Amnesty

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

    Amnesty posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is long! I tried to be as concise as possible but there's a lot that's happened. I hurt my back 5 weeks ago while working with a patient. I immediately reported it for workers comp purposes. I...

  5. 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...

  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

    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...

  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

    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...

  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 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...

  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

    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...

  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

    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...

  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

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

  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

    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...

  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

    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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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,...

  17. 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 is literally what I feel like I'm doing, and that's what I'm being thrown under the bus here for. If anything, I should have been even more proactive in my advocacy and gone straight to the...

  18. 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've already explained most of this in numerous prior posts but I'll bite and explain it again with more depth. I don't think ICU is less work intensive. I know though, that it requires several weeks...

  19. Union gave away random drug testing

    Amnesty replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had any Dilaudid unaccounted for myself, but let's not pretend it wouldn't be incredibly easy to miscount it. I work on a floor with a lot of post-op patients and significant injuries. I'm...

  20. 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 curious how much your state pays? We do the federal 66%, but it caps out at $575 weekly. I make almost double that even in a low COL area. This is hurting me financially in a big way

  21. 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

    Your name is clever and I like it xD. With that out of the way, I did file for FMLA at the direction of my employer. Apparently there was a 2 week window that I almost missed because I wasn't even...

  22. 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 don't think I addressed the transfer? I was referring to my medsurg nurse manager. While I know there's enough education and whatnot to have gotten me a little further while following my work...

  23. 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

    Thank you for this. I'll definitely go back and read your story. That's one of the biggest setbacks -- how am I going to afford an attorney when I'm making half of what I usually do and don't have a...

  24. 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 can sympathize with this, and it's quite possible that the reality is that it wasn't worth it to let me do chart audits like everyone else gets to do because my NM knew I was leaving to go to...

  25. 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 did happily work it once I assumed it was what she wanted. I don't want to say "knew" because really, I still have no idea. She didn't choose to respond to me. All I'm pointing out is that I don't...