Sounds like he went septic fast. Would be interesting to know what his blood cultures show. Where they drawn when his temp was elevated? Was his Lactic acid drawn? Keep us posted! And so true, they always tank during report! What is with that!? Tak...
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I loved working for a union hospital. For 5 years I worked the same schedule and felt like like I had a voice in making decisions for us (nurses). Yes, we had to work every other holiday. But at least if I worked this Memorial day, I would know tha...
Last week in our local paper there was an article about a book a gentleman just wrote about bad bosses, I can't recall the title or author but did remember him quoting Nurses are at the top of the list of abused employees. On the average are verball...
It was brought to the attention of our Clinical manager that many of the nurses on our floor are concerned that with our patient load and other reponsibilities on the floor( ex. checking and charting all refrigerator temps on floor) we may be endange...
Yikes! 7 ten hr days in a row? We work 3/12 hr shifts in our hospital and thats enough. I work nights so I don't know if it is easier during the day, but I imagine not. Good luck to you and be safe.
I really don't think anyone other than another nurse or CNA can really relate to what we do or really understand what we do, especially in an acute care setting. Yes, we wipe butts, but honestly that is the easiest part of our job!