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  1. help me stop making med errors!

    sjrn85 replied to BulkyMonster's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't think it's realistic to expect that another nurse be available to double-check every time this nurse needs to give meds. For heaven's sake, it's hard enough to get your own work done, let...

  2. Help! I think my boss is having an affair with a coworker

    sjrn85 replied to Mandylpn's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting how the DON lost her job, but the doc didn't. They both should have been out on their

  3. working on Christmas?

    sjrn85 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    The attitude posed by Dorimar is precisely one of the reasons I stopped doing all the holidays. This is not meant to flame her personally, but the post just is a perfect example of what I have put up...

  4. Help! I think my boss is having an affair with a coworker

    sjrn85 replied to Mandylpn's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Unless you've caught them in flagrante delicto, all you have are rumors and suppositions...not exactly enough to go to admin. about. Just pay attention to your patients, keep busy with your...

  5. working on Christmas?

    sjrn85 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, when I asked beforehand, they'd say, "Sure, just let me know whenever you need to be off." I'd tell them my working on the holiday was contingent on their helping me out in the future. Promises,...

  6. Help! I think my boss is having an affair with a coworker

    sjrn85 replied to Mandylpn's topic in General Nursing

    Advice? MYOB unless pt. care is

  7. Peds or Dermatology Nurses...Help please!

    sjrn85 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    This site is not for seeking medical advice; violates

  8. working on Christmas?

    sjrn85 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Precisely why I stopped doing it, too. Whenever I needed off for something it was, "Well, my kid has soccer/piano lessons/gymnastics/drama...yada, yada, yada." There was never any reciprocation;...

  9. ER bashing...where is the love??

    sjrn85 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    I've noticed it; there's really nothing to be done about it. I know where you're coming from, if that helps.

  10. working on Christmas?

    sjrn85 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    It's not an issue for me now, since I work in an amb. surg. ctr., so we're closed. But I stopped doing it when I was working in hospital, because it got so aggravating having people trying to...

  11. Medication Nurse Assistants

    sjrn85 replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I just don't see how giving meds can be considered an unskilled task. Maybe, maybe in a group home setting a med tech would be OK, but in acute care? No way. Even in nursing homes, the pts....

  12. Somebody help me?

    sjrn85 replied to spring-07bsn's topic in General Nursing

    It bothers me that nurses can be so easily located. It's a definite safety risk if anyone can just go to a BON website and search a name and find out where that individual

  13. Need help talking with new RN

    sjrn85 replied to Crystle_clear's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with fergus; direction should come from the nurse manager, not you (nothing personal, but you are not her supervisor). I also understand where she's coming from in terms of "hiding" the pt's...

  14. working on Christmas?

    sjrn85 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your mom what she'd do if she or your father were having an MI on Christmas, and there was no one in the ED to take care of them because all the staff had kids and were at home. Sorry, this one...

  15. Why are so many of us over weight?

    sjrn85 replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    I agree...the title was bad, but the use of double exclamation points was unforgiveable.

  16. Strange Nursing Student

    sjrn85 replied to NurseKitty NC's topic in General Nursing

    How was it known that the pt. was allowed to lay in urine for 7h? If others knew about it, why didn't someone intervene? ADA requires reasonable accommodation. I think people forget about the...

  17. Physical Exam by Nutritionist RN

    sjrn85 replied to Denisem's topic in General Nursing

    Could it be that she doesn't bill insurance because she doesn't have the credentials to do so?

  18. taking students, precepting

    sjrn85 replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    What disappoints me in some of these posts is the lack of recognition that Agnus did precept for quite a while. She "gave at the office," so to speak. Instead of recognizing what she gave, some have...

  19. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    sjrn85 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    It was unnecessary and inappropriate to tell the doc about any disciplinary action that was taken against the nurse. Even a nurse manager shouldn't disclose such details. That nurse's right to...

  20. I started work as a QMA, what is with the LPN's attitude?

    sjrn85 replied to Crystle_clear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    See, again, the tone of your post says a lot

  21. I started work as a QMA, what is with the LPN's attitude?

    sjrn85 replied to Crystle_clear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's the way you worded it; I had the same reaction as Tweety did. I wondered about saying you "caught" her making a med error; again, a choice of words can make a huge difference in what you intended...

  22. What is the highest blood sugar you have seen in a walky talky patient?

    sjrn85 replied to austin heart's topic in General Nursing

    1036; long time

  23. What is the highest blood sugar you have seen in a walky talky patient?

    sjrn85 replied to austin heart's topic in General Nursing

    1036;

  24. Why a C-Section?

    sjrn85 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Since you didn't state in your initial comment that you were referring to yourself, it appeared to be a generalization. And I did read your entire post...all of them, in

  25. Desperate Patients

    sjrn85 replied to Bipley's topic in Emergency

    There are so many reasons people become obese, and it can't just be wrapped up as simplisticly as saying it's a "choice." Sometimes there are complex psych. issues going on, including a hx. of being...