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Sounds totally insane to me!:smackingfMaybe they did it on purpose to see how you handled it all? Sounds as though you handled it all well in spite of it. Still, interviewer somewhat unprofessional...

Good Idea! However, I'm sure I would of been on her "poop list" no pun intended!:rolleyes:

Would of been told it is all in the day on the job, and to just suck it up! The last place work for me usually N-aids were lat alot or one after another reason why they were late, or didn't come in....

There were several, but the one that always comes to mind is that after giving an elderly pt alot of bedside care, and her meds & tx's she told me as I went out the door that if ever there is a...

:nurse:How I delt with it was to look at it as my penence for the day, and offerd it up spiritually! Worked for me! also built more tolerence, and empathy for even the most obnoxious pts! Team mates...

To studiousme......absolutly!:specs:

:nono:Re: Nurse that told pt that the nurses aid would be her nurse that night. Among other things; not right, and way not cool! Considering legal possible ramifications, pt's rights, and working out...

Any medical employer, or facility I ever worked always gave, as part of the orientation, an indepth job description listing everything you were responsible to do, and in what scope to do it. The...

:twocents: Though I went to school and stateboards there for license; I moved to Va, and certified as a nurse to work there as well, and it greatly disturbed me working in Va as a nurse to see MA's...

The most sickening thing I saw a fellow nurse do once was at break time, and she always stirred her coffee with the pen she used, all day!:rolleyes: The pen surely had germs on it!

:hdvwl:I also went through what all you say, but Half my nursing career I worked as a oncology nurse, and it was standard each nurse was assigned 6-8, or more pts daily. We were to do all the pts...

It's that way lots of places sadly! I think they need to staff better, and according to what degree of diff the pts are. So many places work the staff short. It's exhausting, and it is hard on...

I don't know about other states but here in Va they started recruiting nurses from Asia, Europe, etc...The pay their way here, and pay their housing, etc, and their tuition! The only catch is once...

The school I had attended way back told us that not too long in the future LPN's would be eliminated. Charting also on the way out with computer taking over! I don't know if it is good or bad? ...

Hi, Temp services, or in home cares might be the way to get time on your side! Also in ans to a question someone had about getting hired: Yrs ago when I was in nursing school instructors told us...

http://images.allnurses.com/icons/sad.pngOh no! !!!!! I just finished a reply to this post, and before I could submit it the computer ate it:yawn:I don't have it in me to key it all in again! It was...

:yeah:I so totally agree with you! I thought for a while that it was just where I worked, but later saw , as well that it was on a much bigger scale that I or lot of others imagined! I'm still...

Well the hospital I worked at on the oncology unit several yrs, and it was pretty much just that, but sometimes you would get other post op pts, but most of the time it was pretty much chemo. The...

:up:kudos to you! I too been there ,done that:D trach, and clogged feeding tube irrigations! You could always tell when the prev. shift nurse had failed to do these cares for whatever the reason! :o...

http://images.allnurses.com/icons/health_meter.png Good option! It appears to be a bigger problem not just in your area, but other places the county also! My experiences were much like yours. ...

Where I worked we were told to always follow chain of command! I wrote the responsible party up and did take and give it to the DON, and was told by her it would be taken care of. Someone did come...

I had similar experience! I was passing meds, and NA was passing lunch trays, and about to enter a Rm that was isolation, and gowns, masks,etc right out side the door. I stopped her and told her...

I also was a nurse in a hosp with 2 prisons close by, and occ saw inmates as pt's there! They always had correctional officers assigned to their Rms. If memory serves me right on chemo floor one...

;)Unfortunately, I had to retire from nursing, and am now permanently disabled due to the 2 knee surg's, and repetative back inj's! Was depressed for a while to no longer be working at a job I loved...

:dzed:Wow, Unbelievable, so many of us share so much the same no matter where we live & work! I loved nursing, and gave my all for my pts the hosp I worked several yrs oncology, and med/surg. ...