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when you feel creeped out

Extra Pickles replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

I have a Sincerely Held Belief that I should not have to take any more creepy patients than anyone else, even if someone else doesn't want them

when you feel creeped out

Extra Pickles replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

Can you refuse care because you don't like someone? No. But if the patient is a real creep the chances are good that everyone thinks he's a creep and you'll take turns dealing with him. There's no Get...

LPN/LVN High School option

Extra Pickles replied to lkiddtucker4's topic in General Nursing

I think you're asking which specific high schools anywhere in the USA offer practical nursing as an academic option? I don't know how we could answer that. There are votech, vocational schools...

So I kind of messed up

Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

I made sure to document it carefully as the last thing I needed was some weird reaction or complaint that he hadn't gotten his meds or something. After he did it in front of me he said his doctor...

So I kind of messed up

Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

I had a patient take the two Percocet I handed him in a med cup quickly dump them out onto the overbed table and crush them with a small flashlight sitting on the table. As I was saying What are you...

"Your job is to make me happy"

Extra Pickles replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

My patients have the right to expect me to provide medications and treatments according to the MDs orders. They have the right to expect me to call their doctors if their condition changes or if they...

Failing nursing fundamentals

Extra Pickles replied to mooneybeee's topic in General Students

Nursing school starts out relatively easy and gets harder as you go along. It's true that the tests are designed to make you think problems through, not just find the answer in a textbook. Students...

Nursing students and their bad behaviors >:(

Extra Pickles replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Students

Someone who is normally on time and is only very very rarely late is someone who gets cut slack in my book. But if that person is normally late and is only rarely on time then I have no patience for...

Nursing School

Extra Pickles replied to Mjs011096's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

I think you may need a new dream. Nursing schools today are very competitive and they can afford to be choosy as to who they will accept, it's not unheard of to find a student with a 4.0 GPA for...

Help! Will I Pass the Background Check?

Extra Pickles replied to raycna's topic in General Nursing

I'm pretty sure the background check people don't care to listen to a story and it's not their job to decide if you are worth hiring. Their job is to collect the data and tell the employer what they...

Nursing Supplies

Extra Pickles replied to truescope's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

It's a really bad idea where I work. If the equipment needs to be calibrated as is the case with a BP cuff no staff is allowed to bring it in. Same with pulse ox. We use the hospital equipment only....

Nursing Supplies

Extra Pickles replied to truescope's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

Scrubs, stethoscope, pens, these are the kind of things you should plan to buy and use your own. Some hospitals provide scrubs, and there's always a stethoscope or pen laying around, but if you want...

Work declining vacation request?

Extra Pickles replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

I hope the OP will come back and tell us how it all worked out in the end, whether the time was approved as a LOA but unpaid, or denied. I have seen many different policies in many different places,...

What offends you (nursing related)?

Extra Pickles replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

#1. Students who are very sure that they will be much better nurses than These Old Hags who really need to retire because they don't Feel The Calling anymore. #2. Patients who complain to family that...

Opinions on nursing students?

Extra Pickles replied to milesims's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

My experiences with students have been good and bad. They are good when the student is open to learning, Listens to what I am teaching and doesn't roll his eyes because He Knows Already everything I...

Has anyone questioned becoming a nurse?

Extra Pickles replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

I think people are people and you see them on good days and bad days and not every day is going to be happy and chirpy and gleeful! And they aren't always going to be sour and cranky either. Because...

Nclex after year need help

Extra Pickles replied to kpat.dnp2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

How about contacting your nursing school and asking them if they could recommend a good review course for you or some kind of prep program? They like to see their graduates employed and have a high...

Tardiness

Extra Pickles replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

I don't remember anyone being late for clinicals because if you were late you might as well not show up at all! And for those that didn't show they were doomed anyway lol. Where I work lateness is not...