faithkindness

faithkindness has 2 years experience.

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1. Do women find male nurses attractive?

   faithkindness replied to Sykadia's topic in Men

   I am glad you asked. Of the first few male nurses I met in school, 1 was gay, the rest clearly hetero (you describe yourself as clearly hetero too). Most women have no trouble sensing the difference. Going out on a limb here, I think most men recogni...

2. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

   faithkindness replied to faithkindness's topic in Safety

   Very helpful! And I am motivated to help change the process. Thank you so very much for your supportive comments and recommendations. Kind Regards.

3. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

   faithkindness replied to faithkindness's topic in Safety

   Thank you. Hope you are wrong about the toast prediction.

4. Forced to resign, new grad with only 1 year of experinece.

   faithkindness replied to Elan84's topic in General Nursing

   I empathise with you and the punitive way your mistakes were handled by management. Having worked as a nurse for 2 years, I see this strategy is used frequently and many coworkers and members on this site accept the status quo. People say things lik...

5. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

   faithkindness replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

   Your article is very helpful and your kind tone is so encouraging to me. I wish I could learn from you how to get all of this detail done. I like to do it; I know it's important. I don't want to do lose a patient. However, I am still struggling with ...

6. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

   faithkindness replied to faithkindness's topic in Safety

   Yes, that is true. There was so much going on. I was also concentrating on getting all meds and treatments passed and communicating patient specific issues to direct care staff. Starting this week, I am writing every little detailed discrepancy down...

7. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

   faithkindness replied to faithkindness's topic in Safety

   Thank you for your time and your thoughtful comments. I am struggling with the hard line reasoning of 1) med errors warranting punishment; 2) pulling a med error out of the context of all the factors at play when that error occurred. Recognizing the...

8. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Anonymous does an excellent job of describing many broken and dangerous aspects of our health care system. Thank you for inspiring this discussion and motivating change. I would like to add an analogy that may help patients and healthy employees rec...

9. Advice on Challenging a Write-Up?

   faithkindness posted a topic in Safety

   Patient rec'd correct drops but MAR was never corrected and large group of nurses and medtechs were all issued a written warnings for failing to maintain 5 Rights. I would like to challenge this action as inappropriate and have all write-ups expunged...

10. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and I would add that citizens and lawmakers along with patients and their families would benefit from improvements to many healthcare environments. I think budgets are tight because many processes are broke and poor conditions feed higher cos...

11. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    faithkindness replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    As a fairly new nurse, 2 years experience in SNF/Indep. Living, I see what you describe in the SNF setting. I would add to your thoughts, my belief that we must organize patients, families, nurses, lawmakers, lawyers, and others at the state level to...

12. what is a good way to ask for help on-the-job?

    faithkindness posted a topic in General Nursing

    There are several skills that I have very little experience with since graduation (RN). I would like to ask a co-worker or manager to accompany me the next time I have to perform these skills. What is a good way to ask for this kind of assistance?