TriciaJ RN

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    Quitting before orientation

    TriciaJ replied to littlemissBSN's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd be honest with the per diem people. Tell them you accepted the per diem position hoping it would turn to full time because you really need the work. Meanwhile, you've been offered a full time...
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    I went to work with a black eye

    TriciaJ replied to Jessie-'s topic in General Nursing

    No one automatically thinks OP got a beat down. Read RubyVee's post if you haven't already. Domestic violence is not unusual. The decent thing is to care about your colleague (or neighbour, etc)...
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    Staff Hysteria

    TriciaJ replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    I think no less than the full meal deal is warranted for her serious medical problem. Next time she shows up "feeling like she's going to have a seizure" she needs to have the football helmet placed...
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    Ethical dilemma with DON

    TriciaJ replied to Apentti's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If this is a SNF I wouldn't assume the nurses were being negligent. It's probably extremely short-staffed and the DON knows this. She's not protecting individual nurses; she's protecting the...
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    Staff Hysteria

    TriciaJ replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    Great idea! Maybe all the staff need training on how to keep someone safe while they're having a seizure. Then someone needs to be assigned to attend to the seizure with you, so that someone can...
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    Staff Hysteria

    TriciaJ replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    When I worked corrections, we often had inmates with seizure disorders. When screening them I asked them all if they experienced any prodromal symptoms. Most said no; the seizures happened without...
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    Staff Hysteria

    TriciaJ replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    Then this is not a health issue; it really is a performance issue. Auras with no seizures? This person is milking it. The level of disruption she is causing is exceeding the value of her...
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    I went to work with a black eye

    TriciaJ replied to Jessie-'s topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking that, too. If I was a manager my first concern would be for the employee's safety and well-being. But you have to wonder if you will soon start seeing absenteeism, poor performance...
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    Breaching StaRN Contract

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

    Are you in a work at will state? Or whatever it's called. Which means they can fire you without cause. Think about it. They can hire a new grad under this dubious contract, then fire him/her after...
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    Breaching StaRN Contract

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

    I'm not remotely qualified to give legal advice, but I'm with Hppy. If it was me, I would not rush to pay them $10K. Certainly not in 60 days. Maybe in 60 years. Collections? That's just people...
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    Where can I get male only patients?

    TriciaJ replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    Your coworker had a religious work restriction all right. He was religiously opposed to doing
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    Jokes on me....?

    TriciaJ replied to Ms.UndastoodRn's topic in General Nursing

    That was the next thing I started wondering about. Was there heparin (or whatever it was) still running on another patient where it was supposed to be discontinued? That would make 2 incident...
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    Jokes on me....?

    TriciaJ replied to Ms.UndastoodRn's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, it's very hard to read through your wall of text. I'm trying to understand what happened. Please spell out your abbreviations once for those of us who might not be familiar with them....
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    Call to action! Nurses in Monitoring Programs

    TriciaJ replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hppy, I have no experience with monitoring programs so I don't know if my input has any value. I read your post and it does seem like a well thought-out plan. I was appalled when you said it could...
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    Nurses and bullies...

    TriciaJ replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    For the sake of comparison, what other industries have you worked in? How many healthcare facilities have you worked in? Is the behaviour consistent among healthcare facilities but mostly absent in...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    TriciaJ replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Masters degree in secondary education? And it didn't cover the use of paragraphs and run-on sentences? No wonder you have such a low opinion of formal education. Now I do,
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    Disliked nursing, left it and 2 years later. Also a huge thank you to all RNs

    TriciaJ replied to lostrnugh's topic in General Nursing

    And thank you for not trashing us and our whole profession because it didn't turn out to be the right thing for you. I admire your ability to keep going and find your path and I know you will be a...
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    Getting a "head start"

    TriciaJ replied to Kater1719's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can't improve on the above advice. I do want to say if you like medical TV programs, watch them for entertainment purposes only. They NEVER portray nurses in a realistic light. Not even close....
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    TriciaJ replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Someone's bank
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    Nurses and bullies...

    TriciaJ replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    You have friends and family who are nurses? And they're all bullies? Or all victims? Or a combination? If you think you should give the profession a swerve, you're probably
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    TriciaJ replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Does the National Board of Nursing even exist? I've never heard of them. They don't have a website. There is a National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Maybe when you start a petition you...
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    Ethical issue?

    TriciaJ replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    It probably would have helped if the doctor had come on board and explained to the family why it was in the patient's best interests to have her questions answered honestly. Obviously the family...
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    Should I quit? Idk what to do!

    TriciaJ replied to vc01ca's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a dilemma until I read that your coworkers at your full time job are bailing like rats off a sinking ship and asking you why you don't grab the escape route available. That speaks...
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    Bad experience as a patient

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

    They are everywhere. The fact that she was a float nurse tells the story. She didn't know what to do, so she blew you off. Some people do that. I've worked with a lot of people (some of them even...
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    Applying for out of state license immediately upon graduation?

    TriciaJ replied to Blinkie2003's topic in General Nursing

    Most states (I think) use NURSYS. You pay them to make your credentials available for 90 days to whomever asks. I do believe they require transcripts. For this reason, it would probably be less...