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  1. Why do people abuse nurses?

    miko014 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    That "stress" excuse that is used for pts and family members is, i'm sorry, a great big pile of...uh, garbage. I understand completely that they are under stress, but so am I, and them yelling at me...

  2. Why do people abuse nurses?

    miko014 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I've said it before and I'll say it a million times again. We're not focused on patient care anymore, it's customer serrvice. We've given them the impression that we are there to serve them and make...

  3. Orientation.

    miko014 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean learning the skills, I meant learning the routine, seeing what they have to do, in case you ever have to help out as a CNA - then you don't have to run around asking people what to do....

  4. Orientation.

    miko014 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure you'll be fine. Very few of the new nurses I have seen/precepted (new grad or not) jump to taking patients right out of the gate. And don't worry that you haven't learned everything in the...

  5. Orientation.

    miko014 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what your question is. If you're worried about going with the unit secretary, that's pretty normal. If you're worried that you had to help on the floor or do "CNA things", that has to...

  6. Can someone give me some tips?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in Occupational Health

    Sorry, don't know what happened, the title was supposed to say "Can Someone Give Me Some Tips?" - sorry! That's

  7. Define "Clinical Experience"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the full details of the job she wants. It some kind of case management thing, I think. I didn't want to get that specific with the definition,I just wondered what you guys thought. I...

  8. Define "Clinical Experience"

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - sorry if this is a double post - computer issues. If it shows up twice, Mods, please delete one! Anyway, a friend of mine is applying for a new job, and she asked me a question, but I didn't...

  9. Define "Clinical Experience"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and sorry for the typo - I meant acute, not ascute, but it won't let me edit.

  10. Define "Clinical Experience"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That was what I said at first, but then she brought up the point that a lot of times "clinical" means pertaining to the patient (rather than the theory), so wouldn't any job where you work directly...

  11. When family members are more work than the patient.

    miko014 replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    This is the thing that sometimes makes me feel like I hate my job. I don't, I actually do like it a lot, but some days I feel like I just want to quit and never go back. And at least 95% of the...

  12. Another "great idea"

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm curious to see what you guys will have to say about this. Management is very excited because they are working on a centralized scheduling system for pt care. What does this mean? Well, in...

  13. Another "great idea"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, now there's an idea...that might just make them rethink that

  14. Another "great idea"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    And it's all going to be thrown at the nurses. Like we don't have enough to do already! That's what I said when they told us, but they said it's going to be a real time schedule. Which means that...

  15. "You are getting very good care"

    miko014 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, we won some PG award last year, we're fortune top 100 to work for (lol, I'd hate to see the places that didn't make the list), we're magnet, all that jazz, so they are super focused on al that...

  16. "You are getting very good care"

    miko014 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, as I have said approximately one million times before, PATIENT CARE IS NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!! To try to apply CS to the healthcare industry is ridiculous. Our bosses want us to say "very...

  17. What shift did you work????

    miko014 replied to hygienejunkie's topic in General Nursing

    I started on second because that was what was open when I graduated. I'm on the list to go to 7a-7p now. I've done second for awhile now, and it's starting to get old. I really liked it at first,...

  18. "You are getting very good care"

    miko014 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm on a committee that, among other things, looks at press-ganey scores for our unit. Not one person in the group can figure out why they chose "very good" instead of "excellent" or any its many...

  19. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem with people carrying a cell phone, as long as it's used appropriately, and doesn't interfere with any hospital equipment. I would imagine that newer equipment is made so that cells...

  20. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a member of the "texting generation", and I still hate cell

  21. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    miko014 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, it's not just the actions of this one pt that are the problem. If you let one pt get away with this, doesn't that make it okay for others to do the same? I don't know what kinds of policies...

  22. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    miko014 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    So can some of those darn old people,

  23. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    miko014 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!!!!!! Press-Ganey is the devil!!! That's probably why the OP is hesitant about what to do. Health care now has a customer service focus, instead of a patient care focus, and because of that,...

  24. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not appropriate at all. If you must carry your phone (which I don't), you had better not be answering it when you have work to do. I hate all that texting crap anyway. How did the student react...

  25. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    miko014 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sick and tired of nurses getting abused! We get all this extra work heaped on us - if nobody else wants to handle it, just make the nurse do it. On top of all that stress, people think they...