LAZY NURSES

[ohioguy]

I would like to share to the students here and anyone else walking by that I have spent a day sitting in a patients room for a 1 to 1 precaution (reason not important) and have noticed one big thing; Nurses here (undisclosed facility) are SO lazy, and dumb...... Sorry for the unprofessional language but this is very frustrating. I have watched this nurse waddle in this room three times all day. In the morning at the start of her shift it took her 2 hours to even come in to assess her patient. This is unacceptable! Everything about the nurses on this floor kill me. (usually a tech in ICU) I am on a general medicine floor and would be very upset if i knew a loved one on this floor. This motivates me even more to become a better and smarter nurse than ever before. (graduate may 2011 nclex in June:yeah:) One example the nurse came in and gave the patient heparin. I asked if it was a low molecular weight heparin and she responded saying "yea, sure I think something like that" her lack of intelligence goes to show that no student on this forum should worry about passing the nclex, if she can do it you sure can! ugh, I hope no students on this forum will end up as she, please continue to study and become great nurses who genuinely care and know what they are doing.

[Pneumothorax, BSN, RN]

lazy? or tired?

I see both

Yes , I agree with this.

I have seen really good nurses who hit the ground running and others who I ask if we should check labs before giving X med & they're like yeahhhh I guesss but it's not important & just wanna stuff the meds in the pt ASAP so they can sit & gabb or eat twizzlers.

It takes all types to be an RN & until I'm truly in their shoes I'll just observe & try not to develop bad habits in the mean time

[guest042302019, BSN, RN]

Well, a big difference between the two types of heparin is cost. As we know, being conscious of all aspects of patient care, any savings we can do the better. :) Check this out Medscape: Medscape Access

I hate to site Wikipedia, but there is some great information about heparin Vs. low molecular weight heparin. Main differences include: molecular weight, less frequent dosing, sub-q route, less monitoring of PTT, less risk of bleeding, osteoporosis, thrombcytopenia, and less effect on thrombin. I'm sure there is more. All those differences translate into more convenience, less cost, and way more safety for our patients. Sounds nice to me.

I see where you are coming from. I suppose one should know the details of the differences especially how frequent it is administered. However, I don't know if one could retain such knowledge. In a perfect world, I would love to know mechanism of action, side effects, routes, dosages, nursing assessments/interventions, associated lab values, contraindications, etc, about every single drug I give. Oh, I'd also like to know each interaction of all drugs.

I do agree that there is a lot of language that is unprofessional in the hospital setting. I really don't like hearing "honey" "sweety" etc. all the time.

When I started nursing school, I would ask many, many questions. I would be appalled when I learned that my primary didn't know all the answers nor my clinical instructor. But, they did have the most pertinent and crucial information at the time they needed it most. I learned one can't know everything but should strive to continue to learn.

As far as not coming in after two hours, there must have been other more critical patients. Not necessarily she was lazy.

Give her a break. You'll soon see. You're feet will be hurting. People will ask you questions you don't have the answer for and it just so happens there is a student there watching and analyzing everything you do. Good luck!

[RLtinker, LPN]

Old thread, I remeber when this came around the first time.

Honestly, there are any number of things the nurse could have been doing before she got to the pt. all of which take time. Checking the chart, getting report, seeing higher priority pt. dealing with a code brown which many times leads to needing to change the bed, being side tracked by faimily members, checking the MAR and any questionable drugs in their drug book. Time is something many nurses are in short supply of.