Cola89

Cola89

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  1. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I really want to tell them that, because that's what this feels like. Pushing me to push someone else to do their job. I worked at another much smaller hospital earlier this year and we were never...

  2. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, let me start by saying that I *think* I work for a good company. It's a non-profit health care company, an umbrella company for the largest health insurance corporation in the U.S. Heard they...

  3. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Cola89 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Nada.

  4. A question for the COBs

    Cola89 replied to smartassmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt she can see well at

  5. Did you marry a doctor?

    Cola89 replied to KayStanley's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know of a cleaning lady who met her doctor husband at work. She was "slow", young, and I guess good looking. She got knocked-up, and the doctor ended up marrying her. Lost his job, though. "Marrying...

  6. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    One of my former classmates works in another city and they did take away the techs on nights and left one for a floor of 25 patients on days. Their pay rate and nurse to patient ratios are the same...

  7. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! Starting the search today. And if I find a good one, I'll let ya

  8. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Anyways, maybe I'm answering my own question --- think I'm lookin for another job because the unit sucks and maybe it's partly because the nature of the hospital and the type of floor and partly...

  9. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I just think if a person can't do their job satisfactorily, they should be talked to about it so they are aware of any problems. This tech LIED to the unit manager about what I asked her to do. Like I...

  10. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    It's true... I don't have time to coddle staff either. We work in a fast paced environment. I am constantly busy doing my job (without attitude) and I think I should be able to delegate to techs when...

  11. fetching the doctor's tea

    Cola89 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you just gotta have caffeine. I went without my iced tea last shift I worked... and it was not

  12. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have observed her to seem to require a lot of praise. I say please and thanks but she seems to maybe used to getting recognition from some other staff? I have noticed that she takes frequent...

  13. Prospective Second Career in Nursing Advice Sought.

    Cola89 replied to Anelizk26's topic in Nursing Career

    I became a nurse at age 35. Some say I look young for my age (at least they did before I became a nurse!) I am generally kind, polite, friendly, and a good critical thinker. I've only been a nurse for...

  14. Nurses don't know the lab

    Cola89 replied to ezpzpizzi's topic in General Nursing

    Truth be told, it was just yesterday that I was wishing I pursued lab tech. Other days I think "shouldda been an RT cuz nursing sucks" Yes, everyone's job is important. But everybody KNOWS the...

  15. Will Incivility Ever go Away ?

    Cola89 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I have been bullied at work as well. I think it will get worse, as demands on us who work in health care become higher and (some) patients (&/or family members, lol) become more savage,...

  16. The Stethoscope

    Cola89 replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    I am against cancelling a show over one offensive comment. Some companies with any interest in nursing (lol) could pull their advertising money and that would be fine with me, but cancelling the whole...

  17. Bad nurse manager

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Two of the three nurse managers I've had leave early every day. One literally panicked when she had to fill in for call-offs and work the floor. She claimed that she couldn't get her med admin card to...

  18. Bad nurse manager

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. I was wondering how important you all feel managers are to the success of their units and the nurses they employ. I'm not kidding when I say that every nurse manager I ever had seemed to sit in...

  19. Can we lay to rest the "compassion" nonsense?

    Cola89 replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    I think we should be supportive of each other's "rants" or reality-based complaints. Nursing is a difficult job that most wouldn't or couldn't do. I would ask someone accusing me of a lack of...

  20. New Grad-First interview today

    Cola89 replied to mel1028's topic in General Nursing

    The school and the degree don't matter so much as the licensure. You are an RN and that's all a lot of employers of direct patient care nurses care about. Some BSNs do great, some sink. Same with...

  21. What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    Cola89 replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's probably more of a cultural problem than a sickle cell problem. Rude

  22. I feel demoralize and I feel i cannot go on.

    Cola89 replied to curiousnurse2009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh. You shouldn't have to put up with

  23. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    Cola89 replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't watch their crappy show... I found out about Joy's offensive statement right

  24. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    Cola89 replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    A doctor has borrowed this nurse's stethoscope.......... and it worked just

  25. Nurses expecting to do too much!

    Cola89 replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we are supposed to nag the physicians ... I mean remind them of SCIP protocols. I get the sense that it comes back on us if beta-blockers and other things aren't ordered. And yes, it gets tiring....