TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Report an online post hinting suicide?

    TriciaJ replied to sandyfeet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I really don't see how this could be enforced. Someone would have to review the online presence of the person who attempted/committed suicide, review the online activity of all the people who might...
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    How can I tell if my unit is going to close down?

    TriciaJ replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    Poor productivity? How do you measure productivity on a psych unit? Here's your reason to get out: they're playing fast and loose with your personal safety. At this point I wouldn't care what...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    That's right. The surgeon should just flip a
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    If she was not practicing the 5 rights, and blowing past all the safety measures, she would have killed someone at some point. Maybe one more safety measure would have saved this woman's life, or...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Safety measures are only as good as the people who employ them. No one is advocating getting rid of safety measures. You can put in place all the safety measures you like. The ones that are in...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking of padding it real well then stringing barbed wire around
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    What if the permit identified the correct knee, and the patient marked the proper knee and the surgeon operated on the wrong one anyway? What would you have to come up with next to prevent a wrong...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, no one yet has advocated throwing her in prison. Many of us are concerned that a culture of no accountablity will undermine the credibility of the entire
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    A few errors in your post. 1. The help-all nurse is not a supervisory position. The help-all nurse is a supernumerary position who does not take an assignment and helps other nurses by completing...
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    How to best handle this situation with my instructor?

    TriciaJ replied to snowlion_m's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Standoffish is in the eye of the beholder. That means even if you didn't intend to appear standoffish, you still did. There was nothing wrong with asking to pass meds. But no is no. Giving...
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    How to handle promotion to Nursing Supervisor

    TriciaJ replied to sirvine89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think Orca's advice was spot on. I don't have anything to
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    Renegotiating salary

    TriciaJ replied to Seeing Myself Out's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It not only depends how much experience you have but what type. That's why it's not very helpful to compare your salary to your fellow orientees'. I'd tough it out for the six months and then try to...
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    Dispute termination

    TriciaJ replied to FloridaLpn2015's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Essentially, you had no supervisor, which is unfortunate because you had coworkers who definitely needed supervision. You need a real nursing job so you can practice as a real nurse. That wasn't
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    NPR's take on RV

    TriciaJ replied to ruby_jane's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure it was the hospital that reported it? I got the impression it was a whistle blower about a year after the
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    TriciaJ replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    If you're giving it all you can and still not getting anywhere, I second the advice to ask for another unit. Oncology does seem a bit much for a first job. I'll tell you a few things that stand out:...
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    Is this even Legal?

    TriciaJ replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    One option is to preemptively write up a notice that you are accepting an unsafe assignment under protest. You state on the form that you have already let your management know that your upcoming...
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    Possibly the Worst Hiring Experience Ever

    TriciaJ replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like a real fly-by-night outfit. At this point, I'd just wait to see what your friends reports from the orientation experience. If they're legit and the hiring managers are just...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I never saw any post that said systemic error prevention measures should be eliminated. I have seen, and written, posts that stated all the error prevention measures in the world can't stop someone...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Your own eyes can fail you. Your own brain can fail you. That's why technology has been invented to help us. But technology can fail you, too. That's why even with the best of technology, you...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry. Ms. Vaught was interviewed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. There is a link to that on one of these threads. There is also a link to the CMS report. In these investigative reports,...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Please check out the TBI report and see how it
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    NPR's take on RV

    TriciaJ replied to ruby_jane's topic in General Nursing

    I understood that statement to refer to Emergent's opinion of NPR in general, and not specifically the article. I agree with you about the article completely missing the mark and overall, I think was...
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    NPR's take on RV

    TriciaJ replied to ruby_jane's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not advocating throwing anyone to the wolves but what's so unfair about being held accountable for one's own actions? One of RV's supporters was quoted saying something to the effect of "No one...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    What if the low level sailor forgets to announce "abort"? What if he announces "abort" but the pilot lands anyway? Every system is as good as the people using
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    S.C. 5th Grader Dies After a Fight at School

    TriciaJ replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I didn't take this as a slam on working mothers. I think it refers mainly to parents who just aren't very involved with their kids for one reason or