Jedrnurse BSN, RN

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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    On the whole, how has it been received by the affected
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    Do you get any real and regular supervision?

    Jedrnurse posted a topic in School

    As a school nurse in a private school, I'm sort of neither fish-nor-fowl. I have a nominal supervisor, but have not had formal supervision yet this school year. My development as an employee seems...
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    You do presumptive close contact
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    Yeah, but frequent flyers pre-dated the pandemic, for
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    Vaccination Mandating

    Jedrnurse replied to Ariemay82's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Unfortunately, a large segment of the population has developed herd immunity protecting them from facts, common sense, and logic. What was the
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    Do you think that this reaches the level of reportable medical
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    What's your most ridiculous supply shortage?

    Jedrnurse replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you! That means you're up the creek when you come in in the morning. I wonder if nurse pillow-thievery is a felony or just a
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    What does vomiting have to do with a mental health
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    Sometimes? Yes, as a judgement call. As a policy? I disagree. It would with some students be the de facto path of least resistance when something was coming up/happening in school that gave them the...
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    Mandatory Overtime

    Jedrnurse replied to ChknWing's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I remember one time at a residential school before a major snowstorm. Senior management made sure to tell everyone who had to stay on campus (it ended up being a few days) right before they all...
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    Posting on Social Media

    Jedrnurse replied to Kellyjustkelly's topic in General Nursing

    Many people are stupid. Social media often helps them advertise this
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't being snarky, honestly. It wasn't the fact that it was a typo (the world knows I've made my share of them), it was the fact that a person who had been accused of bullying was advised to...
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    Do you get any real and regular supervision?

    Jedrnurse replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    Were they a non-nurse as
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    ? Thank you. Your typo made my
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    Ah, the infamous "I threw up in my mouth"
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    I like the flexibility. As you know, sometimes it's a "one and done" with no signs of infectious process- no need to go
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    Do you get any real and regular supervision?

    Jedrnurse replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    As long as you haven't created any fires for your principal to put out, it's usually "all good" with
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    Do you get any real and regular supervision?

    Jedrnurse replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    Is your principal reasonable to work
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, real-life mentoring has got to be better for developing interpersonal skills than web responses from
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    24 hour chart checks?

    Jedrnurse replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    You can transcribe the order and flag it for the administering nurse to sign-off on during their next shift. (Or, some places will call you in to sign off on something that's been
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I think the x-factor is really not knowing how it was handled. You can avoid being an Elevator Crisis Response Clinician (ECRC) in a "good" way, or perhaps it was avoided in a...not so good
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    Students Faking Illnesses

    Jedrnurse replied to MsNurse1997's topic in School

    Re: your post title: These days, with the ease of manipulating COVID protocols I have some teachers faking
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    Does your employer give you hell for calling in sick?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    ...has the ANA ever been the primary agent of important changes? (I don't mean this as sarcasm, I honestly want to
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    I got a counseling letter because I refused to help another staff member with her personal problems?

    Jedrnurse replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    All true. That's one of the reasons that it would be interesting to see a playback of the interaction and see the whole story. There are probably a thousand ways of ending an interaction like that...
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    Free CE credits

    Jedrnurse replied to ruralseok's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC actually offers quite a few things. It's on a special website, but you can "get there" from the CDC's site. Medscape is good for some freebies as