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Debi, WELCOME! to this nasty trade. Debi, any nurse with half a brain cell can see that YOU are NOT the problem here. >> YOUR BOSS is the problem - NOT you! YOUR BOSS is the problem - NOT you! YOUR BOSS is the problem - NOT you! Do I need to repeat this? >> This is RIDICULOUS! It speaks for itself. YOUR BOSS is the problem - and a sad *** excuse for a nurse leader if I have ever heard of one. >> Who is your boss? - I would love to tell them to their face what a sorry excuse for leadership they represent. >> Recognize that your INCOMPETENT BOSS was doing their best to make you believe that you were not mentally all there. This is a sickening tactic used by incompetent nurse managers. >> Your BOSS is a dangerous, incompetent, and oh so typical of management. >> YOU are not the problem. >> Your boss doesn't know the first thing about critical thinking skills. >> This is SO TYPICAL - you are a THREAT to your incompetent boss. Re: the nurse who recommended the book "Getting to Yes" - AVOID nurses like this at all costs - they think like your manager - I learned the hard way. The book should be titled "Getting Toyes" as it reflects the ridiculous mindset necessary to become a manager - and if you have this SELLOUT mindset, you get bonuses, higher salary, and all of the token rewards and relative protection that comes with being a manager in any industry. You have the disposable income to buy "Toys." The difference from this trade to several others is that you have human life DIRECTLY in YOUR hands. Welcome to this nasty trade Debi. YOU are NOT the problem - this nasty trade is the problem. Take care. Steve Lee, RN

>> Exactly. >> If the manager "counsels" you for OT charting, they are stealing money from you for your time worked, and they are orderdering you to violate the nurse practice act - now try to report them for this and see what happens to you and your license. >> BON investigator AND common sense? ???????? These concepts are incompatible.

My response is based on several years of assisting nurses with board of nursing complaints through Nurseprotect. >> Chad, offense taken - but you are typical of MOST nurses on the planet when it comes to a complaint against a colleague's license. That nurse MUST have done something wrong. To the nurse who started this thread, don't waste your time and energy trying to convince these people of what you and I already know - even if they pretend to be supportive, they will still assume that YOU are the problem - that is one way that humans protect themselves from believing that bad things could happen to them. I do not see this mentality changing and I do not see our lot improving in this nasty trade. >> Why is there no reason to report all errors? Just because a patient was harmed or died, what is the difference between a good outcome and one that results in death when an error occurs? Read the literature on this topic - the EXPERTS ask this question often. >> ALL of the nurses, myself included, would need to turn in our licenses. NOBODY practices without error. As if errors were not enough, do you know the other things that a board could come after you for? If I told you, if I presented legal documents, you would not believe me. . . Just don't piss off your manager, administrator, or other nurses and you might be ok. This nurses story is so common that I don't even get angry anymore when I hear about this type of retaliation. It is simply that rotten way things are in nursing. It is NOT going to change soon. With this being said, and multiple case files of evidence attesting to this fact, there are still too many nurses who refuse to believe what I have written. I will not change this fact. Our system is VERY sick. Errors are used by administration if and when it is convenient for them to discredit a nurse - especially a nurse that points out dangerous practices within a system. This retaliation has been well documented in nursing literature. Case files of the evidence exist in nurse attorney's offices nationwide -- worldwide. NOTHING has changed for many years and I don't foresee it changing any time soon. Of course, it will NEVER happen to you/me because you/I are/am such a good, conscientious nurse. . . With that said, Happy happy joyous fricken New Year to all of my nurse colleagues! : ) Steve Lee, RN [email protected] 512-740-1841 mobile Austin Texas - home and San Diego/Los Angeles California - work