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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    savoytruffle replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Sound like Rolling Hills Asylum. That's in NY. It was an asylum and then a nursing home. My friend has pictures of shadowy figures and voices on tape. The batteries drained out of her camera and...
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    What does your username mean?

    savoytruffle replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Savoy Truffle is a song on the B side of the Beatles White album. It's about candy and rotten teeth. "You'll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle" like it's the sweetest,...
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    Co-worker leaving - What's our responsibility?

    savoytruffle replied to dianajh73's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can empathize with your colleague for not wanting her manager to know she is looking elsewhere. I wanted to be forthcoming with my plane s and it backfired for me. I told my DON that I was...
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    Six weeks out - never been so happy

    savoytruffle posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I quit my job six weeks ago. I hated every second of that job. The day I walked out, I felt like I had finally come up for air. Nearly a years worth of anger, anxiety, and frustration ended in that...
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    Six weeks out - never been so happy

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I had unused vacation days - so I got a check for a few weeks while looking for a new job. It wasn't much. I lived off savings and my husband paid all the bills. I grew up in a big family and I am...
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    nursing (humans) vs animal jobs

    savoytruffle replied to Nursing_Student'15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I first went to college for an associate of applied science degree in veterinary science technology with plans to go to Cornell for Vet school. It's very very tough. I worked with some great vets. I...
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    Weekly Weights

    savoytruffle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I struggled with this as well. My expectations were clear cut. Weights by 1 pm on Tuesday. Re weights by 1pm Wednesday. I had some spend more time and energy avoiding the task than what took to...
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    A little too proud to be a nurse?

    savoytruffle replied to joyfullpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm planning a nursing tattoo. Old school sailor style. An early twentieth century profile with the Red Cross cap. Roses above and sparrows below with RN between the birds. I figure its the most...
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    Undermined by administration

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank you Orca. I'm looking forward to my next opportunity. A nice quiet cubical and reviewing charts. I can wear earbuds and listen to music while I work. Monday thru Friday with some OT if I want...
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    Undermined by administration

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nurse Management

    Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm finished with management for a while too. I just want to be responsible for myself. Set my own goals and know that my outcomes are my own. For a while, anyway. This...
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    Undermined by administration

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nurse Management

    I resigned the next morning. After speaking with the ADON and letting her know that I feel that she discredits my authority, undermines and micromanaged me I saw no other way. This position was by...
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    UU?

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Thanks. I will check them out. I need something to fill me up. I give to my family, my school, my job, my pets...so much that there doesn't seem to be anything left at times. I am hoping that this...
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    UU?

    savoytruffle posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Just out of Curiosity, has anyone ever gone to, or been a part of a Unitarian Universalist church? I find it very difficult to relate to members of the methodist churches where I grew up. I don't...
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    Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    savoytruffle replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    The number of admissions I get today will be inversely proportional to the number of bathroom breaks that I have time for. Sometimes I wish candy cigarettes were still around. I'd take "smoke breaks"...
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    bowel sounds vs no bowel sounds

    savoytruffle replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One surgeon taught me that you need to listen to bowel sounds for five minutes per quad to finally determine/chart "no active bowel sounds". If nurses called this surgeon for no bowels sounds they...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    savoytruffle replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To my superiors, when you say you plan to do something (hire another nurse, address the customer service issue, bring in someone to teach in-services, fix the copier) DO IT. Stop talking about for...
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    Fentanyl patches

    savoytruffle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our pharmacist said that covering them would not change absorbency. We cover with tegaderm. Check with your supplying/advising Rx and medical
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    Nursing Leadership Styles (Part I): Authoritarian Leaders

    savoytruffle replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nurse Management

    I have tho same set up. My LPN assistant was a manager before the policy changes to RNs only. She runs the floor. It's a power struggle for sure. Thank goodness it's only for a few more days. I ended...
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    Telling your boss about seeking another job

    savoytruffle posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I spoke with my DON today about having upcoming interviews with other companies. She knew I was unhappy managing. A few months ago, she came to me and offered an MDS position. I declined because I had...
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    Telling your boss about seeking another job

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Resigned today. It's completely liberating. I have two weeks to go and a few job prospects. Feeling hopeful, like I can move on and enjoy being a nurse again. I used to love nursing. I used to feel...
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    Telling your boss about seeking another job

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have a shadow experience this Saturday with home care to see if I like the position before I accept. Feeling hopeful. Thanks for being a sounding board during tough
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    Telling your boss about seeking another job

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I know it isn't the usual course. I know that had I taken the MDS position I would have still left. Since that is a more technical skill set, I think it would have been worse to leave that position...
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    Telling your boss about seeking another job

    savoytruffle replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks. I am feeling really burned. I feel this whole bridge may be burned. I am very carefully weighing how much I need a reference from this
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    RNs vs LPNs

    savoytruffle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Agree with the commuter. This RN is leaving LTC. After six years, AANAC certification, management experience, committee participation and feeling like my career was going places, I am just breaking up...
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    R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

    savoytruffle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree, when did this become just about CNAs? I've met some RNs with a chip on their shoulder too. Although I did state earlier I think the problem is more socio-economic than generational, I also...