Cola89

Cola89

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  1. Why don't nurses bond?

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

    I will speculate that while both nursing and fire fighting are stressful jobs to hold, fire fighters depend on each other to survive and they work together toward one cause (at a time) vs. nurses who...

  2. Frustrated with nursing

    Cola89 replied to GoldieRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. Did you self-report that you gave more Lantus? Did someone go behind you and somehow see that you gave more than you charted? Did another nurse co-sign an amount different from what was...

  3. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    By the way listing "nots" does nothing to describe the benefit to me. Please explain one positive reason I should avoid calling an NP a "mid-level" which is a shortened version of "mid-level...

  4. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

  5. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Please, do tell how you transitioned from RN to HIM...

  6. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Why? Is it because that would make us "low-levels"? What's in it for me?

  7. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's where I am. The hospital I work at is owned by the "biggest, best , most progressive" company in the area and in the suburbs. From what I've heard by chit chatting with my fellow floor...

  8. Amount of loans you can take out when you already have a bachelors?

    Cola89 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    It's not worth getting into over 35k in debt for a nursing degree. Ask me how I

  9. Jealous Friends...

    Cola89 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in School, College Programs

    Yes, I experienced inconsolable jealousy from one "friend". An aide who had plenty of personal problems and will very likely never be able to make it through nursing school or any other secondary...

  10. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, so my unit goes over charting with a fine-tooth comb. I have only been at this job for three months and have gotten called in to the office 2x already because say in admission documentation...

  11. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh... Invitale, you made me LAUGH OUT LOUD!! On a serious note, I will try that and see ... what people are suspended /revoked from nursing

  12. How long is your commute?

    Cola89 replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    I always said I'd commute an hour. In actuality my commute is about 70 minutes. Not far off, but it IS kind of far now that I'm experiencing it. I'm not as much "one of the group" just because I live...

  13. Negativity Bias (This is Long)

    Cola89 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that our society has a bias towards negativity. Maybe it's because people objectify people. Maybe people objectify people because they don't feel a connection with others anymore. Does that...

  14. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I WISH my coworkers were as realistic as yours sound... Night shift is kind of scary about picking our charting and care apart... isn't it usually the other way around?! 9/10 I get the crappiest...

  15. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. That is

  16. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know for sure, but that's what one of my coworkers said about one of their former coworkers. She was found to be diverting fentanyl and they "didn't do anything" but send her to work on psych....

  17. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Please enlighten. Are you a

  18. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, point taken. This place has my nerves frazzled with their scare-tactics. We get called into the office about minor charting issues all the time. They take "screen shots" of our echarting, and...

  19. Quit job by phone call?

    Cola89 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Would you do it? Have you seen it done? At the last hospital I worked for someone did that and a couple of the nurses said something like 'yeah, I've gone out with a bang like that before' and didn't...

  20. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. My state's nurse practice act is so long, so vague, and in such barely discernable English that I mean, I have no idea. But thanks for your vote of confidence!

  21. Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    If one (well, heard of two nurses at this place) diverts narcotics, they don't report for that because of the "stain" on the reputation of the company. They let them work on they psych unit. I don't...

  22. Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Cola89 replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Record what she's saying --- at least write it down. Take it to the boss at headquarters if you feel safe doing that. Or if you really want to fight fire with fire, sue for harassment/ breach of...

  23. Do others follow this practice?

    Cola89 replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in Men in Nursing

    What?! So you practice discrimination based on some stat you read? I "waste" with whichever coworker asks me to. I haven't had any problems, and that's the point of witnessing the waste of a

  24. Med-Surg Nurses: How many phone calls do you take per day??

    Cola89 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    How many calls do you get per working day? I get about THIRTY directed to my personal work cordless phone per 12 hr. shift. Doctors, lab, surgery, MRI dept, PT, OT, Social Work, Wound Care, family...

  25. Are most new grad RN preceptors like this on the first day?

    Cola89 replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in General Nursing

    Most are not so unreasonable and rude, but a lot are. They shouldn't be, but maybe they have their reasons, unjustified as they are, to act like that--- powerlessness, terrible job/work conditions,...