Your floor manager should really be the one to talk to her, in private her being the brunt of jokes is hardly appropriate. On a floor that I use work on we had a US who smelled like cat urine, as if her cats were not altered-ugh, no one told her, ju...
puggy232 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations
Oh you want me to put in a 22g IV-its smaller yes but you have IV VANC it will burn-but that might feel good to you seeing that mural of a tatoo on the right side of chest that you have. Oh stop having your mama, grandmama, and daddy call the floor ...
I agree 100% I hate nursing! Just for all of the above, I could deal with the stress taking care of pts, the hateful family members, and lousy pay, if coworkers back you up, helped out when they see someone struggling vs watching and wanting to see ...
puggy232 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Disabilities
It is not my intention to dx- MS affects everyone differently. My intent is only to convey my experience as many in the medical community have little or no understanding of the disease ie doctots-and when going through such an experience and random ...
puggy232 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Disabilities
What you are describing with your vision sounds very much like optic neuritist-you need to call your PCP and let him/her know and get a referral to a neuro opthalamologist(sp). ON was my first sx, my eye doctor told me that lesions can be too small ...
puggy232 replied to NurseBrittney's topic in New Nurse
This LPN has a problem alright-her low self esteem! The fact that she considers herself just an lpn a stupid one, says volumes, she obviously feels inadequate, again her problem. The fact that you stood up to her good for you-the fact that she corn...
puggy232 replied to StarNurse2006's topic in General Nursing
Some of these NM get As for passing the buck don't they? If you were speaking in generalities I can't see the problem-but its your word against that of a family member-since you were in your home, and then that of the NM since she talked to family a...
I learned the hard way not to expect validation/appreciation from charge and nurse managers, it sounds like you are ready to move on save your energy, do your job knowing what you are worth and offer it to your patients, when you leave it is their l...
I think some are just miserable in their jobs, spiteful, hateful. Some are truely wonderful I worked on a floor where unfortunately the bad out numbered the good, and management was oblivious, or just wanted everyone to likle her and did nothing to ...
Let your charge nurse know, I have only done it twice once in the middle of shift, the patient was cussing yelling at me in the hallway wanting to know why I was helping another pt before him-mind you this man was a CHFer, 90 years old and trying to ...
That's pretty good, here in st.louis they start at 18.00 I think, with bonuses every quarter, which are almost impossible sometimes to get with pts complaining about everything under creation.
As a former peds clinic nurse expense is probably one reason, newborn to early childhood vaccinations are very expensive, and not covered by alot of insurance policies. About ten years ago state immunization programs covered all children for vaccina...
With the economy the way it is now-take the job. Keep your mouth closed about the move-since it sounds like it is not for sure anyway, and it's easier to look for a job while you have one then to be stressed trying to find one, and having to settle ...
I had a pt, a young woman with scleroderma (sp?) in who was a sweet as she could be, her family was really nice, had family portraits in her room which were hard to look at because you could see how disfiguring the disease had been for her-it had onl...
puggy232 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
Nope. I’ve worked a few jobs in my time, and some not so glamorous. Never have I felt as disposable as I do in my new profession (that is by management … not by my co-workers or my patients). I felt far more valued and had greater autonomy when I wa...