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LOL...I also just happened to note, and be amused, of the posts regarding intrusive/interuptive family members and visitors interfering with nursing duties and care.....they seem to have invaded and provided their opinions on a site provided for and about nursing issues for nurses.

Sort of off topic...but with the ever increasing rise of work place violence on nurses, studies are concluding that the unlimited, open access by visitors is contributing to the rise of this problem. In the "customer is always right" attitude rise, so has there been a rise of workplace violence on nurses. In an attempt to lower this risks, facilities are starting to gravitate back to visitor passes and visiting hours. While I appreciate the views from those practicing 30+ yrs and non-nurse family opinions, the days of unhappy "customers" writing letters to the DON have been replaced with patients/family/friends threatening to harm ( sometimes with weapons present) staff. We had one such incident that turned into a brief hostage situation at our facility. How can anyone benefit from that potential problem?(Incidently, there also has been a rise in reported nurse on nurse workplace violence in the form of bullying and verbal abuse. Great example reading this thread. Nurses are humans with human emotions too and deserve a nonjudgemental place to verbalize their frustrations. There seems to be a cyber shaming/bullying of sorts for those wishes to "let off some steam" amoungst understanding peers. This is a forum for nurses wishing to discuss their issues/concerns/ect.)

Hahaha! Love these! :) Staff irritants: 1. phenergan = phergran 2. O2 Sats = O2 stats 3. prostate = prostrate Patient/Family irritants (Education goes a long way! I don't mind those trying to learn. My pet peeves are the ones claiming they either have a medical background/are "nurses" ( as I had a housekeeper at another facility claim to be) or state they "know all this already because I watch Maternity Ward and A Baby Story" when trying to explain things to them.) 1. Induction= Inducement ( or Seducement as I had one soon-to-be-grandmother say OR "take the baby"......where are you taking it?) 2. Toxemia= Noxema ( pre-eclampsia/eclampsia please) 3. Meconium= Mecnim 4. Contractions= Contraptions 5.lady parts= "my **** down there" as I had a mother of 3 elequently tell me once :chuckle

We don't even have a Nurses Day at our hospital.....we have Hospital Employee Day ( management stated that the former title made other workers feel "left out.":lol2:

I guess the moral of the story is....if you are a nurse don't feel free to attempt to validate any negative feelings. You are to be the quiet, always smiling type or risk being called a martyr, selfish, or....eek..racist! How sad not to be able to lean on the support of fellow nurses when needed. Some of us don't live in the land of rose colored glasses...but feel free to let me know where that is...it sounds nice!

Yes, I know that. And I did not say I agreed with the OBs decision for this proceedure. It was a dystocia case and we promptly wrote him up several times. He only practiced for 8 months at our hospital after receiving "counselling." I was just stating that this was the only time I've seen it and that was his rational given. He stated he felt that it would help provent the head from receeding after the push was completed. Hense why I stated this was not a common practice here ( AKA no one else did it and I only saw it used twice.)

We just tell them under the current laws we are no longer able to give out medical information over the phone. I also explain to them we have no way of verifying that the person is who they say they are over the phone if they insist on the subject.

We just had 8 of our night staff give birth within a 4 month time frame. I think the general consensus was nursing in general is alittle difficult ( but safe, you will be pregnant not ill) while pregnant. No one had fertility problems. I think my day shift pregnancy was far worse than my night shift pregnancy! - L&D nurse and mommy

LOL, no your baby is well protected. Before I became an L&D nurse I was a cardiac nurse and ran to the code with the code cart and started chest compressions while 8 mionths pregnant. Again another victim of malpractice wariness. Women have been lead to believe they need to be on bedrest at home with their feet up for even the lowest risk pregnancy so "just in case" the healthcare team is safe from liability.

Well, in OB I hear this every night by almost every patient ( and labored myself twice and had the same opinion! ) so in this case no. But I have had several years as a cardiac and PACU nurse and the answer is YES!! If those pts told me that....get ready. Dont know how but alot of them just know. I've seen it more than once!

OB nurse here. We've had a patient come in for traptions ( contractions) and another asked if there was mecnim (meconium) because she watches discovery health and knows all about that stuff.

I have seen this done but only to stabalize the decent of the head if "turtling" is a problem. Not a routine or even frequent practice here.

I defianately do not like them but I wouldn't say I'm scared of them. I always get a kick out of pts w/mulitple tatoos and piercing tell me thay are afraid of them though. Aside from that, I have to say I feel badly for alot of recovering addicts. Those that are truly committed to their sobriety develope quite a fear of needles and do sometimes need alittle support with injections and such. I had one tell me the thought of a needle, any needle "brings me back to those days and I don't ever want to go there again." She came back for another baby 2 yrs later and is still clean! I was her nurse for her second baby too and was so proud of her!:)

The "but who cares?" reffers to our management. Should have been more specific. We are run but alot of transplants from up north that have no clue. Guess you didn't read my post all the way. I WILL stay for a 1-3. If "the big one" comes NOBODY ( with a big INCLUDING our patients) should be there. I'm not talking just staff, I mean NO One should be in that building. With the exception of a new additional tower the 75% of the rest of our hopital was built in 1954. I don't wish to cme accross snotty, it's just a big concern that several ( including both our clinical managers) are afraid of.

I understand, I am a born Floridian. The idea of evacuation isn't to leave the state though. It's a matter of sometimes only moving a few miles away to be out of storm surge. Guess I am not very "devoted" since I don't fulfill my "responsibilites." Been there and done that (x3) but who cares.