TriciaJ RN

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    questionable IM injection

    TriciaJ replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Depot injections are long-acting meds. My first experience with them was working in mental health and many antipsychotic meds are administered that way to outpatients. They're effective, fairly...
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    Forgot to follow up on orders

    TriciaJ replied to JMK04's topic in General Nursing

    I think a big chunk of culpability lies with the PCP's "nurse". She likely isn't a nurse, by the way. It sounds as if it was her perogative to withhold calling the prescription until a culture is...
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    questionable IM injection

    TriciaJ replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I've never given more than 2 mls into the deltoid, viscous depot or not. If the patient was unwilling to bare his bum I would have divided the shot and used both
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    Should I Attend a Non-Accredited School?

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I've seen many, many job ads that state in their qualifications list: "Graduate of an accredited school of nursing". The lack of school accreditation may trip you up in all kinds of ways throughout...
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    My coworkers dont like me because I bragged

    TriciaJ replied to esrun13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Next time you want to talk about something good that happens to you, frame it in how grateful and relieved you are that a major problem is alleviated. That's it. Then continue to be efficient,...
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    Need help from anyone crafty

    TriciaJ replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I think some of the previous posters' ideas are pure genius. What would be the consequence if it wasn't deemed "homemade"
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    Eccentric Doc

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift probably had a skeleton crew, right? So the psychiatrist breezes in at midnight and wakes everyone up? I would KILL
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    As seen on TV

    TriciaJ replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Well, he would be, wouldn't
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    Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    TriciaJ replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    Hospitals love to use the word "abandonment" to whip recalcitrant nurses into shape. The OP's coworkers may be "superfast" but I'm betting there are corners being cut. That only works as long as it...
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    without a job until after new years

    TriciaJ replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd be too afraid I'd be the person who gets
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    without a job until after new years

    TriciaJ replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    Wait...it's beneath you to work as a tech but not as a prostitute? Okay, carry
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. As much as I can't get my head around the whole sequence of events regarding this incident, that post was the one I really couldn't get my head
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The stellar people running Vanderbilt are going to carry on having sentinel
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    Migraines

    TriciaJ replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    This thread reminds me of an incident when I worked in a jail. A freshly-booked inmate announced he had a migraine and demanded his narcotic of choice. We didn't have an order for it and offered him...
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    Jeopardize nursing school, as a CNA

    TriciaJ replied to MyDream 2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I didn't detect any snarkiness. The post was blunt and to the point. Of course anyone would be furious. No one is arguing that OP shouldn't be angry and frustrated about her work conditions. The...
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    gentleness wanted for the elderly

    TriciaJ replied to onthemark's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Or providing more CNAs. If they weren't so rushed to take care of so many people they might have the luxury of spending more time and being
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    Fired on my first day of work

    TriciaJ replied to staple1027's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And a Christmas card. And a Hannukah card. And a Kwanzaa card. I would sing while I was dumpster-diving rather than work in a place like
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    2 Job offers HELP!

    TriciaJ replied to Newnurse2918's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm now getting the sense that you've already decided what you're going to do and want absolution from strangers on the internet. If you jump ship during orientation, it doesn't go over well. It...
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    TriciaJ replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    I get that you're burnt out at your current job, but here's another thing to consider: you probably get weekends and holidays off. Hospital work will change that. When the rest of the world is...
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    Nurses 'Eat their Young?'

    TriciaJ replied to HMendee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with this. There seems to be a bigger disconnect between nursing school and actual nursing. It makes for a brutal first year or two out of school and it's easy to blame the people who are in...
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    MORALE

    TriciaJ replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    In order for nursing to take "ownership", management first has to relinquish certain things. What they really mean is, they want to stay in complete control and have nursing take the blame for...
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    PA: State Cites WilkesBarre General "Systemic" Failure to Provide Adequate Nursing Staff

    TriciaJ replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I strongly doubt they'll be heaping goodness. Most likely they've launched a full scale investigation to find the
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    PA: State Cites WilkesBarre General "Systemic" Failure to Provide Adequate Nursing Staff

    TriciaJ replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hallelujah! This is what can happen when enough people stick together and raise a collective voice. It's not okay to work off the clock and tolerate other nonsense that comes with inadequate...
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    MORALE

    TriciaJ replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be starting the exodus to the pension-granting
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    First job as a new grad nurse in a staffing agency

    TriciaJ replied to 2ndchance85's topic in General Nursing

    Agencies are no longer allowed to places nurses in areas where they don't have recent (in the past year) experience, per JCAHO. So JCAHO-accredited agencies are extremely unlikely to have work for...