TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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  1. This is an error to slap yourself in the forehead over, not fear for your license. Learning the difference will go a long way to protecting your own blood pressure over
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    Happy Nurse: 10 Ways to Increase Your Happiness Today

    11. Retire.
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    Is this nursing burnout?

    Sounds like burnout to me and I think you need a breather. Just how important is the money? Can you just take a year off to regroup? I just don't know that a change of venue would make any...
  4. Two trips to the podiatrist. Both times I got an ultrasound treatment, got my foot taped up, did a course of NSAIDs. I vetoed the cortisone shot; decided to save it for a last resort which I ended...
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    Spouse of nurse

    I agree that it should be OUR money and OUR bills but it doesn't always work out that way. In some marriages it works out to YOUR paycheque, YOUR bills, by MY limitless spending money. If MartyMoose...
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    Do you think I can get my job back?

    I agree with most of the previous posters. Right now you have no job so I would use a multifaceted approach: 1. If you have a union, call them first. But you probably don't, so: 2. Contact HR to...
  7. Magnet status and "prestige" have been known to be naked emperors. I would not hold out for hospital #1. It may be worth the wait; it may not. Sounds like there's nothing wrong with hospital #2, and...
  8. Good. Something's got to give. I'm sickened by posts from new grads describing their relentless stress levels. It shouldn't be like that. Anyone expects a certain amount of stress when starting a...
  9. We're all too stupid to lead our own research institute? Then why would we even need to have
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    I'm the bad guy for not working off the clock

    If the friendly staff are ripping off the employer, I applaud OP for not being willing to join in. If they themselves are the only ones harmed by their poor time management, fine. But OP doesn't...
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    I'm the bad guy for not working off the clock

    I've worked with people like that, too. Spend way too much work time chit-chatting, then stay over to do the actual work. If the work place allows, they will bill for overtime which is bogus....
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    Bullied psych nurse commits suicide

    Of course. We can huff and puff about bullying in general, especially when it sinks to the level of criminality. That still does not shed additional light on the subject of this thread. We don't...
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    Time for a therapist?

    You will get more comfortable doing the job the longer you do it. When seeing a therapist, it should be like seeing your doctor, only more in depth for mental/emotional issues. So of course once...
  14. I agree with this. You have way too many issues with your own health and well-being to be dealing with the new-grad abuse that you signed up for. Trying to stick this out another 20 months does not...
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    Bullied psych nurse commits suicide

    I don't think too many people are saying bullying doesn't occur. It's just that there is no universally-accepted definition, so "bullying" is whatever anyone says it is. We've all been targets of bad...
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    Can good nurses work in bad facility

    Yes, I enjoyed it very much; did it for the first 15 years of my career. After that it got stale and I had to move on to keep learning and growing. I still have fond memories of most of my psych...
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    Can good nurses work in bad facility

    I did some agency shifts during a brief period of my life, mostly long-term care. One of the facilities was terrible. I consider myself a good nurse, and I thought most of the people who worked...
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    When should I ask my nurse manager this?

    Define "not all that crazy about". What expectations is your current unit not meeting and what do you hope will be different in the ICU? I agree with FurBabyMom that 2 years is a better timeline for...
  19. Exactly. You don't have to gnash your teeth forever trying to get inconsiderate coworkers to cooperate. You just make sure to bill your employer for every nanosecond of overtime. The problem...
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    I am lost

    You need to give your current employer a 2 week notice, find a home in your new city, get utilities turned on, and be there, ready to start your new job on the agreed-upon date. If that is in late...
  21. God, I love it when things work out.
  22. Except it was so excrutiating to be on the receiving end: "Room 203, uh-h, Mrs. Jones, uhhh, had a um, TAH, um yesterday. Uhhh, she's uh A+Ox3 and uhh, vital signs stable, uh, temp 38, HR 104 uhhh...
  23. If you've thought of a way to break it down, lighten the load and still get through without too much delay, it might be the way to go. But I second seeing your doctor. Not to find a way to power...
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    Spouse of nurse

    I really don't think the OP is hung up on wage inequity by itself. It sounds like she (and others who have posted on this thread) has a spouse who likes to fiddle while Rome
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    Patient Abuse/Nepotism

    Exactly. Investigations of this type usually involve the subject being put on administrative leave. Still working while being investigated for outright patient abuse? Unusual and unlikely. A year...