Ever wonder...

dthfytr, ADN, LPN, RN, EMT-B, EMT-I · Nov 18, 2011

ROFLOL!

njmomstudent · Nov 18, 2011

LMAO!!! I know!!!

netglow, ASN, RN · Nov 18, 2011

What the heck are you talking about :confused:

sweetnurse63, BSN, RN · Nov 18, 2011

what idiot? I don't understand.

Do-over, ASN, RN · Nov 18, 2011

Apparently a less-than-stellar new hire on someone's unit...

wetzoo · Nov 18, 2011

YES. My father was in the hospital a couple of months ago. I'm not a fan of this hospital in the first place, but he insists on going there for his doctor. He called the nurse, she came in, and he asked for his antibiotic. As he's explaining why it was imperative for him to get this antibiotic on time, her phone rings, she says, "Oh perfect!" and she bolts out the door when my father is in mid-sentence.

When she comes back with the antibiotic, my father is upset that he was essentially blown off. When he lets her know this, she says, "Hey...I'm not going to argue with you, man". I was absolutely blown away by her demeanor.

Zen123 · Nov 18, 2011

Ha! Hehehe:gtch:

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Nov 18, 2011

What the heck are you talking about

what idiot? I don't understand.

I'll take a guess. . .there's masses of good nurses out there with experience who are unemployed or underemployed. There's masses of new grads out there who would make good nurses, but they cannot display their potential because they're unemployed or underemployed.

Out of all of the nurses in the world, HR and management have apparently decided to hire a bumbling idiot onto the OP's unit who really has no business being a nurse. This person's wonderful interviewing style probably impressed the recruiters and nurse managers, so the idiot got hired. Meanwhile, all of the wonderful experienced nurses and eager new grads who do not have jobs must contend with another day on unemployment when they would have been better suited for this role.

**NickiLaughs, ADN, BSN, RN** · Nov 18, 2011

Commuter had it spot on. She gets me. There's a nurse with about a year of ICU experience recently hired on the unit, she started about a month after me, and she just still has no clue about anything. She still can't even FIND anything. And there's just this laid back attitude behind her without the realization that what she doesn't know is dangerous.

I'm just saddened because I see nurses on here all the time, and I know great nurses who can't find a job...and they hired this dingbat who doesn't realize she still needs to push atropine when the patient brady's down even if they're "just" a chem code....

That sorta thing. Sorry to those who were confused, I've worked too many shifts in a row. :yawn:

NICURN2FNP · Nov 18, 2011

YES. My father was in the hospital a couple of months ago. I'm not a fan of this hospital in the first place, but he insists on going there for his doctor. He called the nurse, she came in, and he asked for his antibiotic. As he's explaining why it was imperative for him to get this antibiotic on time, her phone rings, she says, "Oh perfect!" and she bolts out the door when my father is in mid-sentence.
When she comes back with the antibiotic, my father is upset that he was essentially blown off. When he lets her know this, she says, "Hey...I'm not going to argue with you, man". I was absolutely blown away by her demeanor.

Ever think that it might have been the unit secretary telling her that her patient 2 rooms down has tried to get out of bed unattended and fallen in the floor, or that her patient across the hall has pulled out all his lines and is bleeding all over the place? There is no need to be short or rude, of course, but sometimes it is hard for us mere humans to maintain our composure when all h*ll has broken loose and we are left to deal with not only the aftermath, but everything else we already had on our plates to start with.

noahsmama · Nov 18, 2011

Ever think that it might have been the unit secretary telling her that her patient 2 rooms down has tried to get out of bed unattended and fallen in the floor, or that her patient across the hall has pulled out all his lines and is bleeding all over the place? There is no need to be short or rude, of course, but sometimes it is hard for us mere humans to maintain our composure when all h*ll has broken loose and we are left to deal with not only the aftermath, but everything else we already had on our plates to start with.

If that were the case, she could have said something more informative than, "Hey, I'm not going to argue with you, man." Wouldn't necessarily have to explain in detail just -- "Sorry I left so suddenly but there was an urgent situation I had to deal with".