Hey Youda...check this out!!!!

[diddywah]

Oh wow...as many or at least a few of you know,my sister is employed in a very hateful hospital...that's the nicest way I can put it... I was told by one of her fellow employees that one of her charge nurses was going about asking if anyone had smelled alcohol on my twin...I have visited and printed off everything that I could find on "bullying"...I have been so MAD!!!! My sis is the more calm of us and seems to think that the rumor was started by jealousy and will die on its own....no fuel for the fire ya know... she does not drink, never has, but loves that hand cleaner that is alcohol based...she says she will give them urine, blood whatever they ask...I on the other hand am ready to call a lawyer...defamation of character,you know...I am so very ready to set a legal precedent but sis will not go along wth me...she laughs about the situaton...I am getting applications from other hospitals for her...I am just flabberghasted that this crap goes on in the midst of a nursing shortage...

She is such a knowledgeable, caring nurse...

Can any of you help me get my anger under control??? I know I am emotionally involved because we are so close,but I would be getting involved if it were any of my co-workers...it just so happens we are twins...she took the phone book away from me last night while I was looking for lawyers...I AM SO MAD I COULD SPIT BUT WOULD SPIT SO MUCH I WOULD BECOME DEHYDRATED!!!!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Thanks for listening to my latest rant !!!!

[abrenrn]

Sadly, no.

[abrenrn]

Sadly, no.

[Jenny P]

Diddywah, once while I was working charge, another nurse came and told me she was worried about the agency nurse in the room with her-- he smelled like gin. I went in and talked with him; he answered my questions (just general about how he was doing, etc.) I just wanted to smell his breath myself. Couldn't smell anything. Left the room; made rounds, came back in the room and helped him turn his pt. Afterwards, he used some of that alcohol-based foam, and BOY! could I ever smell the gin (alcohol smell)! But the smell was gone in less than a minute.

If your sister is being accused of smelling like alcohol, suggest that she use a different hand cleaner that doesn't have the alcohol smell. Go out and buy her some; that will at least give you something constructive to do for now. There are several different brands on the market and one of them ought to smell less like ETOH than the one she is currently using.

[Jenny P]

Diddywah, once while I was working charge, another nurse came and told me she was worried about the agency nurse in the room with her-- he smelled like gin. I went in and talked with him; he answered my questions (just general about how he was doing, etc.) I just wanted to smell his breath myself. Couldn't smell anything. Left the room; made rounds, came back in the room and helped him turn his pt. Afterwards, he used some of that alcohol-based foam, and BOY! could I ever smell the gin (alcohol smell)! But the smell was gone in less than a minute.

If your sister is being accused of smelling like alcohol, suggest that she use a different hand cleaner that doesn't have the alcohol smell. Go out and buy her some; that will at least give you something constructive to do for now. There are several different brands on the market and one of them ought to smell less like ETOH than the one she is currently using.

[Q.]

Originally posted by Youda

So, please don't get down on diddywah for feeling what she feels.

This is just a place to come to get ideas and a non-involved perspective. Please don't read more into it than that, folks.

Just offering my own advice too, like the original poster requested. I assumed all advice and perspectives were welcomed.

[Q.]

Originally posted by Youda

So, please don't get down on diddywah for feeling what she feels.

This is just a place to come to get ideas and a non-involved perspective. Please don't read more into it than that, folks.

Just offering my own advice too, like the original poster requested. I assumed all advice and perspectives were welcomed.

[Youda]

Originally posted by Susy K

Just offering my own advice too, like the original poster requested. I assumed all advice and perspectives were welcomed.

Of course all opinions are welcome. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

[Youda]

Originally posted by Susy K

Just offering my own advice too, like the original poster requested. I assumed all advice and perspectives were welcomed.

Of course all opinions are welcome. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

[l.rae]

the foam based cleanser provided by my hosp. smells exactly like booze!....being in the ER l have a nose for it. one dday a resident walked past me rubbing this stuff on his hands, as an instinct l looked up to see who had "refreshments" in the nurses station:D ...l guess he caught my look, l said, "l smell alcohol"...without thinking it might sound like an accusation. Anyway, turned out to be the hand wash...we just laughed about it...........................LR

[l.rae]

the foam based cleanser provided by my hosp. smells exactly like booze!....being in the ER l have a nose for it. one dday a resident walked past me rubbing this stuff on his hands, as an instinct l looked up to see who had "refreshments" in the nurses station:D ...l guess he caught my look, l said, "l smell alcohol"...without thinking it might sound like an accusation. Anyway, turned out to be the hand wash...we just laughed about it...........................LR