travkitty replied to travkitty's topic in Relations
I guess I forgot to add that this bullying is making my physically ill from the anxiety & stress. I get nauseated on my way to work. I can't do this for 3 more years. Sad that the climate with dealing with bullying in nursing seems to be just ...
I have a manager who is the textbook of psychological bullying. She constantly creates drama by telling me & others things about others, spreading gossip about people having nonexistent affairs with each other, admonishing you for doing exactly ...
I'm currently in the USI ACNP program, but I'm hearing from people who just graduated with FNP & ACNP who are having trouble finding jobs. I've always had an interest in psychiatry, & would likely be a psychiatrist if I had gone to medical s...
1600 in a frequent flier in our ED & ICU. Type 1 Diabetic who just insists on not using his pump. Every other week he comes in at death's door, we get him stable, ship him to ICU for a week with his sugars looking awesome, then he's back over 1...
I applied for the Acute Care NP program for Fall. Does anyone have an inea of how long it takes for the application to be reviewed & to be accepted/denied?
From what I understand, though I wasn't there, she did rouse with sternal at med time & the nurse called a raid response. The MD ordered an ABG. During the ABG, the pt must have responded good enough, & the ABG indicated, that she was okay ...
So, today in my ED I was in charge of our psych holds. One female, who I've had before, & is normally a smidge anxious but always able to be talked down, was quite over-the-top on the manic spectrum today. She was unable to stay in her room &am...
travkitty replied to Lauryen828's topic in Relations
I had a critically ill patient in the ER, intubated, extremely hypotensive, even after 10 bags of fluid & 4 units of blood. It was about 6:45 pm, shift change at 7pm. I was basically stuck in this room with the patient until he was ready for a ...
You could always meet in the middle & find a job that offers a mid-shift. I am a night owl, but 7p-7a messed with my real life too much. I can't function at 7a, so that shift was out. So, I found my perfect 3p-3a ER gig. Problems solved!