TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Ohio Hospital Fires 23 After Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

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

    Yes. It's called ethics. I've always been prepared to dumpster-dive (or preferably wait tables or stock shelves) before I participate in something I know to be wrong. What you call giving in to...
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    Monster Med Passes

    TriciaJ replied to Ms_Interpret's topic in General Nursing

    In all fairness to the LTC nurse, likely each person has more pills on average than most inmates. There are also blood sugars, injectables, PEGs and NGTs incorporated into LTC med pass. Probably a...
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    Ohio Hospital Fires 23 After Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

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

    This sounds like a badly-run hospital where physicians were allowed to run their own programs with minimal oversight and accountability. The pharmacists and nurses who spoke out about this and...
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    Narcotic diversion vrs. Incompetent nurse

    TriciaJ replied to VampireBaby's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do meticulous narc counts when coming on and going off duty. Make sure you get discrepancies resolved when you come on. Keep meticulous counts and sign-outs during your shift. Pass off a perfect...
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    Monster Med Passes

    TriciaJ replied to Ms_Interpret's topic in General Nursing

    Because you still need to know what you're giving and there is still legal accountability. If you mess up your own meds at home, that's your problem. If you are incarcerated and someone else messes...
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    Monster Med Passes

    TriciaJ replied to Ms_Interpret's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in corrections and had upwards of 100 people for med pass (I never counted exactly how many at one time; the facility housed 550 inmates). I wheeled a med cart to each cell block and all the...
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    HELP! Value Based RN?

    TriciaJ replied to MKrum's topic in General Nursing

    For starters - who will be your employer? A hospital? LTC facility? Insurance company? Will you be paid hourly? Salaried? Per patient? Per visit? According to outcome? Those are the first...
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    Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

    TriciaJ replied to GbabyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrg! It is not rude or greedy to make sure you are getting paid for all the hours that you work. It is this mentality that is responsible for women making less than men - the...
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    Nursing job is making me sick ?

    TriciaJ replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    When you are offered a new job, tell your new employer about this situation. Tell them you may need to work your notice, or you may be let go on the spot. They may be willing to work with you and be...
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    PXYIS

    TriciaJ replied to Kenny Gee's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, what? The LPNs couldn't pull their own narcotics but they could administer them? And the RN got fired for pulling their narcs for them? That makes zero
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    PXYIS

    TriciaJ replied to Kenny Gee's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like someone jumped the gun. Registry nurse + Pyxis missing narcs = diversion. Then they actually did a count. And it came out even. Take a breath. Redouble your efforts to keep your wits...
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    Innumeracy

    TriciaJ replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in General Nursing

    You could also smash them up and carefully weigh out the
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    Should I renew my license?

    TriciaJ replied to ScaredRN's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to the usual documentation process, you have to be fingerprinted. The prints get sent to the DOJ and the report gets sent to the BON. Then you wait. And wait. And wait. If you try...
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    Should I renew my license?

    TriciaJ replied to ScaredRN's topic in General Nursing

    I let my California license lapse after it became pretty clear I wouldn't be moving there after all. But I do agree with you. If there is a ghost of a chance you might want to work in California,...
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    School making me repeat a course. Help

    TriciaJ replied to mmilbrunRN85's topic in General Students

    In all fairness I didn't see any glaring grammatical errors. Mostly just rambling and less than coherent. It could very well have been typical of a phone vent. But just in case it wasn't, I did...
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    School making me repeat a course. Help

    TriciaJ replied to mmilbrunRN85's topic in General Students

    Fair enough. I hope that is the case here. But in case it isn't, it did seem kinder to give the OP a heads
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    School making me repeat a course. Help

    TriciaJ replied to mmilbrunRN85's topic in General Students

    Yes, I prepared to get flamed. But to not say anything just seemed cruel. Like not letting someone know their tire looked
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    Lost Nurse in the OR

    TriciaJ replied to KNest18's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is great advice. If you can pull it off it might offer the best of both worlds, work
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    Anxious About Clinicals

    TriciaJ replied to guest1122560's topic in General Students

    Try to keep in mind that nurses are people, not separate beings. You're just learning how to do a job, not get admitted to an exclusive club. Like others have said, some will be very warm toward...
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    School making me repeat a course. Help

    TriciaJ replied to mmilbrunRN85's topic in General Students

    I really debated with myself before writing this post, because quite often I come across as pedantic and no one wants to hear it. Then I reread where you said you were looking for advice, so here...
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    Lost Nurse in the OR

    TriciaJ replied to KNest18's topic in General Nursing

    OK. I'm getting more of the picture. You love what nursing actually should be and you hate the soul-sucking grind that it's become. You also sound like a sensitive person - in tune with the needs...
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    Lost Nurse in the OR

    TriciaJ replied to KNest18's topic in General Nursing

    OP, your entire post makes me picture a high-energy, low-focus person who needs to work on follow-through. (I of course could be dead wrong; that's just the impression I get.) I do think OR is not...
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    Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    TriciaJ replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly wasn't advocating "confronting" one's preceptor. I was responding to other posts where people spoke of tolerating systematic poor behaviour in the workplace for fear of "making it worse"....
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    Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    TriciaJ replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is. It's the psychologically difficult things that help you learn and grow, even if you don't get the desired outcome. Giving in to fear only feeds the fear. Standing up for yourself gets...
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    Med passes

    TriciaJ replied to payitforward's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm sorry. I have to focus on this. Accuracy