Another vent. I promise I'll stop when I get a new job. Swear I'm not one of those people who hates and runs from every job lol but this current one is taking every once of energy I have.
i get a call on my day off about an order the doc sent. "UA and CS, straight cath if necessary"
the day nurse was livid because it was for an AL patient. Still, our director said we can cath in AL as needed. I do this in our subacute unit all the time.
The reason for the order- this patient has been confused and combative most likely due to suspected UTI (she has dementia but is usually very sweet, foul smelling concentrated urine.. All the s/s) I couldn't get the urine cause It took me and 3 CNAs to toilet her for nothing, just to get her back into the chair and then into the bed as she went in her diaper.
she has hep c and is digging nails into people and trying to hit us. Just not a good situation.
so I called md and she said what about a straight cath? I said yes and some Ativan. She said fax me a reminder and I will fax the orders in the morning.
next morning day nurse flipped saying that I have no right to dx someone with a UTI and get order for a cath for an AL patient as its a liability to cath her and as an invasive procedure we could make a mistake and it's a liability.
im thinking, dude it's a urinary catch not a chest tube?
But it anyway I said go ahead get the order d/c for the catch and we'll try to get the urine. Been 3 days and still have not gotten it but I'm gonna let them call the shots cause I'm done with the arguing. Being made to feel dumb, and im done with the gossip too. As she ran and told the other nurses about everything.. I'm thinking, grow up?
Idk this isn't the place for me and im looking for other jobs and going back to school.
