TriciaJ RN

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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you have an issue with a previous hospitalization. It really doesn't fit with this thread. If not too much time has elapsed, you might want to contact the patient advocate at the...
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    Tempted to Tell the Truth in Exit Interview

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

    This was my thought. On her way out the door, the OP could take the manager aside for a quiet chat. Let her know that frequently talking about alcohol use could be giving the wrong impression and...
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    Why Can't I Get a Job?

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

    When you preface something with "Personally..." it generally means you don't plan to express that thought in a job interview. I think this poster just means it's usually a good policy to hire...
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    Anyone having a hard time getting over the verbal abuse?

    TriciaJ replied to kayleeschiff's topic in General Nursing

    THIS. That was the crux of the matter. One doctor used you as his personal secretary and then an NP didn't like the answer you gave the other doctor. Now you are verklempt and they need to learn to...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    There are bad actors in every profession and no one here is making excuses for them. The "customer service" referred to in this thread addresses a trend in hospitals that requires health care...
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    Punitive culture

    TriciaJ replied to pink panther's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, I still think "tact" is used in the wrong
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    Punitive culture

    TriciaJ replied to pink panther's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but you have a union. Many places are not unionized so no grievance can be filed. I, too, was active in my union. The manager who harassed and intimidated everyone only tried it with me once....
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    TriciaJ replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, your employer needs someone she can rely on to get to the job and do it, because someone is relying on her to provide the caregiver. She is not in a position to tolerate no-shows, even...
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    Nurses don't do their 3 med checks?

    TriciaJ replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Nursing

    So can Sour Lemon take this as an
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    Keeping experienced staff!!!

    TriciaJ replied to riden6944's topic in General Nursing

    It's never really good pizza. The same cheap bas- er, I mean jerks don't spring for the good stuff. We're just lucky if it's not still
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    Was it verbal abuse? Y/N or maybe?

    TriciaJ replied to RivkaLev's topic in General Nursing

    I once took care of a sweet little lady on a surgical floor who told me her family was trying to sell her into prostitution. Then she told her family the same thing about us. This is the kind of...
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    Med error

    TriciaJ replied to Okmyturn's topic in Patient Medications

    When we were children, we were taught that it wasn't nice to tattle. People grow up and still don't learn the difference between tattling and reporting. Tattling is when you relay some trivial...
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    Soul searching....

    TriciaJ replied to AmandaWells's topic in General Students

    Oh, never mind. I see that you are an LPN. I take it you're not planning to go back to the area you worked previously. Are there any nursing school rotations that particularly rang your chimes?...
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    Soul searching....

    TriciaJ replied to AmandaWells's topic in General Students

    Well, luckily you will not be required to sign a lifetime contract. Are you in an area where you have instant pick of an array of jobs? That would be lucky and might make it hard to choose. A lot of...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Of course they want profit. But they don't seem to get what undermines it. If Medicare doesn't reimburse for falls, CAUTIs and readmission within a certain time frame then profit goes out the...
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    Breaks

    TriciaJ replied to NurseKC87's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    1. I'm not sure about the policy of being able to leave the building during breaks. Most employers do not allow this. If you can get away from your patients and your duties for 30 minutes, that is...
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    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    TriciaJ replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    My first question is: who else can hear the music and is it to their liking? Can the patient hear it? Does the patient have the ability to ask that it be turned off if he can't stand
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    If we sing the Small World song while we hand out turkey sandwiches and Dilaudid, maybe they'd be less likely to come
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    This is right on, and what's wrong with the whole thing. The Hilton WANTS you to keep coming back because they get reimbursed (with your credit card) every time. You are much less vulnerable to a...
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    Put Your DA Skills to the Test!

    TriciaJ replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Nursing

    He works at the Dairy O for $10/hr but has that kind of insurance. Are they
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    Work Update

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

    I'm sorry you're having such a crappy time of it. Your best bet is to own up promptly to any errors and fix what you can. As for the inappropriate behaviours, I always find it helps to be the adult...
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    Workplace Bullying

    TriciaJ replied to blc00's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is the OP coming back to clarify his/her situation for
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    TriciaJ replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    We've all seen the sample patient that Katie has described. It really should be classified as a syndrome in itself and a specific treatment plan developed. Everyone wants to feel important and I...
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    Workplace Bullying

    TriciaJ replied to blc00's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If management isn't on board what kind of program could you implement? Workplace culture is a function of management. What kind of retaliation do you fear and from whom? What kind of behaviours are...
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    Diversion

    TriciaJ replied to Frina's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is my thought, too. Your friend knows the whole story. You only know what she is choosing to tell