sideshowstarlet BSN, RN

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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like the opinion of others has grown less and less important as I get
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    'Twas the Job After Termination

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Oooohhh... Intrigue AND irony!!! Off topic, but as someone who's also a Licensed Master Social Worker, I'm not a fan of how we assign the "Therapist" title to people who function as tech's. They...
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    'Twas the Job After Termination

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Oooh! I remember lurking on this thread. The action had already been completed by the time I discovered it in Summer 2020. I was living in Maine at the time. If I knew Rita's real name, I would be...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely find myself in some weird situations! I'm glad that you, at least, allow me my slightly deviant
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    'Twas the Job After Termination

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Thank you for telling me about this group and for reading the first poem I've written in several
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    'Twas the Job After Termination

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Thank you, Davey! It's nice to have my writing appreciated! I'm not part of a union. I wish I was. I've never been at a workplace that has a
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! You make me feel like a Main Attraction Starlet! Or a Center Stage Starlet! Or at the very least, a Sassy Sidekick
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Update: My background check came back, and I am officially cleared to start my new job Monday! I also joined the Artis group and posted a poem called "'Twas the Job After Termination" to process my...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh! That was a fun thread! It also enabled me to introduce my hypothetical telenovela about the nurse impersonator! I guess we already did collaborate, as you provided some wonderful illustrations....
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    You're quite the prolific artist! It would be fun to one day combine our nefarious powers to achieve world domination! I can apparently craft written threats to kill people with keyboards and...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I used to lurk on your posts all the time when I was a new nurse, burned out from my first job at a for-profit nursing home that we're not supposed to call a nursing home. Your old cartoons would...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Oooh! Yes! I remember that picture! My new medication has made me so tired that I'm confounding the "Propping open the door incident" to "My manager spent a shift impersonating a door incident." At...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    We need judges like that here! I must say, going from "I have AIDS, now you have AIDS!" to an unauthorized propping open of a nurses' station door with a garbage can only 20 years later is quite the...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I think the beginning of this story sounds familiar. Was this when you were working on the psych unit, you were attacked by a patient, and none of your coworkers heard you calling for help because the...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    They denied you based on what the patient who was suing you said?! I can imagine the denials that malpractice insurance companies would issue if this was standard practice. "Wrongway Unlimited...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I will say I had a part-time job back in Nov 2022 which required liability insurance. I purchased a one-year policy. I called my liability insurance about this and, after a day of phone tag, was told...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    It was indeed insane in the
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    What are the things that make you want to leave nursing?

    sideshowstarlet replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    If you work in a hospital and your supervisor has no medical experience/expertise, what on earth is she meant to be supervising? I once read somewhere that America spends twice as much as it really...
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    What are the things that make you want to leave nursing?

    sideshowstarlet replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    Poor management, nepotism, and getting terminated after being falsely accused of leaving a note in which the writer threatened to kill people with a keyboard and a stapler. I never saw this note, but...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the kind words. So far, this employer has not had the wherewithal to contest my unemployment benefits. I read that, in my state, they have 21 days to do so. But I feel like if that were...
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    Worried about a Lawsuit

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Specialties

    Thanks! I didn't hear anything back from any kind of law firm. I did receive a notification that my mortgage loan changed banks/lending companies, though, so maybe it had something to do with that....
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    Worried about a Lawsuit

    sideshowstarlet posted a topic in General Specialties

    I'm scared. I was emptying out my mailbox for the first time in a month (I haven't been getting my mail unless I see something important in Informed Delivery, as the bulk of my mail is spam and things...
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    Worried about a Lawsuit

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Specialties

    LOL! I'd never be that lucky! But by my calculations, this mailpiece would have been returned to sender on Aug 18 (15 calendar days after the initial delivery attempt), and nobody has tried to resend...
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    Nursing, Like Life, is a Game

    sideshowstarlet replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Wooo!! I'm winning! At least I have a win
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    Falsely Reported by Disgruntled Former Employer: What do I do to protect me?

    sideshowstarlet replied to StefanieM254's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you're going through this. This is very scary. Are you able to reach out to urgent care for those results so you at least have a copy for your records? Do you have any kind of paperwork...