I had a patient who said he didn't want visitors....and no, it wasn't right, but this family and patient was a very difficult one and they wore me down over the three days I had him. So, at the end of my three day stretch, he got mad, said he didn't ...
I have been working on an Acute in-patient Psychiatric Unit at a very large inner city hospital since June (full-time in August, prn before that.) Does anyone have any personal experience at being a certified psych RN? Was just looking at the requi...
I may have mentioned my husbands sickness at work once or twice, to two people I know aren't ones to talk, but listen. My husband is bipolar. He doesn't take medication. He is very grandiose, loose associations, flight of ideas, preoccupied with his...
Chrissy2003RN replied to Chrissy2003RN's topic in New Nurse
It was a G-tube. It wasn't pulled out, i could have tried to re-insert it. But there was no unclogging it, tried milking it, tried coke. And it was a kind of G-tube I have never seen before. I won't know what happened until tomorrow night when I go b...
Ok, so I have been working for about 3 weeks at a LTC facility. 2 weeks on my own. Last night One of my residents G-tubes was leaking and apparently clogged. The aide never told me it was leaking, so from the time I got this patient at 11, until the ...
Chrissy2003RN replied to KarriRN's topic in New Nurse
I got 4 nights of orientation. The first two were totally useless, they weren't even on my unit. The last two were on my unit. They weren't willing to give me anymore than that. And they had me do all four nights in a row, 12 hour shifts. I am findi...
Chrissy2003RN replied to maxienurse's topic in New Nurse
I am to a new grad. I had to get a job at a LTC facility. It is definitely not my first choice. I have done my fair share of complaining about it. But that has done me no good. So I have to suck it up and look at the positives. It's hard, I work nig...