My job is terrible. I got punched in the face a few weeks ago and got in trouble because I didn’t do the restraint documentation, I was deciding if my jaw was broken and if I needed to go to the ER....
Hi, in December we got a new nurse manager and it seems like my unit is going down the tubes quickly. Every day she is making us sign a new policy, like a few weeks ago my unit secretary told me read...
I feel the same exact way. I can’t believe the way we have disregarded everything we learned in school about PPE and tossed it out the window. I work in a hospital who rarely mops/cleans floors, and...
I have been a nurse for 20 years. My body is tired, my back is tired, and I ? percent agree! This article is everything I’ve been trying to say and then some. I wish I had answers! I love my...
I interviewed for an acute dialysis job as an RN position. I told them my last dialysis experience was about 7 years ago working only in the chronic setting. I told them I would need some trading, and...
Wow, I wrote that super late when I was super tired and frustrated. Really I can spell and write properly. Today it got even better. I was told I couldn't call in sick. My child is sick and I tried to...
Well, I'm still biding my time. I'm not exactly sure if she is the clean up manager or what she is. Friday I was called into the office because of my I-watch, and that some how violated the no cell...
I will do just that, I'm also willing to change the days I work but I need enough warning to tell my child's daycare. The current schedule I'm working is M Th Fr and every other weekend. When I asked...
On my unit we have one nurse who only does admissions all day and one who only does discharges, so I'm not responsible for only dischcharging my patient load, I'm responsible for discharging every...
Sadly I work in a non union state, and not like this matters but maybe it does in the eyes of my manager, my son is a foster child who abruptly entered my life in October and when that happened I...
I love the team of nurses I work with and I love my patients but I feel like my manager is well you can read above, when she recommended EAP I was shocked. She came in on Sat and was writing people up...