CCUNURSE1

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1. Old nurse won't retire

   CCUNURSE1 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   We have a nurse that is nearing retirement age in my unit. She has started slipping in her duties and forgetting essential tests/info/procedures. In the past, she has made new nurses (and new to the unit nurses) miserable with endless questions, char...

2. Nurses with children always go home early?

   CCUNURSE1 replied to Agatha12's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked the past 5 Christmas Eve's and Christmas days because my child is older and I was fortunate enough to be a stay at home home mom when my son was small. I am taking off Christmas Day this year because my college aged son is moving to anoth...

3. Nurses and bullies...

   CCUNURSE1 replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

   "Nurses eat their young" is a real thing...I started my nursing career at the age of 34 and my charge nurse did anything and everything she could to break me at the beginning of my career. Unbeknownst to her, I was stubborn as hell and determined to ...

4. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   CCUNURSE1 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   I say ignore the "you could have handled it better, self riotous people". There will ALWAYS be non compliant pts, hateful pts, or those that just don't give a crap about their own health. If they don't want to change...they won't. And most often, the...

5. Graceful way to NOT answer all the personal questions my patients ask me.

   CCUNURSE1 replied to CoffeeYogaNurse's topic in Relations

   I also live in the south, I don't mind answering that I'm married and have one child (although I never give out their names or my last name). When asked where I live my go to reply is ,"oh, I live locally". I never answer questions about politics or ...