TriciaJ RN

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    Please Help!!

    TriciaJ replied to gravy94's topic in General Nursing

    So your house is spotless, you're buffed, you're sick of all your friends, you have a closet full of clean clothes, your bills are paid, your car is like new, your fridge is bulging with delicious...
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    5 Ways Managers Can Make Nurses Feel Valued

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

    Good article. Some additional points: 1. Encourage staff to work out their own interpersonal problems. Do not get reeled in by tattling; do not call the tattled-on nurse to the "principal's...
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    Ethical dilemma, tell me your thoughts.

    TriciaJ replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Even if she has some dementia, surely she's noticed by now her husband isn't around. The hardest thing about having any type of mental impairment is not being able to trust one's own judgement....
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    Is nursing for me?!

    TriciaJ replied to Krissy86's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there are desk jobs for nursing. But you will have to jump through many physical and mental hoops to get there. I don't know what about being a legal assistant burned you out, but that doesn't...
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    Patients that interfere with another patient's medical treatment

    TriciaJ replied to Mandy2016's topic in Emergency

    Does your department have regular staff meetings? This is a situation to discuss. I wouldn't want my loved one's life to be further jeopardized by a selfish drunken jerk in the next bed. Having not...
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    Generation Z

    TriciaJ replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is the proper place to
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    Generation Z

    TriciaJ replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I think you can take some credit for
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    Real Talk- "Ideal" Nurse Personality?

    TriciaJ replied to BSNbound21's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you're conscientious, detail-oriented and try to err on the side of kindness, you're probably on the right track. Try not to get too hung up on the opinions of others. When you're starting...
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    My First Write Up

    TriciaJ replied to berrynurse's topic in General Nursing

    In three and a half decades I've had my share of being tattled on for really stupid reasons. A wise nurse manager will chalk it up to pettiness. Others will be reeled in. Not much you can do either...
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    Two Weeks

    TriciaJ replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you're taking a pay cut? Are you getting overtime for every hour above forty per week? Are you getting paid for the hours you put in after you get home? If you divided your weekly...
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    Incompetence or bad night?

    TriciaJ replied to littlerayofsunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the planets are just out of alignment. You just have to roll with it until everything more or less lines up
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    Should I say NO to refilling meds for med nurses?

    TriciaJ replied to Earthgrlrn's topic in Patient Medications

    The only time I worked long term care was a few agency shifts before I ran away screaming. I would come on duty and take report from another agency nurse. Then I would spend the entire day chained...
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    Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

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

    They already know and they. don't.
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    Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

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

    Every place I worked allowed the sick time to accrue over the years. Came in handy if you became injured or needed major surgery. Letting sick days expire and refresh would encourage more sick time...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the takeaway: it's 2019 and nursing is one of the few occupations where the motivation is still expected to be primarily altruistic. We've all been dealing with this mindset since each of us...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    You were trying to convey something? What was
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    A final in what, by the way? And what's so taboo and shocking? You asked for opinions, you got opinions. You had a preconceived idea, you got additional information. From an academic standpoint,...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    And I just thought of the other side of the whole "Noble Calling" mindset. Because we have to be such caring, compassionate angels to even think of being nurses, we should have limited accountability...
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    Has this happened to you?

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Well, she realized he wasn't with her and ran right back home. I'd have less compassion for her if she'd given him a med without even checking the label and then left him to sleep while she went off...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    The point that people here are making is that nursing seems to be the only profession where motivation is even an issue. Why do we need to ponder whether someone has responded to a Noble Calling or...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    TriciaJ replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    What do we think of firefighters who are only in it for the money? How about baristas? Shoe salepeople? Who cares why they do what they do as long as they do it decently? And if they don't do it...
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    Should I feel bad for not picking up extra shifts?

    TriciaJ replied to nursekaterpn's topic in General Nursing

    If they know you're the likeliest one to cave in, they'll call you first and tell you you're the last resort. Repeat after me:
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    Being a target by a coworker.

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

    Good point about not trusting "friends" once they have been promoted above you. I learned that the hard way with someone I would not have in a million years thought capable of
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    Another Tragedy at Vanderbilt

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that it's being debated here ad nauseum is chilling. What corners are routinely being cut that people are rushing to defend a practice that doesn't come close to meeting basic nursing...
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    Medication Error

    TriciaJ replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

    The patient missed a morning dose of Lasix. Then got his evening dose and the next morning's dose. And lived. You discovered it (no one else did previously, so it became a systems error), slapped...