ocean.baby

ocean.baby

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  1. Failed drug screen before ever utilizing license

    ocean.baby replied to NicoleDime's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When you started nursing school you knew that you could not use drugs as a nurse. You should not have been using them as a nursing student. You had plenty of time for your last hoorah prior to...

  2. Discussing salary with co workers

    ocean.baby replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that salaries should be fair and transparent. That being said, I have never worked in a facility where that was true. As an administrator, one of the first things that I do is a salary...

  3. Nurse bringing child to work

    ocean.baby replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine that Human Resources is aware of it, or Risk Management. As much as I feel for the parent, and the child, it is a liability for the hospital. I would have to say something to at...

  4. Spouse of nurse

    ocean.baby replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    This is a tough one, isn't it? I don't think that your spouse should have to return to school at this point in life. I also don't think that it should be a my income/your income situation as that is...

  5. Disheartened by friends' reaction about Residency

    ocean.baby replied to PJishere's topic in General Nursing

    Non-medical people will never understand what it is like to be a medical professional. My sister had flex hours, could work four 10's or five 8's, could leave for appointments or to watch her kids...

  6. Do you think I can get my job back?

    ocean.baby replied to allyyyjustine's topic in General Nursing

    How far in advance of your shift starting did you call in? Some facilities consider a last minute call in a no-call no-show which is grounds for immediate termination. Unlike the others who have...

  7. Bedside Nurses: Undervalued, Poorly Retained and What Experts Say

    ocean.baby replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I started nursing back when it was 8 hour shifts, within the first few years we went to a mix of 8's and 12's. Now you can't hardly find a job where it is 8 hour shifts other than an office job...

  8. ADON position with Centurion?

    ocean.baby replied to qimenglan9's topic in Correctional

    I have worked corrections for 25 years, not for Centurion but for several companies and I find them all to be similar. My guess is that this job would be hiring/corrective action/terminating...

  9. Flu precautions in community homes

    ocean.baby posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I work for a company that owns several homes for the developmentally disabled. These homes are scattered throughout the town. The smallest has a census of 4, the largest has a census of 18. The...

  10. Why don't we talk much about these scenarios?

    ocean.baby replied to Persephone Paige's topic in General Nursing

    I felt far safer in corrections than in any hospital, nursing home, or psych hospital. The higher the security level of corrections, the safer you

  11. Nurse Practitioner (Mother) leaves 21 month old in car for 8 hours

    ocean.baby replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    We are too damn busy. I long for the days without cell phones and e-mail and facebook. We are going all of the time, and if we have a few minutes to sit down we are on our damn phone or computer....

  12. Two Weeks

    ocean.baby replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa. I definitely feel that the DON needs to take her turn at being supervisor. When she says that she is 'so busy', she is also saying that she is busier than everyone else. This is not a way to...

  13. Should I feel bad for not picking up extra shifts?

    ocean.baby replied to nursekaterpn's topic in General Nursing

    You work plenty of hours and with that schedule I would be exhausted. I would only pick up extra hours when it was convenient or necessary for you - an upcoming vacation, needing a new washer/dryer,...

  14. I did this so in trouble

    ocean.baby replied to Flossy73's topic in General Nursing

  15. I did this so in trouble

    ocean.baby replied to Flossy73's topic in General Nursing

  16. Generation Z

    ocean.baby replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Those phones ?! Heaven help them if they miss a text or a message from one of their many apps, if not read and answered within 60 seconds the world might end. It is OK if the patient is trying to...

  17. How to best handle this situation with my instructor?

    ocean.baby replied to snowlion_m's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You have an excuse for everything, you accept no personal responsibility. You don't take your own meds but feel that you are responsible enough to give patients' meds? You use the excuse that...

  18. I was slapped by a patient

    ocean.baby replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Acountability

  19. Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    ocean.baby replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Pay and benefits have improved. The problem is, one facility increases pay then the next facility increases pay and it is a vicious cycle. The same nurses go from one facility to the next chasing...

  20. Do I have to disclose mental illness

    ocean.baby replied to NurseChaiPls's topic in General Nursing

    If you did not have a psychotic break I would not disclose this. It is my opinion (for what that is worth), that they are looking more for psychosis, schizophrenia, etc. If everyone with PTSD...

  21. Nurses Forced to Work as Corrections Officers

    ocean.baby replied to TAKOO01's topic in Correctional

    They did away with officers that were also nurses quite some time ago. Nurses are to have a therapeutic relationship with inmates, that is why they cannot participate in disciplinary hearings, etc....

  22. CDCR/ CA State prison schedule

    ocean.baby replied to Beatricenurse's topic in Correctional

    You cannot swap in the clinics. You work M-F, weekends and holidays

  23. will i lose my licenses in corrections, jail, prison nursing?

    ocean.baby replied to wtpsych's topic in Correctional

    Officers should not let you in a man down situation until they know that the situation is safe for you. In 25 years I have not found that officers are lazy or disrespectful, in fact, they have always...

  24. Medically necessary care

    ocean.baby replied to Matt8700's topic in Correctional

    I would not get into any kind of a discussion. I would say 'medical doesn't provide dandruff shampoo'. If the try to continue I would repeat that statement and let the officer know that the...

  25. Pill line

    ocean.baby replied to guest974915's topic in Correctional

    We used to make our own envelopes for each pill pass. There were envelopes that any nurse could use, but we only trusted our own. But then, we were pre-pouring for ourselves, not for other