminalized" and "she never MEANT to kill anyone" and "what about the hospital's role", it...
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    Fired for saying i might file safe harbor

    TriciaJ replied to Wish4goodstaffing's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding of Safe Harbour is that you are accepting the assignment under protest. I'm not familiar with "Safe Harbour" per se; I'm more familiar with the unsafe staffing documentation forms,...
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    Classism in the Hospital-MD vs. RN

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

    In most hospitals MD = revenue; RN = expense. Most hospitals are run by bean-counters so most things (and people) are broken down into incoming beans and outgoing