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    MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    rn/writer replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    It doesn't take $50,000 to $100,000 to train a grocery store clerk or a CNA. They can probably "repay" their employer's investiment in them in a month or less. If someone made it unlawful to offer...
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    MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    rn/writer replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Of course, you wouldn't accept a position like this. You have experience. This is for new grads only. And some of today's new grads have far less than four years of clinicals. Some of the BSN...
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    MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    rn/writer replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Clinicals just scratch the surface of each particular area, the way med school does with docs. There is no in-depth training, just an introduction to the basics. I would rally for nurses if I thought...
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    MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    rn/writer replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Excellent post, llg. This is not an exploitation of staff nurses because of the economy. It's the offering of an internship with a stipend. In the business world, many internships pay nothing at...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Two

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you're going through such a hard time. Keep a log of your experiences--times, dates, what was dumped on you, anything else that you'd like to be able to recall if and when the you-know-what...
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    l&d and malpractice

    rn/writer replied to LouisVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Something that I forgot to mention that relates directly to this thread is that if you have your own policy, it should protect you for lawsuits concerning any events that took place during the time...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Three

    rn/writer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dealing with a bully is a challenge for members of both sexes, but women are especially bad at it. In an article in the New York Times, Mickey Meece says male bullies outnumber females sixty percent...
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    I am a Scrub Nurse. I badly need your help.

    rn/writer replied to Monica08's topic in Operating Room

    It might help us to help you if you explain a little more about what has you upset. Did you have a bad experience? Are you having difficulty remembering things or setting things up properly? Are...
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    discouraged with my critcal thinking

    rn/writer replied to patty554's topic in General Students

    You can't develop the ability to see the big picture until you know what all the little pieces are and how to put them together. You're only just learning about those little pieces. Sure, you can...
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    l&d and malpractice

    rn/writer replied to LouisVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your facility policy covers you as long as there is no conflict of interest. The second that the plaintiff's legal team finds that something you did deviated from accepted P&P and could have...
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    Need help defining research "key words" please!

    rn/writer replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in PACU

    Normally we move student threads to the Nursing Student forums. This request, however, is not likely to be something other students, or even other med/surg nurses who read the student forums,...
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    Need help defining research "key words" please!

    rn/writer replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in Operating Room

    Normally we move student threads to the Nursing Student forums. This request, however, is not likely to be something other students, or even other med/surg nurses who read the student forums,...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part One

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry you went through such a bad experience. Bullies are often unhappy people with great insecurity. While some appear to thrive, many ironically suffer ill effects from their own stress, rage...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part One

    rn/writer posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You go to the ED with chest pain. The medical team puts you on oxygen, draws blood for labs and gives you aspirin, Plavix and morphine. And then you get a battery of tests ranging from an EKG to a...
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    I notified the wrong family of a death

    rn/writer replied to kcmRN's topic in General Nursing

    You aren't "just" an LPN. You're a valuable member of the nursing world. I'm sorry mistakes were made with your
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Three

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    So many capable people are attacked this way. It's often too subtle for others see, especially when they are among the ones the bully treats well. I'm putting together some material that tells what...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Two

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you're being given such a hard time. If all of you are feeling the stress this person dishes out, though, it may not be actual bullying (which is usually directed at an individual with the...
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    What degree do you need?

    rn/writer replied to ryanlou's topic in Psychiatric

    I was an ADN with six months experience in med/surg when I went into psych. Had no problem getting hired or working. I was charge on my unit on my shift and shared rotating house supervisor duties...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Three

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    The target can look like a whiny crybaby unless the investigator takes the pattern of behavior into account. When a complaint is about bullying, it's essential to look at the big
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    I need you guys, i think nursing is making me mentally ill

    rn/writer replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!Tell her you'll be ready to start report in five minutes. Smile, and pleasantly suggest that if she truly needs to to look things over for 30 minutes ahead of your report, she should begin coming...
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    was i unprofessional? (quick story)

    rn/writer replied to raindrop's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    With a rotating charge position that only involves filling staffing holes and a few other minor tasks, you were absolutely right to do what you did. You stuck up for your patients and the potential...
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    was i unprofessional? (quick story)

    rn/writer replied to raindrop's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Staff request: Please, focus on the OP's original question about whether or not she was unprofessional. Posts that continue to address other members' grammar and spelling or that complain about...
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    The frightening ignorance of teens having babies

    rn/writer replied to ShariDCST's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They aren't even being realistic about having a healthy, normal kid. Babies need what they need and want what they want, and they don't care if you're tired or you have a big test the next day or...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Two

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    I recall some of the garbage you've gone through over the years, Marla. I wouldn't have made the connection back then either. What's so dirty about this kind of "combat" is that bullies sometimes try...
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    How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part One

    rn/writer replied to rn/writer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is spooky. You will find yourself in Part Three of this article. I'm posting Part Two today and Part Three will show up on Friday. In the meantime, I will post the resources from the end of Part...