NurseMom2016

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1. Two codes in one day, saved one and lost one.

   NurseMom2016 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Fair warning, this is very long winded. This is the first day As a nurse I have driven home and cried over the loss of a patient. So bear with me! And please no criticism. I have criticized myself...

2. Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

   NurseMom2016 replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I was the same way. I was TERRIFIED of even touching patients when I started. I would head in to work, and think "gosh what stupid mistake am I going to make today?" I worked with patients even in an...

3. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   In this situation, our house supervisor issued a cab voucher to take him to the address he provided. Under normal circumstances we absolutely will not provide a voucher for those leaving AMA-but he...

4. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. In all the comments, you are the first I think that has looked at it this way. I understand he has rights as a patient, but what I'm getting from a lot of the other comments is that I don't...

5. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   In this situation, I charted everything specific that I remembered him doing, including quoting some curse words in there that were said. I chatted one big long note after he left, with a rough...

6. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   I have read through each one of your comments. I am very thankful for those of you who are supportive in how I handled the situation, and very thankful of the constructive criticism I have received....

7. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   YES lol-it is a female hospitalist and she is sometimes very good at throwing nurses under the bus, others she acts like your best

8. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, giving him the cup of coffee crossed my mind as a possibility. But, in the moment, the way he was treating me and everyone else (including our brand new, nervous little 19 year old tech), made me...

9. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NurseMom2016 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Let me start out by saying this is a little long winded, but it has been weighing on me and I have to get it off my chest, so bear with me!!! So, my last shift, I had gotten report on a male patient...