MatrixRn

MatrixRn

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  1. Medical terminology according to patients

    MatrixRn replied to nursefrances's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes but cardios refer to a CABG as open heart surgery. Now we can quibble with the method of opening the

  2. What should be done?

    MatrixRn replied to Emergent's topic in Nurse Management

    It sounds like the charge nurse may have a personal dislike for many people. And that is neither here nor there. The question is what do you hope to achieve.....Would you like her to change her...

  3. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    MatrixRn replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually the reason does not need to be documented, unless it is FMLA. Many managers ask so they can look for patterns if the call outs become to

  4. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    MatrixRn replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Bawahhhhhhhh!! That is

  5. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    MatrixRn replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Regardless of the shift, as professionals we should call out as soon as we know we cannot

  6. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    MatrixRn replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "My childcare service closed due to the weather." The childcare service is the Grandmother and she lives next

  7. Sick of getting treated like I can't do anything right!

    MatrixRn replied to vicky3131's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The trick is to make them own it..... You said, "Anytime I am doing something even the simplest things such as sorting through faxes on of the nurses come and takes them off my hand and do it...

  8. Should I resign, or be suspended?

    MatrixRn replied to mahroya's topic in Nursing Career

    Agree. The real question is if she has enough evidence to terminate you based on the 'mistakes.' And since you found out about all 4 of these items at once, the chances are not high that a sufficient...

  9. Should I resign, or be suspended?

    MatrixRn replied to mahroya's topic in Nursing Career

    Let's look at this from the manager's point of view for a second. She goes on vacation and comes back. Upon her arrival she is told one of her RNs wants to leave, okay, doable AND she has already been...

  10. nurse/pt ratio

    MatrixRn replied to rkc003's topic in Virginia Nursing

    CA is the only state with a nurse\patient

  11. Is there really a nursing shortage?

    MatrixRn replied to hoppingpete's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is no nursing shortage. Period. I live in one of the largest cities in the nation, and the only jobs that are out there are working nights and the competition for them is

  12. Lifestyle Discrimination

    MatrixRn replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree this is a slippery slope that unfortunately people have embraced. Many people are of the mind that it is okay for them or a family member to have a bad habit but no one else. Hence the whole...

  13. Nicotine Test for new employment

    MatrixRn replied to hls0810's topic in General Nursing

    I think we can expect this more and more. Testing for smokers is overt; this just adds to the drug tests and background checks already being done. There are other items some employers are using to...

  14. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    MatrixRn replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ^^Agree, facilities will only orient the minimal time that they think they can get away with...sad but true. You describe your job as mostly doing med passes. Make sure that you follow your 5 patient...

  15. Putting "your license on the line" at a job... Please explain!

    MatrixRn replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "I work at a SNF/LTC facility where not only to I pass a litany of oral medications per patient, but I do wound care, feeding tube administration, and the occasional IV antibiotic administration....

  16. Overtime dependent nurses

    MatrixRn replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it is about personal choices and age. I know when I first started nursing I was young and could tolerate extra hours and would say yes when I was asked to work because I thought that I needed...

  17. Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

    MatrixRn replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is PRN

  18. The death of nursing

    MatrixRn replied to massrn116's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is just an example of where we are going as a profession. As newer grads enter the work force, they will be taking a lower wage just to get that first job. But the difference is they will stay on...

  19. Expecting better results with less staff and high ratios

    MatrixRn replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The staff, especially nursing staff, is the most costly expense. At my facility nursing takes up 81% of the budget, and that is why it is always looked at first as a way to balance the increase costs...

  20. Expecting better results with less staff and high ratios

    MatrixRn replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is a sign of the times. The patients are trying to determine if they are covered at all. And the hospitals are trying to figure out how and what they will be reimbursed for. Until this ACA stuff...

  21. What is my true hourly wage?

    MatrixRn replied to pebbles0904's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "I'm trying to figure out my true hourly wage. I work nights, I get shift diff for 32 hours per 2 weeks and also get night shift diff for 48 hours per 2 weeks. I also get my base hourly wage for...

  22. Terminated!!!..now what

    MatrixRn replied to California2's topic in Nursing Career

    California2, I really hope you have the evidence to prove this. To think that this kind of bullying and retaliation is going on is beyond sad and absolutely frustrating. Politics are a ***** to say...

  23. Is it a good idea to work 5 days straight (12 hours shifts/day)?

    MatrixRn replied to happyface27's topic in General Nursing

    That is crazy!! I am amazed at how undervalued we are as a profession, that they think we can work that many hours still function at peak performance and not even try to make sure we a life outside of...

  24. Is it a good idea to work 5 days straight (12 hours shifts/day)?

    MatrixRn replied to happyface27's topic in General Nursing

    "Some of my co-workers have done this before, but at the end of the 5th day they look so tired." I frankly would wonder why a nurse manager would jeopardize the safety of the patients, risk the...

  25. New Graduate; Hired then position revoked d/t background; What to do

    MatrixRn replied to edwardsrn62's topic in Nursing Career

    The real question is if you have the crime on your record or not, and based on the fact that it showed up on your criminal background check it sounds like a yes. HR is NOT going to hire, in their...