AutumnApple

M/S, Pulmonary, Travel, Homecare, Psych.

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    5 Reasons Nurses Get Fired and How to Avoid Them

    AutumnApple replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Good article. I most certainly agree that things like charting accurately get blurry when we're working with our noses to the grindstone. Sometimes it's just to easy to sign those rounding boards...
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    AutumnApple replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My advice is to go into the specialty that you want. Dismiss any inclinations that you must "Learn your basic skills on a general floor first." I did M/S to start, but I did so because I wanted to....
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    Mandatory Uniforms

    AutumnApple replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I prefer "general guidelines" with regards to uniforms. Without some boundary in place, people just go too far with what they wear. I can sit here and give example after example of this but most...
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    LTC nurses having to do CNA work all day

    AutumnApple replied to Kac718's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes and no. Some nurses can do this and some can't. Be the one who can. It's not about refusing to help, it's about prioritizing your duties and drawing the line where it needs drawn. "Up to and...
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    In the ICU, do you get a tech?

    AutumnApple replied to Blondekristi's topic in Critical Care

    A lot of ICU's don't have techs/CNA's at all. Or, if they do have them, they aren't allowed in the rooms.......they just run for supplies and make deliveries and such. If a nurse needs help, another...
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    First job after LPN licensing & Being treated with disrespect!

    AutumnApple replied to Mary0000's topic in General Nursing

    Just a little side note of advice: Don't show this "I want to do pt care and this is not it" side of yourself at work. Even if it's true. Things are bound to get taken to a place you don't want to...
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    Sitting out another station

    AutumnApple replied to Anon143's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's not about whether anything has happened (yet). It's about them having to explain that no nurse was directly on the unit when something (and it will) does happen. It's like wearing the seat belt....
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    LTC nurses having to do CNA work all day

    AutumnApple replied to Kac718's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There's a large gap between helping and "doing for" that often gets overlooked in situations like this. You're not helping, you're doing the work for them. Not the same thing. They're "helping" you....
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    DON on cart

    AutumnApple replied to arainh20's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    When I managed a unit, I never took cart (specifically). I did other things to allow the floor staff to have a more manageable task load though. Admits, QC rounds (the fridge temps and such, the...
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    Dealing with a childish coworker?

    AutumnApple replied to LPNewbie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The bold part above is in-congruent. There is more to "Doing your job" as a nurse than performing a safe med pass. (Gasp) There are nurses who never go anywhere near medication...
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    Trash talk

    AutumnApple replied to 01928437's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Every facility and unit within it has it's "identity". It's like a different culture almost. A med/surge unit I worked on was obsessed with was obsessed with making sure anyone who wanted a bible...
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    Dealing with a childish coworker?

    AutumnApple replied to LPNewbie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And by falling for his "My behavior is your problem" tactics, you've become his enabler. Very hard to break that cycle once it starts. The sooner you do it, the easier it will be. Be civil, not...
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    Dealing with a childish coworker?

    AutumnApple replied to LPNewbie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses are professionals. Professionals are expected to have a certain level of self control and to be able to suit their responses/actions to the situation and what it calls for (as opposed to...
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    I hate being a nurse and i'm about to graduate

    AutumnApple replied to Newtons's topic in General Students

    Often on this site I see people giving the advice to "Be a nurse's aid while you're in school." I've always considered this flawed advice. While, at first glance, it seems to make perfect sense, I...
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    rehired after terminated for attendance

    AutumnApple replied to AlmostRN2018's topic in Nursing Career

    I've seen things like this happen, yes. It has nothing to do with your performance though. The people who were rehired were brought in for very specific reasons: * They knew the right people. *...
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    Former drug addicts becoming nurses?

    AutumnApple replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove." Well, assuming she's not lied and such to manipulate background checks, she's done nothing reportable. Even if you suspect she has manipulated the...
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    Advice for a New Grad

    AutumnApple replied to FishBones's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a travel nurse, this place tried to put me in charge literally the my first day there. I didn't even know where the restroom was yet, much less what their med pass system was. I declined...
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    Are you discerning with your "likes"?

    AutumnApple replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    You could totally watch the latest "IT" and not be bothered. It (no pun intended) was not all that exciting. Totally try it (pun intended), let us
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    Baffled.

    AutumnApple replied to SilenceintheLibrary's topic in General Nursing

    Hmph. I started to leave this alone, but lets go there. No one else has mentioned this so I want to bring a new perspective to this all. I have had to mediate more than my share of employee on...
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    Company removed all chairs

    AutumnApple replied to Hnurse101's topic in General Nursing

    You beat me to it. Although, I was gonna be a smarty pants about it and say "Vote with those sore
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    I hate this

    AutumnApple replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. You're current unit is exhausting and you can't do it full time. So you want to go part time. BUT. You have to change units to be part time. You don't want to change units because...
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    NY Mandates "BSN in 10"

    AutumnApple replied to TAKOO01's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend from NY and she said the mandate wasn't a big deal "Because everyone worth working for was requiring them anyway." So, even if it was not mandated, you had to have it or you'd be...
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    First time posters

    AutumnApple replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Reminds me of something the person orienting to my current unit (psych) told me: "You have to feel your way with some of them. Not everyone is here to get better or to solve *their* problems. Many...
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    AutumnApple replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of makes me think of the gymnastics scandal going on. How Gymnastics USA tricked so many people into being
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    AutumnApple replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Meh, I don't get to pick who my coworkers are. Sure, there are exceptions but I do believe them to be outliers. But thats just me. What I seem to see more often than not is: Women's attitudes...