sistasoul

sistasoul

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  1. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    sistasoul replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    How is there time to take a 45 minute break? I don't know of one nurse who has the time to do

  2. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    sistasoul replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    I want to work where you work. In 2.5 years I have only had about 5 breaks off of the unit. Usually all of the nurses I work with chart while they are eating- if there is a chance to sit down at all...

  3. Not a waitress or barista

    sistasoul replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I just love old people. Too

  4. Not a waitress or barista

    sistasoul replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    That woman's response is

  5. Will nursing grow on me?

    sistasoul replied to lilmissnurse12's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely finish the degree and take the boards. I too hated clinical while at school. All of the anxiety and fear of doing something wrong and being kicked out of the program is what I hated...

  6. write-up for insubordination because I turned my back to cry...

    sistasoul replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel for you. It is very scary being a new nurse. Sounds like someone was power tripping to me. I have cried at my job and I know a lot of other nurses who have done the same. It is a stress release...

  7. Just Thinking About Leaving Nursing...

    sistasoul replied to NewTexasRN's topic in Nursing Career

    If hospitals and other health care facilities had MDs and nurses as CEOs I think our job satisfaction would go up. The paper pushers that are our management have no clue as to what truly goes on and...

  8. Just Thinking About Leaving Nursing...

    sistasoul replied to NewTexasRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I have ben a nurse for 3 years and feel like I want to get out of nursing at times also. It is not the patients but the constant anxiety of finishing on time and feeling overwhelmed a lot of the time....

  9. Accuracy and Patient Safety vs Time Management

    sistasoul replied to Goldenhare's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I fight the clock too. I have also had patients tell me that they have never had pedal pulses checked, etc. I am also a very careful nurse. I truly believe that people cut a lot of corners to get out...

  10. Patients' perception of your demeanor.

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Your last paragraph just made me mad. I don't know how to just show the part of the post I want to reply to. I am out on medical leave for a few weeks and just reading these posts and I start to get...

  11. Patients' perception of your demeanor.

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I have a problem with this. I know of two nurses who were fired due to "customer" complaints. My unit manager calls back patient's once they have been d/cd and asks them about their stays. The manager...

  12. If I hear this/see this one more time, I'm gonna scream!

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I would not expect someone from dietary to help me boost. An RT or a PT are fair game though. I would never have someone not trianed in how to boost someone help me. Where I work the unit secretary's...

  13. If I hear this/see this one more time, I'm gonna scream!

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse of 3 years and I try to let my aides know that I am busy at the moment but I will be able to help them with a boost that takes 30 seconds in a few minutes. I was an aide for 2 years so I...

  14. If I hear this/see this one more time, I'm gonna scream!

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I was a nursing assistant I asked the patient's nurse to help me boost him. She was one room over and told me she couldn't do it. If she had just said give me a few minutes and then I...

  15. Back to the floor!!!

    sistasoul replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe there is favoritism too. I am glad to work on a unit where there is probably not as much of that as there could be. You just have to find the right

  16. Back to the floor!!!

    sistasoul replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck and congratulations on the change!!!! I am hoping to get away from the bedside for awhile.How is it working in the OR? Are the surgeons

  17. Things you "should" be taught in nursing school

    sistasoul replied to KimberlyRN89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nurses typically do not read EKGs unless they have had specialized training. Telemetry strips is one thing that nurses are taught after they have been a nurse for a little while. I am ACLS trained and...

  18. If I hear this/see this one more time, I'm gonna scream!

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I would absolutely expect an RT to help me boost the patient up in bed. I had an RT come all the way down the hall from a precaution room and tell me the patient's phone did not work. It was not my...

  19. No breaks (class action lawsuit)

    sistasoul replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    THe hospitals are all about Covering their behinds. It is so aggravating. In the 2.5 years I have worked at a hospital I can count on one hand how many times there has been time for a lunch. We HAVE...

  20. Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

    sistasoul replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

    I think it depends on the school you go to. When I was in school almost all of the students had a mini-nervous breakdown due to the course load. The first test from just my fundamentals class...

  21. Have you had a family complain about you no matter what you did or try?

    sistasoul replied to MsBlissful's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital and more than one nurse has been fired due to "complaints". Sometimes I leave work and wonder if I have offended one of the patients or their families in some way I was not aware...

  22. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    sistasoul replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

  23. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    sistasoul replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is a form of control. It is the taking away of our liberties one by one. Eventually, all of our liberties will be eroded and then we will be asking ourselves what happened. These types of things...

  24. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    sistasoul replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would think of all of these things also. It is our responsibility if the patient leaves the floor to smoke and something untoward happens to them. The buck stops with the RN as it always

  25. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    sistasoul replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    Before the fanaticism against smoking began patients could smoke in their rooms. I remember as an 11 and 12 year old smoking in department stores. Hospitals did not have to deal with it because there...