RoxiRN

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1. Too busy for break?

   RoxiRN replied to merae's topic in General Nursing

   :rotfl: hmmm. missed breaks. . . Unfortunately missing breaks appears to be the norm in my facility - its actually out of the ordinary to work a shift and get all the breaks we're entitled to. A missed break here or there is okay, but when it becom...

2. No beds available?

   RoxiRN replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

   Hey all you ER people out there, If safety is that much of an issue in any particular ER (unsafe nurse:patient ratio) then what's to stop the hospital from closing the ER dept? Up here in Canada it happens routinely. ERs have sometimes closed for an ...

3. No beds available?

   RoxiRN replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

   The government is telling us to cut back, we are spending too much on health care. Okay, so we decide to reduce overtime. Oh yeah, and there's a shortage of nurses. So we close beds. Now we have medical patients and patients awaiting extended care p...

4. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

   RoxiRN replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

   Teamwork means that eveyone does their job and DOESN'T leave it for the next person. Even if it means staying past shift change. I have worked many 12-hour night shifts without a break - not even time to go pee. 10 acutely ill (some of them too ill ...