CaitlynRNBSN

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  1. Bullied by a new grad, wth???

    It is always my pet peeve when nurses get on my case for about what I did on MY shift. I worked a night shift, and I had an Open heart patient that had some cognitive delays. He was VERY VERY difficult to deal with. He would not allow you to touch h...
  2. Cops and Nurses

    Hm, I live very close to tornado ally...and last year we had a small F1 tornado right around shift change, before I was going in for anight shift. Warnings were out, clearly I was going to be late...as is everyone else. Anyway, we have a plan for thi...
  3. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    YES!!! I get calls CONSTANTLY from techs. (I.e. lab techs, ultrasound, MRI, XRay). they call me and will be like "Did Dr.X really want this PTT at 6:00? YES!!!!! if he didn't want it, he wouldn't order it. I get so so so so annoyed with techs from pl...
  4. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    Another reason I hate nursing: Situations similar to this. (Don't know who to push a new policy on?? Just give it to the nurses. They can do it) I once got a "talking to" because I had infection control call me to tell me that the wrong isolation or...
  5. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    Don't you just wish we could yell at them back and tell them how ridiculous they are being?? I can't stand when they claim they are "too sick" to do anything. Like onetime I had a surgical patient get mad and turn me in because I made him wash his ...
  6. need help...starting an iv/picc team

    We have an IV team. it is wonderful!! They get alerts if a patient's IV is needing to be changed. We page them when we need them. They are available 24/7. They start the IV, they can do PICC insertion as well (if able). They do the dressing changes ...
  7. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    1. Wisconsin 2. 2 years 3. Med/Surg-Telemetry 4. $26.41 (for a day shift. I work mainly nights. ocassionally days to keep up practice) 5. $3.00 more for nights. $4.00 more for weekends. (yes! $7.00 more if weekend nights. Which is why I like to do we...
  8. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    that is nursing for you and it is only going to get worse. Our hospital is actually talking about getting rid of CNAs because "nurses can do it." think about it....If our hospital does without CNAs i will be leaving. I doubt i'd even give 2 weeks not...
  9. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    I had one patient this past weekend that I truly cared taking care of. He was probably 1 in a million. I true train wreck on the phone, but when I got him, he looked healthier than me. Very very sick...he just didn't look the part, never complained, ...
  10. Snowed a patient

    You did what was ordered. Nobody could have for seen that coming.
  11. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    "Decaying stench?" If this ICU had a GI Bleed patient (which more than likely it did) unfortunately there is no way to control that odor. a GI bleed STINKS to high heavens. I work on a CV-Surgery/Telemetry floor, which is down the hall from our ICU. ...
  12. Songs That Remind You of Nursing....

    Song that reminds me of nursing??? hmmm....How about "This is the song that never ends" except, change up the lyrics and it will be "This is the job that never ends"
  13. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    It's not only the patient's and families that are so ungrateful, it is the management and the "high ups." you know...the one's that sit in their office twiddling their thumbs while reading patient satisfactory scores on noise at night and response to...
  14. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    I just prefer if people don't tell me. it's none of my business...if there is an issue the manager can talk with them. I once had someone call in and tell me they "have the runs" then she got all descriptive. Yea, even though im a nurse I prefer not ...
  15. Advice needed

    It's best to just say you want to leave when you are 2 weeks into it rather than a couple months into it. They haven't invested THAT much time/money into you after 2 weeks. a lot less than they would after a couple months. I don't think this new L&a...