nursebeth77

My last day is the 29th I’m going to start traveling. I won’t have to worry about it then. Unfortunately my supervisor doesn’t have anyone’s back. I am bleed to have strong nurses on those 2 nights because there are a couple that are kinda iffy and they need babysat. I only had 2 rapid response on the floor, which that really scares me the most.

I’ve been an ICU nurse since May2019, and a nurse since 2011. Last week I was assigned as the charge nurse unexpectedly. I have never been trained as one and I felt very uncomfortable all night with being in a position I was not ready for. I guess I could have refused but the only other person had only been a nurse for about 9 months and I couldn’t do that to her. What can I do?

3 months with an employer letter

Congratulations on getting done! But 14 months!!! That's a crazy waiting time, I'm so ready to be done.í ½í¸©

I completely agree, that why they called in a sitter to watch him.

Yes, I worked at a different hospital when it was mandatory to give report. I couldn't do what a lot of the nurses here in our ER do. No, I'm not the only nurse that complains about some of the reports we get from our ER. We get unstable pts all the time and the common excuse is "they weren't like that down here" yeah we have a magical elevator that pts decline in rapidly. But when it's appropriately ok for ER nurses here to not even see the pt, how would they know the pt is declining. Yes, things have been reported to hospital. No, I'm not a perfect little nurse that loves complaining. I have worked in ER, ICU, pedi, medsurg and an EMT in the military and on a city ambulance. I know how busy nurses can get but I've never not seen my pt and I've been in the medical field since 1997. I've also given report on my own pt, I've never expected anyone else too. If they can't handle being busy they need to find another job because nursing is a very busy field to work in.

Heck yes I would report him. He is cutting into someone and we are supposed to be pt advocates. I'm tired of some nurses just blowing stuff off because it's a "DR" and they could do no wrong. If my child or one of my family members were to have surgery and the Dr was sick, I would no want them to touch them. If something did happen to one of those pts and they died or got a massive infection and you knew it could have been prevented that would be on you as a human being, not reporting it. That's why they have ORs sterile as possible. We have to be held accountable for our pts, to help them not make things worse for them. A lot of Nurses and Drs have lost their passion to help people and don't give a crap. "Did you die" no, then who cares. We must be held to a higher standard! So heck yes, report him! Write an incident report.

When someone is a 1:1 and restrained, you always watch for personal safety and pt safety. That's why they are a 1:1 and need to be watched. I can't see a nurse telling you to ignore him. Your supposed to watch him not ignore him. If the pt is in the hospital assume they have an IV.

Wow that's crazy! I worked in the ER for over a year and I always gave report. I didn't know it didn't happen everywhere else. I worked at a level one trauma center then and we had too. I've been a floor nurse at a different hospital for a few years now and I still expect it, I guess I'm lucky I got a report at all.

Ok, just to be clear, this was his patient not another nurse giving report for him. I do understand that if I'm getting report from another nurse that they most likely have not seen the pt. I understand things can get busy in the ER as well as the floor. I was not expecting him to spend a great deal of time with the pt but I did expect him to at least see the pt. I did answer the phone when he called because I was expecting him to call. But sometimes I can't just drop everything because ER is calling to give report. We do get very busy also.

Sorry, I ment ATI.

I got this pt at 2100 (9pm), so he had been there for 2 hrs without seeing his pt. And if you read my original post, I said I have worked in the ER, and I never once passed on a pt without seeing them. I was just asking basic questions that he should know when he offered up the fact that he didn't know because he had not seen the pt. And the bit about the floor does not like getting admissions is sometimes true but not with me, I really don't mind getting them. Oh and we have codes on the floor also... On our floor we have 6 pts to a nurse, total care pts, no cna's, sometimes I have pediatric pts as well. I support all nurses and I do have understanding of bad days but not seeing a pt does not sit with me.

That's great! Do you have to do the API that they just came up with? And how long after you take the CPNE do you graduate?

Wow! Y'all have some strong feelings each way, I almost had to make some popcorn to read the posts. I have been been on all three sides of the spectrum, I was an EMT prior to getting my LVN and I also hold a bachelors in Education and I am a Navy veteran. Nursing test and medic testing are nothing alike, as a medic all of the questions are going to be "what do you do when you get on scene?" and nursing is going to be deeper because you do a lot of education with pts and prioritizing. And yes there are a lot of select all that apply and put in order " absolutely hate them" but they are there. I started at a brick and mortar school for my BSN and I failed with a 74.06 and I needed a 74.45 to pass in mental stupid health (which is totally subjective) oh and that was based on test, they didn't include the homework and the essays until you made a 74.45 average on the test, then they would add them in. Oh, with working experience on both sides has big flaws. Some nurses I have worked with, I question every day how the heck they are a nurse! And I've worked with medics that I wouldn't let touch me at all. Unfortunately we all have seen the system fell for people. Whether it be online or a brick and mortar school. You just have to adapt and overcome and push forward and never let anybody say that you can't do it. I have failed tests, I just retake them because I am my own worst enemy. I can't fell something and give up! That's not who I am. On a closing note. Be kind to each other because being a medic and a nurse is never easy. We should always encourage each other. PS. I know my grammar sucks but I don't care.

Your right it should have been corrected. For her to laugh it off like it's no big deal and then fail you is unprofessional.