LaurRN

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1. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Why would you not believe what a stranger said? That is called judgment, assuming they must be lying for whatever reasons you've created in your head.

2. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you

3. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you.

4. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   There was not a code going on at the moment. The charge nurse definitely would not have been able to come if there were. It had happened earlier in the shift and she was busy with the paperwork is what she said. Also trival is not a word. You must k...

5. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   The caffeine was for his migraine. It wasn't a food request just cause he felt like a hot cup of coffee or something. Also, he was not wearing his badge out of his room. He clipped it to his gown for 10 minutes while kidding around. Boy I feel like e...

6. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your reply. I tried to hold off on telling them! I swear! Haha. I don't know why everyone thinks this code was in the ER! We were on the floor, and It wasn't happening at the time we spoke to the charge nurse, it happened beforehand. Sh...

7. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   The manager actually did not know because he did not have to call out. He does not work full time there. Also the milk was already in the coffee so we could not ask for more milk. My boyfriend was frustrated that he had migraine pain and they would n...

8. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Is it so hard to believe that judgments can be made and patients can be treated poorly at times?

9. When an employee is a patient

   LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

   Actually my boyfriend's manager was NOT directly involved in his care. She was several floors away, so there was no reason for her to know about his care or even his stay. We never made unrealistic requests or demands. When his pain wasn't treated an...

10. When an employee is a patient

    LaurRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My boyfriend was a patient in the hospital where he works recently and we both had a terrible experience. Besides giving him coffee with curdled milk in it and refusing to make more because "that's just the way cream settles" and "we're out of coffee...

11. Staffing question & your cardiac floor

    LaurRN replied to laurenjarrod's topic in Cardiac

    I would seriously consider quitting my job. They put your nursing license at risk. If something happened it would still be your responsibility/fault. I'm so sorry this happened to you! Truly.

12. Best Choice: Nurse Tech or Monitor Tech?

    LaurRN replied to walktheline's topic in General Nursing

    I was a monitor tech for a little over a year while in nursing school. The experience was really beneficial. I now work on a telemetry unit and all those hours of watching the monitors really helped me get comfortable. If that's an area you want t...

13. Think I hate nursing... Now what? pregnant and hormonal!

    LaurRN replied to nursedani08's topic in General Nursing

    it's so comforting to know i'm not alone! believe it or not, i came on here today to write almost the exact same thing i just read by you. i am a new nurse. i graduated in may but i took the summer off. i started my job in october on a telemetry...

14. When to wear gloves!?

    LaurRN replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everybody! The input has been very helpful.

15. When to wear gloves!?

    LaurRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I am a brand new nurse one month out on the job. I went in to a patient's room today to disconnect the IV antibiotic and flush the line, and I put on gloves. The nurse who orients me said she never wears gloves to flush an IV and asked me ...