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  1. Volunteer to Help Nurses

    hewert posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there - I'm a retired pharmacist who would like to volunteer at a hospital. Please bear with me as I might have some trouble articulating this, but my idea would be to volunteer to aid floor...

  2. Suspended for a Medication Error

    hewert replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Verbal orders are prone to errors. The trend is to require all med orders to be written by the prescriber with the exception of "urgent" orders. What is your hospital's policy on this? If you were...

  3. Preceptor From Hell-Need Advice

    hewert replied to Breycn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You got lucky! Nasty people are a gift. You are probably really busy right now, but use some of the free time you do have to study how to get along with difficult people. It can be done. Learn this...

  4. Being called an idiot

    hewert replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    this is a little long, but please read (it's from Steven Covey): ""I remember a mini-Paradigm Shift I experienced one Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting quietly -- some...

  5. Nurses Humilated - Illinois

    hewert replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are understaffed and overworked......why can't management get

  6. Should I quit if the job doesn't fit??

    hewert replied to RoadRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Should you stay and suck it up? Naw - that never works. But if you truly want to work with these patients, you might attempt to make your situation better. Talk to the PA and MA and find out why they...

  7. "Your job is to make me happy"

    hewert replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    hmm....why was the patient unhappy to begin

  8. "Your job is to make me happy"

    hewert replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Come on - you know you are not going to be happy by creating an adversarial relationship with a

  9. "Your job is to make me happy"

    hewert replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Usually, a comment like that, or like the OP's gets then\m a blank,non descript stare, and a therapeutic "Oh,........., I see........ There you go! Plunge and move

  10. "Your job is to make me happy"

    hewert replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There you go! Plunge and move

  11. "Your job is to make me happy"

    hewert replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's two of the things I have learned from many years of dealing with people........ 1. Never engage - defuse. This means don't continue on the track they have started. I might say "Oh honey, I...