Published Oct 6, 2008
NewNurseOH
4 Posts
I work in the hospital setting and float to numerous floors. There is one ANM on a floor who does not like floaters and has said numerous nasty comments to me. Today she came in and told me I was going to be sent home because I asked to have someone else boost a 300lb patient since I was pregnant and was told by my Dr. to not boost or lift heavy people. I spoke to my supervisor who was upset by the way I was treated and promptly moved me to another floor to avoid any other issues. The nurses in the room I had were completely fine with boosting this patient. So her comeback I felt was innapropriate. My questions is two-fold will she be able to blackball me on other floors? I hear so many stories about how nurses will try to make new grad's lives miserable. The hospital I work at employs 42,000 people. Plus was I out of line to ask for help boosting a 300 lb patient who was unable to assist in any way? Thanks for your help.
AZMOMO2
1,194 Posts
Of course you were not out of line. 300lbs should be at least a two person lift to avoid injury to anyone pregnant or not. Save your back you are going to need it, plus its easier for the patient. I'm sure the people that helped were fine with it. Its not like you asked them to take care of everything for you.
Some people are just not nasty no matter what you do and you can't please them.