Gooselady BSN, RN

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    I feel like I caused harm to pt

    Gooselady replied to psmithlove's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm really sorry this happened to you too, and I sincerely hope your manager investigates this 'preceptor'. As far as I know, ya CAN'T work independently IF you have a preceptor LOL. I have a...
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    general question needing guidance

    Gooselady replied to mamaw k's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm really sorry this happened to you, that is like living through one of the top ten nurse's nightmare When I took my first hospital job, I was struck by how VIGILANT the nursing staff were about a...
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    getting unwanted advice from non-nursing staff

    Gooselady replied to onthemark's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I want to work with a whole unit full of this OP :) I had a charge nurse who was a yeller when I was a new nurse. Somehow I buckled down and pulled her aside and asked that if I did something wrong...
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    yelled at by doctor at another patient bedside

    Gooselady replied to RadioJenn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You did an amazing job handling that doctor's abusive behavior. Don't think for a second just anyone can stay so Zen at times like these, you have a rare talent and this will serve you well...
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    Exclusive pumping/hospital RNs that pump

    Gooselady replied to CharmantUn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with three gals with new babies that used the hands-free breast pumps at work. They'd take off their top, put on a patient johnny, get their lunch ready, apply the pumps and off they'd go!...
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    Do you get sick alot working as a nurse?

    Gooselady replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

    The older I get, the less I'm tolerating stuff so if I'm not exactly SICK, I've strained my back easier, my right knee blew out (but recuperated without surgery thank gawd), and I don't get over the...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Gooselady replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I am completely on board with the OP's assessment of the way things are. I am NOT clear on how experienced nurses are being 'forced out' for inexperienced, cheaper nurses. How is this happening? We...
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    Home ventilators

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    Lithium batteries for laptops and iPads and iPhones etc go 'bad' if allowed to sit for long periods of time 'dead'. I remember being told to allow the Li battery in whatever gizmo I had to 'go dead'...
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    Family member in the hospital

    Gooselady replied to Apples&Oranges's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You can't do ANYTHING to adjust or influence how another person 'takes' you. That's actually good news, a huge relief, as I well know, having spent most of my life trying as hard as I could to...
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    What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    Gooselady replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Aw c'mon, never let an opportunity go by to encourage a nurse to take a chill pill :) Especially when it will make focusing on patient care so much
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I don't think we could possibly know this family's TRUE motivation and are only displaying judgmental ignorance when we insist we do. It's too complicated. I'm not saying $$$$ isn't in the mix, it...
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    Preceptor Problems - Advice needed

    Gooselady replied to dragonfire123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This might be a bit tricky . . . but could you maneuver a meeting with the nurse manager and this preceptor under the auspices of 'her concerns' that you are 'half baked' (fer gawd's sake what a thing...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Guilt makes people do funny things too as does grief that hasn't been allowed to run its
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    Home ventilators

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you everyone! I've been gently pressuring the new nurse manager about training, and I would be able to work an 'orientation' shift in the home. In the meantime I've watched and bookmarked some...
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    Work in it...or is living it enough?

    Gooselady replied to melme's topic in Addictions

    I can see your concern, and admire your caution. But, go for it! You aren't going into it 'blind' or with a barely concealed desire to cure all the addicts. I did psych for 17 years, four of them in...
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    do you wash your hair every day?

    Gooselady replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Remember microbiology? Where you were given a petri dish and told to take a swab from somewhere, a door knob (that was my choice), one guy did his arm pit (grew colorful yeasts). I only got ONE...
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    Did anyone judge you for being a male nurse?

    Gooselady replied to ddane94's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can honestly say I have NEVER been discriminated against for being a male nurse. Not one single solitary time :) Another thing to be grateful
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    He was not declared brain dead, but persistent vegetative state I believe -- the literal difference between life and death. "Locked in" is apparently what happened to this now young man. "Gone"...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Imagine that, being a GAL for a dead child.
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Maybe. But I hadn't thought of the aftermath of Jahi being declared 'alive' again, and what lawsuits may come from such a ruling. And you are right, it would set a precedent that I'd dread seeing...
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    CNA claims to be a nurse - what to do?

    Gooselady replied to tinaroselpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unless she is lying on the job or to obtain some undeserved authority in her BEHAVIOR as a non nurse, then I'd ignore it. It's none of your business -- in that it's not worth it to you to get...
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    Having a hard time making "friends" with colleagues

    Gooselady replied to nurse1990's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I disagree that it 'shouldn't matter' if you feel frozen out by the other nurses. It does matter. Your co-workers are people you need to be able to rely upon and vice versa. I don't understand that...
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    Nursing Culture

    Gooselady replied to arborguy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sounds like homework! I'm all about education, and if you will be a nurse one day this is a good topic to have some convictions about. Different people will give different ideas -- but beneath all...
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    Cost of Nurse Residency Program

    Gooselady replied to Butterfly922's topic in General Nursing

    I know you are desperate for work but this isn't even promising you a position. I've never heard of such a thing. Who would have thought to make money off of unemployed new grad nurses? I'm...
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    No shift differential

    Gooselady replied to KSjo88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, shift and weekend differential pay is more of a hospital thing. I do private duty 12 hr noc shifts, with no differential, no nuthin'. But I have ONE adorable little boy for a patient and here...