Nurse_Wretched

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  1. Male and lazy?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to DapperRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Two of the top 5 nurses I know are men. Both of them are amazing nurses! I do think that there are slightly different expectations of male and female nurses where longer term care situations are...

  2. Tips on getting people to come to staff meetings

    Nurse_Wretched replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    Holy ****, Bortaz...you just took the words right outta my mouth! I haven't shown up for a work meeting in 6 months +. I'd much rather read the memo! Our staffing coordinator once held a meeting...

  3. Tips on getting people to come to staff meetings

    Nurse_Wretched replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    My employer holds far to many meetings. If there are online trainings, I always do those right away! I don't, however, have time to be at work on my days off! I am a full time

  4. Is this how work really feels like? Have you felt like this before?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to sydneyxmoon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been a nurse for many years and it still makes me feel uncomfortable at times! I've had jobs like the one you are describing and I have also been through 5 years of a terrible depression prior to...

  5. Coworkers who pick up too many shifts...

    Nurse_Wretched posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    and then decide at the last minute that they don't want them! LOL Don't even get me started!!!! I am part time so everyone likes to bug the crap out of me about their scheduling issues. I love my...

  6. Coworkers who pick up too many shifts...

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Nurse_Wretched's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a good system! If they call off a certain amount of times per month, don't allow them to pick up anything else... I think that non-emergent shift switches should have to go through the...

  7. Coworkers who pick up too many shifts...

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Nurse_Wretched's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is the way it is supposed to work there as well... The problem is that many of my coworkers work excess amounts of hours at more than one job. I am not sure of what they are trying to pay for but...

  8. Coworkers who pick up too many shifts...

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Nurse_Wretched's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah. It's a mess! Every weekend there are scheduling problems. It's time for another nasty-gram! LOL I have zero desire to change my shifts. I only work two of them and I like it that way! I always...

  9. Dishonest Nurses

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...LOL

  10. Dishonest Nurses

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't pay attention to that... If I have something to say, I say it regardless of the age of the

  11. Accused of breaking resident's hearing aid...

    Nurse_Wretched posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Work is being accusatory toward me and it makes me sad. I worked for them for quite some time and all it took was something minor to destroy all of my hard work. My resident dropped her hearing aid...

  12. Dishonest Nurses

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are alot of incredibly nasty female to female interactions in nursing! My boss is male and he is great! He knows how to deal with problems without catastrophizing. When the population is 70%+...

  13. Do nurses get fired often?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep. Nurses get fired for stupid reasons! If they want to get rid of you, they'll pick out the smallest

  14. Dishonest Nurses

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Pick your battles wisely! Don't hold yourself responsible for other nurses' jobs unless you want to be fried, used up, and burned out. If there is a truly dangerous mistake, let the nurse manager deal...

  15. new nurse medication errors

    Nurse_Wretched replied to radgey's topic in First Year After Licensure

    **** happens. Learn from this mistake and move on! Mistakes are (hopefully) learning experiences... Sometimes all of us are conflict avoidant. Look at what happened and write to yourself in your...

  16. Blaming the nurse

    Nurse_Wretched replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's the nurse's job to do everything that everyone else is too lazy or inept to do...or doesn't want to do...or forgot to do...or is too understaffed to do! LOL If anything between the letters A and...

  17. Accused of breaking resident's hearing aid...

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Nurse_Wretched's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I no longer work in LTC. I left LTC for many years and recently came back for a very short period of time. I was quickly reminded of why I left! The acuity keeps rising as does the drama! My side of...

  18. Nursing Sucks! Or Does It?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing can suck...sometimes. Some areas of nursing have fewer happy nurses due to work overload (long-term care & many hospital jobs). The sad truth is that nurses have to work against the system...

  19. CNA trouble.. again!?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like another ****** LTC job... My last job was exactly like this! I was always overworked and fighting with the CNAs about helping each other and doing their jobs. I wish I could tell you that...

  20. not coding a non dnr patient

    Nurse_Wretched replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    "no physician is obligated to code a hopeless case..." This is not practiced anywhere near as much as it should

  21. not coding a non dnr patient

    Nurse_Wretched replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    If anything ever happens to me that renders me barely functional and unable to lead a 'normal' existence, I hope that someone has the sense to let me go! This MD did the right thing. Now the family...

  22. Relationship based care/Playing the game

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    When we actually have time for REAL patient care...you know, that stuff we learned in nursing school and never saw again! People whom are ill need time and meticulous care. They need the care that all...

  23. Relationship based care/Playing the game

    Nurse_Wretched replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Dear God...this sounds farking crazy! I've never wanted to work in a hospital anyway! This whole 'customer service' push is contributing greatly to the grand sense of entitlement that is running...

  24. Any Regrets?

    Nurse_Wretched replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    I don't regret it at all! But I will say this...it is my part-time job only. I am learning how to weld so that I won't ever have to work in it full time. I have two PRN jobs and I love both of them! I...

  25. Families from Hell

    Nurse_Wretched replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Rock on, Maisy! We are in the age of 'entitlement' and we all need to set limits! LTC can be the worst! I did LTC for quite some time but now I do inpatient psych with occasional AL/LTC at a really...