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True Story- My sister and I (we are both nurses) were eating lunch at a restraunt. This lady walked by us on the way to the ladies room, she lost her cookies allover the floor beside our table and...

As a manager, I smile, I listen, I take the person to any empty exam room. to talk to them, ( no Audience calms many). I assure them we are all working on their problem, which may or may not be the...

Or.... "You don't know why you are here in the clinic being seen today" Hmmm, Were you ever SICK?" "No, We do not provide taxi service for patients, here is the phone book, No, I do not have...

Reply in support of these posts. I am an RN and FORMER FAT PERSON. Been there, done that, wrote and burned that book. Talk about IRREVOCABLE IGNORANCE. You have a right to your anger but so do...

I worked for both systems. LSUHSC all the way! Level 1 Trauma Center, you will see more in 1 month there than you will see in a year elsewhere. Love to go to work every day, always a stimulating,...

Start putting out feelers for another job, or everyone works for the MDs, feel them out, let them know these scheduling changes are inconsistent with your employment agreement and cause a hardship. ...

Things actually said: To the 500 pounder with a dx of syncope: NO, you won't fit in a standard commode chair. We don't have a wheelchair that size. Who takes care of your personal hygiene at...

I am a former nurse manager. NEVER,EVER,EVER CONFIDE in a subordinate. Many of the suggestions are right on in these posts. 1. Form relationships with other nurses outside of your facility. 2. Ask...

My vet let me take our dog home to recover from an accident, he had hematuria, my husband freaks, Do Something, Do Something. I said what? He said you're the nurse, your supposed to know. I said I...

Yes, I really did wake up this morning planning just how bad I can make your day, aren't you special. Or the jewel I really did say to a house supervisor when she complained about our having to...

We all need a place to vent. This is a wonderful forum in which nurses can let out their frustrations. Do not be let what you read cloud your judgement about nursing. Nursing is the most...

LOL, All nurses HAVE to vent to keep what little sanity we possess. I love it, I have lived everyone of these in my career. Keep them coming.

I am returning to a strictly Med-Surg. floor after 10 years. Are there any gems of advice anyone would like to share? Other than run away, fast.

Go online to the ASGE website. American Society of Gastrenterology, they have a position paper on that subject. Basically, it is not recommended any further to turn off or manipulate the pacer...

Question: We have an anesthesiologist and CRNAs in our center. Does a nursing assessment need to be be performed by an RN or can the CRNA perform the pre-op nursing assessment? Is this a...

Welcome to GI! I have no CNAs that work for me, only techs, these are scrub techs. Much of GI technical work training is on the job. My best advice is to learn the flow of the lab you work for,...

I agree, with VS like that, we would have been called emergently, my docs think better safe than sorry.

We discharge our patient from recovery when vital signs have returned to baseline, the patient is awake, alert, and able to assist in ADLs, ie:dress themselves. We have no specific recovery time, it...

I read through all of the replies on this site. I am an old endo murse, 10 years, I have sedated all types of patients. The endo lab I work in is hospital-base with inpatient and outpatient...

I'm trying to get an overview of what other hospitals are paying endo nurses per to carry the beeper. I live in the southern United States and would really like as many reponses as possible....

Your facility should have some type of staffing ratio requirements. That these are not adhered to are normal everywhere. This happens, been there myself. I personally spoke with the NM, gave her 3...

Keep your chin up! Been there,done that. So now I'm happy, I am not in the cardiac unit at "big shot hospital taking fresh hearts, so what. I made the T-ball games, the school plays, the wrestling...

Reply to WaynesvilleRN, We begin our discharge on admit, the patients are given their discharge criteria during the assessment and pre-op, that save valuable time, we also repeat verbally with family...

Our administration responded the same way. Stick to your guns. Administrators are very aware that trained GI personnel do not grow on trees and you are not easily replaced.

We have the same situation in La. There is an RN and tech assigned to each room. The RN handles nothing but sedation, the tech assists the MD, We have 2 RNs in recovery, 5-1 ratio for moderate...