This is a chronic patient, lives at a group home, came into hospital with vague complaints. Complaining about the "lazy ED nurses" and all other staff in general. on his call light ALL night long,...
If a patient had an HS Bs of 74 and was given 10 units of Lantus, and appeared to be sleeping during the night with VSS, would you do a 'cautionary' BS check during the night, given her BS of
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As far as my posting my troubles, I tend to only post when I am feeling frustrated. I generally do not have a problem with coworkers, I am a great team player, work hard, and teach when I can with...
Hi, this isnt about me, but about a co-worker. He was a new grad, he had switched his field entirely and went through an accelerated program, so he had little-no floor experience. He was hired,...
Maybe I am not cut out for hospital nursing, I dont know. I cant seem to handle lazy aides well. Again I was assigned to the other side' on my unit, night shift, 2 rn's with one aide, 12 pts (6...
There are a couple NA's on the night shift where I work who only do the minimum. they have the standard tasks, VS q 4 hours (2x/shift) and BS (blood sugars) at 0600. They drag these out and refuse to...
Wow, everyone is so focused on the ocean spray incident, which I believe I addressed in response, that they have not focused on the bulk of my concern. I am sorry that I brought that incident
no, the patient was not on O2, was on room air. Thanks for the replies, does it sound as I described it, that these mds were rude, or am I being "too sensitive". I did email my mgr. almost verbatim...
Thanks for the replies. Well, the person who needed the ocean spray was really uncomfortable, and it was keeping her awake, and her nose intermittantly (shortly) bled due to sryness, I just thought if...
I am new to this position on a hispital unit in a county hospital. All is generally well except for the below incidents recently. I did last night email my nurse mgr about them, but hate to "be a...