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    Grand Jury Indicts Nurse but not 5 Officers in inmate death

    2BS Nurse replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    "Even jurors don’t hear or view ALL the evidence. I guess you never have an opinion on any news story whatsoever?" Not when it comes to finding a nurse "at fault" for a patient's
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    Grand Jury Indicts Nurse but not 5 Officers in inmate death

    2BS Nurse replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Making a judgement based on a video clip?? You can't determine fault without hearing/viewing ALL of the
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    How to Successfully Advocate for Better Staffing

    2BS Nurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm usually too tired on the weekends to put out any job applications too". This is an excuse. Hire someone to do it for you if
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    Help

    2BS Nurse replied to MuscleNurse's topic in School

    I wish there was an easy answer. From experience, you can't change someone's personality or behavior. I have experienced this in nurses' stations. I've removed myself and moved on to another position....
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    Boss thinks I don't do my job when I kill myself every shift trying to be perfect.

    2BS Nurse replied to anonymous_5591's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't work in a culture like yours. Life is way too short. It sounds like you have a good scheme to scope out other units and plan your escape! Hang in
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    One Year in and I’m done

    2BS Nurse replied to paraRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I just want to make clear that not all outpatient jobs pay poorly". I don't know much about FQHCs. I live in a city where most of health care is owned by 3 big "non-profits". They have specific...
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    Hate 8-5 OP

    2BS Nurse replied to happyhippo's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I wouldn't like to drive that far either. You are very lucky to be out by 5 p.m. Many clinic jobs would have you there until 6.
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    Advice? The Ole' Bait & Switch (bonus shift)

    2BS Nurse replied to K. Everly's topic in General Nursing

    Martyr syndrome is marked by self-sacrifice and service to others at your own expense. Administration knows how to spot said martyrs and will ask them to take on extra hours, projects, meetings, etc....
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    One Year in and I’m done

    2BS Nurse replied to paraRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I agree with Community RN, try outpatient (all the patients are fully dressed, they go home in 20 mins to an hour, or you send them to the ER), it's completely different". Two things: 1....
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    Shift change -> revokement; no esteem left

    2BS Nurse replied to BobbyDigitalis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Have you thought of eventually working your way into ICU? Very detailed nurses fit in very well
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    Staff Nursing is Exhausting

    2BS Nurse replied to Wake88's topic in General Nursing

    Well, factory workers are making as much as RNs these days. You could do that while attending NP
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    Shift change -> revokement; no esteem left

    2BS Nurse replied to BobbyDigitalis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "And now, I feel utterly broken. I'm so embarrassed, resentful, and ashamed of how inadequate a nurse I feel I am". It's normal for a brand new nurse to have some of these feelings, but you...
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    Daily Rant Thread

    2BS Nurse replied to Raven Sierra's topic in General Nursing

    "whatever else falsely superlative. It's patronizing and insulting. And it means absolutely nothing" Supervisor gives the same line to every nurse: "I'm worried about you. You seem unhappy!"...
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    Nervous About Requesting a Transfer

    2BS Nurse replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    "You'll be forgotten pretty quickly once you leave". Yep. These companies are looking out for #1 so you should do the same. Always do what's best for you and your
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    Daily Rant Thread

    2BS Nurse replied to Raven Sierra's topic in General Nursing

    Supervisor: "Let me know if there is anything you need." Nurse: "I need a Dinamap in the building for orthostatic vitals and medical emergencies" Supervisor: "Wrongway Medical Clinic (thanks...
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    Daily Rant Thread

    2BS Nurse replied to Raven Sierra's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you watch "Severance"? That scene where Dylan teaches Helly about "tier incentives". Erasers, caricature drawings and finger traps... all incentives for meeting his quota. I immediately...
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    New Grad Med Error in ED

    2BS Nurse replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

    "I overheard her gossiping about the incident in the break room, stating she is worried for the future of nursing after dealing with so many new grads." Totally inappropriate. She should not...
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    18 year old student will not share info

    2BS Nurse replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    If he is an adult, wouldn't the burden be on him to get himself to an Urgent Care or ER? Can adult students keep their own Tylenol/ibuprofen in their
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    How to prepare for new office nurse job?

    2BS Nurse replied to Shihtzulover16's topic in Nursing Career

    "A lot of stuff that you want for your patients just can't get done". This! I always felt like we were so focused on metrics like A1C, BP, etc and ignored the psychosocial issues (This...
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    Daily Rant Thread

    2BS Nurse replied to Raven Sierra's topic in General Nursing

    I got a bad sugar cookie and a bag of stale popcorn once.
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    How often is Vecuronium given in the ICU setting?

    2BS Nurse replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    "There are lots of paralytics to choose from and lots of opinions about which works best for what. I haven’t given them often" Are all of these new grads getting ANY training on
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    Bringing Massage Therapy Back into Nursing

    2BS Nurse replied to massageRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I am a licensed massage therapist pursuing a BSN/RN. Specializing in pain relief due to injury and/or stress". So this would be your only focus throughout the day, or would it be added to the...
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    Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

    2BS Nurse replied to renewyou62's topic in Nursing Career

    "These same night nurses have confessed to delaying or withholding the administration of bedtime Tresiba for the other patient, even though they have signed it off in the MAR and have not informed the...
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    How to handle unhealthy work environment?

    2BS Nurse replied to angelsigns's topic in Nursing Career

    "The director herself is hard to work with". There you go. She is setting a bad example so it will never change. Move
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    LTC Question/Opinion

    2BS Nurse replied to phoebebrat's topic in General Nursing

    "Admin knows that trick as a tit-for-tat, beat 'em at their own game employee revenge activity". I felt sad after reading this... only because it's true.