icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Do you ever contend with pesty ancillary staff?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That response was not very gracious. If you perceive yourself to be above providing a simple human need like water or slippers, don't be surprised when you find yourself all alone when you need...
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    Having trouble understanding the different types of NG tubes

    icuRNmaggie replied to tsm007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would just like to add that this is why it infuriates me when pts come from the ER with the blue port tied in a
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    Do you chart lies?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Every hospital I have worked in except for two, in the last ten years or so, have disabled the carry forward function in the
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I accidentally heard my preceptor telling the manager that getting me to learn to program the IV pump was like nailing jello to a tree. am I being
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But they'll make me come in to work when it's snowing out. is that
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I forgot to mention that felony conviction when i applied for my jello license. This is gelatin discrimination and I refuse to pay that greedy board of nursing a fine because I was just a kid you...
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But I have medical jello card so they can't do anything about it,
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A patient complained to press gainey when we ran out of red jello. Now we have 30 cases of red jello from Desert Storm in our locker room and we have to assess jello consumption and effectiveness...
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Does incompatibility and slamming jello really matter My preceptor told me look it up when I asked does it really matter if red and green jello are incompatible and can not be run together. I am being...
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    Oh pleaeaasse, Flexcare

    icuRNmaggie replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Cross Country and it affiliates Novapro and Medstaff are primary vendors for some big hospital systems. For example they were the only one with contracts for Dartmouth Hitchcock in NH. It was a VMS...
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am being bullied because my coworkers are juvenile and don't like me because I ratted them out for posting on facebook about jello. And Im their bestest fastest Er nurse too! One even asked to be...
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    Is This Bullying?

    icuRNmaggie replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you chart lies about jello? Brace yourself taciturnly for a ton of righteous indignation if you chart lies by not awakening the alcoholics after administering red jello
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    icuRNmaggie replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I also participated in that thread. The heartless criticism and level of arrogance was disturbing. It is apparent to me that some of these trolls are not nurses because they go into attack mode when...
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    Did I ruin my chances of being hired by a hospital?

    icuRNmaggie replied to whatsmyusername_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think you left a favorable impression by being honest and genuine. Do not stress over this. Good
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    Do you chart lies?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you chart lies?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    to the OP RNdynamic, Your thought processes seem rigid and concrete and I wish that there was an internet forum means to help you. I hope that with experience and mentoring you will develop abstract...
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    Do you chart lies?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone is suggesting to let the pt sleep all night without being reassessed. That is negligence. It is common sense if you have medicated a pt at 8 and 10 that you allow them to rest as...
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    DaVita Village

    icuRNmaggie replied to Islnd_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Davita is another Fortune 500 for profit corporation. Like
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    It is an abomination to externally pace a pt for any longer than it takes to get a cardiologist in to place a
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    If a transport nurse or paramedic from Manchester Hospital abandoned the patient without a life sustaining pulse generator, then he or she is liable as well. A pulse generator was removed from a...
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    You have not stated one factual piece of information just your opinion that a ICU nurse screwed up and your inability to see the big picture and your lack of knowledge of AHA guidelines. On that note...
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    No, identify the root cause and contributing factors so that it never happens again. It all started in that
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    As did the ER staff who were reckless and removed the pulse generator and cables. The pt went from a 249 bed hospital to a 617 bed hospital to receive a higher, not lower, level of care. The CMS...
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    Instead of finishing out my 2 weeks, I just quit!

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    File a wage claim with the state department of labor if you dont receive the $ with your last
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    Nurse files lawsuit over firing

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    Since when do EMTs manage transvenous pacemakers? External pacing for symptomatic bradycardia most certainly is emergent. And painful. Transferring a patient to a unit or department where the...