TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Threats made against nursing staff?! :(

    TriciaJ replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine being grief-stricken enough to want a homeless person's belongings. What exactly did the patient possess that the police wanted and now someone is banging on the door over? Why...
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    Seeking Advice - Please!

    TriciaJ replied to SummerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's horrible. I take it you don't have a union so you have no unsafe staffing forms. But all is not lost. Research "safe harbour" legislation. Even if there is no such thing in your state,...
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    Seeking Advice - Please!

    TriciaJ replied to SummerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a bit of a dinosaur but I've never been in favour of minutely planning one's life way into the future. It sounds like your current situation works for you quite well, if you can handle the...
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    I Have No Sense of Direction

    TriciaJ replied to LaZarca's topic in Nursing Career

    2.5 years is not an eternity, unless you're hating every minute of it. Why exactly are you intent on getting away from
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    A Fracture from a Fall: What's Going on Here?

    TriciaJ replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    And we still don't know what her head connected with to cause the
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Or bring up current events, make groupthink statements that you can't support, and berate the person who doesn't agree with you. If you're too polite to berate, then abruptly shut down the...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I'm certainly familiar with the kind of people you are describing. However, I know deeply religious people who don't wear it on their sleeves, but strive daily to live their tenets, so I can't...
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    A Fracture from a Fall: What's Going on Here?

    TriciaJ replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask: "Beside your daughter, what other family do you have? Do any of them live locally?" How did the patient get to the hospital? Can Adult Protective Services be called? I would...
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    Threats made against nursing staff?! :(

    TriciaJ replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    Someone in admin needs to have a talk with Crazy Person and explain to him that the government is involved and he needs to take it up with them. They also need to take out an order of protection,...
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    I don't want to be Charge!

    TriciaJ replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I did a lot of relief charge when I worked med-surg. I often had to take a full patient load which I did not agree with. Charge is a fulltime job in itself. When I had to take charge and a load I...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Religion doesn't need to conflict with science. Science has to stand up to rigorous scrutiny before being universally accepted and is ever-evolving. Religion is one's own business. One can...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't sound like the chaplains in your hospital were up to much. Ours did NOT proselytize and did not provide religiously-based platitudes. Every single time I called a chaplain for an anxious...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose it really comes down to how you perceive the word "victim". To me it once had a neutral connotation; someone that something bad had happened to. It is a step up from judging people and...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    At the last hospital I worked at the Pastoral Care department was worth their weight in gold. They always managed to come up with whatever anyone needed from
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    The sexual assault advocacy people refer to their clientele as "survivors". I personally view patients as people who are coping with the pitfalls of life. I hoped to nudge them from victimhood to...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! This is the perfect explanation for a phenomenon I've been witnessing for the past five years. "Virtue-signaling" just didn't quite nail
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Except for the part about seeing people as victims. I don't care who that advice comes
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    Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to suturethis's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, because it wasn't what the doctor originally ordered so an error did occur and needs to be learned from. It's a nice courtesy if the doctor is able and willing to amend the order after the...
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    Anything wrong with speaking out about staffing issues at work?

    TriciaJ replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I also get that managers are at-will employees at the mercy of the brass. Some still manage to be honest with their staff about what they are up against. I can forgive a lot when I'm being leveled...
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    NEED CAREER ADVICE!

    TriciaJ replied to NurseChristinaB's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're on the right track. It's seems to be a modern thought process that happiness is one degree away. Akin to FOMO. Children are temporary: they grow up and then they're off on their...
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    NEED CAREER ADVICE!

    TriciaJ replied to NurseChristinaB's topic in General Nursing

    You could follow your dream of becoming an RN and still be at square one trying to juggle demanding schedules with your childrens' activities. Or you could take a clinic job, still be practicing...
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    Pronunciation

    TriciaJ replied to Rin nohara's topic in General Nursing

    What Dr's orders NOT to implement? That doesn't make sense. As far as pronunciation: listen carefully to how others pronounce words and learn to mimic them, just as you would if ypu were...
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    Anything wrong with speaking out about staffing issues at work?

    TriciaJ replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    @klone, MSN, RN I think if you openly acknowledge to your staff that staffing is poor and you're working on it, would go a long way to maintain mutual respect. There is nothing wrong with...
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    Anything wrong with speaking out about staffing issues at work?

    TriciaJ replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Staffing costs money. Children's birthday party activities are cheap. When exactly would they like to hear about your staffing concerns? Never, that's when. They don't want you to point out to...
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    Type C

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. Having empathy for fellow human beings and trying to provide the best care for the situation was they way I always tried to go. Seeing people as primarily victims is fraught...