Gooselady BSN, RN

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    Working For A Struggling Hospital In An..

    Gooselady replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    That is so well said :) A really good vent that everyone can relate to. How are nurses and doctors 'pushing back'? Is it helping, or changing anything, or . . .? It sounds like your facility was...
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    What did I do wrong?

    Gooselady replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wonder how common this kind of med delivery 'system' is used in LTC? When I did CNA work prior to RN I didn't come within ten feet of a pill except the ones I found in the bed or rolling around on...
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    Just had an interview

    Gooselady replied to harley91013's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nope :) I've been 'hired on the spot' maybe twice out of six or seven jobs (including those I didn't stay at very long). The rest of the time I had to wait. It takes time to call the references,...
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    Charge nurse needing suggestions!

    Gooselady replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I understand you are looking for a fix, to turn this around. I just don't believe, by experience, that it's possible for YOU to, without a lot of management support, 'fix' this. You are coping with...
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    Mean and Ruthless Nurses who are receiving your report

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

    Yep. It's really obvious when you look at it with this in mind. This 'oppressiveness' hanging over the heads of nurses is coped with differently, and some folks have a harder time with the 'self...
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    Patient complaints

    Gooselady replied to brrrr83's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sit down with your manager, initiate a talk with him/her yourself. You ARE concerned about this, and it will look 'good' for you to be taking the initiative here. This is true for everyone -- we are...
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    I need some advice about being a patient!

    Gooselady replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure ANY nurse, once hearing of your concerns, will fall all over themselves to help you find ways to stay clean AND get in there and make sure you are clean :) :) That's the worst humiliation,...
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    Getting report during change of shift

    Gooselady replied to CTnewgrad826's topic in General Nursing

    We also had an 'unspoken' policy, developed in a committee of RNs from the floors and ER, that we would not accept report in the half hour during shift change. This only held true for the 12 hour (7a...
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    New grad RN

    Gooselady replied to Tbajeux2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If your patient codes, call the code team and send someone out for the crashcart :) If your patient chokes, call the rapid response or code team and send someone for the crashcart :) When you are new...
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    I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    Gooselady replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    What's the issue? Dress codes are universal. This is not a place to take a stand. It sounded like a fairly effective email, it didn't single anyone out, and those who DO dress per dress code can...
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    Any tips on survival?

    Gooselady replied to DonnaHurst's topic in General Students

    Let's see . . . I dumped a full 20 oz cup of coffee and creamer on the carpet during my first nursing class :) That I can still remember it (and what I was wearing) says a lot about how worked up I...
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    Rude coworkers

    Gooselady replied to djroxy05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What an excellent point. Co-workers are not a different breed than the patients, we're all human beings and if you are in a hospital -- you are in extremis (yes, being a nurse counts). The people...
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    have you ever caught norovirus from work or a patient?

    Gooselady replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

    It is that time of year! January and Feb. Yes, I did get noro from a patient -- I got sick for a solid six days, and when I came back to work at least one other nurse had been flattened by it. The...
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    I'm getting discouraged

    Gooselady replied to NurseAlzar's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What KIND of questions are you getting wrong? Are they in a certain area like pharmacology, obgyn . . .? If not that, are the questions you miss 'similar' in some other way? It's been 23 plus years...
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    Rude coworkers

    Gooselady replied to djroxy05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By ignoring it. First off, step back a bit and see how you took tone and a facial expression to MEAN SO MUCH, to mean this nurse thought you were an idiot. You supplied the details to this. The...
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    Scenario interview questions

    Gooselady replied to RN-PD's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think it's becoming more common. In my first hospital job, we had to take and PASS a test that asked questions like this. About half of us 'flunked' (got below 80%) and we had to retake it. Most...
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    what else can I do? (burned out)

    Gooselady replied to soybeck's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You've been around long enough to know the grass is not always greener somewhere else, especially LTC. My hospital 'let go' of all the LPNs last August, just one day announced they were being laid...
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    As if I am not busy enough!

    Gooselady replied to NJstudent2012's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LOLOL!! I know, I know, not funny when it's happening! You should have whipped out your crochet hooks and given her real time demonstration. Or tried to convince her to KNIT instead, but only use...
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    SNF/LTC new nurse needs advice

    Gooselady replied to Bunnybop's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What medications MUST be given daily? is actually a question outside your practice -- but of course as a nurse, we know these things because we're nurses. The 'take away' for you is that you follow...
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    new job, clearances

    Gooselady replied to tenhunderd's topic in General Nursing

    New employers will do their own background checks. I am just coming onboard a job where I didn't have to get a 'physical'. I was gobsmacked. No physical or drug test?? I'm not getting medical...
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    Shaken up by reaction to a patient

    Gooselady replied to jenfro's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you think you are avoiding her? I'm gonna guess you had a 'trauma' moment when you were surprised and shocked seeing her in ICU. Wanting to avoid her now is a perfectly normal response to...
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    Living through going to barcode scanning

    Gooselady replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Scanning takes all 5 Rights into account and prevents human error. We first scanned the patient's wrist band, then the medication. The 5 Rights are a done deal at that point besides also recording...
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    This probably will come across to most of you as a typical vent, but its not

    Gooselady replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They call this 'cognitive distortions', cuz 'always', 'everything' etc aren't. Absolutes are very, very rare. The main reason to point it out is that it comes back to bite the NURSE in the hiney, in...
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    anxiety about an occurance report

    Gooselady replied to Katniss88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I cringed and winced all the way through reading this. That's exactly how you feel, from rushing to 'please' the doctor and yourself with ninja IV skillz to sick and humiliated. On top of the world...
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    Charge nurse needing suggestions!

    Gooselady replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The difficulties you mention are 'older' than your position, and sound entrenched, like it's been OK to whine and protest your assignment for quite a while. The 'culture' you entered into is already...