My manager called me today to tell me there was a complaint filed against me by a patient and that I'm now suspended while they investigate. She said it was filed late on Friday and that she had no information, including which patient it was. Frankl...
12 hours, hands down. I don't think I could go back to a job where I only had 2 days a week off. Yes, 12 hours is a long shift but it's a trade off to work on fewer days a week!
CrazierThanYou replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing
I hate beside report because I don't feel comfortable talking about the patient in front of the patient. Making the next shift wait through an assessment? Heck no!
Last year we got gift certificates for new scrubs and a nice brunch that included shrimp. This year we got an insulated tumbler from a hospital we partner with and a breakfast/ice cream social.
CrazierThanYou replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in General Nursing
I used to work with two nurses who refused to take report from the previous nurse for 30 to 45 minutes while they combed over every inch of that nurses charting. They used it as a bullying tactic.
CrazierThanYou replied to rnsheri's topic in Humor
I just recently had a patient, status post CVA who could not walk independently, which his wife knew. But that didn't stop her from turning his bed alarm off and when he got up, she neither got up to help him nor did she call for help. Of course, th...
CrazierThanYou replied to fawnmarie's topic in School
In this particular accident, I've seen people who know more about it than I do say that if these kids had been belted, more would have died. It's likely that some kids were thrown out of the way by the impact instead of being killed by the impact had...