AlwaysTired

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1. Patient rights v. Clinical instructor?

   AlwaysTired replied to studentnurse0383's topic in General Nursing

   Get a copy of the hospitals patient rights policy (don't they all have one?) and slip it under her door.

2. Not a real nurse?

   AlwaysTired replied to Iris34's topic in Psychiatric

   I am a psych nurse and proud of it. I tried working M/S and couldn't handle it so I'm in awe of hospital nurses but I know that we are all important and valued in whatever field we choose. However, my issue is with my family (husband, in-laws, etc) ...

3. Bad experience - is this typical?

   AlwaysTired replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   Anyone else find it hard to believe that the surgeon walked out of an ongoing operation to go and check on an ER patient? Just sayin...

4. Bad experience - is this typical?

   AlwaysTired replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   Why didn't you leave and go to another ER??

5. I need advice about mental health facility

   AlwaysTired replied to mycafelatte's topic in Psychiatric

   You haven't indicated what specific Mental Health field you will be working in. Is it Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse, Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, Pediatric, a combination of all? Inpatient/Outpatient? I work in an Adult Detox/Cr...

6. A Morbid Poll I know.

   AlwaysTired replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in General Nursing

   My Dad passed the day after Thanksgiving. I'll keep some of his ashes in a wooden trinket box that he built along with his beloved crossword puzzles and a few small items to remember him by. While we were at the funeral home I remember seeing a displ...

7. 3 medication errors in 7 months!

   AlwaysTired replied to NYCRN05's topic in New Nurse

   I made one today and I've cried so much I can't hardly see to type this. Patient is ok but I can't even express how stupid I feel. I let the pressure to hurry up get to me and got careless. Clerical told me patient was in for shot, I checked for a...

8. why are nurses stations so chaotic?

   AlwaysTired posted a topic in General Nursing

   When I first got my present job (psych nursing) the med room was across the hall from the nurses station. It was so peaceful and quiet...just me and the patients at my half-door of course. (It's not the patients that bother me). So after a few months...

9. Miss pronounciations of medications and medical terms!Way to Funny!!!!!!!!

   AlwaysTired replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

   I had a cute little 'ol lady that told everyone that she was a "diabetical" and a guy who always asked for his "Blistaril" (Vistaril). Oh... and I have a precious Aunt from Alabama who rants about her 70 year old brother taking "that damn Viagner"!!!

10. Do you have enough time to help yr patients?

    AlwaysTired replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in crisis stabilization for substance abuse and MH patients (we call them consumers). There are 2 nurses on duty per shift for 30 consumers. The charge nurse works up referrals and does the initial nursing assessment on admission. After that s...

11. Anybody work with addicted population?

    AlwaysTired replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a detox facility and I love it. I've been doing it for less than a year so I can't address the burn-out issue, but I suspect that it's no worse than any other field of nursing. I'm emotionally tired a lot of nights when my shift ends as opp...

12. so, what do you do if you are not doing bedside nursing??

    AlwaysTired replied to rxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in crisis stabilization which is acute detox for substance abuse and stabilization for MH patients off of their meds and in crisis. Our patients are up walking around and perform their own ADL's but do quite frequently get sick or have a medic...

13. Phobias anyone???

    AlwaysTired replied to danissa's topic in Psychiatric

    Just wondering...does anyone dream about their phobias? I've got a few: rats, roaches, heights and elevators. For some darned reason I dream about elevators quite frequently. It's not always the same dream, just stupid, crazy dreams that don't make...

14. Attempted suicide on my shift

    AlwaysTired replied to AlwaysTired's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the positive comments. I'm off duty today and when I called to check in on a coworker who was there that day she says that all of the people in management and all of our doctors are raving about our performance. That makes us both feel be...

15. Attempted suicide on my shift

    AlwaysTired posted a topic in Psychiatric

    A couple of days ago we had an attempted suicide on my shift. I'm a new psych nurse (less than a year) and it was one of the most horrible things I've ever seen or been through but instinct kicked in and I am confident that me and all my coworkers di...