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  1. Who do I contact? Seeking your advice....

    PancakeSaturdays posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I've got a question I'd love to get your input about. Do healthcare facilities ever offer nurses online trainings? Like for nurses' own personal development? If so, I was wondering who...

  2. Who do I contact? Seeking your advice....

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks meanmaryjean, DNP, RN!

  3. Who do I contact? Seeking your advice....

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Davey Do! As an aside, I had to look up "Wrongway Regional Medical Center," and found a link to a post you made after meeting the CNO. Thass some good stuff. Pics and all. The title "The...

  4. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey everyone, What skills do you wish you had more of to help you deal with difficult people at work? (For example: Ability to say no” without feeling like a jerk Not let people's bad...

  5. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sure, Ceesmom. The training helps stressed out nurses who hate conflict learn skills that make them feel confident and calm -- even around difficult people or conflict. I'm not sure whether or not it...

  6. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course I wish you never had to be accosted by verbally abusive folks in the first place (!), but since there's no changing others -- those would be fabulous skills to

  7. Results from What You Hate Most about Your Job Post (5/25/16)

    PancakeSaturdays posted a topic in General Nursing

    To all the nurse lovelies and studlies who shared your thoughts about what you hate most about your job -- thank you!!! After reading everyone's responses, I would have guessed Inadequate...

  8. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks, Marisette, for your response. I think when individuals themselves aren't rude, it's often difficult for them to know how to respond to those who are because (on top of the rudeness) -- the...

  9. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honest, self-aware answers like this are my faves! Most folks who engage in passive-aggressive communication aren't aware that they are doing it. Love that you know it! Thanks for your candor,...

  10. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That makes sense. Thanks for your

  11. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    a better, more subtle influencer is how I see

  12. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ya, that makes sense. Feeling too much is difficult in any job, but I think especially in a vocation like nursing. So much pain and discontent in the room. Too much if one is absorbing it

  13. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd love to hear how it

  14. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Julius Seizure, hello! I remember you from an emotionally-in-touch comment you made on a different post of mine. And here you are again.... with another self-aware comment! I wonder if guided...

  15. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm…. Well, let's see where we're at. Sounds like you don't want withhold giving them the time, though that clearly would solve the problem by creating consistency. But you don't want to do...

  16. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks so much for your honest and candid response, RNexplorer. I wish I had a magic wand you could wave that would make the bullies disappear. Or that would instantly give you the assertiveness you...

  17. Results from What You Hate Most about Your Job Post (5/25/16)

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Sure thing! When you're a bit of a research nerd, charting stuff like that is actually kinda fun!

  18. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for both answers. (And yes, it's a serious question.

  19. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll bet your flexible, cool temperament + stealth bomber (hee hee) approach would be big helps in helping you stay calm when annoyed. What do you typically do when you're annoyed but not calm? (E.g....

  20. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ug. Rehashing.... the bane of my existence. :/ What do you find you do / feel in the moment instead of feeling

  21. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "and make the quickest exit ever" -- :) Ha! I really like your goal​, missmollie -- to be both effective and kind at the same time. Love it. Have you ever seen anyone be able to do that? Shut...

  22. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Poker body, heh heh. :) You're so not alone in wishing nerves wouldn't show! In fact, when I help clients who have to work with (or be related to) really difficult people of the critical ilk you...

  23. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ohhhh, yes. That's good. If you're willing to say, what's your natural tendency in the face of attitude? For me it depends on the person, but I can tend to either get sarcastic, scolding, or - if...

  24. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You crack me up.

  25. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hee hee....what would you want to do if you could do the Jedi mind