Amen to all of the previous posters, i too am a new manager and i am blessed to have a DON and a ADON wh o do back me up. I went from staff to management at the same time several of my peers did so...
lberghood replied to firegenie's topic in Nursing Career
I am also angry on your behalf and very sad that you are treated this way. Unfortunately these things do happen. I agree that it is a toxic environment and hope that you will find a place where you...
Excellent thread!!!!!! I was actually going to ask for advice on this very topic. I think Charlie said exactly what I needed to hear. I have been in nursing for 18 years, 7 yrs in psych and am now...
YES YES YES I can so relate I wish that i would have this site as a resource when i started my career. I have worked in many a small nonprofit facility where i have dealth with drs who were either...
My first job we also placed the meds in an envelope for passes and i had no idea that it was illegal but i found out that it was when i worked subsequent jobs. At my facility if meds are needed for a...
I paged the attending dr on a child whose xray showed a fractured hand in a psych facility at 3pm She called me back at 11pm. No excuse and not unusual for her. I, of course, had already taken...
AMEN TO THAT I am a aupervisor at an acute psych hospital and was actually toying with the idea of trying to make the staff be patients for a day, i actually thought that it would be good for them...
Errors happen and a most of the time they are part of the "system" and not just an individual error. In the 2 instances that you described you were not the only person at fault. In fact you did not...
lberghood replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing
I can totally relate and i do think that this is normal for a nurse when you are learning and will probably get worse when you graduate and are "on your own" I also think that if this is interfering...
Have also dealth with this in more than one job. Think that there is probably one in every hospital. Ive found that being civil and keeping myself emotionally detached works best. Don't let her...
We don't have day supervisors anymore either and it is very fragmented as i have noone person in particular to give report to. We have an old fashioned hand written sheet with the census, admissions,...
I totally agee with helping the staff out when they are genuinely overburdened however i have learned to stop myself when they are adequately staffed and the work load is within the norm. The...
I recently read an article about BMGs(bellyachers, moaners,and groaners) and how these few people can really harm morale and they basically donot want to be part of the solution. They like to dump...