JayHanig

JayHanig

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  1. Recent ADN Grad : Should I pursue an RN job while working on getting my BSN?

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

    I have always advocated what you are doing. Here's my thinking: When you graduate with your BSN, you will have 4+ years of actual experience and 4+ years of salary in your pocket. That is money I...

  2. Pyxis error

    JayHanig replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    If they wouldn't give her access to her own car, it must be so the police could have it instead. I assume they got called. I hope you gave your fingerprints willingly when you said you never go to...

  3. Doctor stole my stethoscope

    JayHanig replied to ayejay09's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you treasure something, you mark it. I clipped a dog tag to mine and never had it walk

  4. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    JayHanig replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Ultimately what somebody gets paid is the point of equilibrium between what an employer thinks the work is worth and what an employee thinks their time is worth. You cannot set an artificial level...

  5. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    JayHanig replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I find it difficult to get all worked up over excessive minimum wages. All their proponents do is price their unskilled constituents out of the labor market. $15 X 0 hours = zero pay. Ten years...

  6. Can I ask to work exclusively day shifts?

    JayHanig replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked all three shifts and I think you're looking at this only from your own point of view. Not every nurse sees the evening or the night shift as something they got stuck with. Each shift has...

  7. Although Women Dominate the Nursing Profession, Do Men Make More Money?

    JayHanig replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    You sure could have fooled me. I must have been cheated. I worked my last five years as a weekender. They paid me a published hourly wage and as far as I know, every weekender got the same. The...

  8. New Grad - Should I let my prospective employer know I plan on going to med school?

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

    I wouldn't say one word about medical school until you have an acceptance letter from one of them in your hand. It may or may not happen but that's not your current problem. Your current problem is...

  9. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    JayHanig replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Since interest rates being paid these days are so low, I'd reverse the order: pay off the student loan first since its interest rates are probably higher than what your savings would earn. That...

  10. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    JayHanig replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let me say something about your car. When all is said and done, that car is paid for. All it costs you is gas and oil, insurance, and the occasional repair. You can buy a LOT of repairs for what...

  11. "Your job is to make me happy"

    JayHanig replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a coffee mug which addresses this very issue: "I'm here to save your ass; not kiss

  12. I made a medication error - Now what???

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

    I tend to be very systematic with a lot of dogmatic routine. Why? It's not because of my successes! It's because of my mistakes. I do two things when I've made an error: 1) Own up to it. The...

  13. Lied to in Interview

    JayHanig replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    What makes you think the dialysis manager doesn't already know the reputation of the place you're at now? Nurses talk... there are no secrets. I always knew which places to avoid like the plague....

  14. Lied to in Interview

    JayHanig replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I have run into this before and have definite ideas. You are right to be upset that they lied to you; the nurse you just replaced offered a clear example of the ideal solution to this sort of...

  15. My husband doesn't want me on ALLNURSES

    JayHanig replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    If it's anonymous, how does he even know a posting is yours? What he doesn't know won't hurt

  16. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

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

    You mean like q1Hr nursing checks? Personally, I never missed a single one but that was only because I was a superior nurse. I believe those other people were all

  17. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

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

    The best way around that is a to-do list combined with a willingness for subterfuge. The med cart may be able to report when you took the meds out but perhaps not when you actually give them. If...

  18. Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

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

    Time to find a new employer if it bothers you. Who wants to work under Big

  19. Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    JayHanig replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    There is a product called Ozium that is quite effective. You can buy it in cans small enough to keep in a pocket for those especially toxic situations. I find it not nearly as offensive as Glade in...

  20. Would you report possible diversion?

    JayHanig replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Diversion of narcotics pushes a very special button on me. I was once a multi-trauma courtesy of an airplane crash. I was out of work for almost a year and a half recovering and the experience had a...

  21. Terminated for HIPAA Violation - Difficulty Getting Another Job

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

    You know, it's stuff like that black list that make me so glad I'm out of this now. And once you're no longer trying to get or keep a job, it's very liberating. Feel free to point out the nasty...

  22. Terminated for HIPAA Violation - Difficulty Getting Another Job

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

    Having been fired before, I can tell you that your past employer isn't going to tell the future employer that you were terminated. As Beth said, all they're likely to give out are your dates of...

  23. New to Night Shift - How will I survive??

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

    A pretty good article. I worked nights for several years and my rules were: 1) If you work nights, you work nights. You don't work a rotating shift. 2) Keep your wake/sleep hours the same whether...

  24. Are too many certifications a bad thing?

    JayHanig replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When I read the earlier comment which inspired your response, all I could think about was somebody with an inferioritiy complex who has overcompensated with numerous letters to sign after his/her name...

  25. How to Reconcile Missing Narcotics

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

    No way, Jose. I understand why the other nurse might do it, but to take out something that is not his/her responsibility to give is dumb at best. The possibility for those narcotics to later...