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    Worried about a Lawsuit

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Specialties

    I've done some research and noticed that in CT, court summons must be signed by either the court clerk, assistant clerk, or Commissioner of the Superior Court, even if the summons is being sent from...
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    Nursing, Like Life, is a Game

    sideshowstarlet replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! I would definitely play! Do we get points/money for passing Go like in traditional
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    Nurse Accused of Gossiping

    sideshowstarlet replied to abu123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure the anecdotes you overheard could have conceivably happened to someone in real life. But I'm now picturing someone overhearing coworkers' conversations about long-lost twin brothers, affairs,...
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    What is your organization's attendance policy?

    sideshowstarlet replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Covid would likely be covered by the CT Paid Sick Leave Law, so likely wouldn't be subject to disciplinary
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    EPIC and carrying out orders?

    sideshowstarlet replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd probably say acknowledge it, and, as far as actually implementing orders written close to shift change, do what you can. If the next shift gives you flack about you not having time to implement...
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    LPN LTC - evil nurses

    sideshowstarlet replied to ButterflyBuns's topic in General Nursing

    Holy
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    Fired. How To Get Over It.

    sideshowstarlet replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Career

    I've heard of LVN's having to take a specific IV certification course before the facility lets them start IV's, but I never heard of RN's having to do this. In fact, I remember as a new nurse at...
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    Karen MD started YouTube channel to bash nurses and NP

    sideshowstarlet replied to Benzodiazepine's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry this happened to
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    Karen MD started YouTube channel to bash nurses and NP

    sideshowstarlet replied to Benzodiazepine's topic in General Nursing

    Right, when I saw the username was KAREN MD, I wondered if this might be a parody
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    A Conundrum

    sideshowstarlet replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    While my last hospital wasn't a psychiatric hospital, we did have a similar situation. In this case, it was a younger man who had a serious chronic illness. He knew his quality of life wouldn't be...
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    Burnt Out As A New Nurse

    sideshowstarlet replied to RNa23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is more than burnout. The OP is being
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    Addendums

    sideshowstarlet replied to 0121Mednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, adding in that English is Nurse Jane's second language seems a little
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    Addendums

    sideshowstarlet replied to 0121Mednurse's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like Jane did the right thing in separating the residents. I probably would have elaborated in the note whether or not the female resident felt comfortable with the conversation, but then I...
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    Addendums

    sideshowstarlet replied to 0121Mednurse's topic in General Nursing

    So, what was written in the
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    Addendums

    sideshowstarlet replied to 0121Mednurse's topic in General Nursing

    How does this addendum work? Is it something like you charting that you gave someone 2 Norco's at 1355 (5 minutes before the end of your shift) for pain 8/10, and then your manager writing an addendum...
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    Previous Jobs Not Giving Out References

    sideshowstarlet replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do you all kind of take turns being charge where you work? If that's the case, it wouldn't be lying if your coworker reference said they were your charge nurse. After all, they are the charge nurse...
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    Radonda Vaught Trial

    sideshowstarlet replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    That's stupid. There should be no argument that RV should have her license revoked. I mean, if your incompetent driving killed someone, there would be no argument that your DL should be revoked....
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    Radonda Vaught Trial

    sideshowstarlet replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. RV failed, the BON failed, and the hospital failed. Did the BON give a reason as to why it took so long for them to actually investigate this? They need to held accountable as
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet posted a topic in General Nursing

    Approximately 10 months ago, I was offered PRN positions on not one, but two, units at my local hospital. So, I had two job titles: PRN Outpatient Behavioral Health RN and PRN RN Case Manager. As I...
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    Awww... I was just trying to bring some Karen energy to your picture of a Karen. I'll also admit that I was curious about who is managing Dave RN now. I'm glad you decided to stick
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    The DON is a blonde woman, as is the Assistant Director. I want to speak to your manager! To clarify, there is a Director and an Assistant Director. The Assistant Director is new to the role and...
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    Radonda Vaught Trial

    sideshowstarlet replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't hear this before. ? Maybe she meant to administer Valium to the patient she was found to have given Versed to and neither she nor anyone at Vanderbilt realized the error.
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had waited another month, then. They didn't have a computer I could use for the first month or so I was on that unit. And all of our documentation was done on computers. So I had to piece...
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound crazy, but in the pre-Covid era, I used to want to write a novel or screenplay about a woman who was inspired to pretend to be a nurse after she, as a visitor, saved her husband's life...
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    Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    sideshowstarlet replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! If I were to pretend to, for example, be an MD or a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I would do what I could to pretend to work and avoid drawing attention to myself. I suppose we can say that Bad...