BeachBayNurse

BeachBayNurse

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  1. If they're paying 50k+ out of pocket maybe they *should* expect to be waited on...?

    BeachBayNurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I am sorry you had a bad experience. It only takes one rude nurse to scare a patient and gave him a bad impression for any future hospitalizations. However, as you said hospital bills are...

  2. The Most Hard Working Shift- Day Or Night Shift?

    BeachBayNurse replied to TPS360's topic in General Nursing

    As a nightshifter, I will admit days probably moves at a more hectic pace. However, as a human being, we are meant to sleep nights, so nightshifters have to fight their own body clocks in addition to...

  3. Is nursing recession-proof?

    BeachBayNurse replied to Emptynstr2's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that nursing was as recession proof as it could get. However, due to these tough financial times it seems like every industry is cutting back, nursing included. Do I think you will ever have...

  4. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    BeachBayNurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a WORLD of difference in the way patients behave on the different floors I work on. What makes the difference?? The mangement of the floors!! One floor, the nurse manager will stand up for...

  5. Why do people abuse nurses?

    BeachBayNurse replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I still don't totally understand this, especially how people who have no medical knowledge talk down to and about nurses. I have a few theories: 1. How nurses are portrayed in the media: you see...

  6. Child care and schedule

    BeachBayNurse replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    We can argue back and forth whether or not it is fair, which I think it is, if I have to work every other Sunday, so can everyone else. However, if your children need supervision, that is not going to...

  7. My internship is at the VA (and I have a question).

    BeachBayNurse replied to Kiringat's topic in Government, Military

    You will probably be doing pretty much the same things as you would do at another hospital. However, 98% of your patients will probably be men! I did some clinicals at a VA during nursing school and I...

  8. During school, did you see anything gruesome

    BeachBayNurse replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a few things during nursing school that could be considered gruesome. The thing that affected me the most was seeing child abuse cases during my pedicatrics rotation. If you decide to be a...

  9. Being a patient, your opinions

    BeachBayNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    After having a family member hospitalized, I definitely saw things from the other side. Because I am a nurse, I knew how precious time was for my family member's nurse, therefore, I was very careful...

  10. Dr Jarvik investigated as drug pitchman

    BeachBayNurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dr. Jarvik is not showing good taste portraying himself as something that he is not. However, people need to stop making medication decisions based on a commercial:uhoh21:. Sure, they may learn about...

  11. Where are all the happy nurses?

    BeachBayNurse replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    Happiness comes from within. No job is perfect, however, if the job is so bad that you are miserable, it's your job to find a new

  12. I work at Disney World now!!

    BeachBayNurse replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    It is a shame that people have to be taught this. I have had many jobs and was never disappointed to see people stroll in half an hour late, wearing ripped clothing, talking on their cell phones while...

  13. Insensitive Nurses

    BeachBayNurse replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    I think the response of wiping away pretend tears was beyond inappropriate. However, we are all human, and we have our limits. Yes, we become somewhat desensitized, but that is what makes us able to...

  14. Nurses and addictions

    BeachBayNurse posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    What do you think needs to be done to stop the cycle of addiction in nurses? It seems like as nurses, we are the scapegoat for every problem. After sometimes even months of it, we begin to think we...

  15. "Weekends aren't a shift!"

    BeachBayNurse replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had some solution, I work nights and it seems that from 6-midnight, they take away more and more of the food in the cafeteria. This results in just arriving on the floor and 90% of the staff...

  16. Nurses and addictions

    BeachBayNurse replied to BeachBayNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you for everyone's replies. Recently, a few nurses that resigned due to being caught impaired at work. One was an admitted recreational drug user before she became a nurse but became clean, the...

  17. More sick calls on Superbowl Sunday? (Why was I not surprised to get a call?)

    BeachBayNurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Saw about 3x increase in call outs.

  18. Patients on Medicaid

    BeachBayNurse replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, you are seeing the benefits of your taxes, my generation does not have that same guarantee of Medicare/Medicaid fifty years down the road. I have written letters, I vote, I am too busy working...

  19. How was your service today?

    BeachBayNurse replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    It is common sense, you ask enough sick, hurting, grumpy, scared people if everything was exactly perfect, to their liking, of course some are going to say they had a bad experience! I cannot wrap my...

  20. Patients on Medicaid

    BeachBayNurse replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't get me started on what I think about Medicare and how we are taxed. However, a patient is a patient to me, if they are respectful, I will give them the same consideration. However, I did have a...

  21. Will my feet/legs always feel this way?

    BeachBayNurse replied to cherokeesummer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can pretty much wear any shoe to work and be fine, however Danskos felt like torture! I would not suggest buying them until maybe you tried a friend's pair perhaps for a shift. They are very...

  22. Riddle me this

    BeachBayNurse replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Due to our *fabulous staffing* I have worked as a CNA several times when my hospital is short. I definitely gained a new appreciation for in how many directions CNAs are pulled. Even though I had...

  23. Who would you take a verbal order from?

    BeachBayNurse replied to longhornfan1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, I don't know how that was allowed to go on for so long. There is no way I would take an order from an LPN or anyone for that matter that was not a PA, NP, or MD. If there was no support from the...

  24. What do you say to that?

    BeachBayNurse replied to Mnstn's topic in General Nursing

    I just state "I love my family and enjoy spending time with them, as a doctor, I would not be able to". The question usually comes from someone that has no knowledge of the amount of things a doctor...

  25. What am I, chopped liver?

    BeachBayNurse replied to sunshineonleith's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely have to look at the source of the negativity. I have "friends" and family all the time putting down me as a nurse, telling me that nurses sit on their a** all day long. Most of them are...