Yes! Doing an extra 12 EVERY week for 6 or 12 weeks...No way. But staying for an extra 2 or 4 hours is compatible with life. But this place sounds like it has a loser reputation as a place to work...
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Call me cynical, but time-outs didn't improve anything for anybody. An anxious patient can't be sedated before going into the OR and having a time out when they are usually just watching our lips...
It's just not a conversation to have in a mall. If you don't want extraordinary measures, then download your paperwork and get it submitted to the parties
CT anesthesia....all those years. What a soul-sucking experience that must have been. I worked with a much adored MDA in our large corporation who became addicted to Fentanyl and everyone got it...
There are no secrets on a hospital unit. Everyone already knows. Don't spend the emotional energy it requires to keep a non-secret like that. You've done what you have to do to get back to work....
If you dislike interacting with patients, then you might like OR. It is very task oriented, lots of computer charting, gophering, keeping the hairy eyeball open for disruptions in patient safety. I...
Hmmmm. Did everyone in the rust belt need OxyContin for back pain and menstrual cramps? Yes, yes and yes. We intervene too much and let the patient become passive. I think NP's who are already...
I wouldn't work in a hospital that was going to hire me as a new grad into the ER. Just a really bad idea, and somehow, a bad idea evolves into a worst idea when no orientation is given. Scary...