jeffrey_rn

This is THE definition of a nurse's worst nightmare!

There's the rub... when you're responsible for the health and safety of a ridiculous number of human beings (and living in a lawsuit-happy world), you can't know enough fast enough. If it feels wrong, unsafe, overwhelming- stay away! I work in a hosp...

This reply comes a year late and probably a dollar short but for those who do read this and are in a similar set of circumstances, I want to refer you to The National Association of Qualified Developmental Disability Professionals. It is a great reso...

Just the other day, an employee decided to call-in on his last day of employment with our hospital. His brother is a nurse on my floor so that's how I know he called in with the following excuse: Employee: "I'm not coming in today." Nursing...

Hopefully, those were two different husbands! I've seen that last excuse used by a nurse to leave work.

I was discussing this topic with some nurses at work today. One nurse had a contribution. She said she had recently called in and was asked for the reason: Nurse: "I'm sick." Nursing Services: "What kind of sickness?" Nurse: "The kind that makes me m...

We certainly are a diverse group. But unable to unite for that diversity? I don't know. I'm a pretty skeptical guy but I think we will. Maybe not now, but it will happen in time. Nursing is a unique profession but not so dissimilar that we are an exc...

you're gonna be a great nurse. i can just tell from your comments! i hope today is a memorable one (in a good way!) and i wish you the best. i also hope you will keep us updated on your progress and experiences as you get your feet wet (that's water ...

Now that's funny!

I suggested those who want socialized medicine move to a place where there is a system which supports it. I never ever told anyone to leave because their opinions were different from mine. I love the debate. I was probably too aggressive though. I do...

Everybody loves Canada, eh!

Well, those aren't very humorous but they are all very good excuses. My dog passed and I was out of commission for several weeks! But back to funny...

There's two answers: 1. Your hospital most certainly has a time frame (ours is 2 hours before work). 2. As a charge nurse, the appropriate amount of warning is AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! If you are sitting at home before you go to sleep and realizing you...

My initial instinct is to stay away from the union. However, because Texas does not have much experience overall with unions, I have to be honest and admit that I don't really understand everything that a union entails. I am aware of the most superfi...

...or your patients!

yikes!

You make relevant points. I certainly don't want my opinions to suggest that I don't want others to speak out for their own perspectives. My suggestion that religion and universal healthcare are connected comes from some folks mentioning that it is ...

There's no need to apologize. We are here to opine! Important topics bring out the passion in us all. Sometimes we cross the line but we are not china dolls and those who can't take the heat generated from debates on important topics need to go crawl...

"Universal health care is a right..." Who says? You? That's an opinion not a fact. Interestingly, I have the opposite opinion. In fact, I don't believe health care is a right at all. No one has a right to receive health care from some one else for f...

With all due respect, I don't want someone's religion involved with my paycheck. I'll decide who I want to help with it. I don't need the government or what Jesus did in the past deciding how to best spend my money. I am not God. If there are hungry...

"Envy" for Canada's socialism? Move. Go there and work and give your money to the government and let them redistribute it as they see fit. Please go now.

The only necessary response to a patient who is upset with your lack of a timely response: "I apologize. How can I help you?" Anything else you say will be taken as "excuse making" and it won't make a difference either way. Just apologize for your de...

I know I wouldn't want a nurse caring for me, especially if giving me IV medications, if she or he hadn't gotten any sleep the night before. And as a nurse, I wouldn't want to be caring for patients, especially if I have to give IV meds, on no sleep ...

It may be a bit perverse, but I think a crisis will be the best thing for nurses. If it gets bad enough, perhaps that will be the fuel that drives the motor for change. When hospitals have no more nurses to pick on, they'll have to play nice. It's ki...

A veteran nurse on our unit gets a relatively large amount of positive feedback from her patients. It perplexed us all for a long time; that is, until one shift when a coworker overheard her (for what can only be called) coaching her patient on how t...