MizzPrettyPilz

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1. I'm sick of, sick of it, SICK OF IT!

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   How awful! I think some nurses get into a management position and how soon they forget how hard it is on the floor! And the hospitals only care about only one thing.Not you, not your kids or anything else but covering the floor. Management needs to q...

2. Survey: Do you leave work at your scheduled time on a regular basis?

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I work 7a-7p shift in an acute care LTAC. I "used" to get out approx. 2 hours late until I realized I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING ON MY SHIFT!!!! Nursing care is 24/7. And where I work, the night shift wanted the day shift to have everything done for them so...

3. Walking rounds for nurse to nurse report?

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to lyndac918's topic in MICU

   Walking rounds is when nurses from both on-coming and off-going shifts go room to room with each other visually checking patients together making sure they are safe, and what condition they are in. Also passing along any needed information from the ...

4. African American Nurses in NICU

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to Rosepink's topic in NICU

   It sound as if you have a location problem as well as racial. Unfortunately that goes on here in Texas. Most of the AA nurses are given the quickest jobs in the nursing homes, private duty,medical-surgical and what some would consider "non-specialty"...

5. If I Hear One More Time........

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain 3rdshiftguy. At my hospital we are frequently told we have an admit coming (usually while short staffed and while dinner trays are being served), and have to go downstairs and haul them out of a car (no one bothers to tell us they ar...

6. My recent experience as a "family member" in the hospital

   MizzPrettyPilz replied to ainz's topic in Texas

   I think, ainz, this should be a wake-up call to you as an Administrator the amount of stress nurses go through on a daily basis. A typical day for me is a 12 hour shift that sometimes turns into longer. I frequently come across family members that si...