sweet sunshine

I work 3, 12 hour night shifts. We are required to work 2 out of 3 holidays. I got Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. 12 hour night shift. The new schedule came out and I'm scheduled Halloween, Thanksgiving day, 12 hour night shift, and Black Friday. ...

I'm not saying Halloween and Black Friday are holidays. Just days that a lot of people request off especially Halloween if you have young children.

When I don't like working with specific nurses I wait for them to fill out their schedule and try not to schedule myself on the days they are working.

I signed a 2 year contract at my present employer for a sign-on bonus. I've been there for a year.and need to move back to my home state. Contract states if I leave before 2 years sign-up bonus needs to be repaid. After a year 50% needs to be repaid....

Family concerns

Just a matter of time before a hospitality course will be part of nursing school curriculum.

I can see a mistake like taking the wrong pill happen. The question is when did you realize it and still go to work? Unfortunately, the board may look at it as trying to cover it up. Hopefully a lawyer can help you sort through this. Best of luck!

i have seen so many errors with the med reconciliation process. It drives me crazy that managers focus so much on patient satisfaction to increase Hcaps scores. But a patient can go days without receiving their home meds because either the med rec wa...

You always get that one nurse who wants to do her full assessment during bedside report.

It is more conducive to sit and relax to get report. Probably the only time we can sit during the shift. Quick rounds to make sure everyone is breathing. Bedside report takes more time. We already get out late. When research is done you can't taje wh...

for me it was 3 days. It was an extra job and I realized I didn't need the stress of working in a more stressful environment than my main job so I never picked up shifts there.

I know JCACO wants pain meds given according to scale which is dumb and could be dangerous. 90 year old, post-op hip replacement never has taken opoids rates pain a "10". Order for sub-q dilaudid, 0.5 mg for pain level 1-3, 1mg for pain 4-6, 1.5mg fo...

Let her figure it out and stay out of it.

Doctor really needs RN for the job, but wants you to be the RN with script writing authorization for opioids so he doesn't have to write them.

Does the cabulance have the ability to put her on a bedpan and a place to empty it. If so I would say send with a bedpan and brief on.

Look up the BON in South Carolina. You will find what you need there.

I'm sorry but I'm having a hard time believing some of the things in your post.

If and when you leave and you're working in a Corporate LTC, I would be making phone calls to let someone in corporate know what they did and that's the reason you left. I'm sorry you are not responsible as you were not even there. If it didn't get ...

What if you fart but not poop while in the bathroom. And your boss walks in while you're walking out. Haha, try explaining that one.

In order to call out sick at my job you need to call the staffing office, floor, and the director all before 4am for day shift. so ridiculous! anyone else have to do this?

Because you chuck it!!

Right! Imagine if that was one of the questions on the survey? Were you aware of how many patients your nurse had? LOL

We have 6 patients a day and can total 7 or 8 because as soon as you discharge one they give you an admit. It's awful and I dread going to work. All they care about is their patient survey scores. How can you provide safe care to that many sick patie...

Oh that sounds horrible! Unfortunately and sadly shifts like this are becoming the norm in med/surge. It's a battle ground and can beat you down. Sounds like you did the best you could under the circumstances too bad the hospital doesn't see it that ...

When you fill out job applications and they ask if you've ever been arrested do you have to answer yes?