heron ASN, RN

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    How is it fair to put PRN nurses on call?

    heron replied to sarabear44's topic in General Nursing

    That's what prn means - as needed. You are not getting any guarantee of hours in return for the flexibility of setting your own schedule, with no obligation to work when you can't or don't want to....
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    heron replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yup - and that's why early nursing services and their associated schools were run like convents -
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    Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

    heron replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Which might be a good thing - people who fit those descriptors tend to use health care facilities as their personal playgrounds and resist any and all attempts by staff to be truly therapeutic. It...
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    problem with my DON, help!

    heron replied to nurseredd's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is resident-on-resident assault reportable to your state regulators as a sentinel event? This may be the root of the DONs reluctance to have your incident report on record. Fiddling with records to...
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    heron replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    At the time Nightengale first started her work, hospital caregivers were lower-class, often indigent and disreputable. They were considered one step away from prostitutes - and a small step at that....
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    Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

    heron replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh, dear ... another enforcer heard from:blackalien: There is nothing professional or healthy about allowing oneself to become a doormat - or in trying to pretend that dealing with these behaviors is...
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    Breaking Internship Contract?

    heron replied to pamela812's topic in General Nursing

    You are asking about contract law and should be talking to an attorney. We can't give legal advice
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    Pink Shirt Wednesday !

    heron replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    In the schools I went to, green on Thursday=queer. OWLs=Older Wiser Lesbians Purple=The Lavender Menace I don't care if it counts - I want
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    Pink Shirt Wednesday !

    heron replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Thursdays are
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    Pink Shirt Wednesday !

    heron replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Not scared - just a color I can't wear. It's truly revolting with my skin tone. I'll carry it though ... Pink heirloom roses, mebbe. Pink carnations, too. How's about I bring the pink lemonade!...
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    Pink Shirt Wednesday !

    heron replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Pink turns me
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    Coworker conflict

    heron replied to Lena23's topic in General Nursing

    Go ahead and walk away. It's probably the healthiest thing you can do. The cliche is you can't change another's behavior, just how you react to it. Don't let the crazies dictate how you do or feel...
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    Negative Post on Facebook About New Nurses - I'm Fired Up!

    heron replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Meddle much? What a malicious
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    Nursing "students" have no rights, no protection ... but...

    heron replied to standupspeakout's topic in General Students

    OP, what on earth are you talking
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    Night Nursing: Precepting & Perception

    heron replied to Larry2016's topic in General Students

    Don't feed the troll
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    Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

    heron replied to simplyme28's topic in General Nursing

    Did the INR spike before or after the mental status
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    Medicaid Fraud - Am I Liable??

    heron replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Is this a bad
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    Welfare Fraud

    heron replied to RNBSN1591's topic in General Nursing

    I can't blame anyone for getting frustrated ... But in my view, they're simply imitating their "betters". It wasn't public assistance recipients that crashed the economy in '08. For every dollar...
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    Never wanna take students again.

    heron replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I must respectfully disagree ... In my opinion, you make or break yourself. Nurses simply cannot be responsible for everything that happens to anyone, anywhere. That said, I understand what you're...
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    Never wanna take students again.

    heron replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So true! And we don't become the same when we graduate, either ... so why are you demanding the same level of teaching expertise and support from someone barely off orientation herself as you do from...
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    Vent: dealing with nursing home nurses who refuse to provide comfort medication to patient

    heron replied to stacyRN11's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Everything nutella said and more. My understanding of the CMS conditions of participation is that hospice agencies may contract only with facilities whose staff have been trained in the hospice model...
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    Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    heron replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Good, because I
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    Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    heron replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    That's what your CEO would like you to believe. If you actually investigate you'll find that the bulk of CMS regulation is a response to vendors' efforts to game the
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    Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    heron replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I did, and was fired. ETA: 60 years old at the time, 11 months unemployed and came within one day of defaulting on my
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    Annoying CNA

    heron replied to Bellaxx392's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OP, you mentioned that the nurse was finishing her med pass. Personally, I won't interrupt my med pass for much of anything short of an immediate safety concern or an impending medical emergency. An...