Guest1201992

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1. I am a Psych nurse

   Guest1201992 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I will try to make this brief. I work on a psych unit in a not so good hospital in a not so safe city I have seen a lot of abuse since I started working here 10 months ago, but yesterday takes the cake. We have a young pregnant patient...

2. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   So my boss wants me to come back. I feel like they kinda guilt-tripped me by saying the patients need me. They said I can call out abuse and refuse to let other RNs from scanning meds into my MAR. I have considered going back, but it feels like ...

3. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   UPDATE I put in my resignation and listed all the patient maltreatment I have seen. I also left an anonymous complaint to the DPH. To top it off I also left my contact info for the Recipient Rights advocate. My supervisors asked me to come ...

4. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   Not doing vitals on a sleeping patient is one thing, not giving psychotropic medication because you can't be bothered to wake the patient up, which results in a prolonged stay at the hospital and major miscommunication b/w staff is a different matter...

5. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   Update Probably quitting this job this week. Got into a fight with two other nurses. I had a patient who would take his risperdal every night that I was passing out meds. This guy falls asleep early, so I make sure to get him his meds befor...

6. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   klone, Thank you for responding. I feel like I'm going crazy because that behavior is so common on the unit. One woman's clothes were lost/stolen in the ER, and she was crying and yelling loudly on the phone about it. A doctor took one look...

7. Staff Treating Patients Poorly Or Am I Too Sensitive

   Guest1201992 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I started at a psych unit a couple months ago and this is my first job as a nurse. I don't like the way I hear staff talking to/about the patients. Examples: One patient had a history of domestic abuse, and a coworker told me "her boyf...