SarahJ08

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1. What do you hate most about your job?

   SarahJ08 replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

   Poop [emoji90]

2. what's your pet peeve?

   SarahJ08 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

   Coming out of a code and being reminded by a manager that I didn't update my white boards in all my patient's room. My jaw hit the floor, I then proceeded to pull out a marker, hand it to her and tell her if she's that concerned about it she could d...

3. didn't call about anticoagulation

   SarahJ08 replied to sweetstrwbrry1's topic in Safety

   The nurse should have addressed this with you while you were giving report, they were way out of line to call you after report and clocked out. I would have been livid to receive a call like that, that late a night and would have told the nurse that...

4. Answering Call Lights

   SarahJ08 replied to Laurus Nobilis's topic in Med-Surg

   Lol I've worked in several hospitals where this was " implemented". It's dumb and doesn't work. If the non clinical person actually answers the call light all they say is "let me find your nurse". It's not like they are actually going to help someon...

5. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   SarahJ08 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   You're actually the one who's making your job harder, not your patients.

6. Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

   SarahJ08 replied to Charlottemay's topic in Relations

   It's unfortunate that undiluted phenergan was pushed obviously was a terrible error. But why would you come this forum and basically say that being a abusive family member is a promise? If you have grievances you take it up with the hospital, but yo...

7. sitting with drug seekers.

   SarahJ08 replied to Momof8CNA's topic in CNA/MA

   Well sir, there is a difference between SCHEDULED medication and AS NEEDED pain medication. 9/10 the doctor is going to order it as needed, and some patients refuse to understand that. And it sounds like you are not a nurse, so you probably shouldn'...

8. lasix not given..

   SarahJ08 replied to acts456's topic in Medications

   This whole thread is strange...

9. I can't WAIT to say "Oh, me, I'm a nurse"

   SarahJ08 replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sitting here on my lunch break wishing I had not gone into nursing. I also try to avoid telling people so they don't ask me health related questions. I've been a nurse for four year and I'm a bit jaded.

10. When a patient signs out AMA...

    SarahJ08 replied to Lev's topic in Relations

    Terrible turn of events. But I don't thinks a patient in DKA would be well enough to save a drowning child. Or even really be present enough to focus. I don't want to sound cold hearted, but if she had taken care of her self in the first place then...

11. Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

    SarahJ08 replied to ixchel's topic in Relations

    Once I had a doc order for a patient to have a thoracentesis on the left side. Patient is sent down for the procedure and the radiologist calls ME and says that there is more fluid on the right side and wanted to know if the ordering doc meant for t...

12. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    SarahJ08 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

    I'm a travel nurse. My contact end December 16th and I start a new one January 4th. I'm excited that I'll actually have a Christmas break this year!

13. educational value of care plans

    SarahJ08 replied to OnlinePersona's topic in General Students

    I find that nursing care plans mean nothing outside of nursing school. You literally have to have doctor's order for everything.

14. Sad story of an ex-new grad nurse

    SarahJ08 replied to furelite's topic in New Nurse

    I would leave that hospital immediately. They were absolutely setting you up for failure. There is no way a new grad nurse can thrive on 5 weeks of orientation. That is less than what they orient seasoned nurse to a new unit at the hospital it work...

15. I was happy once. Then I became a nurse

    SarahJ08 replied to ebart03's topic in New Nurse

    I agree, the only plus is I have amazing coworkers that make the job bearable.