Riseupandnurse

My hat is off to the float pool nurses. Floating is the absolute worst part about bedside nursing in a hospital, IMHO. Even when I was treated well, which was almost always, because there was so much about the floor and the doctors I didn't really ...

Thinking most of the people I see out in WalMart are fall risks and grading them as to that risk. Tensing up when I see someone start to cough because I expect them to aim straight at me and I will have to jump back. Letting the phone at home ring a...

In general I always thought people shouldn't comment on other people's marriages, because we can't see both sides. However, your story resonates with me because it has been mine. I agree with the poster who thinks your husband is seeing you as a me...

Capp---you did the right thing. Please don't listen to people bashing you about your attitude. We are human and can think whatever we want to as long as we don't act out all of our thoughts or verbalize them to patients/families etc. Thank goodnes...

After many years of nursing I took a career aptitude test just to see what would happen. I found out my dream career would have been as an architect. :) But I also got a lot clearer on what I liked and didn't like. That helped me come up with an ex...

Five is ok IF they are the same 5 at the end of the shift that you started out with. Unfortunately, that is very often not the case. An admit or discharge is often like having 2 patients instead of 1.

Many years ago I was chatting with an RN I knew who worked OR in a different facility. She said she couldn't stand one of the doctors and a big reason was that he felt free to take anyone's food out of the fridge in the OR break room. She said he w...

Lots of problems with barcoders. A student figured out to take it into the room still in its charger and then plug it in in the room while scanning. Only way to keep the charge long enough to get through the meds.

I agree there is a lot of bias in the poll questions, but I am used to it. I am a member of 3 of the organizations calling for all this stuff. I object to what they do and have told them this numerous times. Have stayed in them despite the cost tr...

I wish for a job or help with school for everyone who replies to this thread with these needs. My heart goes out to you. For those in practice, I wish that managers could work December 26 in the staff's shoes and then rethink some of the policies. ...

It is great when a family member understands that nurses are only human and the great majority of us are doing the best we can. The family member that is just there to help the patient and is friendly and a partner to the nurse can be a huge blessin...

I really don't like it when organizations I belong to take detailed stands without consulting their members. The fact is, it's not just access to mental health services that needs improving, it's the commitment of society to protect itself from the ...

So many choices..... one that sticks out in my mind: Every year there was an employee picnic. One year the powers that be hired some buses to transport the nurses who were working that day out to the fields (about a 5 minute bus ride) on their (no...

"Since you guys come in here every hour begging for something to do because 'I have the time', I signed you up to make 100,000 toys and ride with Santa. Get cracking!"

Good grief; stop worrying. I know of a nurse who forgot to get the consent signed, hung the blood and had a family member walk in and hit the roof. Seems they were all Jehovah's witnesses. I also know of a recent case where the wrong blood was hun...

How in the world do you not cut corners?? I am a perfectionist; it has slowed me down all my life. But NOBODY can follow all the rules in a typical shift. Another thing about all that hand-washing; if you don't get them perfectly dry (who has the ...

Can anyone recommend a good online PhD in nursing program, or know of a source for a list of such programs? Thanks!

We always bargained before we said "yes". I wanted to know where I was going, how many other nurses would be there, and if I would be bumping any of the staff off their regular floor, causing a pull that wouldn't otherwise happen. Staffing did NOT ...

Virtually all nurses on the weekend are "weekend option." So they are not working holidays at all per se. If it isn't on the weekend, it's not an issue for them. Most years it works out great for them. THIS year the worst of all possible worlds. ...

OP---no, nurses shouldn't pop boils. I am sorry to say, though, that I have had several. The last couple of times I went to the dermatologist and what does he do? Pops them. Without antibiotics. So I wouldn't keep beating yourself up over this.

Sorry this happened to you. At our hospital we were never officially given off until 30 minutes after the shift started. They called it "standby ETO" (earned time off). So you couldn't do anything or go anywhere until 30 minutes after your shift ...

Over the top: all floors having to count the pyxis not once but twice in 24 hours. And some floors have TWO pyxises. And it has to be one oncoming and one offgoing nurse. And they are loaded down with medicine types that get used maybe 4 times a y...

I agree with those who are telling you not to burn bridges. If you do take the hospital job, make darn sure it's a good fit and no warning bells are going off. You may not want to ever go back to the LTC, but you may need them for a reference or t...

Totally agree with the networking advice. Every really good job I ever had I got through networking. Make good friends with your clinical instructors. They are the ones most facilities want to hear from when it comes to references. Join the local...

Sorry, I don't know how there can be no work and there is time for CNAs or nurses to concentrate on homework. Could count on my fingers how many times I have ever seen it happen. Certain people have a habit of frequently thinking there is nothing t...