NurseSmallHands

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1. Hospital that bans family members

   NurseSmallHands replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Relations

   I feel really lucky reading what some of you have put up with in the name of "customer service". My employers policies are really clear with strict hours (because each patient needs rest and visitors need to respect the rest and healing of ALL patie...

2. San Joaquin Delta College

   NurseSmallHands replied to SweetandSalty's topic in California

   I graduated 8 years ago. I'm from the Bay Area but went out to Stockton because 1. they were not doing lottery and 2. didn't have a 2 year long wait list/impacted. By the time I got a letter from a Bay Area school that I had finally made it off the...

3. Thinking of leaving ED after 6 months

   NurseSmallHands replied to NicoletheRN's topic in General Nursing

   Vicarious traumatization. It's a thing. It comes from witnessing fresh trauma repeatedly. could also be PTSD. You probably need some counseling. do you have critical incident debriefings where people can talk about their feelings after bad codes ...

4. Urban ED Meets Rural ICU

   NurseSmallHands replied to NurseSmallHands's topic in Critical

   If you show up to the hospital with your face smashed up with subq air and no clear story of how it happened and are altered with a side of urinary sepsis and xarelto I'd like to at least double check with the attending that he is certain we don't ne...

5. Urban ED Meets Rural ICU

   NurseSmallHands posted a topic in Critical

   Hi everyone, thanks for opening this thread. I appreciate ANY and ALL input, feedback, suggestions, sympathy, sharing of your personal experiences, anything you can give me I'd love to hear it. I'm a "seasoned" nurse transferring from a high volume...

6. Switching to the ER after 20 yrs of floor nursing.

   NurseSmallHands replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   " "Why would you want to come and work in the ER?" It was NOT a positive question, it was posed in the vein of "Why in the world would anyone CHOOSE to come work down here?" And this is the MANAGER! Not a good sign. " If you can't answer this, you m...