TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    Help with board complaint

    TriciaJ replied to FrenchieB1986's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a whole lot of nothing to me. It's got to be a slow week at the BON if they don't laugh at this outright. Did she report her own husband's ass to the BON? He's the one who technically...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    TriciaJ replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I find it much easier to have compassion when I'm not personally affected. When someone smells so bad I get an instant headache it is no different from any other kind of offensive body odour. The...
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    Why choose a 2-step TB skin test vs. TB blood test?

    TriciaJ replied to micheljd's topic in General Nursing

    This is news to me. I think when people eventually test positive it's because they've had an exposure. That's why high risk workplaces require yearly testing. It's not their yearly tests that cause...
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    Scheduled doubles

    TriciaJ replied to tyrha92's topic in General Nursing

    Before you discuss it with your employer it might be helpful to clarify any existing laws with the labour board in your state. Also, do you have a union contract? Even if you stipulate to having...
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    (a bit of a rant) how do you deal with exhaustion long days

    TriciaJ replied to bailyoneohnine's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry you're having such a rough time of it. At least when you start your first job, you won't wonder what hit you. Hopefully, you'll have hit your stride by then. 1. 6-7 hours of sleep is...
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    Nurse week, scavenger hunt

    TriciaJ replied to Dskipp's topic in General Nursing

    The true gift is the extra nurse so everyone can get away. If the extra nurse was factored in, I'd even do the scavenger hunt with the clown to look for bottles of Jim Beam. Or ride the pony. Not...
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    Nurse week, scavenger hunt

    TriciaJ replied to Dskipp's topic in General Nursing

    "Corn don't grow at all on Rocky Top Dirt's too rocky by far. That's why all the folks on Rocky Top Keep their corn in a
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    How do you deal with someone trying to get you fired?

    TriciaJ replied to solDanz's topic in General Nursing

    You are clearly seeing the writing on the wall. Connect the dots: the company is in serious financial trouble - you are due for a raise - you get accused of heinous behaviour. By the time you get...
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    Nurse week, scavenger hunt

    TriciaJ replied to Dskipp's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather have a bar bar. Wait, does the corn come in a
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    Nurse week, scavenger hunt

    TriciaJ replied to Dskipp's topic in General Nursing

    My, someone's not in a festive mood! You probably wouldn't like the balloons or the clown,
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    I need an experts opinions please !!

    TriciaJ replied to Rn 1979's topic in General Nursing

    In this day and age of political correctness I am blown away that anyone would even think of doing this. OP, I am sorry this has been done to you. I think you were right to let the first few...
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    dream job ended

    TriciaJ replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

    I really want to weigh in on behalf of that first preceptor. If she's been on the job just over a year, she might still be anxious about her own performance. Now she has to precept. What you...
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    Travel Nursing: The good, the bad, and why I probably will never do again-Part 1

    TriciaJ replied to Have Nurse's topic in Travel

    Have Nurse, just use the quote button when you respond to anyone. That way we'll know to whom you're responding. I don't know why this would ruffle feathers. You haven't criticized anyone or said...
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    Workplace Sayings

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I love this one. I dealt with it all the time at the jail. Not just chest pain, but flopping like a mackeral and announcing "I'm having a seizure!" and the women all had bloodless
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    Rolling out bedside report

    TriciaJ replied to magordon's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe your management springs for good pizza and everyone gets their break so they get to eat it hot, together. Most of us have experienced dismal "parties" where you dash into an empty break room...
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    Mass. voters see robust 'Nurse Staffing Act' on horizon, finally!

    TriciaJ replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The media have never been nurse-friendly. One episode that stands out for me was when nurses in my home province went on strike in the 1999. The media behaved like absolute dirt bags and the nurses...
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    Travel Nursing: The good, the bad, and why I probably will never do again-Part 1

    TriciaJ replied to Have Nurse's topic in Travel

    I'm enjoying this, so far. It's witty, unlike the typical "articles" that are pontifical and melodramatic. I can also relate to the hassles when you're working with technology and bureaucracy. I've...
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    Workplace Sayings

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Now I'm remembering some from my old psych days: Stelazine-deficiency syndrome (self-explanatory) Positive suitcase sign (these were "emergency" admits for suicidal ideation and the patient would...
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    Workplace Sayings

    TriciaJ replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Don't ask me. I'm plankton on the food
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    Obesity teaching plan

    TriciaJ replied to alicialynn's topic in Patient Education

    I think the OP is long gone. Lost interest when people didn't jump on immediately to do her
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    Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

    TriciaJ replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. It would be one thing (but still risky) if you had a longstanding relationship with a coworker and totally trusted her. But you're new and still proving yourself and she's...
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    Dysfunctional Unit?

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

    All I can do is echo the sentiments of the above posters. Wishing you peace and healing. And serendipitous help from unexpected
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    How to prepare 0.45 NaCl IVFluid?

    TriciaJ replied to trevor05's topic in General Nursing

    While working telephone triage at a university student health clinic, I once received a call asking how to make your own sterile saline for injection. The young man would not provide his name or...
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    How serious is a verbal warning really?

    TriciaJ replied to ZSimzNeuroNurse's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't think anyone is advocating that you work sick. Since we don't know you from Adam, we didn't know why you had absences. It sometimes takes a new grad a year or two to work up an immune...
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    How serious is a verbal warning really?

    TriciaJ replied to ZSimzNeuroNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a union contract and how are absences addressed? If there is no union contract, then management can do whatever it wants. Employee absenteeism is expensive and disruptive and of course...