What nursing or medical pet peeves drive you bonkers in movies or on TV?
I find myself yelling at the tv and huffing about how wrong they got everything.
For example, when people rip out their IV's but don't bleed. Or ETT that are not taped down. AT ALL. Or when they shock a flatline. Or when nurses and doctors run for even the most minor things. Code patients who wake up looking refreshed and alert/oriented. Oh! And when doctors do things like start IVs or clean up vomit (yeah, right).
Diploma nurses are some of the most well prepared and competent nurses I've ever had the honor of working beside.
I had a retired diploma nurse proudly proclaim to my preceptor and me that ASN's shouldn't be allowed because they don't get adequate training. My preceptor and I were both ASNs and were responsible for managing her medication. #awkward
I had a retired diploma nurse proudly proclaim to my preceptor and me that ASN's shouldn't be allowed because they don't get adequate training. My preceptor and I were both ASNs and were responsible for managing her medication. #awkward
Do you mean she was your patient and you were giving her meds to her? If not I doubt you were "managing her medication" because she was a diploma nurse. Diploma nurses don't need their medications managed by anyone. And really?! Did you have to go there? Somebody verbalized their respect for diploma nurses and you had to go and pee on it.
Do you mean she was your patient and you were giving her meds to her? If not I doubt you were "managing her medication" because she was a diploma nurse. Diploma nurses don't need their medications managed by anyone. And really?! Did you have to go there? Somebody verbalized their respect for diploma nurses and you had to go and pee on it.
That was the only experience I've had with a diploma nurse in my life, and I thought it was interesting because there appeared to be a circular concern among people with different RN educational backgrounds that the other is under-qualified.
I don't get my drawers in a bunch about pretending one kind of nurse is better than another. We have different educational and clinical backgrounds that have prepared us in different ways, but an RN is an RN, especially after a few years work experience, and the differences I've seen have been what the nurse chooses to do with their education, not what the letters say.
I said retired, meaning yes, she was the patient and in that context we were responsible for making decisions about her medication management. I was relaying facts about our exchange, not making a value judgment. I was not demeaning her education; I have no opinion regarding a diploma nurse's as it is not an option where I live (so I've had no reason to investigate their educational process). I certainly don't judge other nurses of any kind based on this one patient's behavior.
That was the only experience I've had with a diploma nurse in my life, and I thought it was interesting because there appeared to be a circular concern among people with different RN educational backgrounds that the other is under-qualified.
I don't get my drawers in a bunch about pretending one kind of nurse is better than another. We have different educational and clinical backgrounds that have prepared us in different ways, but an RN is an RN, especially after a few years work experience, and the differences I've seen have been what the nurse chooses to do with their education, not what the letters say.
I said retired, meaning yes, she was the patient and in that context we were responsible for making decisions about her medication management. I was relaying facts about our exchange, not making a value judgment. I was not demeaning her education; I have no opinion regarding a diploma nurse's as it is not an option where I live (so I've had no reason to investigate their educational process). I certainly don't judge other nurses of any kind based on this one patient's behavior.
I only pee in designated areas.
Thank you you for clarifying. You must admit without knowing she was actually your patient it could come across as dissing diploma grads. Which is why I asked. It's unfortunate that was your only exposure to diploma nurses as she really doesn't even come close to representing diploma nurses attitudes toward other types of nursing education. Frankly, she just sounds like a grumpy human. I'll admit though, the fact that you countered a very nice statement with a negative one rubbed me the wrong way.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Gotta love it when you see the MD ... inserting Foleys ...like that's ever going to happen IRL. Haha!
Erm, it happens kind of regularly in my world. Can't get the foley in? Quick, call the urologist before he starts his own surgery! Cardiac surgeon shows up early and the foley isn't in? They put it in themselves so us nurses can do the count.
Erm, it happens kind of regularly in my world. Can't get the foley in? Quick, call the urologist before he starts his own surgery! Cardiac surgeon shows up early and the foley isn't in? They put it in themselves so us nurses can do the count.
We are a small rural hospital. Some of our docs do lots of that kind of stuff too - especially in the ER. Especially one particular doc.
It annoys me to see them drawing blood, inserting IV's, giving medications, analyzing the specimens themselves as well as doing the MRI's, CT's etc. Docs in movies and shows are cnas, nurses, MRI techs, transporters, pharmacists all in one lol.
My husband puts the show on pause to say "okay, what would really happen?" and he is already indoctrinated to yell "that's not a shockable rhythm!" at the screen. Good times!
Thank you you for clarifying. You must admit without knowing she was actually your patient it could come across as dissing diploma grads. Which is why I asked.
I read the post and I could tell the diploma nurse being spoken about was the patient.
And the doctors are hanging the IV drugs, the same doctors do neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery, plus they also exam specimens under the microscope and do all the CT scans and MRI personally.
This is my favorite. I find it rather hilarious that the same doctor that first sees a "patient" in the ER is also the one doing their incredibly complicated brain or heart surgery in the next scene. There is also always a full team of doctors from various specialties participating. Because of course in the real world the patient is having brain, cardiac, ortho and plastic surgery at the same time! And of course since all these surgeons are in the room there is rarely a nurse in sight, after all there is no room for another person in the scene.
When you can hear the sounds of a ventilator, but the patient only has a nasal canula.
When there is a code, no one is bagging the patient, the patient is revived with shocks (and no IV drugs), then everyone leaves and goes back to their previous business. Patient is not intubated, or sent to ICU, and no one stays around to document, post strips, or anything.
NotAllWhoWandeRN, ASN, RN
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I had a retired diploma nurse proudly proclaim to my preceptor and me that ASN's shouldn't be allowed because they don't get adequate training. My preceptor and I were both ASNs and were responsible for managing her medication. #awkward