Now that's what I'm talking about. You got it girl. There is a difference between being assertive and aggressive. Everyone today is so afraid of what is "politically correct". It's too bad. I...
I don't have a problem with neighbors giving eachother medical advice "over their fence". We're human. We just want to help eachother out. It's only natural. But I DO have a problem when someone...
I know this topic comes up alot, but I never stop getting angry about it. I'm so tired of people saying they are nurses when they are not. I have decided that from this point on I will ask them,...
Your responsibility is to witness the waste. It's not your job to stand there and ask a bunch of questions about it. That would be an insane waste of time that I don't
I have had to deal with this quite often when it gets very busy, and I have been on both ends of the situation. What I usually do is write T.O., then the order, then per so and so, then a slash, then...
Not your fault. Period. What is more important, your patient's safety or the other nurse's feelings? You did what needed to be done, and after that it was all up to the manager about what to do...
I am so sorry for you to have to go through this. Especially with your first job. It sounds like it was a bad supervisor, not your fault. Try to remember that. You will be better off away from a...
The first thing I would probably do is punch him in the face; that would actually be a reflex action for me if someone was to assault me like this. Then I would call the police. What the heck is...
I agree that after doing it so long, most of the care planning is in your head. Everywhere that I have worked, the careplans are already in forms and divided up by diagnoses. So if I had a patient...
All of the facilities that I have worked at had the current shift nurses stay when the next shift nurses called in. I live in St. Louis and we can get a great deal of snow. Personally, this is my...
I don't agree with this post. I think you need to whatever you can to stop this woman. If she keeps giving out medical advice and medications, someone is going to get hurt. I would not call her...
I think the only reason some people were suggesting to call the doctor was that maybe if they hear it from him (or her), they would accept it. Not that that is right, but it's just one more thing to...
Right now the family doesn't accept her pain even as she admits it. It's only going to get worse after she cannot tell you anything. They are never going to believe the nonverbal signs of pain. If...
jill48 replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in General Students
I was kicked out of nursing school after I got a D in nutrition. I felt like the biggest loser in the world. I was in a daze of disbelief the entire ride home and I lived an hour away from the...
Over the years, I have noticed that many people I come into contact with think that just anybody can be a nurse. I personally find that to be very insulting, but I let it slide. I know how hard my...
I hope that I would be as brave as you were in such a situation. I had recieved a reprimand on my license, not a suspension or anything like that, but my name in the nursing news paper in my city...