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    Threatened when I tried to leave job

    BloomNurseRN replied to Rnplus mom's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't even get paid for training?! Absolutely refuse to do anything else and report them to the Department of Labor for not paying you for the calling or training. Ugh, this sounds like a...
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    Threatened when I tried to leave job

    BloomNurseRN replied to Rnplus mom's topic in General Nursing

    RUN! If you are not being compensated, then you should not be doing the work. That's ridiculous and a TERRIBLE agency.
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    Mobile scrub store

    BloomNurseRN replied to ashleyterri's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My former employer worked with a company like that to offer scrub sales twice a year. They only brought the work appropriate colors our company allowed, along with a few accessories. It was...
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    Heel slipping in nursing clogs

    BloomNurseRN replied to SaraAN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If the thicker socks don't work, you may want to take them back and get the next smaller size. They should slip but not so much that you feel your foot is sliding out. I can run to a code in my...
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    Heel slipping in nursing clogs

    BloomNurseRN replied to SaraAN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm guessing this is the style she means when she says clog. Nursing clogs like Sanita and Dansko have a back but are meant to slide. I love Dansko clogs and they're the only thing I wear when I...
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    Head to Toe Red Scrubs

    BloomNurseRN replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't wear head to toe but my employer requires all nurses to wear red top and black bottoms (with the hospital logo on them). I don't think anyone is worried about it affecting a patient's heart...
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    What would you have done? Episiotomy

    BloomNurseRN replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is disturbing beyond words. The way the doctor speaks to the woman is completely inappropriate. The fact that the nurse encourages the woman to go along is mind boggling. So thankful my birth...
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    7 Social Media Posts That Will Destroy Your Nursing Career Before It Begins!

    BloomNurseRN replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You said "So why is so much emphasis put on social media when there are other ways? Especially since social media is such a poor descriptor of the person." I was just giving you an article with...
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    7 Social Media Posts That Will Destroy Your Nursing Career Before It Begins!

    BloomNurseRN replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How Social Media Can Help (Or Hurt) You In Your Job Search -
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not on the mobile
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I accidentally "liked" this post. I did not mean to because that just makes me
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And yet one more reason I continually use the phrase "Dr. Google is not your
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Even a person outside of healthcare can differentiate something like a sprained ankle for goodness sake. I've had multiple as a child/teenager/adult long before becoming a nurse. It didn't take...
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok, I just read this. If you complained about waiting on treatment for a sprained ankle in an ER I can now imagine people being less than pleasant. A sprained ankle needs ice and an Ace wrap, not a...
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    BloomNurseRN replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm getting the same vibe as you here. This feels rather "trolling" to me. I have many patients hug me as they leave the hospital and families that thank me over and over for their care. I hear and...
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    IVP pain med safety

    BloomNurseRN replied to Swellz's topic in Patient Medications

    This is a bit mind boggling to me. I've pushed Dilaudid or Morphine almost every shift I've ever worked and I'm just on a regular old Med-Surg unit. We get a lot of post-op and they regularly...
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    does anyone use a medical prestige stethoscope?

    BloomNurseRN replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I had one during nursing school and it's the one I keep in my home healthcare bag. I think it's great. I carry my Littmann at the hospital because it's. But lighter and a gift so I don't want it...
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    This is a stretch to call HIPAA violation

    BloomNurseRN replied to T-Bird78's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That is ridiculous. I'm sorry your office didn't back you up. While it would have probably been better to hand the summary to the parent, depending on the age of he teenager, there truly is no...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BloomNurseRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It was closed?!?! What the heck?? ETA: I jumped over there to check it out and it doesn't seem to be closed. Don't know what's going
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BloomNurseRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I love nursing students as well! The hospital I work for is critical access so we don't have college level nursing students but we do have high school vocational students in CNA classes who shadow....
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    How to Respond?

    BloomNurseRN replied to motor_mouth's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Give a basic, straight forward report and they will eventually back off. When nurses ask me questions during report that really aren't necessary, I usually respond "that can be found on the chart" or...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BloomNurseRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Bwahaha! Sorry, didn't mean to derail. It does usually shock people when they find out my size. A nurse I work with just asked me today and I thought she was going to fall over when I told her....
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BloomNurseRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I commented on that. I don't normally but it was seriously terrible. I can't imagine that first job (assuming NCLEX is passed) will go
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    I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    BloomNurseRN replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry, I can't help myself. I really try not to call names but this is ridiculous. I assure you, I did many evidence-based research projects and wrote many an APA format paper in my ASN program....
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BloomNurseRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    LOL. Seriously. My husband's head fits in one cup. It's all natural and a reduction will be in my future one day.