maythen

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1. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   maythen replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a small rural hospital in Northern CA. My facility decided to follow the staffing ratio laws (sort of, since it's relatively toothless). They also decided that the nurses don't need any help (at night particularly). Night shift functions...

2. ICU pts on the floor

   maythen replied to maythen's topic in General Nursing

   I had no idea how critical these pts were untill after report. The day shift RN was relatively flippant about their status. By the time I came racing out of my resp distress pts room day nurse was long gone. Because we don't have a step down unit,...

3. ICU pts on the floor

   maythen replied to maythen's topic in General Nursing

   cyberkat asked : Does your hospital have no way to send out critical patients that your hospital can't handle? Why not? We have transport available. Our sister hospital has a helicopter (which has been used several times this week alone). We also h...

4. MY FEET HURT Shoe question

   maythen replied to Banana River's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I've been on Z coils for little less than a year. Really hard shifts leave me sore, but I'm not waking up screaming in pain anymore. (scared my husband half to death). They're expensive, and in my case didn't last too long. I've already had to g...

5. ICU pts on the floor

   maythen posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a relatively new nurse (a little over 1.5 years) working at a small rural hospital in Northern California. I work med surg night shift. We have no ward clerk, 1 aid (approx 40 pts) and one respiratory therapist for the entire hospital (ER, OB, ...

6. Wearing scrubs in public...

   maythen replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   My husband had a kidney transplant in high school and his medications supress his immune system. I tend to be a little overly concerned about tracking germs around. I have a large towel that I use to cover my car seat after work (which I keep in a ...

7. More Strange Baby Names

   maythen replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My husband and I don't plan on having children, but we both LOVE weird names. I'd love to name a boy Vladamir and call him Vladdie. I'd love to have a girl and string along several names like Freya Winter, Twilight Dreaming, or Pyretta Blaze. I kn...

8. Record for most babies

   maythen replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a small rural hospital, and we see a great deal of welfare Moms too. I feel guilty about the way they make me feel. I will never be able to have children because of medical issues (both mine and my husbands). Then I see a 14 year old gir...

9. Define innapropriate?

   maythen replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric

   The protocol for handling these issues is to write a "Quality Controll report" that gets sent to admin. Unfortunatly the result of these is always a note back on what *you* did wrong, with occasional "helpful suggestions" which are usually impossibl...

10. Define innapropriate?

    maythen replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric

    Thunderwolf, Those are really great suggestions. But the problem is... most would need staff to implement it. My hospital is VERY small. It's not uncommon for a single nurse to have the whole hall. There's only one aid for the entire facility. M...

11. Define innapropriate?

    maythen replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric

    At my small facility this type of behavior isn't uncommon and, unfortunatly, is tolerated. In this community our pts tend to be elderly, homeless, or have substance abuse issues (sometimes all three). Several months ago we had a homeless man that w...

12. Am I not cut out for nursing?

    maythen replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse just a little under a year now. I also work a diverse med/surg unit, 5-6 pt with no aid or other staff (night shift). There are nights I drag home in tears, certain I've made the wrong choice. Weeks when I ache so bad inside and ...

13. Atheists attending funeral services

    maythen replied to Angelica's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a Catholic hospital, and I happen to be Wiccan. I've only been employed a little less than a year and we seem to be working on a basic "don't ask don't tell" policy. I don't feel the need to push my religion on anyone else, and I don't d...

14. Can you believe this?

    maythen replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility we have smokers all the time. We're actually expected to "find someone" to take our smokers out. Nicotine patches are rarely offered and need a MD order (and boy are you going to get ripped apart if you have to call for one). I've h...

15. My Hands are a mess in the winter!

    maythen replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    I've always had trouble with red, cracking skin. Right now I'm getting nasty rashy looking areas, especially at my wrists. I'm using Glove Potion Number Nine from the Bath and Body shop at night (cotton gloves too). On my days off I keep a little ...