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  1. Travel Nursing with Disciplinary Action

    kmcguirern posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello all, I am a Registered Nurse of 24 years. 22 years ago, I received some disciplinary action for not completing a 3 year probation agreement. I essentially just stopped calling in. They...

  2. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    kmcguirern replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Physicians aren't charged criminally if they cause a patients death. In fact, I know several doctors that have made mistakes causing the deaths of several patients. That's what malpractice insurance...

  3. Throw Away Nurses

    kmcguirern replied to kmcguirern's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you all so much for your kind words! It really helps to know that at least some fellow nurses out there are supportive. I feel better already!

  4. Throw Away Nurses

    kmcguirern posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi, My name is Kristin and I am a recovering addict. To make a long story short, I was caught taking narcotics from a hospital, but wasn't aware that I had been "caught". I eventually quit the job and...

  5. Throw Away Nurses

    kmcguirern replied to kmcguirern's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am required by the Nursing Board to inform them. True, I could keep quiet for a while and not tell them until I go to the interview, but they will see it when they run my license and A.) I don't...

  6. Throw Away Nurses

    kmcguirern replied to kmcguirern's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have considered legal action but I don't have time for all that. Instead, I have decided to further my degree in either Nursing or Psychology, then change the way people with addiction are viewed....

  7. Throw Away Nurses

    kmcguirern replied to kmcguirern's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's the point of the matter.... I have earned my right to practice as a nurse. I have experience in almost every field there is. I graduated top of my class. I deserve the respect that anyone else...

  8. Why does every unit have a princess?

    kmcguirern replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We all have character flaws. I thought after school, these types of popularity contests and jealousy would finally go away. Why can't we women just go to work, do our job, and go home?...

  9. Sexual harrassment?

    kmcguirern replied to Flamingonurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it qualifies for sexual harrassment. If anything, he should be disciplined for sexting while at work. I would hope he would get another chance, as long as this is the

  10. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    kmcguirern replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    After reading all the posts the union nurses have left, I want to be union so,so,bad. Nursing has become horrible. Patients are suffering and nobody seems to care. The facilities short you on...

  11. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    kmcguirern replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We are all however, to be treated fairly and equally in here in the U.S.A, but sadly we are not. I don't think anything in our health care industry can be fixed until pharmaceutical companies and big...

  12. The nurses every co-worker hates

    kmcguirern replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had the same problem since around Jr. High. I'm usually passive, helpful...a pleaser. I do lose my temper at times though if provoked. I'm constantly talked about and gone after by the other...

  13. New use for Visine???

    kmcguirern replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in Patient Medications

    Actually,I looked on that site you posted, and a couple of them do actually work. I'm not sure about the visine, but that list is

  14. Can you tell me about starting a union?

    kmcguirern replied to nrsjnet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Question: I've seen 2 comments so far stating that Hospitals are anti-union, as they should be. Could someone explain to me why they should be? I know they are for their own good, but what other...

  15. Can you tell me about starting a union?

    kmcguirern replied to nrsjnet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Obviously, no facility or hospital is going to want unionized nurses. I was working in a hospital several years ago that this very same topic came up. The nurses were overworked and under paid. A few...

  16. For those working OR who have worked in LTC

    kmcguirern replied to Epona's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Get out! Get out! Get out! I am currently having to answer to the Nursing Board as we speak because I worked in a facility just like you described! It is impossible to get everything done, the DON and...

  17. Any advice on which path to take, IPN or self-report and go from there?

    kmcguirern replied to Dobe55's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You must report any charges (if found guilty) to the BON. If I were you, I'd get an attorney that handles cases before the board. I don't think there's any way around getting disciplined by the Board...

  18. Too much emphasis on "caring"

    kmcguirern replied to sweet~revenge's topic in General Nursing

    I have also thought about changing fields for the very same reason. The bottom line is.... Pt.s aren't being taken care of. One nurse for 10-20 Pt.s have become the norm. It's impossible to properly...

  19. HELP! I can't understand this easy math problem!

    kmcguirern replied to RescueNinja2013's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In the real world, you would clarify that order. The reason the first question's answer is 4 is because it's asking for how many tabs pt. should initially recieve.......not how many tabs per dose....

  20. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    kmcguirern replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    It gets easier but it never goes away. You'll learn different ways to deal with it. PTSD may pose you a problem a some point. I wouldn't tell your employer about it at first. They probably wouldn't...

  21. RN to MSN programs! help!

    kmcguirern replied to jenna9939's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm having the same problem. I want to be NP focuss in Mental health. There are so many online colleges, so many different degrees, some acredited with this...others with that. I don't understant half...