Keysnurse2008

Keysnurse2008

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  1. Colleague Abuse

    Keysnurse2008 replied to MCF's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree ...alot of times...people will "get away" with whatever you "give them permission" to do.So....I dont give permission to anyone.I try...to be professional at all times ...and expect like...

  2. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    Keysnurse2008 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Having online immediate access is great....after it gets going and all the kinks get worked out.It will make patient care better, safer etc.Its just the getting the kinks worked out...

  3. Colleague Abuse

    Keysnurse2008 replied to MCF's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sorry for the typos ..I need

  4. Colleague Abuse

    Keysnurse2008 replied to MCF's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What ...has made you ponder on this topic? I wish...I could say....I havent seen it...but I have .Do you remember in nsg scholl when you were taught about " displacement"...be it displacement of...

  5. charge nurse/shift leader

    Keysnurse2008 replied to RnAngl's topic in General Nursing

    rnangl .....if you know in advance that you are going to be charge...then come in a lil early....quickly do the schedule assignment first. then ...there is no reason for her to hang out...she can get...

  6. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hmm....i mean it is something to think about.but...i have heard alot of negative issues about nsg unions too.how much :"say" do these nurses actually get on what that union does and does not agree to....

  7. Terminated for typing a petition

    Keysnurse2008 replied to cdsable's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    my sympathy to you.....i know your heart was in the right place....but bc..of the pt population the petition can be misconstrued (msp??) and made to "become" something entirely different than you ..or...

  8. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ok...I want to get a general idea of everyone's opinion. Lets say you have a nurse who has a really bad health problem ...and that health problem begins to impair their ability to perform their job....

  9. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sjrn....thank you...I really have concluded...there is no easy answer.And that if it is a patient safety issue she is concerned over....if she brings it up again...and she will....I will tell her to...

  10. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nothing was deleted from the initial post..only additional info was added to clarify exactly what I was truly asking.This isnt so much about one health issue as much as it is about all health...

  11. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Calm down SJrn....lol.....this coworker...as she states...is very open about their health issues.And as far as details.....they have been altered on this BB.I always "change" mine enough to where it...

  12. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you dont want to discuss healthcare issues and things that may affect pt care/safety then please find another forum. The only edit I made...was to clarify what I was asking...which is.....when...

  13. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is why I get more cynical by the

  14. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How does this CNA union that you participate in protect you from retaliatory termination.How is that addressed....what safeguards are in place?Can you tell me how..if I had of been in your...

  15. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sjrn85.....i have been a nurse many years.....and i dont think there is anything unusual about a 24 year old nurse...nor the events that i described that diabetics and chf patients go thru.and no...it...

  16. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sjrn....yeah it is second hand.But I know she will be calling back tomorrow. So...when health problems intervene in a practitioners ability to SAFELY do their job...what do you do? Do you remain...

  17. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    jsixxrn...i think you kinda understand where she is coming from.their is not a malicious bone in the childs body. she said she did try to talk to him again 2 nights ago...i will have to ask her about...

  18. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    TraumaRus...omg...last time I checked obesity doesnt impair mental acquity...but......from what she has told me of his behavoir.......it is affecting his mentation....and the fact that levels above...

  19. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Actually..it isnt "my coworker".I just happen to be the one she(the concerned coworker) called tonight for advice. I honestly didnt know what to tell her.This is a coworker she really cares alot...

  20. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I dont think it could hurt thats for sure....bc ...this is a broad problem.It isnt just nurses...but also physicians that are victioms too of sham peer reviews when they speak out on safety

  21. Impaired Nurses...what should you do...

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    the information was not "asked" for.it was given. he tells everyone....and yeah...id call it impaired bc it has compromised patient care,has impaired his judgement and performance. when your blood...

  22. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    katfishlpn.....didnt they have to "lay you off" by seniority?how did they get around that...what explanation did they provide.?? see.....this is where i get really untrusting with hcf....examples like...

  23. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is sad....I mean...you hit the nail on the head. We have different bottom lines. theirs is money...ours is

  24. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hmm...what kind of things did you guys face when you were trying to organize.I have heard that HCF's will threaten to terminate nurses who vote a union in....has the CNA faced the same thing in these...

  25. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Lizz, wow....the CNA can supercede the ANA? I wonder how the CNA "decides" which states to attempt to intervene in? I mean....at this point.....unless nurses are like me and "record" these...