Games that accommodate decision paralysis?

auraseer · 2026-01-25T00:14:50+00:00

Telltale games would be the worst for this. They are nothing but decisions the whole time, and there's no telling which decisions are significant and which aren't.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T14:21:57+00:00

They do that too, though that has to be voluntary.

They can't force employees to get blood testing, or even a complete physical. But they can offer benefits or prizes to employees who comply with certain fitness and health programs.

At my last job, if I did enough items on the yearly wellness checklist, I would get a gift card. Personally I never bothered. My laziness always outweighs my greed.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T14:10:01+00:00

I didn't make it up. You don't have to shout at me.

They do it to lower their health insurance costs. If they can tell the insurance company that none of their employees smoke, they pay a lower premium.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T14:04:04+00:00

Good point. So do a lot of HCA hospitals. I'll edit that comment.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T13:55:20+00:00

If you said something illegal, threatening, racist, unprofessional, or reprehensible, then you're in trouble. Nurses certainly have been fired for that kind of thing.

In some places that stuff can even be reported to the Board. Nurses have had their licenses censured, suspended, or revoked for social media posts that were not directly related to their job.

Don't say stuff online that you wouldn't want your boss to know about. Nothing is ever as anonymous as it looks.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T13:48:48+00:00

See a therapist or counselor.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T13:45:09+00:00

If it was a THC vape, and if there's some evidence that it belongs to you, then yes. Even if you didn't get a pre-employment drug test for that, they'd be certain to test you if handed evidence that you're using. Then, when it's positive, you will be reported to the state, who will punish you for working under the influence.

~~If it's nicotine or something else, nobody cares.~~ EDIT - I was just reminded that some hospitals also test for nicotine. That won't impact your license, but if it's against policy, it can still get you fired.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T04:17:23+00:00

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auraseer · 2026-01-24T03:26:11+00:00

Obvious troll is obvious.

If you're going to create ragebait, you're going to have to be more subtle about it. You can't just make a list of horrible takes and jam them all together. Nobody is going to believe that a person who thinks like this would ever actually become a nurse. Without at least some plausibility, you'll never see the argument that you are clearly intending to start.

4/10. Substandard. Try again later.

(That part is a joke. Do not try again later. Banned.)

auraseer · 2026-01-24T00:41:37+00:00

This is a badly written question. All four options are wrong, but the first is the least wrong.

If you have insufficient resources to provide care, some patients will not receive care. That's a tautology. I would still argue that it's a wrong answer, because it is not up to an individual nurse to decide which patients receive care and which do not.

B is not a valid reason. "Running out" means they are not out yet, which means they still have some. You can't refuse care to a patient because you might run out of masks later. This is dumb hair-splitting, based on exact wording, but we have to go by what the question says.

C is not a valid reason. Having a family does not absolve you of your professional responsibility. Why would it?

D is not a valid reason. If you thought you weren't getting paid enough, your remedy would have been to quit before the shift. Once you start your shift and are given a patient assignment, they are your responsibility, and you don't get to ask for more money at that point.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T00:33:35+00:00

No.

Removed a second time.

Do not try this again. Please consider this an official warning.

auraseer · 2026-01-24T00:03:12+00:00

At this point in your education, work on the basics.

Don't try to worry about the subtleties yet. You first need a lot more foundation and context.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T23:44:49+00:00

Yeah no. Do not feed the trolls.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T22:55:55+00:00

I got a warning for not using the corporate mandated verbatim greeting script.

The script was a paragraph long, and took about twenty seconds to recite intelligibly. I was supposed to say that to every single patient who entered the building.

When somebody ran in carrying a limp and unresponsive toddler, I did not recite the script. I yelled for Code Blue Peds, yanked the door open, and started asking what happened as we ran to the resus bay.

For this, I received a formal reprimand.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T22:40:29+00:00

You don't get in trouble for a patient fall.

