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My patient had a roommate who had multiple family members in the room, on the other side of the curtain. And actually a group of them came in around 1 a.m. The families' loved one (pt) had gone through a procedure that evening, true, but not major ...

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, wanting to be repositioned every 5 minutes, have th...

Hi, thanks for the response. That was my guess, too...but how do you HANDLE this?

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 74?

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 patients each rn). If there is not a good aide, you dr...

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, trained, and he had many questions, and was somewhat sl...

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 the few areas of experience I have. I do have an on...

buy a rhythm interpretation book...practice...

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 answer call lights when they are doing this "I am...

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 complainer", though really think this behavior is unac...

remind me not to post here again.

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 up.

Okay, thanks Virgo, how would you have handled these responses (from residents/mds)

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 my initial message, and I hope she is understandin...

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 you were on call, you were there to answer to pag...

I recently hung Vanco for a pt, went by IV book guidelines to run over 60 minutes. she developed hives/itching after it had run. Seriously frightening, gave her benadryl. She had an allergy to PCN. It resolved, thank God, though over the next two day...

Hello, I am a new grad on a tele floor. I am still in orientation (classes). Can anyone give me any tips on starting out? This is a very high acuity station (Flolan, ect). What essential basic information should I carry around with me, possibly on...

What was your experience? How do the hospitals usually 'end it' with you? Just finish up your notice period, and that's it? How do you know if you are 'rehireable' status (which as I read on here is so important, for future references)? Anyone exper...

Also, since I have resigned, and my manager does not seem happy, can she somehow 'mess up' my re-hire status? How does one know if they are in 'rehire status'?

Loricatus, How could you manager not accept your resignation, and then do that to you? Surprisingly, my mgr did not respond to my LOR until I called HR to check on this a week later, then she seemed quite angry. Weird! Don't understand it. I've bee...

So, if they consider you resigned, and you have nothing in your personnel file, are you rehireable, and will you receive your unused PTO time?

Well, you wanted your tip, right?:wink2:

My ex was an aviation mech., did you get caught in the post 9-11 layoffs?

Bartenders are not in a therapeutic relationship with their customers, they are not 'caring' for vulnerable within the health care system, with its myriad of ethics-- BIG difference. I was a waitress for a long time, and to me the food and beverage i...

I believe it is relevant to the issue of patient boundaries/vulnerable persons.