Thanks for input. The waiting for beds is quite frustrating. Sometimes the wait is so long 5+ hours with NO bathroom. Some people really struggle with bedpans. Do you allow patient out of the carts? This is my first ever PACU job. It's like a whole ...
I'm interested in the amount of time scheduled surgical patients wait in the recovery room for rooms to become available in community hospitals near major cities. 1 hour? 3 hours? 5 hours? How long is the longest you've ever held a patient in the rec...
I'm concerned that even though there might be a few very large O.R. scrubs they go quick. Tomorrow is my first unofficial day at a new job even before orientation so things moved quick. Really just a day to shadow. It occurred to me that scrubs were ...
Recently, I was asked if it is individual states that govern nurses or if there was a national organization that governance over those individual states and I didn't know. So I put this question out to the knowledgable nurses here.
I work on a very busy telemetry unit. Most of our patients are hospitalized for a few days or they are made GMF. For the last 10 days we have had an extremely demanding and rude patient on out unit. He has been very inappropriate with our staff. He ...
Manatee111 replied to Nittybelle's topic in Relations
I have been accused by a nurse of bullying, but that same nurse has accused others as well. However I haven't been caught sleeping at at the nurses station by co-worker. I don't receive long distance calls on the hospitals phone. I don't listen to lo...
A couple weeks back I was caring for a very high maintenance patient with a new colostomy. I had taken care of the patient three nights in a row. On the third night when the patient was more stable physically I asked our PCT to empty the patient's co...
So, tonight the patient of another nurse requested a pair of pajama pant because although he was told not to wear underwear to Cath. Lab, he did & they cut them off. He's a bigger guy and the only size pants we had was a large, but not large enou...
Recently, our hopsital made insurance adjustments which included employees having to certify that they were non-smokers or be charge $25.00 a week extra for health insurance. They have also begun to charge any employee that catch smoking on any hospi...
You are so right. I came in last night to the latest staffing grid change & as I protested I could feel the eyes from the staff on me. I come to find out that all day the staff was completely overwhelmed because the day RP is a total "yes man" ...
Manatee111 replied to rehab girl's topic in Illinois
I have been working as an RN for 2 years still making the $24.05 I started at because we didn't get raises & the new grads coming in now asking me for help & guidance are making the same $24.05 I am.
July marked the beginning of the new fiscal year at the hospital I work & as always they are trying even harder to cut costs. For over a year now a "SHARE" program has been in effect where employees find ways to cut cost & are rewarded monita...