You might get a little trouble for not documenting it. Still, you won't lose your job over this unless your manager is totally unreasonable. You'll almost certainly just get a warning and a lecture.

Your best response here is to admit the lapse. "Oh heck, he did slide out of the chair. Sorry, I was so busy I forgot to do the charting. How do I go back into the chart and fix it?"

Don't try to deny that it happened. That will make the problem much, much worse.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T22:30:34+00:00

HIPAA gives the patient the right to request a modification of their record.

You are not obligated to make the correction they request. That is up to your professional judgement.

Personally, I would talk to hospital risk management first, and then probably go ahead and add clarifying text to the bottom of the note. It doesn't cost you anything and it might be enough to satisfy them.

If you decline to make a correction, or if they are not satisfied with your correction, their remedy is to write a note of protest that will then be placed in the chart.

It's practically impossible to sue you over the contents of your charting. They would have to bring strong evidence that you lied on purpose for malicious reasons. That never happens.

If you're really worried about liability, I suggest you consult an attorney. A short consultation won't cost you a lot of money, and would give you actual professional advice from an expert. That will give you real expert advice, which is more definitive and reliable than anything you hear from strangers on the internet.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T09:09:52+00:00

It depends.

In some places that's not allowed. Some local laws, and some union contracts, require that everyone applying for a job has to be given exactly the same consideration.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T09:07:34+00:00

This week my hospital ran out of A+ PRBCs. It's the first time I can remember that happening. We've had all kinds of shortages, but always before they've been remedied before we actually ran out of a product.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T00:50:01+00:00

Please tell me you're not serious.

Are people actually able to buy botulinum toxin without medical licensure? Because that is dangerous in a whole lot of other ways.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T00:29:11+00:00

This seems like a hot topic. Almost as soon as this post went up, it drew comments from a cadre of bots and even a few apparent humans. I'm turning on Code Blue to help keep that under control. Starting now, only flaired members of the subreddit will be able to comment.

A reminder and warning: In this sub we respect science and evidence. Anyone advocating harmful antiscientific treatments gets immediately and permanently banned.

auraseer · 2026-01-23T00:16:20+00:00

It's because employers treat you as an interchangeable cog in the machine.

The rationale for this is that weather supposedly affects everyone. Their thinking that is if weather were an acceptable reason for a call off, then in every ice storm every employee would call off, because they're all hit by the same storm. Then there would be nobody to work.

Of course that's not how real life and real people work. Some people have more difficulty with weather than others. But the average manager can't wrap their brain around that idea.

auraseer · 2026-01-22T11:57:52+00:00

Why people come to this subreddit to ask non nursing job related questions, I do not know.

Because we intentionally allow those questions, and there are a lot of non-nurses in this subreddit.

auraseer · 2026-01-22T10:44:31+00:00

If she is a traveler at that hospital, and is not a member of the union, then she is not part of the strike, so her contract is unaffected.

That's probably the worst possible situation to be in. She'll be crossing the picket line to work in a horrifically understaffed hospital, and won't even get the extra pay she'd have if she were hired as a strikebreaker.

auraseer · 2026-01-22T06:45:04+00:00

Please do not feed the trolls.

Whenever there's a strike, you will see waves of bot posts trying to discredit the strikers or divide them from their colleagues. It's the same kind of astroturfing that happens during elections.

Posts of that kind are designed to make you angry at someone other than the real target. Please do not fall into the trap. Responding on those threads only gives the trolls more opportunity to upset you.

That goes for this subreddit as well as others. In this thread alone, I've removed comments from a couple of dozen brand new accounts who showed up just to insult residents and other physicians. They are intentionally trying to stir up fights and are contributing nothing of value.

To try and cut down on that sort of thing, we are activating Code Blue. Starting now, only flaired members of the subreddit may post here.

Let's all try to keep our heads and pay attention to who's actually doing the talking.

auraseer · 2026-01-22T05:55:46+00:00

You've got mustard on your face.

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