aznurse1

aznurse1 has 30 years experience and specializes in Med/surg, OB, L&D, psych, ED, etc.

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1. I don't know how you nurses deal with death

   aznurse1 replied to Poochiewoochie's topic in Relations

   I felt a need to comment when I read this post... I think the original poster is asking a question that has been something that I've asked myself in my nursing career, "how do I deal with all this dying around me?" Yes, I agree that it is a natural ...

2. If you had to do it over again would you?

   aznurse1 replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

   Nope, if I had it all to do again, I would have studied Zoology and gone to vet school. I think nursing is thankless. You get abuse from people who think you wipe poop the wrong way and harrassment from doctors who think you should put their needs ...

3. Heartbroken. Ball was dropped BIG TIME. Advice?

   aznurse1 replied to cmcervantes63's topic in General Nursing

   We spoke with the DON, and we got those. Knowing that the facility knows they had a deficiency in their procedure will hopefully change the way they operate, and our experience would not have been in vain. Ok, time to let it go....Use it in your nurs...

4. Heartbroken. Ball was dropped BIG TIME. Advice?

   aznurse1 replied to cmcervantes63's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you, but I also am thinking of the nurse on the other end of the phone, apologizing profusely for the mixup and not trying to make excuses, and just apologizing for the error, just as the writer noted. This wasn't enough for OP. That's w...

5. Heartbroken. Ball was dropped BIG TIME. Advice?

   aznurse1 replied to cmcervantes63's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm, you seem more upset about how the notification was handled than about the actual death, am I missing something?

6. Bad Experience with Nurses at hospital, rethinking my major now.

   aznurse1 replied to Lindsey-Student's topic in General Nursing

   sorry, that's my initial response. note to op, nurses are people, they get jaded and cynical from the stuff that happens on the job. what you experienced are coping skills that they use. No I'm not defending them, just explaining. they aren't suppo...

7. Bad Experience with Nurses at hospital, rethinking my major now.

   aznurse1 replied to Lindsey-Student's topic in General Nursing

   fine, don't be a nurse, then

8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   aznurse1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   What I would like to say... Yes, my 30 years of experience does mean that I know better than your family member who is demanding all the wrong things for you. (Oh, oh yeah, they are advocating) I can't produce the doctor out of my a**, and unless it...

9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   aznurse1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Thank you, thank you, thank you, sooooo true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

10. Is this a strange way of viewing your co-workers?

    aznurse1 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Relations

    More nursing abuse, just saying...........................

11. An eye-opening experience

    aznurse1 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    She said to keep quiet. When I asked her about this, she told me that the nurses were slapped DURING ROUNDS, in front of the entire ward when they ask for any sort of clarification. Wow, I believe it. I believe it would happen here too, if there we...

12. Maintaining the license without work, and a general rant

    aznurse1 replied to hotflashion's topic in Job Hunt

    "about the bad behavior of many of the nurses they work with: mocking their patients, speaking of them derisively, not attending to a particular patient because they don't like them, and in general doing as little as possible because they want to be ...

13. Facilities not on the Customer service bandwagon

    aznurse1 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    PS, yes, I am looking for another job, although I'd like to keep working where I work, the scales are so far out of balance in the new world of customer service that I've had it. Anything goes, people get to treat you any way they want, so fed up......

14. Facilities not on the Customer service bandwagon

    aznurse1 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I am so tired of being bossed around and bullied. If one more person glares at me, I feel like I will scream. Last night, my patient had a rectal tube. He kept getting up to urinate and the stool would leak. The stool would go down his leg and o...

15. Nursing now vs. then

    aznurse1 replied to SweetheartRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there! Love the thread. Back in the 80's the patients and family didn't argue with the treatments the doctor recommended. The family didn't stand at the bedside and write down everything that was being done for the pt and stare at you with dag...