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S C A R Y. No way jose. Not my license.

One more thing...you need giant brass cajones to be an L&D nurse some days. It takes time to grow them and get 'em big and heavy enough to smack docs around with, but patience, grasshopper....yours will grow.

Ah yup. I pit gently. I don't care. I will totally blow off a doc breathing down my neck about upping the pit and have even said to them "BACK OFF, PIT MONSTER!!" :chuckle But I'm smart-mouthed like that. Pit gently, I say. I personally think that gently upping the pit gives a better, more effective labor pattern anyway. Stupid pitocin. I hate that stuff. Necessary evil, IMO.

Tmiller, you're exactly right. :) I frequently find that those who are of the "that's not my job" mentality are usually the first to scream when there's "not enough help" yet the last to offer a helping hand to anyone else. Truly sad. Scope of practice issues aside, helping eachother, even with those "mundane" and "dirty" jobs, is what makes the difference between a nice place to work and a not-so-nice place to work, IMO.

Tmiller, you're exactly right. :) I frequently find that those who are of the "that's not my job" mentality are usually the first to scream when there's "not enough help" yet the last to offer a helping hand to anyone else. Truly sad. Scope of practice issues aside, helping eachother, even with those "mundane" and "dirty" jobs, is what makes the difference between a nice place to work and a not-so-nice place to work, IMO.

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you......

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you......

Nice attitude. WHAT IF YOUR AIDE HAD 18 TOTAL CARE PATIENTS THAT SHE HAD TO DRESS, BATHE, AND MAKE BEDS FOR BY HERSELF BEFORE BREAKFAST??? It's "technically" the secretary's job to answer the phones on my unit, but I still soil my precious little hand and pick up that nasty phone and answer it. All without breaking a nail or letting my coffee get cold. A girl's gotta have priorities, you know....

Nice attitude. WHAT IF YOUR AIDE HAD 18 TOTAL CARE PATIENTS THAT SHE HAD TO DRESS, BATHE, AND MAKE BEDS FOR BY HERSELF BEFORE BREAKFAST??? It's "technically" the secretary's job to answer the phones on my unit, but I still soil my precious little hand and pick up that nasty phone and answer it. All without breaking a nail or letting my coffee get cold. A girl's gotta have priorities, you know....

Yep. Me too. BTDT. I was an aide before I was a nurse, and I felt the same way. Used and abused. Overworked. Lazy nurses sipping coffee at the nurses' station, a zillion call lights going off, me running like a crazy person and sweating buckets, and them saying, "are you gonna get that (call bell)?" :angryfire

Yep. Me too. BTDT. I was an aide before I was a nurse, and I felt the same way. Used and abused. Overworked. Lazy nurses sipping coffee at the nurses' station, a zillion call lights going off, me running like a crazy person and sweating buckets, and them saying, "are you gonna get that (call bell)?" :angryfire

No unions in SC. I hear you on your priorities changing. I was supposed to go back to work part time after my son was born, but couldn't bear the thought of putting him in daycare, so I am prn on the weekends only now. 2 weeks notice is all they deserve. Tell them to shove it. Like I always say, no one ever has engraved on their tombstone, "I wish I'd spent more time at work."

Aw, how sad for that girl, Peg. I'm the same way, it's the rude and abusive ones I don't like. I find most drug users are not rude and abusive if you simply treat them with kindness.

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow. Long fingernails + cervical exam = patient torture. *shudder*

Preach it, sister. Yowza. OUCH.