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    Miss Manners for Nurses

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok class, if someone at work offers you a piece of the apple pie they brought, what is the best response if you don't want any? a) *sneer* Oh, I can't stand apple pie, yuck! b) *smile* No thank you....
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    Alternate years. My manager puts a list up for preferences for 5 holidays coming up, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve and New Years Day. We put a number 1-5 in order of...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    The only fair way to schedule holidays is for everybody to take a turn. I'm a firm believer that seniority should have no bearing on holiday
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    Emergent replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Until today's news of a nurse becoming infected, I had poo-pooed this Ebola scare. I laughed it off as another media feeding frenzy. I thought it would end up fading into obscurity, like SARS and the...
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    public school systems

    Emergent replied to lalonzo27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Why wouldn't you want to share this with people who have the care of your children 6 hrs a day? Hopefully, parents and schools are collaborating for the better good of the
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    Suicide by antibotics ?

    Emergent replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fish antibiotics used to be the poor man's option back in the day. They used to come in identical capsules as human antibiotics. It was a way to treat a nasty UTI without a prescription. You were...
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    Don't be Judgmental!

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hear that a lot here at AllNurses, and also out in life. We mustn't be judgmental (especially not nurses). Let me preface my post by saying that, some of the most judgmental people I've met...
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    Admin nurse returns to bedside and.....

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

    That reminds me of one of my coworkers. She used to stand at the counter poring over the schedule, bitterly complaining about the inequities, the favoritism, the injustice of it all. Then she took a...
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    Appropriate reaction to rude behavior?

    Emergent replied to Allie.Adobz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My advise is to always try to deescalate with patients and their families by ignoring rudeness and giving out information. You don't have to kiss their butts in the process. There is an art to...
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    Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

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

    That sounds like something I would do!
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    Doctor or Dockworker?

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our ER director acts more like a rough and ready longshoreman than a highly educated professional. It dawned on me today that, I don't like my docs to act so blue collar. He drops F bombs right and...
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    "Two-yearitis"

    Emergent replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    How about 3 month, smartie-pantitis? You know, the newbie with an inflated sense of self-esteem and the unparalleled ability to toot his/her own horn in self adulation. We have one in our unit at the...
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    Thoughts on the use of the word "battle" within popular Oncology culture

    Emergent replied to RN'd's topic in Oncology

    My husband lost to cancer. He lost to a blitzkrieg and was overwhelmed too quickly. I, too, think of the fight with cancer in warlike
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    hated by medical director.

    Emergent replied to gfauker1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My feeling is, yes, start looking at the job postings. You've gotten on the wrong side of a person with clout. Seek a job now, while you are still employed. The mistakes you list don't sound like you...
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    Mocked by teacher in post conference.

    Emergent replied to dmena14's topic in General Students

    Do I detect a new member on a fishing
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    Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, when referring to a person's state of health, one should say "The patient doesn't feel well today"
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    Mocked by teacher in post conference.

    Emergent replied to dmena14's topic in General Students

    Many of us had incidences like this in nursing school. I had my share. I also had a couple of very kind, nurturing, and incredible instructors. You have to learn to be humble to be a nurse. Maybe...
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    Bedbugs

    Emergent replied to metallicpanda's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't bet the bank that you necessarily brought them home from work. They could have hitchhiked into your house via a suitcase, from a visitor, your child sleeping over at a friend's house, the...
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    The culture of AN

    Emergent replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yes, no one here could possibly decipher what those asterisks
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    The culture of AN

    Emergent replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about that. The "I'm leaving this place forever" proclamation seems a bit undignified. Better to fade away for awhile, lick your wounds, and then quietly return when you are
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    The culture of AN

    Emergent replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Or it could be 'Music in my Heart', being that he used musical notes in his screen
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    The culture of AN

    Emergent replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    I just read the thread that seems to have affected Singing in my Heart so deeply. I think he overreacted. Someone took him to task for pushing a nursing student to do something that might have gotten...
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    Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Good advise, Stargazer. Yes, I recently spent hours with one of our 'persons who vomit'. Her personality just annoys me, although I work very hard to put on a good face while in the room. On the light...
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    Expressing gratitude and appreciation to co-workers

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I started being a lot more verbally positive with my co-workers, my manager, employee health nurse, the house supervisor, etc. It used to be that I was much more reserved with people, was more on...
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    WHY OH WHY? Every year-------competencies!!!!!

    Emergent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, every year we have to do yet another annoying, repetitive, HIPAA or some other Gawd awful online inservice. Is there an end? Will the healthcare system ever deem me HIPAA compliant? Will they...