NightOwl0624

NightOwl0624 has 6 years experience.

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1. Profanity in the workplace

   NightOwl0624 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in two hospitals within the same system. in the large, inner city hospital, I hardly ever heard profanity by the staff. But at the small, very upscale hospital the f bombs fly constantly by...

2. potentially dangerous postpartum situation

   NightOwl0624 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

   If the sleeping newborn baby was in the same room as you, then my guess is that nurse was (discretely) assessing you

3. this is why I want to call off on my last day

   NightOwl0624 replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar situation and without going into too many details, I decided to take the high road. Six years later, I found myself in a new position, and assigned to do some work on the same unit I...

4. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NightOwl0624 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   Please explain how the nurse acted to escalate this? Once he changed his mind after he was discharged and iv and foley were removed, he could have gone back to the ER. Alert and oriented people are...

5. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NightOwl0624 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   I had to re-read the original post and to paraphrase: .... Patient politely asks for coffee. Nurse politely states she will check his fluid intake. Patient becomes irate, cussing and throwing...

6. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

   NightOwl0624 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. I'm surprised the OP isn't receiving more support from us, fellow nurses. I understand you have to pick your battles, but under the circumstances, this kind of patient to nurse abuse is not...

7. First med error...Advise..please.

   NightOwl0624 replied to Joanie49's topic in General Nursing

   Meds are given late for many, mant reasons. Most of them won't even be close to being your "fault". I wouldn't be too upset about this, but you may want to think about different approaches to try to...

8. What do you keep in your locker/make sure to take to work with you?

   NightOwl0624 replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

   the last time something "happened" to me, it almost took an act of God to get myself a spare pair of hospital scrubs. I was literally standing there covered in someone else's vomit and was told "we...

9. School Bus Tragedy

   NightOwl0624 replied to fawnmarie's topic in School

   Such a tragedy. So sorry for the loss and sorrow for your

10. Unfair Shift Rotation

    NightOwl0624 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Fair enough, but I do think managers tend to not know or forget how difficult switching shifts can be. That or they don't care. I've seen very good nurses abused this way, and I don't think they were...

11. Unfair Shift Rotation

    NightOwl0624 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming she IS a good manager.... She may be clueless or likes to take the road of least conflict. i had a manager who started hiring nurses to work 2 eight hour shifts and 2 twelve hour shifts per...

12. Unfair Shift Rotation

    NightOwl0624 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    To me, this is just bad management. On all of the floors I've ever worked, nurses would have to submit days that they did not want to work for approval, and no more than 2 nurses could put in for the...

13. Today

    NightOwl0624 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    So very sorry, what a terrible

14. New Grad SE Michigan

    NightOwl0624 replied to Lmw23554's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious too.... (I work for one of the hospitals listed). I'm not sure that I want to identify where I work on a public forum, but I'm guessing that there are pros and cons to each hospital, and...

15. Any nurses from the Metro Detroit area?

    NightOwl0624 replied to bluestar776's topic in General Nursing

    Henry ford hires new grads but they prefer experience. Of course that means there is a high turnover on some of the units (hence the new grad syndrome). You may not be doing critical care but it's a...