vintagegal

vintagegal BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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  1. RN Claims to Be An LPN To Avoid Certain Tasks

    vintagegal replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The good ol’ traveler trick: “I don’t know where that is and at my old work we never did

  2. Reported to the BON for cellphone usage?

    vintagegal replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In hospice, I frequently take my phone out to have the patients listen to music while I chart at bedside. It’s all their preference, mostly play oldies or classical. I can’t imagine this was...

  3. Resident Thinks I’m A Fake Nurse

    vintagegal replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    This is an HR situation. this is discrimination against you, who has a disability. If the residents behavior isn’t corrected now, he will continue to harass people later

  4. Med Error

    vintagegal replied to Rada's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it is prudent to stop and think before proceeding. I am very surprised this patient did not have a bad outcome, as 900 units of insulin is an insane amount to give, especially via IV....

  5. "Any Nurse Is Allowed to Step Up"

    vintagegal replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Hence why I will not work salary as an RN or be a nurse

  6. Can I Take Adderall as an RN?

    vintagegal replied to SNgirl21's topic in General Nursing

    We all have these feelings when we first start out, it’s normal. You will miss things, you will think to yourself “man I should have done this instead of that”. And that Will continue throughout...

  7. Can I Take Adderall as an RN?

    vintagegal replied to SNgirl21's topic in General Nursing

    What’s more unsafe … taking a medication to help you focus and be aware of critical changes with your patients or not taking the med and being all over the place ? I say, take your meds! No shame...

  8. Abuse Accusations

    vintagegal replied to Jess0418's topic in General Nursing

    When you start feeling uncomfortable at your place of employment…. LEAVE. Before poop hits the fan. If you can’t trust your management team, you become the fall guy. This whole thing is...

  9. War on Nurses

    vintagegal replied to dareese's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My viewpoint may be a little different than most… I think we as a society need to triage patients effectively, and provide them other alternative health care options besides going to the...

  10. How to handle difficult co workers when you're the new kid on the block?

    vintagegal replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Just ignore them when they are throwing a tantrum. One of my co workers goes passive aggressive and won’t talk to anyone for days. I return the favor and don’t try to engage it. Ultimately...

  11. Do you ever feel the need to defend other coworkers?

    vintagegal replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    In your position, you have to look into any concerns that are brought to your attention regardless of what your own opinions are. That is part of being a manager. If you were a floor nurse, you...

  12. Do you ever feel the need to defend other coworkers?

    vintagegal replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    We’re all adults here. Let her defend herself unless there is an actual investigation to which you know the facts that would prove her non-involvement. Like say there was a fall with critical...

  13. CNA's Are Tired Of Laziness

    vintagegal replied to mlmckenzie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with you but will say there is two sides to every pancake. When I worked LTC the roles were reversed and the CNAs were the ones who were cutting corners. Call lights going off and everyone...

  14. Writing “poop” is unprofessional?

    vintagegal replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Who reads everyone’s chart notes that carefully? Someone who is looking for something to *** at. Look, I wouldn’t have written poop, but I also wouldn’t work for someone who would write me up...

  15. Newly Licensed RN, No Experience, Graduated 10 Years Ago

    vintagegal replied to hopefulnurse311's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know who is always and I mean ALWAYS looking for nurses? Skilled nursing facilities/ nursing homes. It’s a great job, very rewarding, and you will then have the experience to get another job...

  16. Patient Abandonment

    vintagegal replied to jung park's topic in General Nursing

    That’s when you say, “im feeling very ill I need to go home right away”. They have to let you leave if you feel sick, due to covid

  17. Day one and I feel like a bad nurse

    vintagegal replied to Ladycinder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you were losing sleep over it, I would have called the nurse in charge of the patient at night and just ran the idea past them. “I noticed earlier the potassium was a little low, not dreadfully,...

  18. Epic HIPAA violation

    vintagegal replied to EmNightShamala's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Who has enough time to be sitting around doing this anyways

  19. Dear Nurse That wanted to know if pt had a bm... (venting)

    vintagegal replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Any job with little oversight fosters prideful egos. And what little supervision we all have is from nurses who haven’t been down in the trenches for while so they are very disconnected. Now this...

  20. Posting on Social Media

    vintagegal replied to Kellyjustkelly's topic in General Nursing

    Don’t add gasoline to the proverbial fire. you had a choice to be quiet and ignore it. You could have called her on the phone or talked to her privately. If you completely ignored this on...

  21. Can you hold medications without a doctor's order?

    vintagegal replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve very rarely had to hold a med. I let the provider know the reason, and in all the cases I’ve had they’ve DCd and put them on something

  22. Passive Hostility Between Workplace Departments

    vintagegal replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Silver bells, if you are the nursing manager, why not walk straight up to them And ask if there is a problem? Not with hostility, but just ask them “as the nursing manager I want to ensure the best...

  23. Help!

    vintagegal replied to AnonymousGuest's topic in General Nursing

    For the love of all things holy, COUNT THE NARCS. And count them again, and count them one more time. If anything will get you a quick disgrace from a long time nursing career it is being careless...

  24. Patient going to complain against me?

    vintagegal replied to Bella345's topic in General Nursing

    I normally tell pts ahead of time what I think the doc is going to say, provided I know the physician well and am used to the orders. I had a pt with CHF and history of MI asking for...

  25. Patient Yelled At Me And I Feel Stupid

    vintagegal replied to RowRN_8855's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Remember, you are not obligated to answer any question. I once had someone tell me “you look like you’ve had a hard life”. without skipping a beat, I changed the subject to them. People...