EmmaG RN

Only because I work nights. Day and evening shift parking is similar to what you describe. While I was traveling, I quickly found that to be one of the questions I would ask during my phone interviews. My first assignment was a nightmare in that rega...

Oh yeah. And I will never downplay how awful an NG tube can be... ugh

When I traveled to hospitals where there were IV teams, I still started my own. Faster, and the IV nurses appreciated the help. (of course, I cleared with them first that it was ok that I do so)

Your experience points out how we have to be very careful in what we say to patients, and make sure they understand the meaning too. Too often the lay (or common) definition doesn't equate to that of medical terminology.

Whoa. Had a student give K+ elixir IV. But my favorite was an experienced nurse who struggled to get a patient out of bed, because she was told he had standing orders for a suppository. I kid you not.

The "dumbest", biggest no-no is NOT to ask (what you think) are stupid questions, and instead blunder ahead pretending to know it all.

After what I've put up with over the last month or so...no, I'm not enjoying my job all that much.

Just when I think I've heard it all... So they're going to force you all to get along Here. You'll be needing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhY1fxQXa3A

Excellent. Thank you for posting this.

Between the short-staffing and her comment to you, consider yourself lucky you no longer work for that ass. Good luck in whatever you choose to do. Please don't make any impulsive decisions... there are plenty of areas that you can work as a nurse. ...

I've been on the receiving end too. If you don't feel comfortable going to the manager, you can make an anonymous report to your facility's compliance line.

What the hospital is doing is wrong. What FauxNews did was ignorant beyond description.

Hi! *hugs*

I know what I don't want: that damned call-light panel that alarms every time a patient calls out. I've only worked one unit in all these years that had a break room that was truly a break room.

If I had to choose another path, I'd have gone into PT or OT or possibly Speech.

You mean mostly dead...

Don't ya just love that? I had one of those idiots just the other day. When they asked for my name, I took their pad and wrote out my full name in HUGE BLOCK LETTERS.

I have a feeling she was talking out of her... uh... butt.

Yes. It will alter glucose readings. Do an accucheck on a drop of D5 if you want to check it out

You were right, they were wrong

That address/telephone number link in the above post has listings for all district offices; just call the one nearest you.

Further information on Federal FMLA may be obtained by contacting the nearest office of the Wage and Hour Division, listed in most telephone directories under U.S. Government, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, or by dialing ...

:angryfireI will refrain from commenting on what that idiot said--- but please, when you report this, PLEASE tell the DOL rep what the HR person said. FMLA is Federal, and the DOL website has contact information to report violations or just to ask q...

Another issue I had similar to this was at one of my travel assignments. Everything was on computer. The techs would do VS, then sit down and chart all of them, then come tell us if there was anything abnormal. There was a space for them to chart "nu...

She would tell us just as soon as she got the abnormal--- that I appreciated and expected her to do. It wasn't a matter of her not telling us right away. She did do that. The problem was, she was falsifying the times on the patient record as to when ...