NightOwl0624

NightOwl0624

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  1. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    NightOwl0624 replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    I so agree... The maddest I ever got with another nurse is when she left the floor to go to the cafeteria for her breakfast break 15 minutes after her shift started... and forgot to get report from...

  2. Private sitters in the hospital

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the impression that the care giver was there to "watch" the patient, as us nurses cannot be in the room around the clock. The patient nonverbal and very "busy", liked to pull at his lines...

  3. Not a waitress or barista

    NightOwl0624 replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind the simple requests at all, but we also have a family pantry and food service that is happy to accomodate. I just love getting requests from the confused people. Last night my little...

  4. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A fellow coworker was terminated last week. I was working alongside him that night, but didn't see it actually happen. My guess, and from what I have "unofficially" heard, is that he refused to take...

  5. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice, caliotter; nothing like stating the obvious Sometimes things happen at work that leave you unsettled. I'm not trying to "fix" anyone or change anything. There really isn't...

  6. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, y'all have helped me a lot. I appreciate all of the support and words of wisdom, I know there's really nothing I can do or should do, and just need some time to process

  7. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your response. I think I would do anything I could, too, including peeing into the

  8. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    :)......

  9. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    "They" said at work that if you refuse a random drug test you are terminated on the spot, but if you take it and fail it, they will put you through a program and get you help. I don't know if that's...

  10. When someone else gets terminated

    NightOwl0624 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I know you are right. I guess I'm glad that I was (and still am) in the dark about it. I've never thought about what I would do if I suspected someone to be unsafe, especially someone that I...

  11. After my 12, I just want to go home! RANT

    NightOwl0624 replied to SweetseRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We were having that problem, too, only in the morning. The morning "huddle" was lasting so long, then we would have to give report to 2-3 people. Funny, the people punching out late are getting...

  12. Why are ICU nurses so rude?

    NightOwl0624 replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess I'm lucky, most of the ICU nurses I have come across have been very nice. I'm in awe of the knowledge they possess! What does get me, though, is the "wanna-be" ICU nurses - the ones that come...

  13. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

    NightOwl0624 replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Then, hopefully, they would have died

  14. This "us" vs "them" mentality....

    NightOwl0624 replied to DL-SNUP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly. Same thing - when I was a student, our clinical instructor was in charge of us. SHE was getting paid to be the teacher. Where I worked, the nurse was in charge of the students, we were not...

  15. Is this a strange way of viewing your co-workers?

    NightOwl0624 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unless I was in a life-threatening emergency, I wouldn't want ANY of my coworkers as a nurse, even though they all seem quite competent and are mostly

  16. Question about C-section birth plan

    NightOwl0624 replied to pdsm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Love it!! I don't work L&D, but would love to have more patients that had your

  17. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    NightOwl0624 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    OP - I totally agree with you. The admissions requirements are not standardized, they are confusing, flawed and yes, stupid. I thought your original post was crystal clear, as well as all of your...

  18. Is hanging chemo a health hazard?

    NightOwl0624 replied to mikesinger's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an oncology floor and we must first be certified to hang chemo, and most of the nurses on our floor are not certified (and they usually wait until you have been working a while before they...

  19. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    NightOwl0624 replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I wanted to say what you said, but just couldn't find the words. Thanks. I respect ER and ICU nurses, as well as LTC and nursing home nurses, home health care and hospice (to name a few) for doing...

  20. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    NightOwl0624 replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    That's just too funny to comment

  21. helping a friend

    NightOwl0624 replied to missLissRn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for clarifying, elkpark. I guess the best thing is to get liability insurance. I can't go through life worrying about every encounter I have and what might go wrong - and constantly worry...

  22. helping a friend

    NightOwl0624 replied to missLissRn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You make it sound that if anything goes wrong with anyone, anywhere, as long as a nurse is present, the RN will be legally held responsible within her scope of practice. Maybe that's true but that's...

  23. Textbook nursing vs. real world nursing.

    NightOwl0624 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Great example with the blood! Yeah, I always thought of "text book" as the perfect world, where you do everything you are supposed to do exactly when you are supposed to do it. You know, in the "text...

  24. Never thought I would make a post like this, but I have to vent...

    NightOwl0624 replied to sameyjaney's topic in General Nursing

    I also loved DaveyDo's response... loving indifference... I also agree that you are being bullied. I had the same problem with one of the nurses when I was new. She singled me out as well because I...

  25. Intimidated Nurse, Informed Patient, and WebMD

    NightOwl0624 replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it's really hard to get a situation like that under control. I'm not good at it, either. That's where teamwork comes in... there's usually someone on the floor that has no trouble getting...