TriciaJ RN

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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Who has, what? I'm not following. What is j do? By the way, I don't know that anyone hates her. None of us actually knows her. Our opinions are about her practice, not her
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    All I've seen are some newspaper articles, (which I take with a grain of salt), the CMS report (which is mind-blowing) and the GoFundMe appeals (which don't inspire sympathy). If there is something...
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I still don't believe she was a safe nurse who experienced a cosmic convergence of everything bad happening in that one instance. I am so curious as to whether her immediate coworkers ever expressed...
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    Safe Staffing Levels for In-hospital Nursing Units

    TriciaJ replied to NURS5870's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, Oregon requires staffing committees. They are a joke. I was on one. It was hijacked by the manager. It looked good on paper that we had a staffing committee. Staffing remained the
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    I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    In the OP, when the attire and behaviour were mentioned I immediately thought, "Oh, yeah. The Cute Crusader." The one who is going to save the world from old fashioned psychiatry and look fabulous...
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    I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    Back in the "old days" patients used to be given "drug holidays". The results were horrible and that is no longer
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    "Poor Thing!"

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Or they take you for a sucker and start raising the ante. And start pitting you against your coworkers. Get luck ever leaving their room to look after your other patients without raising their ire....
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This for me is just as incredible as the myriad practice errors. It reads like "Thank you all for your support after this bad thing that's happened to me". She previously said "I don't know when...
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    Looking for advice; "handling" situations **LONG**

    TriciaJ replied to Miss.LeoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all of the previous posts. You would probably have a lot more confidence by now if they weren't nitpicking you to death. 1. Start keeping a notebook at home and document the...
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    Bachelor Degree - Needed in every state?

    TriciaJ replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually, I was wondering if this person is even a
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this part. It is the visual equivalent of putting alarms on
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Of course. The staff who are already practicing safely get more crap to
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    Latest on RaDonda Vaught case

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Did someone attack her? What new precedent has been set? Most of us can't get our heads around such incredibly reckless practice. We would love to support her, if her conduct had been remotely...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    No one is born with "criminal" tattooed on his forehead. No one is a criminal until they've been charged and convicted with a criminal offense. According to Tennessee state statutes, RV meets...
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    Please Help!!

    TriciaJ replied to gravy94's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this a thousand times. Employer pension plans amount to little more than a one-way ticket to the glue factory. All hard-working young people owe it to themselves to become financially...
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    Breaking New Grad Contract

    TriciaJ replied to Nursenursexoxo's topic in General Nursing

    There might be a clause in your contract that lets you off if your spouse relocates. This might also apply to domestic partners. Check your contract and see if there are ways to alleviate the...
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    Breaking New Grad Contract

    TriciaJ replied to Nursenursexoxo's topic in General Nursing

    If it was just a matter of another six months, I'd say try to tough it out this last bit. But you've been there a year and apparently miserable for at least the last six months. Another year - no....
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    Please Help!!

    TriciaJ replied to gravy94's topic in General Nursing

    You were the one who got on an internet forum and complained of not knowing what to do on your days off. I spent my entire career wishing I had more time for family, friends and hobbies. You asked...
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    What constitutes a bad nurse?

    TriciaJ replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

    From this post alone, I feel confident that you are a good nurse. You care about learning your theory, you care about properly assessing the patient and acting on what you know to achieve the best...
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    "Poor Thing!"

    TriciaJ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can still feel compassion for someone who has caused his own problems, but that starts to evaporate with the rapid-fire requests and demands. Don't get me started on the More-Compassionate-Than-Thou...
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    You're Hired!......Then......

    TriciaJ replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They keep advertising a position and keep hiring you into it, then tell you it hasn't been "approved" yet. WTH? I would contact the NM who hired you and level with her. The left hand clearly doesn't...
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    Is it me? Need guidance and thoughts!

    TriciaJ replied to Tamygutchi123's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, I think your manager is an insecure horse's patoot. He sounds like someone who's clawed his way up the food chain and is deathly afraid he'll be found to be less than stellar. If you are...
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    PLEASE HELP!!

    TriciaJ replied to jazij14's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, you might get a more well-rounded experience at a smaller hospital. Big hospitals have everyone working their specialty units and usually have an IV team to do starts. Much easier to get...
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    Real Talk- "Ideal" Nurse Personality?

    TriciaJ replied to BSNbound21's topic in General Nursing

    Did you show her the policy that says whenever you throw out someone's lunch you have to buy everyone lunch that day? (If this has inadvertently been omitted from your policy manual, I would slip it...
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    Patients that interfere with another patient's medical treatment

    TriciaJ replied to Mandy2016's topic in Emergency

    You never know if they're going to thank you or rat you out for being "unprofessional". Luckily by now they were all sick of him and were able to appreciate you looking out for