GallopinGal48

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1. how far do u go in triage ?

   GallopinGal48 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

   Supervision keeps trying to re-invent the wheel. If it works o.k. today, they'll do their best to screw it up for tomorrow. Yes, patients have left our ER with heplocks. Yes, they've left after Xrays. Yes, they've left after their children got meds f...

2. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

   GallopinGal48 replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

   Hang in there. Switch around a little, different floors/units. Try the doctor's offices, school nurse, home health.

3. Nurses Smoking

   GallopinGal48 replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

   I don't look down on nurses who smoke. I do have concern that they will spend their last years wheezing around their houses, at the end of a long, long, oxygen tube. You can't tell nurses who smoke anything they don't already know. It's a coping stra...

4. The sugar that just kept dropping...

   GallopinGal48 replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

   I used to have a patient who came to ER all the time, took a blast on her mom's insulin (this patient wasn't diabetic). Not saying this happened to you, but this girl loved the ambulance ride, the drama, and all the attention. She did this three, fou...

5. May accept home health position..

   GallopinGal48 replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

   I really enjoyed home health. I loved my patients, mostly oldies, but I got a lot of wound care experience, feeding tubes, foleys, etc. I met a lot of fine people, worked for some great folks, I enjoyed the quiet time charting, the hours with only ME...

6. You Know the patient is going bad when...

   GallopinGal48 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

   You know the patient is going bad when there's more blood in your shoes than in the patient...

7. placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

   GallopinGal48 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

   Tell you what they did to me... I got three days suspension. A patient in the ER lodged a complaint. Stated I violated a HIPPA regulation. I tried to explain that the young lady (and I use that term loosely here), used to date my son, hated me, was a...

8. Tech that tells everyone she's a nurse

   GallopinGal48 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

   The nurses on a floor I worked spoke a Philippino dialect. They spoke to each other quietly, but used English when English speaking nurses/staff were in close proximity. It's wonderful to know other languages, but not so nice to use them to exclude o...

9. Acused of no compassion

   GallopinGal48 replied to nurseofficegail's topic in General Nursing

   Did they give you specific incidents that you could respond to or analyze on a case by case basis? It's hard to generalize that you're not "as compassionate" as you used to be. I would politely ask for specifics so I could respond, rebut, or improve...

10. Butt kissing management

    GallopinGal48 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    If you do something right, do YOU get a gift card??? Aw, I already know the answer to that one...

11. Burnt out or time for change?

    GallopinGal48 replied to KerenRN's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like I did. I worked a little of everything, killed myself trying, butted heads with management for better treatment for the patients, like, more time to do a GOOD JOB??? The nurse patient ratio just burned me out. I've semi quit nursing, ...

12. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    GallopinGal48 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to help people. I'm a caregiver by nature. I graduated at age 48, however, and quickly burned out. Management was toxic, I had some bad experiences. I'm coasting right now, still would like to be a nurse, but so disillusioned...