BeachBayNurse

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 complaint that is mentioned often is that the person...

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 name on them, I doubt they would sell at all.

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 lose.

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 busy night, sometimes I will make a patient wait w...

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 further ahead. However, it is still a horrible situation...

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 work at full time with the smaller, less prestigious...

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 infused in the pump makes me want to pull my eyelashes...

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 pet peeve than to see a nurse wear the same pair o...

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 fault, ask them for tips how to become more organized....

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 due to that the ER nurse did not get a chance to ear...

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 producing.

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 floors in which the attitude was to kiss the family's ...

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 and didn't seem to put much thought into whether the...

Thank you for sharing your story. Sounds like James was definitely here on loan as a gift from God.

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 needed the surgery ASAP? I would not become a doctor f...

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 willing to take on too many patients, unsafe conditio...

So very true! Even though I think I am VERY far from being a super nurse, I got told all the time that I was a great nurse for being so new. I am also known as the one that is always upbeat, making others smile, telling jokes, etc. However, at the he...

I would take the externship. To be honest, I barely passed my A+P class and I don't remember it holding me back. I studied a ton for it, it just wasn't my best subject. I did fine in my other classes. If you tried your best, then perhaps taking it ag...

I am sorry this is a hard time for you. My graduation was also not the funnest time. I had made some choices that were right for me and some of my family did not agree and made sure they told me several times on my graduation day that they were upset...

Not that I am anywhere close to being a supernurse, but I have noticed common traits the ones I have seen seem to share 1. Easy going personality- you never see them sweat, while we are running around complaining how overworked we are, they just do t...

We have several garages. If you are at least half an hour to forty five minutes early, you can find a space in the garage that is right next to the hospital. There are signs all over that say patient parking only in the garage, but the only people th...

If I am already at work, I would stay. But if not, I am staying at home, not that it would be any help, as I live in a condo and I am sure I am "sharing" the air with my 300 "neighbors"!

You are so brave to post, thank you. You will be in my thoughts, and I hope your husband realizes how much you need him to be there for you.

I would say nursing school was about a 5/10. I think that the professors made it much harder than it needed to be, but my experience seems better than what others have described. As for being a nurse, it can be from a 4 to a 10. My advice is if you ...

I think you are definitely at more of a disadvantage with the HESI, you are often taking it before you have graduated. With the NCLEX you have graduated, maybe taken some time off and had weeks to study. I passed the HESI on the first try, however ha...