caffeinatednurse BSN, RN

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    To fight or not to fight for a job after termination??

    caffeinatednurse replied to BProvence's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would not fight it. If the new DON doesn't want you there, you shouldn't want to be there...if you do somehow manage to get your job back, she will continue to look for reasons to terminate you, if...
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    Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    caffeinatednurse replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I do not want to stay in short term rehab/LTC forever, however, it fits for now. I would eventually like to go back to acute care, preferably step-down/PCU or
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    Older nurses

    caffeinatednurse replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    We have a ton of older nurses in LTC. There's maybe a handful of nurses who
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    Help! BON investigation

    caffeinatednurse replied to mamma23's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would get an attorney, ASAP. You need somebody on your side when you're dealing with the
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    Forgot to renew license

    caffeinatednurse replied to gr8nurse2you's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    One of my coworkers allowed this to happen - she worked a year with an expired license! Needless to say it became a discipline against her license (but not against her ability to practice). Hopefully...
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    Should high absenteeism be cause to be fired?

    caffeinatednurse replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is literally the exact same logic that my coworker (who calls in all of the time for BS reasons even though she knows it will leave her 11-7 nurse by themselves on the hall) uses when admin...
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    CNAs writing up nurses??

    caffeinatednurse replied to cuppa_tea's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our CNAs can't write up anyone. For that matter, neither can I. What we can do is write up a statement, give it to the ADON and let her handle the rest. She does the writing up, if any needs to take...
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    Within scope of practice?

    caffeinatednurse replied to bkchick's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No, it's not outside of your scope of practice. She respects your opinion - I would take that as a compliment. Over the past several months, I've built a good working relationship with one of our...
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    Transfering patients after a fall

    caffeinatednurse replied to NurseAgatha's topic in Rehabilitation

    It depends on the policy of your facility. It may be that your CNAs are more familiar with the policy, or maybe they're making it up as they go along - either way, you should definitely know the...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    caffeinatednurse replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Since I received a PM regarding this, I feel I should clarify: Our lab (associated w/a major hospital system) won't even test the sample for c. diff if it's formed. We get an automated rejection that...
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    What Is the Problem???

    caffeinatednurse replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I typically have less than 15 patients. I do all of the treatments, medications, input all new orders (since pharmacy likely won't or they'll put it in incorrectly) and call the doctor as needed for...
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    Building-wide burnout

    caffeinatednurse replied to notanumber's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We shift staff around depending on needs. For example, Hall 1 has the largest number of residents who are two assist and frequently want to go to bed immediately after dinner. Hall 3 has maybe two or...
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    Living without notice???

    caffeinatednurse replied to andromeda1981's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would personally stay with the first job. They've already taken a chance on you, they've provided you with 5 weeks of training, and working on a surgical floor for a year or two is going to help you...
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    My co-worker hates me for doing my job.

    caffeinatednurse replied to KwowRn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Never sign anything until after you've witnessed the wasting of the narcotic. Otherwise, you could sign and then they could inform you that they already wasted it, but you didn't see it...thus, you...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    caffeinatednurse replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Not mine, but one of my coworkers sent a formed (as in, fully formed) stool specimen to the lab for a c-diff
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    caffeinatednurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have one year of experience and I am also a formerly stale new grad. I feel like this forum is reflecting what is going on in my current workplace. I have oriented 3 nurses in the past 3...
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    Working as an RN while in FNP school

    caffeinatednurse replied to yoganurse22's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would rather work three 12 hour shifts per week while in school. I currently work five eight hour shifts and I am in the process of advocating to switch my scheduled back to 12 hour
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    You're not going to pull that on me

    caffeinatednurse replied to TeenyTiny's topic in General Nursing

    My short term rehab pts are the worse for this. Not a day goes by where I don't have to explain to a pt that no, I'm actually not here to spoon feed you pain pills. You actually do need to get up and...
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    Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    caffeinatednurse replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You will see everything (and I do mean everything) in short term rehab units, especially if they're part of a larger LTC community or retirement community - after all, these people want to come back...
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    Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    caffeinatednurse replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same here. When I started LTC/rehab, I got a raise. Plus, my facility isn't afraid to pay me for my OT, whereas the hospital I worked at expected me to clock out and
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    In desperate need of advice...being bullied at work.

    caffeinatednurse replied to HeatherRNLove's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I see two issues here: 1. Nurses who are not completing tasks during their shift, and delegating them to you. 2. Nurses making what time you clock out part of their business. Both are easy to fix. The...
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    New RN seeking advice

    caffeinatednurse replied to Nursetaylor3's topic in General Nursing

    Try not to worry about what you're "forgetting." Keep reading and learning about those medical conditions and medications you encounter at work of course, but realize that nursing is a life long...
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    Is this a normal patient load for one nurse?

    caffeinatednurse replied to Rivalicious's topic in General Nursing

    That workload sounds insane. I work LTC and the ratio is usually 1:15 (short term rehab, skilled LTC unit) but can go as high as 1:27 (AL - but these guys are A&OX3-4 and usually stand at my cart...
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    New nurse advise

    caffeinatednurse replied to teronfloyd's topic in General Nursing

    Try not to think about how many people are actually in your care. Then rinse and repeat. In all seriousness, you become accustom to taking care of a large patient load by yourself. You even become...
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    Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    caffeinatednurse replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I currently work on a short term rehab unit in a LTC facility. Do you know where a majority of my patients discharge from? ICUs, PCUs and trauma care units. That's right, when all of the "impressive"...