mikala3

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1. How do you handle narcissist patients?

   mikala3 replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   That is exactly why I asked...there are times when changing nurses just gets another nurse into a bad mood as well. At least we are talking about patients that are few and far between..if I get one...

2. How do you handle narcissist patients?

   mikala3 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I am an experienced nurse and the one thing that I just cant seem to handle is narcissist patients. I dont run into them often, but when I do, I crash and seem to fall for their games. At this one...

3. Case study - what would you do?

   mikala3 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

   if that guy refuses labs and an iv, i would personally "educate" him every few minutes then document my attempt each and every time. That way when his family sues because he wasnt treated, they

4. New Grad...Is this typical?

   mikala3 replied to MeganStar's topic in General Nursing

   Our school said that anyone could teach a nurse a skill. Being a travel nurse, I have figured out that some hospitals are better at it than others. I left nursing school having never started an IV...

5. Patient scents

   mikala3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I am a travel nurse, and I finished an assignment a while back and something still bugs me. The patients there had a "scent" that I couldnt seem to wash off. One night, we were in for some very...

6. Rn to bsn, wgu or uta?

   mikala3 replied to daisy4912's topic in Western Governors University

   I also skipped UTA after finding out I had to take History of Texas. I just dont need it in

7. Was I at fault? the nurse embarrassed me in front of others.

   mikala3 replied to crunchytaco's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Sounds like she was just mad at having to clean a patient up. It

8. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

   mikala3 replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   ps: One of them was a risk

9. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

   mikala3 replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   They were the hospitals legal team. They gave me their card, my manager was present I have left out

10. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

    mikala3 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was working, and a group of suited up men pulled me from the floor and asked me questions about a patient's care. Afterwards, my charge nurse said that more than likely there is a law suit in the...

11. Is this holding me back?

    mikala3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a floor where practically everyone is either on dialysis, tons of steroids or both. Nurses on my unit do not start IV's. I have been told that it is because all of the patients are...

12. RN's forced to do CNA work

    mikala3 replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We are expected to do both, our job and the NA's job if the NA's have to sit. I would DIE to do one or the other. It stinks when I have six patients, four are totals and one has over 30 meds to be...

13. MD screaming at RN's in front of patients regularly

    mikala3 replied to AtivanIM's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have a lateral violence policy where I work. It says that things need to be handled in private. If anyone is rude to anyone for any reason in front of a third person, that's a voilation of policy...

14. Bad week

    mikala3 replied to mikala3's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse. I have today off and still do not want to go back tomorrow. It was too

15. Bad week

    mikala3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am starting to think that six patients is too much for me and I will never be able to be a good nurse. I just had a really bad week. I had three doctors yell at me. One yelled at me because a...