Annebug

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1. Shell Shocked

   Annebug replied to Spiderella's topic in General Nursing

   Similar situation happened on my floor the other day. Pt with family who left room 10 min earlier, very pleasant man, telemetry monitoring, A and Ox3 all day without complaints. Walking past our monitors I saw a sudden flash: Vtach/Vfib. He was a ful...

2. Verbal Abuse and Neglect--What Should I do???

   Annebug posted a topic in General Nursing

   there is an ongoing situation where i work. a nurse on that shift is verbally abusive to patients, cursing in front of them, talking to them like they are animals, and neglecting them. i could spend all day documenting examples of this ongoing behavi...

3. Terrible night--mean, mean nurses....

   Annebug replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   The LPN who was so rude the other night (reminder--in front of a patient) told my preceptor: "I'm sorry, I know I offended her." Okay, that really doesn't cut it. That still places blame on me for being offended. The issue was hers. She was at fault....

4. Side business besides being a nurse?

   Annebug replied to buff nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I still work a bit in my pre-nursing career. Granted, I don't do it often, but I still do human resources projects on a consultant basis. I think variety is wonderful! (And choices : )

5. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

   Annebug replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

   I just graduated, and started in oncology--thinking my next job may be a nearby burn/trauma ICU. It's funny how different we all are.

6. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

   Annebug replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Last night I read a nursing progress progress note with the following first sentence: "patient done well today." Geez...

7. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   Annebug replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Believe me, the nurses who have jumped me for the fun of terrifying a new nurse are not preceptors. If they've ever been asked, it must have been out of sheer desperation. Maybe that's part of the reason they seem to hate us newbies. I'll bet they ar...

8. Terrible night--mean, mean nurses....

   Annebug replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   You are right. There will be rude people wherever I go. I do realize that. I have always been able to deal with workplace issues. I worked in HR for 12 years before becoming a nurse. I CAN DO THIS! I'm just so sleep deprived--I think that's a big par...

9. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   Annebug replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   I'm a new nurse and I've been eaten by experienced nurses about 3 times in the 2 months I've been working. Yes, the VAST majority of all nurses are as nice as pie, BUT have you heard the customer statistic about how folks who have bad experiences wil...

10. Terrible night--mean, mean nurses....

    Annebug posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a community hospital that takes pride in "the caring tradition." What I've experienced so far has been NOT CARING! Some (not all--not even a majority) of the experienced nurses are so freaking rude--to me, to patients, etc. Last night was ...

11. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    Annebug replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Regular cotton panties for me. Bikini style from Victoria's Secret. I've never worried about having a panty line. Now I'll look. I really don't care, though : )

12. Really hate this nurse

    Annebug replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone. When I read your post, I could swear that you were talking about a nurse I worked with when I was a CNA. I still chuckle thinking about him. He would walk the unit 3 times looking for me to ask me to get his patient something. He...

13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Annebug replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I decided to become a nurse because of my grandmother, who was the light of my life. She died of lung cancer (treatment) just a few months after my daughter was born. I was pretty much camping out with her in the hospital for the 7 days she spent th...

14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Annebug replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    These are great!! We should STICKY this thread and keep it going!!

15. What would you call "Practicing Medicine"

    Annebug replied to RADONC-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the bowel work was going too far. I'm still in orientation, and my preceptor though it was alright. I guess we should have asked for a more broad order to cover all that we had to do. Oh my god, the patient felt like a new woman when it was...