Amnesty

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1. Masters Student Needing To Interview Faculty Member

   Amnesty posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Hello all! I'm a student in a master's in nursing education program and I'm in my education-specific core classes. I have an assignment that includes interviewing an academic nurse educator and asking...

2. Memorizing drug interactions!

   Amnesty replied to Banana nut's topic in General Students

   You really come across as stuck up and confrontational. We don't need to know the capabilities of your special brain nor do we care how many algorithms you've memorized. What we know is that in...

3. Pay & benefits for an experienced RN in Albuquerque

   Amnesty posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! Doing some research into moving to ABQ in the next year and just wondering what I can expect as far as finding employment there (looking at UNM and Presbyterian specifically -- cannot work at...

4. High BP but Low HR... Which med will you give/hold?

   Amnesty replied to gelman's topic in Patient Medications

   I've had this situation come up at work several times before. The answer is a bit complex. If I've discussed it with the patient and he is well-informed about his health and says his heart rate is...

5. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

   Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Tenebrae, my original assertion was that most people would not want to work 3 hours a day every day. I didn't say that no one would do it. I said no one would choose it if better scheduling was...

6. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

   Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I'm so sorry about your injury . I hope mine doesn't end up debilitating me. I've clung to the optimism that if it doesn't affect the actual spinal column, just the ligaments, it's probably not nearly...

7. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

   Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yeah, I don't think I'm going to push it by asking to do ACLS while still injured. I've definitely gained some perspective on how that could seem self-motivated in a bad way. I'll wait and go with the...

8. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

   Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yeah I saw that. Manipulation also means "handle or control, typically in a skillful manner". Both have bad connotations though, which is why I'm going with poor phrasing. Another communication...

9. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

   Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This is the major difference. Some of the people in the thread assumed I was doing this. One even blatantly stated I was faking the injury/the severity of the injury because I worked through a weekend...

10. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps the phrasing isn't the best. Apparently manipulation implies dishonesty/unfairness. Maneuvering is a better

11. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Taken out of context, a quote can look like a lot of things it was never meant to. The context for this one was that I was being accused of manipulating it because I just didn't want to do the med...

12. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's something I've had to seriously consider. I do know it's not any less physical on a critical care floor even if the patients you have are fewer. The only real benefit might be that at least...

13. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @Dances with Wool I'll address a few things: ACLS and PALS are probably 2 day classes anywhere, but that's still 2/3 of a week where I'm not expected to do anything outside my restrictions. My...

14. Union gave away random drug testing

    Amnesty replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Because that hospital doesn't know you. No hospital you go to does. Drug testing makes sense for new empoyees. That's the standard for I think all but one of the numerous places I've worked at. I was...

15. I hurt my back at work and I think my employer is going to fire me. Need career advice.

    Amnesty replied to Amnesty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    dishes, it is possible. It's not something my former med-surg manager would ever have thought. But the fact is, I'm dealing with 4 managers who don't know me at all. One liked me enough to hire me,...