monkey205

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1. New grad FNP. Is this normal for urgent care?

   monkey205 replied to cutiepie2012's topic in Nursing Career

   Call the Labor board and get their advice on your delayed

2. Have Hope.

   monkey205 replied to MinnesotaRN2005's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Congratulations! I am very proud of your achievements as you should also be. Don't let anything get you down. Sobriety is hard work and not everyone achieves

3. Life Changes

   monkey205 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Very sorry for your family's loss. Know your mom touched a lot of people's lives on this form. Peace to all of

4. Associate degree nurse supervising...

   monkey205 replied to FNP912's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Call the pharmacy and tell them to verify all orders from you with you. I would also let them know what she is doing. She does not have the authority to write

5. Refused assignment due to patient safety, was I wrong?

   monkey205 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   I totally agree with your actions. I worked for LTC facility with 37 patients. My DON was supposed to be my second nurse one day and she called out leaving me alone to be charge, medication and...

6. Life Changes

   monkey205 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Wishing you a safe and pain free

7. Unsafe situation LTC

   monkey205 replied to Nik6lpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Do you have access to social worker to look into what Medicare will actually cover and assist with possible transfer? Just keep charting your findings and cover your back. Good

8. Older Nurse no BSN needs advice

   monkey205 replied to Jon C RN 2024's topic in General Nursing

   Try an insurance company for worker's comp or medical case reviews. Also, check with local attorney offices - they love nurses that can do pending medical law

9. Counseling Staff Members On Sick Leave

   monkey205 replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

   My brother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and continued working through all his treatment until 2 months prior to his death. His bosses' loved him and supported him throughout his illness....

10. Sleeping On Unit

    monkey205 replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I would write up a statement on what happened with the names of those that can back what you were doing, and send it to HR to go along with your write-up. Continue to be you and do your work...

11. How would you deal with a nurse who is struggling to show up to work on time?

    monkey205 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Apply for intermittent FMLA to cover your lateness when medical reasoning. I used to review FMLA leave - you won't' believe how many people use it to cover

12. Opinions on Employee of the Month

    monkey205 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I found the favorites got picked all the time, above and beyond the ones that did all the extra work, volunteering, etc. It caused a lot of resentment and employees actually left over

13. No autopsies allowed for covid positive deaths?

    monkey205 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Personally I don't really care whether you believe it or not; how about I send you his mother's phone number and you can get the whole

14. No autopsies allowed for covid positive deaths?

    monkey205 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have a friend who went through same thing though he wasn't covid - the medical examiner said they were too busy (CA) and advised the family they could pay for their own autopsy but would have to be...

15. I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    monkey205 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Back on my floor days, my 2 year son was admitted to peds for bilateral pneumonia - I called out 48 hours in advance and let them know my son was in the peds unit where I would be staying with him....