TriciaJ RN

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    Call light misuse and abuse

    TriciaJ replied to guest1048932's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are no good answers to this one. I'm sorry. You and your coworkers will just have to figure out how to deal with it as best you can. Your management will likely be of no help. Just reading...
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    Do nurses get away with nurse brutality

    TriciaJ replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I can't "like" this
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    being fired by patient's family member

    TriciaJ replied to GS ED RN's topic in Emergency

    Getting fired by a PIA patient or family is a GIFT. Take it. You'll have enough occasions to get stuck with someone else's PIA after THEY got
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    Possible Union

    TriciaJ replied to Chilled1121's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Exactly. They would much rather pay you a pittance and tell you "to not discuss your salary with anyone". Then no one knows what anyone else is making. They like to pit nurses (and other staff)...
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    Possible Union

    TriciaJ replied to Chilled1121's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It probably is shady. There are laws that prohibit management from engaging in certain activities designed to undermine union organizing. Managements everywhere can be quite underhanded. It...
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    Possible Union

    TriciaJ replied to Chilled1121's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    There is no truth to the doom-and-gloom declarations from the anti-union crowd. Many people are downright ignorant about labour unions, some are just liars (like management). I've had people tell me...
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    Hospice morphine overdose

    TriciaJ replied to Robbie8121's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If he comes back and clarifies and continues the discussion, then we'll know the post is legit. His continued absence is starting to make me think he is a
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    TriciaJ replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, went to high school in the 70s. In my school smoking was allowed in the cafeteria. Whether it was lunch time or you had a spare, if you went to the cafeteria it was full of smoke. Hospital...
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    Going into nursing with a bad memory?

    TriciaJ replied to MeAnurse?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your doctor doesn't find any medical problem, you might just have a habit of being preoccupied and distracted. (It's going to be hard to write notes to yourself to turn off the bathtub, lock the...
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    E-mails aka nastigrams

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

    You have a weak manager. She likes to present herself as a "nice lady" but the emails you describe are thinly-veiled hostility. I would not bother meeting with her because you will have a "nice"...
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    Hospice morphine overdose

    TriciaJ replied to Robbie8121's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Robbie, if your post is legit then either you are working in hospice and don't understand what you see, or you have a family member on hospice and don't understand what you see. The hospice nurses...
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    Possible Union

    TriciaJ replied to Chilled1121's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I don't know anything about that particular union. Are there meetings with the organizers where they explain exactly what they hope to accomplish with a union? I would not believe a word out of...
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    Nurse week, scavenger hunt

    TriciaJ replied to Dskipp's topic in General Nursing

    You owe me a
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    I quit my job. No backup. But I feel ecstatic!

    TriciaJ replied to jadams92's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations on getting off the hamster wheel. It's well and good to have money in the bank and retirement planned, but when your body is producing cortisol by the gallon you have to just stop for...
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    Nursing paper help

    TriciaJ replied to CBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I can see why the nurse who initially agreed ended up blowing this off. These questions are really involved and cumbersome. If she were to email you the answers she would essentially be writing your...
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    TriciaJ replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    When I find myself feeling someone's crappiness on a visceral level, that's my clue that it's really THEIR crappy feeling. It's like being slimed. Finding ways to laugh about it with coworkers and...
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    TriciaJ replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    In an ideal world, people just wouldn't think to behave this way. In a slightly less ideal world, management would have the backs of their employees. ("What hospital would you like to be transferred...
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    TriciaJ replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. This person has only as much power as anyone gives him/her. The shock, anger and hurt feelings are a big payoff. Refusing to take that crap seriously would take a lot of fun out of it....
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    TriciaJ replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Your administration is misusing the term "Freedom of Speech". It just means you can criticize the government without going to jail. It doesn't mean you get to be an ass with no consequences. You...
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    Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    TriciaJ replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    He has a right to be as loony as he wants. You have a responsibility to provide care for him. Period. Do not take anyone's stupid stuff personally. Even if he means it to be. If he's being cared...
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    TriciaJ replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    If you're working in a busy ED where you never know what you're going to be exposed to, then it makes sense to just wear gloves as a matter of course. That's different from a regular nursing floor...
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    TriciaJ replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wear gloves for injections, either. Applying counter-pressure to the injection site with the alcohol swab before removing the needle seals it up fairly well. I think gloves are over-used and...
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    How do I convince my parents to let me go through an LVN program?

    TriciaJ replied to RockyRamona's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have a hard time believing an inexperienced LVN would have an easier time finding a job than an inexperienced RN. I'm glad OP is considering the CNA route. Much less time and expense to reach the...
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    How do I convince my parents to let me go through an LVN program?

    TriciaJ replied to RockyRamona's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your reason for wanting to be an LVN first is strictly financial, then it just doesn't make sense. Not if your parents are willing to pay for your nursing education. I don't know how many...
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    Help with board complaint

    TriciaJ replied to FrenchieB1986's topic in General Nursing

    Alienation of affection is an archaic law, designed to punish the evil Other Woman for causing an otherwise loyal but weak-willed husband to stray. I can't believe anyone still has it on the books....