Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

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Do you find that patients assume you are inexperienced or unskilled as opposed to nurses that have worked in a hospital?

Do you feel "less than" a nurse that has worked in a hospital, or do you feel you missed out on something pertinent?

[Ioreth, BSN, RN]

2 hours ago, Hannahbanana said:

There are more that she’s not aware of. 

It wasn't intended to be a complete list, though I wish I could recognize everyone. I just wanted to recognize some of the non-hospital nurses I've interacted recently. I also wanted to point out that nursing is everywhere, not just the hospital, but didn't express that well. Was writing after an exhausting running shift 

1 hour ago, Davey Do said:

Being flown to seminars, use of the company car, my own office with a view, and traveling the state once a month to supervise cases seemed pretty glamorous to me in 1993 as an HH NS.

That is pretty snazzy. You found the unicorn!

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

On 5/3/2021 at 8:17 AM, Runsoncoffee99 said:

I think hospitals  are magical because you can learn everything there. 

Most of the things (nursing related) that I've learned, were nowhere near a hospital. Most of my learning was LTC or home health

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I asked this because I often hear other nurses  say"this is how we did it in the hospital." 

I occasionally hear that from patients too. I am in home care,so we do things a little differently. 

 

A lot of nurses and patients think that they way nurses complete skills in the hospital is the "right and only way."

[Ioreth, BSN, RN]

4 hours ago, Runsoncoffee99 said:

I asked this because I often hear other nurses  say"this is how we did it in the hospital." 

I occasionally hear that from patients too. I am in home care,so we do things a little differently. 

 

A lot of nurses and patients think that they way nurses complete skills in the hospital is the "right and only way."

Being in the hospital setting, I also hear "this is how they did it at my rehab facility/assisted living facility" or "this is how my home health nurse does it". For most things, a skill can be done multiple different ways and still be right. As long as sterile is maintained where it needs to and your facility policies and procedures are maintained, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Some of the things I've seen different are we do sterile straight cath in the hospital, but most parents don't sterile self cath, and aren't expected to. Also my diabetic surgical patients are all on insulin where they are normally on oral antidiabetic meds. We have to monitor their blood sugar closer right after surgery, then they go back to their oral meds when they discharge.

There's nothing wrong with different as long as it is safe.

[Covidnursedropout]

Yeah.  Why not put all that energy into just being a good nurse instead of making it a competition.  It isn't a competition, we are all in it together.

[londonflo]

1 hour ago, Ioreth said:

I've seen different are we do sterile straight cath in the hospital, but most parents don't sterile self cath, and aren't expected to.

Years ago in home health, we boiled the catheters for the parents to use. The home is not expected to have some of the bacterial contamination that we see in the hospital. 

[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

Hospital nursing is overrated. 

Signed,

NICU and Med/surg RN

[nursel56]

14 hours ago, Runsoncoffee99 said:

I asked this because I often hear other nurses  say"this is how we did it in the hospital." 

I occasionally hear that from patients too. I am in home care,so we do things a little differently. 

 

A lot of nurses and patients think that they way nurses complete skills in the hospital is the "right and only way."

To me this kind of points to the plethora of opinions out there, said by whomever, that merit skepticism, at least at first.

A longtime private duty patient said to me and every other new nurse in orientation. "This is not a hospital! We do things differently here.". 

The meaning was exactly the opposite of what you heard, however.  

[Davey Do]

On 5/6/2021 at 12:54 AM, Ioreth said:

Myth #1 Glamorous nursing jobs exist.

Nope. Not a one.

 

On 5/6/2021 at 7:34 AM, Davey Do said:

Being flown to seminars, use of the company car, my own office with a view, and traveling the state once a month to supervise cases seemed pretty glamorous to me in 1993 as an HH NS.

 

On 5/6/2021 at 9:10 AM, Ioreth said:

You found the unicorn!

A delusion is a false fixed belief in spite of evidence to the contrary.

[PonyTherapist, BSN, RN]

I went right into private clinic work and moved up into leadership there. Honestly, the only other place I'd go is academia. I hated the hospitals during my clinical rotations and would have left nursing if hospitals were my only options. Some people LOVE the hospital life. I respect the heck out of them because I can't do it. 

[TriciaJ, RN]

8 hours ago, Davey Do said:

 

 

A delusion is a false fixed belief in spite of evidence to the contrary.

So you did actually have that glamorous job, Davey?  But it's not the job you retired from so it couldn't have been that great.

Or is it the job you wished you could find while riding your unicorn?

[Davey Do]

4 minutes ago, TriciaJ said:

So you did actually have that glamorous job, Davey? 

I was the Golden Boy at that time, getting a 7% pay raise after my one year evaluation.

Yes, it was a glamourous NS position and I took advantage of it. After two years I was given a "lateral move" out the door.

What a blow to my ego! Psyche pain will cause us to do some self-study and re-evaluate things. I learned oh so much about my own character and being an administrator.

That glamourous position and its loss, truly was a stepping stone in growth.