Covidnursedropout

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  1. The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    This is my story. I worked on the front lines throughout the entire pandemic and saw many things I wish I could erase. That being said, I noticed a trend, and brought it to the attention of...

  2. Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Covidnursedropout replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a dream to work with. If I'm doing patient care you need to be respectful of it and leave the patient's room until I'm done with the treatment. The patient comes first in my book. Charting...

  3. Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Covidnursedropout replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't have even acknowledged her, I would have finished what I was doing. Tell the patient I'll be right back I need to discuss something with a coworker. Then I'd rip her head off and *** down...

  4. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Staying silent means you're okay with it. I'm not okay with it. And I never will be. And I will never apply for a job at a hospital ever

  5. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's murder. Another nurse referenced the george floyd killing. It isn't far

  6. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's called "double dipping". AKA medicare fraud. And if you're a nurse who can work for a hospital like that and still sleep at night there's something wrong with

  7. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We're heroes

  8. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    For non-covid nurses, here's how it works. A standard covid test will tell you that you are covid positive for up to 90 days. The doctors differentiate by doing a covid PCR test. The PCR test will...

  9. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Working in a hospital is the

  10. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The whole system, it's lunacy. You'd have to be a lunatic to not see through all of it. A coworker and I were talking about it today, COVID in the hospitals. A patient would be in covid ICU sick...

  11. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even get me started on "magnet status". Because I'm going to say "so you spent 4 years in nursing school and can write a paper APA format but you don't know how to operate a zohl? Let me know...

  12. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If there isn't something that stands out that they can fine a hospital for, then they will just dig until they find something to fine them for. I'm making their job so much easier. They should...

  13. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Other nurses say to me "but JCAHO..." My response is does "JCAHO sign my paycheck? No? Okay. They are nothing to

  14. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you prefer to spend 10 hours out of a 12 hour shift at the nurses station gossping, playing on your phone, or pretending like you are charting when you are really on amazon shopping, then you have...

  15. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to give away my secrets but if a family member visits a patient daily, and every time they show up you are in the room with the patient doing something, ANYTHING, with their loved one,...

  16. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    With that being said I didn't put a single nurses' note in throughout the entire pandemic. Not even one. They are lucky I bothered to chart assessments, sometimes I didn't even do that. I worked...

  17. Disheartened by Profession Realities

    Covidnursedropout replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is it right here! Nursing in 2021. Chart that you are doing things for your patient without actually doing those things so it looks good on paper. Because no normal human being would be able...

  18. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Want to hear a true story? A patient was admitted with AMS due to hepatic encaphalopathy. His history included NASH and he was on lactulose prior to be admitted to the hospital. He went...

  19. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I like reading articles about the mental health impact the healthcare profession has on all healthcare professionals. Not just nurses. Doctors, techs, CNA's, right on down the line. Did you know if...

  20. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    You want my opinion? There's too many people getting into the profession for money. From the corporations down to the housekeepers. Working in healthcare "pays better". New grads are cheaper than...

  21. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    If I ever get sick I'll be damned if you admit me to the hospital. I'll make myself a DNR and die at home with dignity. Thanks

  22. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I responded to a code and upon arrival the patient was in pulseless vtach, nobody was doing CPR, they were standing around looking at the zohl. When I asked what was going on they said "we are...

  23. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I knew it was time to run when I was the only nurse in the hospital that knew how to transcutaneously pace a patient who was in a 3rd degree heart block and hypotensive. I had to guide the nurse...

  24. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    For example, you have one patient after another code, and the CNO who hasn't set foot on the covid unit in at least 3 weeks finally makes an appearance. And before they even ask how you are doing...

  25. Burnout - How long do I have?

    Covidnursedropout replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    This resonates with me so much. I've been on a mental health vacation for a month. Now I don't want to go back. One night when I couldn't sleep I was browsing the different message boards on this...