JayHanig

JayHanig

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  1. nurses not using stethoscopes

    JayHanig replied to akint19's topic in General Nursing

    You've been a nurse for 40 years? Wow. And you still take care of eight postop orthopedic patients on day shift? That's impressive how you are able to get it all done. I'm sorry that I am a lesser...

  2. nurses not using stethoscopes

    JayHanig replied to akint19's topic in General Nursing

    Good nursing? You have time to give good nursing? If only everybody did. I had 14 hours worth of work to do every 12 hour shift. Priorities develop. But not to worry: I quit at age 56 so I could...

  3. nurses not using stethoscopes

    JayHanig replied to akint19's topic in General Nursing

    The only place I ever used a stethoscope consistently was in the ICUs. Working in orthopedics, my priorities changed. 1) Were they breathing? 2) Were they bleeding? 3) Were there pulses where...

  4. Nurses Liability Insurance: Yes or No

    JayHanig replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Well, situations vary. As a hospital RN, I have been involved in two lawsuits. I was named in one of them as a co-defendant. Neither of them amounted to anything but the experience was essentially...

  5. Being Deposed - Help!

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    So true. I've been deposed twice in my career and I think I make a pretty good witness for the facility. I stuck very closely to the script and was a man of few words (for once). Following this...

  6. How to deal with a bully patient?

    JayHanig replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    You should adjust your attitude about being fired by PITA patients who fire you. It's a gift; one you should encourage in your worst patients. If I had a patient that I could not satisfy no matter...

  7. How to deal with a bully patient?

    JayHanig replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    As a permanent float pool nurse, I can tell you definitively I was not there to accept the patients that nobody else wanted. I was there so you wouldn't have to take care of 14 patients each that...

  8. How to deal with a bully patient?

    JayHanig replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have much patience for that kind of crap. If a patient doesn't want what I'm offering, he doesn't have to have it. If a bad outcome will result, I'll tell him and if he's still obstinate:...

  9. Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    JayHanig replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I worked nights, I used to have a manager who'd call me in the middle of my sleep period to try to guilt me into coming in at 1500 instead of 2300. "What 're you doing?", she'd ask....

  10. How to Handle a Bully as a Supervisor

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    While I agree with what everybody has written here, be very careful to hand out the discipline evenly to all those under your supervision. If I were the LPN, my first response to all the...

  11. New Nurse Needs Time Management Tips

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I feel your pain. I do. I used to go home every night feeling terrible about myself because I couldn't keep up. So I started to cheat. I won't go into details about how I cheated because nursing...

  12. Hmm...that's nice

    JayHanig replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As both a patient and a RN, I tell the staff that I am a retired nurse, as is my girlfriend, just to let them know that they won 't have to talk down to me as a patient... that I understand what...

  13. Suspended for a Medication Error

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    God, I'm so glad I'm retired and don't have to put up with this crap any longer. I've been called into he office over mistakes like this; even got fired once for a similar thing. At the point where I...

  14. Flu Shot or Mask?

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Have you seen 20-40 million of them? That's how many died in the flu pandemic of 1918-1919. You might want to reconsider your thoughts on this. We're not necessarily talking about a cold with...

  15. Flu Shot or Mask?

    JayHanig replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I always get the flu shot and so far have avoided ever getting the flu. As I age, the potential consequences of the disease become greater and greater and I have no desire to take that chance. I...

  16. What Do You Love About Nursing?

    JayHanig replied to Allison007's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully? I can't. The happiest day of my life was when I retired at the age of 56 and realized I would never have to work again. I had come to despise my job and my employer. I liked some of my...

  17. Low census--what do you do?

    JayHanig replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    We had a low census frequently because my hospital's reputation sucked. We went by who got called off last going to the bottom of the list but I was *always* happy to take it if nobody else wanted to...

  18. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    JayHanig replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Suits me. Enjoy your

  19. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    JayHanig replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    They can either be satisfied with my fat ass helping them or they can wait until tomorrow when somebody skinny might be assigned to them. Everybody else is

  20. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    JayHanig replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    This looks like it's just what you need. You'll have to be willing to move for at least a couple of years but you could potentially have you entire debt forgiven in under 4 years while getting paid...

  21. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    JayHanig replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    Times have changed, haven't they? I got my ADN free. All I had to pay for was books and my living expenses while I went to school. I had an employment obligation but was clear of that after two...

  22. Pyxis error

    JayHanig replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    Way too high. It's a shame you don't have malpractice insurance but that's water under the bridge now. If it makes you feel any better, I never carried it either. So I offered the advice since I'm...

  23. Pyxis error

    JayHanig replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    I have always said that if the attorney isn't willing to take the case on contingency, the case isn't winnable. He's not willing to bet his income against the result. That tells you all you need to...

  24. Being called an idiot

    JayHanig replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel your pain. Really, I do. I'm not inclined to let something like that slide but I tend to take the ninja approach. Assuming your doctors park outside, find out which car is his. Cover it...

  25. Pyxis error

    JayHanig replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    Why tell them you were terminated? Go to your board of nursing's website and verify your license. You will see what any prospective employer will see. I can't imagine your old hospital will tell...