Gooselady BSN, RN

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    What to do when your manager is the bully.....

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

    Why so? The reason I brought it up is that an EAP is already in the system, knows they system, will have some knowledge of how to navigate the system and this all adds up to helping the OP make a...
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    What to do

    Gooselady replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the first poster -- you are having physical problems that are interfering with your job. That is 'aside' to the issue of the horrible morale on that rotation and being hung up on by the...
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    Deliberate sabotage?

    Gooselady replied to greenerpastures's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of scary administration is going on in this place? Anybody remember the move "Gaslight"? Your manager sounds like the husband, intentionally messing with things in the house so the wife...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Even if there is a God that would send people to Hell simply for not 'believing in him' I would refuse to believe in him on principle. I spend as little time as possible feeding into people's...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Macawake said: That is a really good point. I've not thought of 'free will' in that context before. Sam Harris wrote a book about our lack of free will, which mostly went over my head, but what you...
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    Anonymous claim to BON...Psych Eval?

    Gooselady replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I obtained a cyberstalker due to my participation on a domestic violence forum. Every now and then, we'd get trolls just like every other internet forum. These special trolls were usually...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    This brings up why it is difficult for believers and nonbelievers to have respectful discussions (such as we are having now ? ) -- and we really, really need to discuss! I haven't refused faith,...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    My (limited, hearsay) understanding of this is Jahi said she was hungry the afternoon after surgery, when she was still probably NPO. She was given a bit of hamburger but couldn't swallow it due to...
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    What to do when your manager is the bully.....

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

    How about seeing an EAP? Is this an option you've considered? There are ways you can learn to cope with controllers or bullies -- within reason. Since it seems very important that you stay where...
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    Anxious wreck of a new grad

    Gooselady replied to regerterb's topic in General Nursing

    Right here is where you are going sideways :) The 'blamed for it' part. You are being way too hard on yourself, and possibly are projecting a lot of that onto your coworkers. Ask me how I know...
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    Pain relief without fostering addiction

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Narcotics affect individuals differently. I 'discovered' this when I was the nurse supervisor at a chemical dependency hospital. I've taken Lortab or Vicodin, got a terrible stomach cramp, got...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    What I'm not sure of just yet is if it is harmful, immediately or eventually, to insist upon a creator when a creator has been demonstrated to be unnecessary. If there really IS a creator, why not...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    How hard is what to figure out? So far, science (in all its manifestations) has been able to discover and understand the natural causes for many things once attributed to gods (like thunder and Thor)....
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    Please help, decision time - Job choice

    Gooselady replied to Vwpenn's topic in Nursing Career

    The idea of a five day work week and an 80 mile commute to and from sounds exactly like a nightmare to me! There are lots of nursing jobs where you can get away from 'bedside nursing' that are more in...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I've met a few individuals who don't appear to have that internal moral compass . . . but I agree with you in general, that morals sort of naturally occur and come from 'within' as a person is...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    Gooselady replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I loathe how litigious this society is too. There are appropriate times to litig and I believe this is one of them. After reading the CDC's Ebola protocol, and comparing how NOT available this...
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    Got dumped on by snow and nurse manager

    Gooselady replied to JenERally's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with the others. No official cancellation and you showed up for a mandatory meeting? I don't know if you are under a union contract or if that even matters -- most hospitals 'grant'...
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    Bullying

    Gooselady replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter what you label her behavior. If you were to give a label to it, a good label is 'punishment'. She is 'punishing' you, getting you back in a petty and unprofessional manner, as if...
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    When we become the patient

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap! Get well soon :) Nothing like this to remind us of what's important . . . and put perspective on all the rest of it. Sending healing vibes your way
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    at loss........

    Gooselady replied to RNatloss's topic in General Nursing

    I think you may not have 'bombed' your interview as badly as you think. Not everyone is 'good' at 'performing' during an interview, and an experienced manager knows that. Confidence during an...
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    Calling an MD during night shift

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

    Doctors go through years and years of training that clues them in DIRECTLY that when they are on call, their time (sleep, eat, family, whatever) is open to being interrupted. This is what I keep in...
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    DCDs and the one who should not be. What do you do?

    Gooselady replied to blinky's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The only reason she could 'pull something out on you' is if you've actually DONE something she could pull out on you :) If you can't think of anything you've actually done wrong that could bite you in...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    Gooselady replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I figured there must be. I had the same thoughts after 9/11, where were the Muslims condemning their 'brethren's' murderousness? I watch and read news from every angle, and either the media has not...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    I get what you are saying :) It's always interesting how different people 'get' different things from reading the same post. I sensed Emergent was being hyperbolic, exaggerating to make some kind of...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    Gooselady replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    People CAN'T get that obese without some kind of metabolic disorder. Medical science is just beginning to isolate gene areas and map brain areas having to do with appetite/satisfaction, and are...