NurseBrittney

I have a meeting with my manager today. I know that she feels I am the problem. I have asked to transfer shifts as well as opportunities in the hospital in the past, only to be told explicitly now. I have expressed my concerns to my boss before in re...

I can tell you that I have dealt with the drama of working on a horrible shift for almost 2 years now, but I still love nursing. The autonomy it provides, the appreciation my patients have, the pride in my work, and the public service I am able to pe...

refuse to take the assignment? I don't know. Sounds like the physician needs to tell them not to do it for patient safety. People tend to listen when they tell them....

As I have stated before, she was.

She had already called the doctor before she made those statements. I continued to stress that I thought she was breathing OK, and that the patient stated she felt fine. I was told by charge I needed "better assessment skills".

Another nurse involved the charge nurse, they are best friends. She thought there was an issue and that I wasn't handling it. There was never a question in my mind as to whether or not the patient was breathing appropriately. There was a question of ...

This is my point exactly. We have to work as a team, regardless of our personal feelings, the patient is always the priority. She called the doctor without assessing the patient herself. She went upon a previous days assessment and the words of anoth...

I went to house supervisor immediately. She reported to Hr and my manager. I spoke with HR, they said my manager would handle it. In regards to charge nurses role. The instance that occurred, involved her sitting at the nurses station, arms crossed, ...

I am facing this. I actually have a meeting today with my boss to discuss a physical threat that was made to me on Sunday, whereas the charge nurse said "I'm about to kick her ass" when I asked her to work as a team. I am fearful for my safety at w...

I have this irrational fear of Zombies. It probably stems from the resident evil video games and movies that I adore... and the silent hill games that I rather enjoy as well... but I am, in fact, afraid of the potential of the living dead. I work on ...

I worked in retail before entering nursing, and besides the stress of 'never being good enough', I loved my job. In retail, you always have to try and strive to be better, sell more, do more, more more more... However, I loved the customer service as...

There are some nurses who will continue to eat their young and they are the ones who have a problem with it. I know an LPN who hates RNs and thinks that the higher level of education has nothing on her "Years of experience" and she is constantly talk...

We have a bedside picc team. These nurses were specifically trained and have a certification to do it.

I'm not sure I get the point...

I would prefer something like this. It would make it so much easier in the morning. I spend so much time trying to think about the last time I wore a set of scrubs, or if the pants match the top, ext... why? because the other nurses notice it! They t...

being a nurse is not about being a man or a woman. It is about being compassionate and caring. I work with a woman who you would think would be the best nurse ever. She is funny, perky, friendly, and always full of laughter. However, her patients al...

Universal healthcare... so much to consider. Having recently had a baby, and being in dept thousands of dollars, even with the best insurance coverage my facility has available, and having a toothless gentleman tell me while looking at the new babie...

After working as a nurse for a year now I can in fact tell you : It does get better! There will come a day when you don't have to ask anyone for advice, help, or clarification. Not saying you will never have to ask, but there will be one day soon th...

a regular needle

I hate ampules. Our dilaudid comes in ampules, and of course we get alot of pancreatitus pts and boy they love that dilaudid. I have cut myself once on ampules and we only recently got the filtered needles. I am strongly pushing that we get dilaudid ...

I just wish the one nurse who thinks she is the end all be of all of nurses would kindly shut her mouth and stop stating her opinion as fact.... that would really make things much easier for me.

thats one of the main reasons I almost always get new tubing every time.

I graduated in May. I've been working as an RN since June. I've been off orientation for 2 months... I am well aware that there are many things I do not know and I often ask questions. So let me first say, I do not think I know anymore than anyone el...

yes

I work at an HCA hospital in Georgia. I have great nurse to patient ratio 3-5 (5 max!), great resources, my post op surgery unit is less than 2 years old and has many great amenities for the nursing and patients. The 401k is great, and the Insurance ...