So, do nurses typically get fired for refusing unsafe assignments? For taking a lunch, or for using the restroom too much? I know these sound like ridiculas questions, but it seems like many people...
Guess what - another nurses had to pick up the patients I refused, and it did not improved my day with everyone hating me and talking behind my back that I made them to work harder. But this is the...
I don't work in healthcare yet, but to someone on the outside looking in, I do not understand why people take on more work then they can reasonably handle. Do people accept these unsafe assingments...
Hi all, So unfortunately, my mother has had some problems and had to be in the hospital for the last six days, and while I was there I noticed how a lot of tasks that I thought the nurse would do was...
jenni82104 replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing
I have never known of a stoned person beating up their spouse, kids, etc., or being belligerent in the ER, or leading police on a high-speed chase (unless, of course, the weed was laced with...
TheCommuter, if this is true why is there so much hype about "the nursing shortage"? I too worry if I will be able to secure a job. I have to wait until next year to get in, the schools here are so...
For those of you who work nights, on your days off, do you stay up during the day, and sleep at night, or pretty much stick to being up all night all the
Wow. This really disturbs me. From what I can ascertain from these posts, nurses are supposed to tolerate this disrespectful attitute towards them in the workplace? Is this really how it
jenni82104 replied to christymwinn's topic in General Nursing
It is a thin line between moderating and discoouraging lively discourse of many differing opinions. I would hate for them to suppress the discourse as I have occasionally even changed my viewpoint...