TSemperger

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1. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

   TSemperger replied to Daetwin2's topic in Relations

   We have a physician where I work that is exactly the same way. He thinks nothing of walking into a patients room and telling them, their family, or any other visitors that the nurses are stupid and we don't know what we're doing. He's also the same...

2. Being blamed for fall after shift

   TSemperger replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

   In my facility, even if you lower the patient to the ground it's still considered a fall. I don't agree with it, but that's their policy.

3. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   TSemperger replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   I report off at 7:30 am but we used to have staff meetings before the day crew even came onto the floor. Thought it was highly rude and unsafe of management and the day nurses to come in and sit for an hour or so while they had a so called staff mee...

4. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

   TSemperger replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm a telemetry nurse and, when we actually had adequate staffing, we would regularly get floated to the third floor which is step down ICU and critical care. We can only take patients that are acceptable for telemetry nurses though - no vents, no A...