PinkJuneBugRN

Wow. My hospital seems to be so desperate for nurses, I don't think they say or do anything when nurses (some repeatedly) call in. At a staff meeting several months ago, our med surg director said that the reason they may ask what is wrong when we do call in sick is primarily an infection control issue. She said "please don't feel like we are doubting you- if you're sick, you're sick." Like many of you though- I haven't called in "sick" yet. I've been on the job 5 months, and the only time I called in was because my car broke down 2 counties away and I wasn't able to make it in for the other half of a shift I'd agreed to split w/ someone. ( I got a new car after that! )

yeah- I agree. If the issue were no curative treatment, then the patient should be under hospice care. DNR just means that the pt does not want to go through rib cracking chest compressions and tooth chipping intubation if they are already going that far downhill. That's where good assessment comes in- if we can watch and pick up on little indicators, we can prevent many codes from happening.

Wow. That's me. I've been working med-surg (general, in a less-than 100 bed facility), for 4 months, and I wake up every other night panicking about something I think (or imagine) I left undone. I worry constantly about making a terrible mistake and losing my license. I worry because I made the decision to report a coworker for not doing chart checks/missing orders (3 times before I got up the nerve) and I think she's trying to intentionally "leave messes" for me. I was at work 3 hours late tonight completing things she said were "in the computer" or "done." I worry because I know if I appear to be critical of her, others will be just as critical of me. I hope this gets better, because I don't know how long I can keep on like this. It just seems like if you do everything you possibly can do right, it just isn't enough, and you still feel like a nurse impostor!