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I have to be honest here.:chuckle In my 16 year career I've worked mostly day shift and 3-11 shift on a busy , chronically understaffed step-down unit. In the last 2 months I have been placed on night shift, and I am shocked at the difference in the pace. After the crazy hellishness of the previous shifts I find that the biggest problem I have on nights is staying awake after 4 am. Even the nights that my co-workers describe as "bad" are a walk in the park for me. I'm beginning to purge myself of the stresses and resentments that have built up over the last few years, and I'm :gasp: starting to have moments where I actually enjoy my job again. Melanie

The term "Jesus Factor" is just so flippant and glib. How can a woman who professes a deep abiding love for and faith in Christ use that term.? It gives me pause. Is she really concerned about her patient's spiritual needs, or is she, deep down, maybe enjoying exerting a little control over another person who might or might not be in a position to complain?:uhoh21: Melanie

C-diff to me smells "swampy". That's the only word I can think to describe it. And am I crazy or does psuedomonis have it's own special smell ? Kinda sickly sweet. Melanie

I have absolutely no desire to return to school for my BSN. I work prn 2 evenings a week on a stepdown unit and I'm totally happy with my schedule. Now I would love to go back and take some "fun" courses. Art history and music appreciation have been calling my name lately. NOT nursing.

How will they enforce this policy? If a patient is intent on leaving the floor, how will you stop them? Instructing them about the policy might change the mind of some patients, others are going to shrug it off and keep on going. What then? Does your administration address this issue at all?

Last week I witnessed something chilling. A male CNA and I wereassisting a confused patient back to bed. One minute she was all smiles and cooperation, an instant later she turned to him and said," if you don't let go of me I'm going to tell everyone that you raped me." At that point I told him to leave the room and not come back in. I also documented every single word in her chart, notified the supervisor and left a message for our manager. Ok, she was confused, but I don't think that her family would have taken that into consideration if she told them that she had been raped. At the very least there would have been an investigation, and that CNA would have been put on suspension pending the outcome. I have been a nurse for 13 years and have never witnessed something like that before, but I can tell you now, if I were a male, I would make sure that I had a witness before doing a cath., pericare or any other procedure of that nature on a female patient. The consequences of an accusation, even a false one, are frightnening.