nmnnurse

I am not sure why you would want the night shift if you had problems before. I firmly believe that some people are night people and some are day people. I worked a day job for many years and no matter how much sleep I got, I felt like I was on autopilot until about 0900. I am much happier in a night shift despite the difficulties it causes with gocery shopping and the like. I still fill in an occasional day, but when I do, I have the same problem sleeping at night as you do during the day.

I pretty much socialize only wth my coworkers/former coworkers though there are only a handful of us. Getting together has gotten us through some very difficult times. We try to have 3 or 4 parties through out the year for whatever the reason may be retirement, birthday, seasonal... Our next will be a "lumber party" before the holidays start in November and ski season is upon us. Flannel will abound and it will be wonderful to be able to have some fun with the people I love and care about so much. Yes, there will be a little brown jug, but I don't anticipate any problems. We won't need to leave until the next morning. drinking and driving don't mix.

I was taught that it was disrespectful to use pet names, but I am about as far north as you can get in the states. I think it would be awkward coming from me. However, I worked with a lady from SC when I worked LTC and it seemed completely normal from her. The residents loved it.

I would take the job it sounds like it would be useful experience which would set you apart from others when you apply for the job you would really like.

I do not see this as a shift issue. You are signing that there is compressed O2 available for the patient on your shift. What if there was a need to evacuate the facility for some reason such a fire? Do you really want to scramble around to get O2 for the patient?

I agree sending a thank you note is appropriate. However, if this is truly your dream job, I would ask what you could do to improve your chances the next time as well. I agree that HR may have already had a person in mind when the made the final decision, possibly someone who had applied for the last opening and was passed over, but still showed interest following not being chosen on the first go.

I would report him. It was very unprofessional and undermined the hospital repution. Either way, the patient was probably left wondering about the quality of his care if not wondering about the nurse, he would be wondering what kind of hack the PA was and how desparate the hospital was that they hired him.

Here is a page that cites case law/ Wubbels had the right to resist. Your Right of Defense Against Unlawful Arrest

That is for the patient's treatment, not for the police.

"Blood draws and imaging are required to diagnose the reason for the mental status change. Unconscious patients cannot give consent. Any results of the ER work up would be easily available to law enforcement. Both the cop and the nurse were drama queens." I am pretty sure they did a medical drug screen. That does not give police a right to the results unless they have a warrant (which they did not). Also, there is a separate procedure for doing legal blood alcohol and drug screens.

[ Also, sometimes police are blamed for the deaths of people they are pursuing (if they weren't running from the police, they wouldn't have gotten killed, therefore it is the police's fault). The police may be trying to mitigate a potential lawsuit by showing the innocent trucker had a blood alcohol level. Which doesn't make this any less egregious. According to my BF, this is still a false arrest and the police need to be prosecuted for it. I won't use his exact words - TOS. There have been plenty of shootings in recent years where nobody is running from police such as behavior therapist Charles Kinsey.

I certainly hope this nurse does persue legal action against all of the officers involved. I commend her for advocating for the patient. It is obvious these officers feel they are above the law. Unfortunately, she would probably have to file a civil suit as well, to hit them in the pocketbook or these behaviors will continue. Most police officers are good people, but it seems that that more and more are feeling no obligation to follow the law themselves.

I have known LPNs who would work circles around BSN educated nurses. I am not saying that was the case when they first graduated, experience and organization counts for a lot.