gypsy626

gypsy626

med surg, cardiac step down, rehab, geri

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  1. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    wow ed med if I could give you a gross of KUDO's I would hell ya what you said is all true and I was a nursing supervisor I worked a...

  2. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    gypsy626 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    in reply to you really? where are they I am going to take the high road on this and think you are really asking for the information not being sarcastic google...

  3. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    gypsy626 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    bravo for posting this and whomever disagrees has never been hit, threatened, harmed or scared to be in nursing! if you read the stats on violence in the...

  4. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    jack at least you are honest in your specialty, what society has become, ah nursing..... some days it doesn't pay to chew through the leather

  5. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    most of the time we are not talking about the patient with a head injury, or dementia, we are talking about abusive people and/ or their families usually disfunctional ones , and...

  6. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    many states have or passing laws to help nurses some states limit the number of hrs you can work to 8 or 12 ( in one facility) you may have another job for more...

  7. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    gypsy626 replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    we all took an oath to do no harm very few upheld that not by harming a patient but by doing harm to others many nurses have left the staff nurse...

  8. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    dealing with HR is a waste of time in some places the one in place now deals with 7 facilities plus all those power lunches and outings with the owners...

  9. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    change must begin in the facility before ruining any chance of working in that city/town because of speaking out in the public one must begin...

  10. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    just adding........ I'm from Boston and sometimes it really does take a tea party to reform what's wrong with

  11. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    just a quick thought in any one particular facility non union what would the bullies and the ones who enable them do if there were " a white out" no...

  12. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    couple of things here.... give a 2 weeks notice smile tell them how wonderful it's been blah blah blah or just see what they do Monday if they don't fire you...

  13. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    gypsy626 replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    interesting thought however why is the patient in the facility? just to be non compliant? noooooooooo to be healed so if they are a/o x3 and have any type of...

  14. What is a typical night shift like in LTC

    gypsy626 replied to Zergasaurus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is no longer just that with our facility it's short and long term re hab pre and post op and it's crazy long term dementia patients don't sleep well they ambulate in...

  15. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    gypsy626 replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would hope she pressed charges both in criminal and civil court are families getting crazier or am I just noticing it

  16. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    gypsy626 replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    in a hosp setting you have back up and you can on a md's order give injectable haldol or ativan and or place in restraints in a medical facility with long and short term patients...

  17. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    gypsy626 replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    after reading all of the replies regarding assaults at work I wonder if there is anything nurses in massachusetts can do to press charges against these patients?...

  18. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    " because you can't fix stupid"

  19. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

    gypsy626 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    It is amazing how many unethical nurse managers lurk in LTC settings they are on day shifts and have the ears of the administration and DON the off shifts have no say, and are back stabbed...

  20. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

    gypsy626 replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

    any DON who keeps narcs locked up yet knows there's a key for her office is breaking many rules and I would never touch those meds in fact I would report it to the administration and or...