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    A spouse that just doesn't get it.

    duskyjewel replied to megkat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you tried telling him that it makes you feel really unsupported when he constantly shoots down everything you say? You're supposed to be partners getting through life. He doesn't need to...
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    Need advice about a dishonest teacher!!

    duskyjewel replied to ipour14u's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    An 8 week anatomy
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    Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

    duskyjewel replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This will be dismissed by those insisting that the management must just be evil, greedy bastards. I can't imagine they would lie about something so easily verified, though I am sure this letter was...
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    I need your advice on dealing with people who try to treat me like I'm stupid

    duskyjewel replied to zaggar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh. My. God. This kind of ridiculous PC crap is why this country is going to Hell. No matter what else it might be, eye-rolling and rude commentary is NOT VIOLENCE. Violence is physically harming...
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    Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

    duskyjewel replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I find the bolded part of your post particularly disgusting. Nurses are now supposed to go from patient advocates to patient punishers, and drag innocent sick people into their wage battles?...
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    I need your advice on dealing with people who try to treat me like I'm stupid

    duskyjewel replied to zaggar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This, right here, is your problem. Why in the world are you taking them home with you? You are the one choosing to allow these people to ruin your days off. Maybe you can't stop them from making...
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    duskyjewel replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    My own experiences with management and what I read here make me wonder if these nurses have memory purges five minutes after they leave the floor. Do they really, truly, not remember at all what it's...
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    you will be surprised....

    duskyjewel replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, work on it please, because I have to tell you, even as a CNA reading poorly written documentation is frustrating and time consuming, and does lead to misunderstandings. Not to mention the CNA...
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    duskyjewel replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I work in hospice inpatient units. Many times we will get a transfer straight from an ER, and the patient comes with BM on board so often it's a running joke. And no, they didn't do it in the...
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    Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    duskyjewel replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    From the nurse's standpoint, does any of that really matter? Orders are
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    duskyjewel replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    "Irregardless" is not a
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    "Just" an LPN

    duskyjewel replied to kjrobinetteSN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm applying for a LPN program that starts in January. I am a hospice CNA and hope to work for my current employer as a nurse. (For any who saw my post on the CNA board about not wanting to be a...
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    Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    duskyjewel replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And then this poor nurse gets all wet in the ******* contest that will happen between the hospitalist who wrote that order and the specialist who will be PO'ed that his order was disobeyed? And she...
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    Three sets of vitals in a 12-hour shift?

    duskyjewel replied to SavingGrace007's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Ha. Ha ha ha. HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAA!! Yeah, good luck with that. Who do you think came up with the policy to add this task? And IME of being a hospital tech, at least 50% of the nurses are...
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    Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    duskyjewel replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If the charge has moved on from this, she shouldn't have yet. She failed in her leadership of a new nurse, apparently didn't know enough about her patients and their orders, and exhibited completely...
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    I am DISSAPOINTED in myself...

    duskyjewel replied to NurseKis's topic in General Students

    Dear sweet Jesus, you're in your last semester of nursing school and you can't even take vital signs correctly? I'm a CNA with less than two years' experience and I can do that. Stop, do not pass GO,...
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    Scrubs?

    duskyjewel replied to BSW2BSN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I buy Walmart scrubs all the time and find them comfortable and durable. The secret is to NEVER buy the ones that are 100% cotton. They shrink and lose their shape and generally look crappy in only...
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    How long does it take to answer a call light?

    duskyjewel replied to rosey200735's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wouldn't it be great if the next time the DON calls in to find out why her call light pager went off, someone had the balls to say, "Because we don't have enough staff to meet those time limits....
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    It's been a while...

    duskyjewel replied to CNAmom11's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work nights too, for the same reasons, but I couldn't have done it with a new baby in the house. "Things" are not in your way. Your obligations to your family are. Your kids are. Those aren't...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    duskyjewel replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, President Obama disapproves of himself? He said he likes the term Obamacare and is fine with its use. Or did you miss that? I am sick of the nasty, dismissive attitude people who are opposed to...
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    I just don't think I want to be a nurse!

    duskyjewel posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have tried so many times to commit myself to it, to get started, but I just can't make myself do it. I know I could do the job and do it competently, because that's how and who I am. I'm not afraid...
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    Tattoos/Piercings in the workplace?

    duskyjewel replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow, whoda thunk it? My employer in conservative Arizona has one of the most liberal policies on tattoos and piercings? Our summer newsletter just came out last month, discussing appropriate,...
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    Going alarm-free

    duskyjewel replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I never said we could prevent all falls. But you try going into court as a LTC facility being sued for a fall, with the awful staffing levels most of them have, AND defending the idea of no alarms....
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    Vitals during the night shift

    duskyjewel replied to MommaTy's topic in General Students

    A watch was required during my CNA class as well. And I never wear one anymore, for infection control and handwashing reasons. I can't effectively wash my wrist with a big ol' face and band in my...
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    Going alarm-free

    duskyjewel replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Read the CNA boards here and see the regular talk of patient ratios in the 20s to one CNA. Until that changes, I'm not sure how you can eliminate bed