Andy Droid

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1. Commute for Job I would love, or less travel to Job I don't like

   Andy Droid replied to countrygalrn's topic in Nursing Career

   unless the job you don't like has a MASSIVE advantage (lots of money) over the other one, I'd say get a decent car with a half decent stereo and enjoy the drive every day. Sure, the closer job would...

2. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

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

   Maybe these were friends of the patient, and this was some not-so-elaborate set up for the patient to sue the hospital for HIPAA violations. (you apparently did answer questions to some random unknown...

3. Why does every unit have a princess?

   Andy Droid replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   90% of the daystaff where I work are princesses. We've been referring to them as such for a few

4. patient privacy

   Andy Droid replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Does everyone who's going in to observe read the PTs consent form to see if they've crossed out that part? edit: Pretty much figured consent forms were frequently ignored... you just happened to...

5. Gifts vs. bribes...is there a line?

   Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Never do anything you wouldn't do if they just asked. if they take back the plate of cookies, then oh well... your job isn't worth a few cookies. Unless they're ~REALLY~ good

6. Name Badges Worn Backwards

   Andy Droid replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

   1- get a safteypin and glue a piece of magnetic sticker/tape to it 2- put a washer in your badge cover. pin the pin to your shirt at the right spot so it grabs the washer, and it "should" keep the...

7. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

   Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've always kinda been a substance over flash kinda guy.... I'll take the reliable but beat up bondo-mobile over the shiny new sports car that doesn't actually start any

8. Nursing In My Blue Jeans

   Andy Droid replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Assuming you change to a different set of clothes when needed (an incident at the start of shift leaves you covered in blood, urine, or other.... uh... "residues".... you're not going to wear those...

9. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

   Andy Droid replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Uh.... I kinda do watch cashiers pretty close. (especially when I'm buying a lot of items.... I've caught the scanner double-entering items a few

10. Shift Swap Vent

    Andy Droid replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, most communication with co-workers is done over email (well... the ones who work a different shift and would be looking for me to swap with.... the ones I see pretty much work the same...

11. sunscreen in school

    Andy Droid replied to Flare's topic in School

    "but perhaps you guys have been following the latest media frenzy: the need to have drs orders for sunscreen in school" I actually had to google that to make sure it wasn't a joke. (haven't heard of...

12. Speaking of Head Lice...

    Andy Droid replied to DistrictNurse19's topic in School

    Nope. I think I'm scratching hard enough to draw blood soon.... I don't have kids, but my nephew comes over for lunch a lot... I'd be bloody furious if the kid was sent home with even a chance of a...

13. What kind of little "Thanks" does your hospital give, or are they too cheap?

    Andy Droid replied to pattyslattery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As long as my paycheck clears, and the working conditions are acceptable for the money I get paid.... then I'm good. Guess again. We had one "super special" manager who would give us write ups and...

14. Lacking Conflict Resolution and Delegation Skills...Really?

    Andy Droid replied to determined2doit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I read the title of the thread ... "Lacking Conflict Resolution and Delegation Skills...Really?".... my first thought was that an easy way to demonstrate both at the same time would be to simply...

15. done with orientation...gift for my preceptor

    Andy Droid replied to lrc1203's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been a fan of pendants as gifts. You can usually find something related to why you're giving it, or related to their interests, and unique enough to stand out and be