Riseupandnurse

Riseupandnurse

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About Riseupandnurse

Riseupandnurse has 15 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical.


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  1. I pick the days that I'm dumped on....

    My hat is off to the float pool nurses. Floating is the absolute worst part about bedside nursing in a hospital, IMHO. Even when I was treated well, which was almost always, because there was so much about the floor and the doctors I didn't really ...
  2. Habits you picked up from work...

    Thinking most of the people I see out in WalMart are fall risks and grading them as to that risk. Tensing up when I see someone start to cough because I expect them to aim straight at me and I will have to jump back. Letting the phone at home ring a...
  3. I just can't do this anymore...

    In general I always thought people shouldn't comment on other people's marriages, because we can't see both sides. However, your story resonates with me because it has been mine. I agree with the poster who thinks your husband is seeing you as a me...
  4. False accusations.

    Capp---you did the right thing. Please don't listen to people bashing you about your attitude. We are human and can think whatever we want to as long as we don't act out all of our thoughts or verbalize them to patients/families etc. Thank goodnes...
  5. Well, it is what it is. Just a revelation.

    After many years of nursing I took a career aptitude test just to see what would happen. I found out my dream career would have been as an architect. :) But I also got a lot clearer on what I liked and didn't like. That helped me come up with an ex...
  6. Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    Five is ok IF they are the same 5 at the end of the shift that you started out with. Unfortunately, that is very often not the case. An admit or discharge is often like having 2 patients instead of 1.
  7. Angry Nurse here!

    Many years ago I was chatting with an RN I knew who worked OR in a different facility. She said she couldn't stand one of the doctors and a big reason was that he felt free to take anyone's food out of the fridge in the OR break room. She said he w...
  8. Computers that don't work

    Lots of problems with barcoders. A student figured out to take it into the room still in its charger and then plug it in in the room while scanning. Only way to keep the charge long enough to get through the meds.
  9. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    I agree there is a lot of bias in the poll questions, but I am used to it. I am a member of 3 of the organizations calling for all this stuff. I object to what they do and have told them this numerous times. Have stayed in them despite the cost tr...
  10. Nurses, what is on your Santa wishlist?

    I wish for a job or help with school for everyone who replies to this thread with these needs. My heart goes out to you. For those in practice, I wish that managers could work December 26 in the staff's shoes and then rethink some of the policies. ...
  11. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    It is great when a family member understands that nurses are only human and the great majority of us are doing the best we can. The family member that is just there to help the patient and is friendly and a partner to the nurse can be a huge blessin...
  12. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    I really don't like it when organizations I belong to take detailed stands without consulting their members. The fact is, it's not just access to mental health services that needs improving, it's the commitment of society to protect itself from the ...
  13. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    So many choices..... one that sticks out in my mind: Every year there was an employee picnic. One year the powers that be hired some buses to transport the nurses who were working that day out to the fields (about a 5 minute bus ride) on their (no...
  14. Win CASH! Christmas Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    "Since you guys come in here every hour begging for something to do because 'I have the time', I signed you up to make 100,000 toys and ride with Santa. Get cracking!"
  15. Can I be terminated for this mistake?

    Good grief; stop worrying. I know of a nurse who forgot to get the consent signed, hung the blood and had a family member walk in and hit the roof. Seems they were all Jehovah's witnesses. I also know of a recent case where the wrong blood was hun...