TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    July 2019 Caption Contest: Poll - Select $100 Winner!

    TriciaJ replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Sorry. I'm just going to look for my contact
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    Advice on how to handle a situation at work.

    TriciaJ replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    While you are floating resumes, it may still be worth your while to try to salvage your current job, if you would rather not leave it. Who is your supervisor? Would it be at all productive to...
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    What is Abandonment?

    TriciaJ replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Was the DON there to accept them? Then it might not be abandonment, since someone was able to take legal responsibility for the patients. If the keys were placed on an unoccupied desk and the DON...
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    For some reason, this thread reminds me of a coworker on one of the psych units I worked. This gentleman was British and very well-spoken, which made him appear brighter than he was. One of the...
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    The Weekend of... 7-5 to 7-8-19

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    My mom was a psych nurse before me and actually had to participate in this back in the day. She explained the procedure to me and amazingly they never killed anyone. The conventional ECT procedure...
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    Job Flip-Flopping: When Will I Find My Place?

    TriciaJ replied to tinyRN72's topic in General Nursing

    I think you enjoy your work wherever you go, if only there was a little less of it. It's not that you can't find a place to land; you can't find a place to land where they won't suck your soul in one...
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    Got Written Up Today...

    TriciaJ replied to Elven_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree. All the rules, regs, policies and procedures...! I always tended to be a fast test-taker. This had no bearing on my ultimate marks; I either got the answers right or not. Interesting to...
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    New Grad and Rejected from First Choice Job Option

    TriciaJ replied to Joanne15's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm seeing a lot of discouraged new grads whose job offers aren't in line with the career paths they have envisioned. I think too much is being made of planning out one's entire career. Life just...
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    Dialysis nursing pros and cons

    TriciaJ replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Did you really mean 16 hr shifts? I don't know how that works for children, pets or potted plants. I get that some people love compressed work weeks, but you can only compress so much. Your own body...
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    Over my head?

    TriciaJ replied to Madc's topic in General Nursing

    "I was excited to be offered a management position and accepted it. I came to realize that it required a skill set that as a new grad I just don't have. I am now looking for some solid nursing...
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    Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    TriciaJ replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all of this except "...grown-up version...". This behaviour is prolonged adolescence. I think the OP is having a hard time getting past herself and her subjective experiences. Nursing...
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

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

    No. She isn't. Who would want to work in a place that couldn't spot you the occasional Tylenol for your aching back so you can carry on working? Would it have been better for everyone if she went...
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    Rude nurses

    TriciaJ replied to rnbsn2md's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK. Thanks for the clarification. So, any thoughts on why the nurses are mean to
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    Bullied psych nurse commits suicide

    TriciaJ replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nursing News

    I agree there was way more going on with this person than mean coworkers. She was hating nights, so possibly sleep-deprived, then exercising and taking diet pills. Very unlikely she was thinking...
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    Rude nurses

    TriciaJ replied to rnbsn2md's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you entered a BSN program at age 18 you would have likely been 22 when you graduated. To have just graduated from medical school at 26 you can't possibly have spent much time nursing. So no, I...
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    PROBATION with RESTRICTED RN LICENSE - NOW RN REINSTATEMENT : FORMAL HEARING

    TriciaJ replied to JC4me's topic in General Nursing

    Are you applying to LTC facilities and SNFs? Remote rural areas? Oregon State Hospital is desperate for staff. In short, you have to be willing to consider any place that wants a warm body....
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    NP vs MA vs MD power struggle

    TriciaJ replied to Ria21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious as to who hired you and why. Surely they understand why they shouldn't be paying an NP to be doing non-revenue-producing tasks. Can they not have a general staff meeting and let everyone...
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    No Order

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I thought, too. Did they take the order to mean straight cath prn for above a certain bladder scan
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    Transferring positions prior to 1 year in first nursing job

    TriciaJ replied to 01.rn.10's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect they pulled a bait-and-switch. They were having trouble filling night spots so they advertised days. I wouldn't feel guilty jumping
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    Transferring positions prior to 1 year in first nursing job

    TriciaJ replied to 01.rn.10's topic in General Nursing

    I do sympathize with you for not wanting to work crazy rotating shifts. I believe they're still the norm in most Canadian hospitals (someone correct me if this has changed) and something I don't miss...
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    New Grad BSN, RN, PHN, EMT and can’t find work. Legality of working as a CNA?

    TriciaJ replied to oceanhugger's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people have stated they found this silly, but I think it's because of the fuzziness of the liability should anything happen. If they're paying a CNA they should expect only the level of...
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    New Grad BSN, RN, PHN, EMT and can’t find work. Legality of working as a CNA?

    TriciaJ replied to oceanhugger's topic in General Nursing

    If you stopped the infusion, you would be in trouble for messing with it because you're not working as an RN. If you left it to go find a nurse, you would be in trouble because you actually are an RN...
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    New Grad BSN, RN, PHN, EMT and can’t find work. Legality of working as a CNA?

    TriciaJ replied to oceanhugger's topic in General Nursing

    If you're an RN, you have all the training an LPN or CNA has. They do not know anything you don't. Not that that gets you hired into those
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    Left job to safeguard my license - what "reason" to add on new applications?

    TriciaJ replied to KatiejonD's topic in School

    You're just stating facts. "I believed 911 needed to be called and they disagreed." You don't say "They're a bunch of morons and they're going to kill someone's kid." That would be
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    Animal abuse

    TriciaJ replied to K8e's topic in Psychiatric

    I second