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Recently, I have heard the same thing a MILLION times from newby nurses and talking with my fellow co-workers we have a running joke about it.
New nurses who say: I want to get into the ICU and go to CRNA school!!!
When a student comes to our unit I love to bait them until I hear them express this. If all these students actually went to CRNA school who would be available to perform all the other nursing jobs? It kills me! God love 'em!
I do med ed every time I give meds. If a person looks confused, med ed will happen AGAIN from me.
That being said, I love it when I go over a med THREE nights in a row, do ed on the specific med EVERY time at the EXACT same time every day, and am still asked, "What's that med for?!!!?" This is usually paired up with a "HUH?!" expression.
"When will the doctor be in?" For the love of God, I don't know!! I'll put a gps up his orifice so I can give the estimated time of arrival just for you my dear.
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"When will the doctor be in?" For the love of God, I don't know!! I'll put a gps up his orifice so I can give the estimated time of arrival just for you my dear.
Oh my YES! And no, I won't call Dr B. She won't tell me when she'll be in, but she sure as heck will rip my head off and stuff it down my neck for daring to ask. I'm sorry Ms. "patient just days out of acute care," some docs in sub acute come in whenever the hell they feel like it.
For myself I'll add "when can I go home." Here you need to ask therapy and the docs. I don't have ANY idea, more often than not I don't know until the day you are leaving. Half the time that day comes and I think "finally, why has it taken so long?" the other half I think "Um, really? Are you sure that's a good idea?" No one asks me or listens to me either way!
"When will the doctor be in?" For the love of God, I don't know!! I'll put a gps up his orifice so I can give the estimated time of arrival just for you my dear.
"NURSE!!!!! I want the toilet! " every fricking 20 min over night with a pt we have had for 3 weeks. The same 3 weeks I have been on nights and guess who has had her?? We were in the middle of a MET call last night night in the room opposite and every time some one came out to get something she would scream. No dementia, just lazy.
Get up and go then to the toilet! Or use your call bell. Cause when someone screams NURSE!!!! it sends people running in a panic thinking someone fell. Plus the new grads are discovering how many languages I can curse in and how colourfully!!! One of my collegues was laughing at me cause I usually have plenty of patience but this woman is just driving me batty!
My clinical instructor demanded $1.00 every time we told her, "I have never done this [procedure] before" and $2.00 when we said it in front of a patient. She preferred, "Can you please watch me." At the end of the semester she used all the money she collected to buy cakes, pastries and drinks to the unit nurses. And trust me, it was a lot of money, LOL
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This is coming from a total guy's perspective, but I hope he pressed charges. I know I would!
Also I hope the hospital (although I'm SURE they didn't) banned her from visitation for the duration of that son/daughters stay.
Of all things considered, that is TRULY unacceptable!