aloevera

aloevera

telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych

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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For real ???????? !!!!!!!!! OMG...I must be getting

  2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a pt. with similiar behavior....I talked to the Doctor concerning her and he discharged her !!!! Thank God, I was so happy to do that paperwork

  3. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    we just had a nurse (long time nurse) draw blood from a pts. jugular.... I don't know what she was thinking...evidently, she wasn't.... the other night a nurse gave the wrong med to a pt. and she...

  4. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    aloevera replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    I have always worked 7A-3P but recently changed to 3-11....let me tell you, I work my butt off on this shift....it is different, I will agree...you are dealing with visitors, and more admissions,...

  5. Am I too old to just be starting?

    aloevera replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    Shame on you !!! Most of the 20 yrs old- 30 yr. old will burn out or change careers and won't last any longer than someone 40 starting school....that is a fact...I have seen it many times over the...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen !!! No, we don't ask for much, just to be able to pee and eat a bite (I have done at the same time)

  7. So, would you or wouldn't you (brand new nurse on unit...)

    aloevera replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Psychiatric

    I have been known to bring goodies once in a while to my psych unit.... I am very strong, controlling and the charge nurse.....do whatever you want, there will always be someone to see the other...

  8. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have observed through the years that docs seem to favor male nurses... now don't all you men get on me, just an observation.... I love working with male nurses.....but they do seem to get more "joke...

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    toocaring------please do not take this thread at face value...we work day in and day out with no one to vent to...I can't talk to family, can't talk to friends not in the medical field, so here we...

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    don't feel isolated.....we have a tech just like that......can't explain how she gets away with

  11. What I wished I knew....

    aloevera replied to SweetLemon's topic in Psychiatric

    I sure do agree that a year of med surg would be highly beneficial to you right now, but give you credit for going into psych on a wing and a prayer.....no worries, I did, too....after many years in...

  12. Psych charting

    aloevera replied to crystalbrz's topic in Psychiatric

    no, sometimes only one RN if census is under 25....sometimes two... I have had 40 pts. with only 2 MHT's....if there are no 1 on 1's or LOS it is manageable....if we have 3 LOS and 1 one on one, it is...

  13. Psych charting

    aloevera replied to crystalbrz's topic in Psychiatric

    we are a private hospital...our pts. stay anywhere from 7 days to 4 weeks..(dep. on their ins. and needs) we chart q. day on all.....we usually have 3-4 MHT's so that helps a lot.....and a med nurse...

  14. Psych charting

    aloevera replied to crystalbrz's topic in Psychiatric

    How 'bout charting on 25 pts.???? We have one nurse for up to 25, then 2 nurses for up to 40.... Needless to say, my charting is slim.......unless there is a real problem to chart about....Ours is...

  15. Why do people go into nursing? Is it just the money?

    aloevera replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    who cares why anyone became a nurse???? As long as once they become one, they can handle it.....with compassion and respect....and

  16. Why do people go into nursing? Is it just the money?

    aloevera replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    I have noticed new grad "attitudes" changing over the years....now they seem to already know it all.... maybe the schools are teaching them

  17. Am I too old to just be starting?

    aloevera replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    Good for you !!!!! You know we can get "discounted" senior coffee at McDonalds on the way to work !!!! think it's

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    my family wouldn't be calling me in q. 10 min....they would know better !!!! unless of course for an emergency.....they would probably never hit that call light....!!!! I will never forget the woman...

  19. Am I too old to just be starting?

    aloevera replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    this is for real.....a met a woman at work several years ago and we have become great friends.....She told me that she was 70 !!!!!!!!! I was shocked...she works any young nurse under the table, is...

  20. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    yes, we are gluttons for punishment it

  21. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG !!!! Was she stupid or just lazy???? See what I mean? Nothing is ever done with any of my incident reports either.....I don't understand

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Easttexasnurse31,,,,,,,I cannot stop laughing.....and the pitiful part is,,,I can relate to it all........so, so, sad........what is wrong with

  23. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I first became a nurse (million yrs. ago) I dropped a pill before giving, picked it up, wiped it off and gave it and felt guilty about it for the longest time.....OMG !!!! I cannot believe some...

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    to the medicaid pt. who is in & out of rehab and complaining and demanding: You don't work, you do not contribute to society in the least, you are here because everyone else is paying your bill...

  25. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hopefully, a very small percentage now.....BUT as the economy worsens and there is a rush for everyone to go to nursing school, I am afraid we will have so many people that are in it for the $$ only...