CrystalSSA

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  1. Are you married sweetie?"

    When asked personal questions that I do not want to answer, I make up silly answers. In the case that I was asked if I am married, I would say, "I am from West Virginia, I have been married since I was four!". That leads to conversation to West Vi...
  2. Want real life nursing advice on homework assignment

    I gave more than 2 lines, that was just the statement of what I had to say. I gave reasons etc. They wanted to know... If someone in management perceives a problem with you do you: Apologize and try to talk to them Go to HR and report the issue Ta...
  3. Nursing school conflict question: I got a bad grade on this assignment. The question was: A director at your place of employment has gone to your manager with an accusation that is untrue. The director thinks that your attitude at a recent meeting...
  4. How would you handle this?

    The elevator to the procedure area is right beside the rooms. They allow us to either push the patient down in a wheelchair or their bed, the choice is ours or the patients, they will accept either. Sometimes I feel like its a control issue. I com...
  5. How would you handle this?

    I work on a floor that is a medical floor. Many of the patients on my floor need tests and procedures, but are not on the schedule for them. The result is that we do not know when a slot will be open. We know they are going, we just don't know whe...
  6. How do you talk to patients with weight issues?

    We get anyone having cardiac issues. Both the obese and the anorexic patient were having long pauses in heart beats.
  7. How do you talk to patients with weight issues?

    Thank you for your answers, and I will search the topic!
  8. I do not work on a psychiatric unit, but last week alone I had one patient that weighed over 650 lbs and one that weighed under 70 lbs. Both were in total and complete denial. When you have these patients do you talk to them about their weight? D...
  9. "I'm not floating."

    I have seen nurses huff off the floor when they come to the unit I work on and see the patient load. They dont seem to realize that on their stepdown unit, they are required to do a lot of things that I do not have to do for a patient.
  10. How to turn down an assignment

    ps: no union here...as you can guess
  11. How to turn down an assignment

    First let me say that nothing bad happened, but I feel I took a risk at work that I am not willing to take again. I was given my usual assigment at the start of the day. It is a heavy load, but I can deal with it. I was then told that some people ...
  12. New nurse question

    It was a weird situation where I was doing part and another nurse was doing part. I didnt want her to get confused, so I wrote a note that she could read about which paperwork was done and where it went. I was new and afraid I'd never remember it, ...
  13. New nurse question

    I got called into the office and "written up" for some missing paperwork. The thing is, in my nursing notes, I specificially mentioned that paperwork and what I did with it. I was in shock about being called in and said "I guess I could have lost ...
  14. Facebook dilemma

    My work has very strict rules about facebook. Get caught talking about "work" and you get walked out of the building. Even if you could, I'd be careful. Also, you can make it so that your supervisor is your "friend" but can only view posts that yo...
  15. I would like to get an advanced nursing degree. The school that I want to go to requires a year of critical care experience. I am currently on a med-surg floor and have been there for only 4 months. The hospital I work for allows me to start appl...