TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Pyxis Problems

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    My last workplace (ambulatory care) had a different brand machine. It wasn't anal; it was downright passive aggressive. It would pretend it never saw your fingerprint before. The process to...
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    Is it possible for me to be a good nurse?

    TriciaJ replied to Mimium's topic in General Nursing

    I think your anxiety and self-doubt have become a self-perpetuating cycle. You expect to do badly, then you do badly, then you doubt yourself.... Anxiety is not a completely bad thing in a student,...
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    TriciaJ replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    Of course. It just wouldn't be an epiphany without a readmission. (Because the epiphany wasn't just about not coming back; it probably involved cold turkeying off all psych
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    To look professional

    TriciaJ replied to mi_dreamin's topic in Nursing Humor

    This really did make my
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    Weird Interview!?

    TriciaJ replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a possibility. It might have been helpful to tell the interviewee "I'm not being weird; I have a back issue." That would have put an end to the matter and Daisy could have completed the...
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    transitioning from acute setting to ambulatory

    TriciaJ replied to thomas76's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    It's still very busy and hectic, but most patients arrive on their own two feet and leave the same way. There'll be a lot of variety and don't mothball your critical thinking skills just yet. The...
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    Advice for potential RN

    TriciaJ replied to hope77rn's topic in Addictions

    I think it's perfectly realistic. I started out in psych and so have a lot of other new grads. It didn't stop me from going on to other areas when I wanted. In fact it gave me a strong basis for...
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    Charting and learning

    TriciaJ replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    I hear similar sentiments from a lot of younger nurses on here, wondering if accepting a certain job will limit their opportunities in the future. My own career trajectory was: psych to corrections...
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    WWYD?

    TriciaJ replied to Cattitude's topic in School

    Since I spent K-12 in schools that didn't even have a nurse and we all lived I can't for the life of me think why you would cancel your vacation. For one day! Calling in sick probably would not be...
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    To look professional

    TriciaJ replied to mi_dreamin's topic in Nursing Humor

    He could have just clicked a regular pen and pretended it was a penlight. Would have yielded the same information and looked just as professional. "You have been declared officially expired. Is...
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    S & M Nurses

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Back to S&M nurses: I think both feel powerless in their lives. The "S" category likes to feel a certain power over others. The "M" category is increasingly glorified in the current victim...
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    S & M Nurses

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    No, but you'll get
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    S & M Nurses

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    There is (or was) and Marks and Spencer at West Edmonton Mall. Once when in the area, I was given the assignment by a Liverpudlian coworker to procure for him some Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. He has...
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    Nursing School Burnout/Rant....Help

    TriciaJ replied to nursingstudentwannabe's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you're driving yourself crazy with academic perfectionism. Your marks only need to be high enough for you to pass. Save your perfectionism for clinicals, but do not beat yourself up if...
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    Weird Interview!?

    TriciaJ replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't "like" this enough. And I totally agree with the seminar theory. Probably the same company that came up with scripting. ? Now it's "How to Get Buy-In By Being Too Cool For
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    Under appreciated or Self-Centered

    TriciaJ replied to BadChoiceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking 2 things: 1. Are you outspoken? Will you advocate for positive changes and appropriate staffing? Management may well prefer the mousy types who don't upset the apple cart. 2. You...
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    Written Up

    TriciaJ replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    Unless their pharmacy has some weird rule about putting two indications in the same order and insist each indication be its own separate order. Hospital pharmacies make rules like that all the time,...
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    Stop Calling It Burnout

    TriciaJ replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly right to separate intrinsic conflicts from the systemic mistreatment. The intrinsic conflicts will always be an inherent part of nursing. But the sweatshop work conditions are a different...
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    Stop Calling It Burnout

    TriciaJ replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I've taken umbrage at the buzz phrase "work-life balance". It's the admonition du jour by managers, educators and the purveyors of nursing journal crap. When I was too exhausted to even...
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    Charting and learning

    TriciaJ replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're enjoying your job and sorry they threw a new grad into the deep end without an orientation. Make yourself an orientation check list. Start listing all the things you aren't sure of,...
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    Give 'Em Enough Rope

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a really toxic and incompetent manager who used to nitpick the solid workers. People who had performance issues got a free pass. It was mostly a divide-and-conquer mentality; she liked to...
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    Give 'Em Enough Rope

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    She's obviously buds with someone. Like they say, behind every terrible employee is some sort of nepotistic connection. I have another saying, but it would violate
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    Free teaching labor

    TriciaJ replied to Theresasnakeinmyboot's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student we did out clinicals with an instructor. We were told facilities actually staffed based on student presence (they down-staffed). After becoming a nurse, I was paid to precept...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    TriciaJ replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    When there are union members who want to pick up overtime shifts they might not be happy about salaried management aceing them out of the overtime. If that happened anywhere in the hospital system...
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    As an RN, am I responsible for the actions of an LPN?

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

    Your management has a performance issue on their hands that they're not addressing. It sounds like they're hoping to throw you under the bus when the LPN messes up badly enough. Check with your board...