Barley

Barley

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  1. Nursing Nightmares

    My nightmares include warehouse-like units (complete with improvised and dirty furniture and linens), multi-floor or multi-building patient assignments (patient 1 in building 1, patient 2 in building 2 down the street, etc), unit rearranged and no on...
  2. Doctors not talking to nurses

    While not really related to the shared "project", one thing that really irritates me is the docs who walk down the hallway, and completely ignore me when I say a friendly hello (no hello, no smile, no nod, no eye contact, nothing). I don't know of an...
  3. Why not the executives themselves? Make them earn their big bucks. And if they think it's such a trifling job that won't take away from patient care, then it shouldn't interfere with their executing (executiving?) either.
  4. "...Assistant Vice Chancellor John Howser, said: "All decisions... are being made in a patient-centric manner ..."" If this is what "patient-centric" means (to give nurses extra work without extra time or extra staff), I hope any hospital I ever g...
  5. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    I don't mind if they call to ask during my waking hours - sometimes I'll answer and say "no I have plans/appointments/etc", other times I don't answer. I DO mind when they call in the middle of my sleeping time to see if I'll come in, especially if i...
  6. Help! At my wit's end with reconstituting a med

    This is what I was going to recommend.
  7. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    I became a second career nurse in my late 30s after being in science research. I was able to quit my old job to work on pre-req's exclusively (I had to take five 3-ish-credit courses) - prereqs took me about 8 months (local community college (highl...
  8. Dangerous patients

    How are demented and/or delirious people strangling others comparable to patients with long toenails, possible buns in the oven, or mild fevers? Should the LTC staff just let this resident rampage until the MD shows up the next morning, or until the ...
  9. In response to talk of burning bridges, I'd say that there wasn't really a bridge to begin with, based on the OP, and thus no reason to worry about burning said bridge. How can you get good references when you're already the least favorite, even if y...
  10. Just finished first year... asked to redo orientation

    When I corrected some nutritional deficiencies I was having, my energy increased and brain fogginess decreased. Might be worth looking into some physical as well as mental health causes.
  11. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to your question, but in thinking about my own negative experiences with the bureaucracies of UofP, I would encourage you to get something in writing, directly from UoP about something as important as whether you...
  12. Useless Hospital Committees

    Seems like pt care and safety would improve if the resources put into committees were instead put into an extra nurse each shift. Most of the RNs I know and work with would love to be able to be able to improve patient care and safety, but are just s...
  13. Great New Reasons to Wash Your Hands, Often!

    Bacteria grow easily on plastics (e.g., there are studies of bacteria in offices, and the plastic keyboards are loaded with microbes). There are however microbe-resistant plastics, and there's a recent study about the use of these plastics for curtai...
  14. Great New Reasons to Wash Your Hands, Often!

    Did anyone mention the privacy curtains yet? Not sure how often those get cleaned, and I frequently see those being handled after patient contact, before hand washing.
  15. Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

    As an introverted nurse who's career counselor told her not to go into such a public career as nursing, I can relate to many of the comments here. One thing I tell myself when sometimes wishing I had a more outgoing personality is that not all patie...