ERnurse 60

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1. break? what's a break?

   ERnurse 60 replied to jhuff9292's topic in Safety

   I have worked in two community hospital ER's. In neither do we get a break. We just wolfed down our lunch in the break room. When we tried to put in for no lunch, management said we had to make time for a break. That our coworkers had to take over ou...

2. Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

   ERnurse 60 replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

   What I can't stand anymore is that patients are now "customers", or consumers of health care. And they are running the show. Our boss was on the phone with a patient's mother for days, making sure she was satisfied, and telling her to be sure to call...

3. Seems parents aren't parenting

   ERnurse 60 replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

   Not exactly the thread topic, but as an ER nurse, we often have parents bring in kids to have us medicate them. "They won't take it for me". Are you kidding, who's running the show?

4. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

   ERnurse 60 replied to monkeybug's topic in Relations

   I worked in a very busy community ER. We were taken over by a large urban hospital, who felt that nurses were a dime a dozen, and treated us that way. After two or three nurses left, they refused to fill the positions. They told us that "when you can...