BeachBayNurse replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing
We get many, many complaints about the food. Has anything been done to perhaps get some better snacks on the unit for the patients after the cafeteria closes? Of course not! However, the only other...
Tried on a set, was not very impressed. The fabric seemed cheap and fit very strangely. Would rather have a cute tunic style top by Cherokee for half the price. If they did not have Katherine Heigl's...
BeachBayNurse replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing
I could write a book on the unprofessional ways I have seen my coworkers dress. However, unless you are some kind of manager, don't say anything! You have nothing to gain and everything to
BeachBayNurse replied to DesertRoseAZ's topic in General Nursing
Yes, sometimes you will not have time to eat. If it is a life or death situation, I understand, but this maybe happens once a year where I have a few patients go bad at once. However, if it is just a...
Crazyco, I personally know how it feels to be in this situation, but pat yourself on the back that you are realizing you need an education NOW, not when you are forty. You are already that much...
BeachBayNurse replied to NurseLyla's topic in General Nursing
I work at a hospital that is not as prestigious as say the Mayo Clinic, but is very large and well known. I have many friends that work for the Mayo Clinic also. Just comparing the large hospital I...
My #1 pet peeve are sloppy IV's. Coming in to assess a patient and seeing their line has gone dry due to the nurse priming a line with a 1000cc bag, and then putting that the bag has 1000cc to be...
Wow, I didn't realize we were such a group of gum chewers! I also totally agree with whoever said that what may be professional to one person, is not to another. Personally to me, nothing is a bigger...
BeachBayNurse replied to eccentricRN's topic in General Nursing
Also, do not assume because the nurses look relaxed that they are not working. Perhaps they are charting while talking? If you are always behind and they are sitting and chatting, it is not their...
BeachBayNurse replied to sister s's topic in General Nursing
I work 12 hour shifts, so I empty them at least once a shift. However, I usually empty them also four hours into the shift so I can have some kind of idea how much output the patient is
I would also be so upset that one angry person could upheave your life so much. Take this as a sign that working for that company was a ticking time bomb, and get out ASAP. I have been floated to...
This may sound horrible, but it makes me happy :chuckle to see them struggle a little. I probably didn't pick the best friends in college. I hung out with people who had a lot more money than I did...
Just a question from a clueless med/surg nurse, not trying to blame or make assumptions! Why is it that all my admissions from the ER get sent to me at change of shift? I understand that it may be...
BeachBayNurse replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing
Do you have 110% confidence that no scans were done? Are you sure the patient didn't refuse the scans, that the patient was not crashing and the doctor thought he was going septic and the patient...
BeachBayNurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing
Why would one put themselves in some of the conditions you described in a society where one can sue at the drop of the hat? Yes, things were definitely different years ago, perhaps I would be more...