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Turns out size really does matter !

I'm so Stressed. I thought I could escape Adulthood and return to my inner child.

Does this make me look fat ?

The hospital picked it up from the Star Trek sale. It's a transporter it will beam me back to the hospital if their short staffed

We're over capacity again bed cordinators wants us to put patients in the bathrooms

If I'm working night shift with 30 patients and three nurses, with one tech who has to sit with an elderly patient whose confused and delusional and a patient complains because they had to wait half an hour for water. I feel its fair to say i'M sorry but were short staffed tonight. Is that considered complaining or telling the Truth.

Nurse Tin Lizzy just shorted out the MRI machine

I feel your pain. Bedside Nursing is extremely difficult you have to balance multiple demands at one time. You not only need to be clinically excellent you also must be a diplomat a social worker a teacher a computer wiz on and on the list of attributes and skills a good nurse must master is endless. I just left the bedside for a job in abstraction, I review medical charts to verify my facility is meeting core measures for certification. Great Job !

Here we are again in upstate NY. Yet another blizzard is upon us. All area schools are closed, business's are closing early and sending their employee's home. A state on emergency has been declared, no unnecessary travel. But for those of us who work at hospitals it's business as usual, no snow day for you. I know I'm not alone theirs lots of us you will risk life and limb getting to your job . I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW INCREDIBLE YOU ALL ARE AND HOW LUCKY YOUR EMPLOYERS ARE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED EMPLOYEES. We don't hear that enough. It's days like today that make it clear

New Grad salary is $22.50 an hour. Shift differential is $2.00 and hour eve and nights. New grads get a $5.00 hr raise after 1 yr. Hopes that help

Years ago I had a positive reaction to a PPD. A large red bump appeared on my arm. I had not had any exposures so I was alarmed. The employee health nurse asked me if I had been around any horses. I had My daughter had started horseback riding lessons and I was at stables several times a week. My positive reaction was contributed to my exposure to horses, I quess the she was right I have had many PPD since then and none of them has been positive.

The facility I work at has a phone triage unit. Nurses who work on these units facilitate patient transfers from Doctors office or other facilities to the Hospital. They make sure the correct paper work is in order nd that important test have been completed. They Also make phone calls to discharged patients checking on their well being. With your years of experience you would be great at something like this.

I would look into a transfer to another unit, your managers are looking for mistakes. It doesn't,t matter how much you do right or how much the patients like you, they are only going to fixate on what is wrong. considering the volume of work tha is expected and the unpredictable nature of the job, being perfect every minute of every day is a tall order.

Reimbursements to hospitals are being tied to press Ganey score. Hospitals that receive high scores are given bonuses. Hospitals with poor scores are penalized. Some of the verbage in the rounding scripts mirrors questions on press Ganey surveys. " Did you receive very good care."Did anyone catch a recent episode of Nurse Jackie she was with a patient in the ERIC. I laughed when I heard her say "Were going to give you very good care" Even Nurse Jackie can,t escape rounding frenzied

I had a similiar experience recently that made me feel frustrated. I never took the course in mind reading in Nursing school so I guess I am at a disadvantage. The Patient and I had a good first four hours of my shift. At bedtime he asked if I could get him something to help him sleep. I gave him the medication. He asked that I turm down the lights and close the door. He told me he has trouble sleeping and has not had a good night sleep since he has been hospitalized. I did as he asked. I peeked in on him several times and he was sleeping, he put his light on once to ask that I remove one of his blankets which I did, ask him if he needed anything else which he declined. The next morning I came into his room to hang a early morning antibiotic. His back was to me. He must have thought I was the Day Nurse, he began complaining about the night nurse who he felt did not do enough for him. He was upset that the Nurse did not bring him fresh water. I did ask him if he wanted anything else when I removed his blanket. I brought him water at bedtime. We had several aides on the floor that day and I was the only one who brought him water and the only one who answered his light when he called.

In Rochester NY at my hospital one of the two largest in the area New Graduate Nurses start at $ 22.50. They get a raise to $27.00 after one year. Salary is relatively stagnant after that.

I have mixed feelings about this. Doctors make more money and are given more respect partially because they have more education. Does this mean Nurses will see a increase in salaries and more say in policies if they have more education? To be honest their are few associate degrees that pay as well as Nursing. In my area getting into a two year program is very competitve. Most students have very high grade averages and many have degrees in other fields. They return for their associates because its a little less expensive and maybe quicker way of entering the profession. To be honest their are not that many two year degree programs that pay as well as Nursing. But after you work in the field for a few years you realize that its not as glamourous as TV makes it out to be. That contrary to what TV portrays Nurses not Doctors do most of the work but get little thanks or respect. The hours are long and you will work weekends and holidays. Students who choose to attain a Bachelor degree will have more options. Bachelors degrees can get you a good job in Engineering, Business, Computer Science etc. These jobs pay well and have better hours and working conditions. If Nursing requires a Bachelors many might feel that a student undertaking the expense and time commitment the degree requires would be better served attaining a different degree. I believe North Dakota did not have a Nursing shortage prior to this legislation. New York state is not in the same position.

I have a question? When your unit has its staff meetings is it a lecture on staffs short comings, are you treated like children, or is it a give and take of opinions and ideas on how to improve floor performance. What style do you feel is more productive? When your lectured to do you feel unappreciated? Do you feel a meeting with a give and take discussion is less productive.

This man might had appeared to have no psych issues.I'd bet Based on his hurtful comments he has major ones. Hospitals are full of bullies , Patients, families even co-workers and managers. You are a kind and thoughtful person who was trying to help, you did not desearve his treatment. Kind, and thoughtful people are drawn to Nursing. We would never in a million years treat others like this. Know in your heart that you are a better person, that you have the grace to turn the other cheek. I feel anger is a sign of weakness, its unproductive and inhibits your ability to examine a difficult problem and find solutions

Sorry to hear you were given such a difficult time by this family. I'm sure they are frustrated maybe they have to repeatedly retrain staff to meet their childs needs.

Here in Rochester their are jobs for new graduates

You have a right to work in a safe enviorment. I would think it would benefit everyone , the patients the staff and administration to investigate the situation and formulate some sort of plan to deal with the behavior. Doing nothing at all and continuing to turn a blind eye to this behavior will eventually end in chaos, with someone getting injured,

So sad a terrible mistake that took 2 lives. I have to say that as nurses we face constant distractions as we try to provide care. How many times have other nurses, techs ,patients familiy members, patients, doctors interupted us as we prepare medications, write verbal orders. Nurses need to be provided with a quiet isolated area where medications can be prepared and then brought to the patient.

I hear you. My last shift I was running down the hall to draw a stat blood on a patient. When a visitor came out of another room and asked me to get them a soda. I mentioned to them that their family member was NPO and was not allowed soda. The Visitor said or it's not for the patient it's for me, I'm thirsty. I can't beieve families are so incensitive that they would eat or drink in front of a NPO family member.

In one segment of this piece there was a discussion on lowering cost of care for medicare patients. They talked about dramatic reduction in the cost of care when hospitals use Nurses as case managers to help manage and organize and deliver care to chronicly ill seniors who utilize a large portion of medicare dollars. The Hospital that utilized this program saw a dramatic reduction in cost while seeing a improvement in patient level of wellness. Then in the next segment I here the same administrators taking about laying off nurses.