dragonfly954

well,it was just a thought.we are getting ready for this hurricane.we are expecting a direct hit or at least a lot of wind damage.pray i will still have a house standing after the hurricane.wish you the best of luck in your situation.i had a homecare pt a year ago that sounds very similar.nothing we could do would help.and i mean nothing.

perhaps she would be a good candidate for some type of pet therapy,if her facility has that available.you might be surprised

I went in to work after several phone calls from my employer regarding me refusing to take report and that entire mess.yes,i got blasted when i came to work for about an hour.They attempted to try to tell me i misunderstood the assignment and told me i had been told on friday we would be short-staffed.i said no way,no one told me anything.then it was blamed on all the noise in the report/break area.hmmm...nope.that didn't work with me either.yes,my name is mud with administration and i look for one of 2 things to happen:they will eventually cut my schedule little by little until i have no hours or make it so unbearable i leave.let the incidental write up games begin!yes,i can get another job in a flash.but not for the same $ i make now in a small area and time flexibility.guess the part of the job description i missed was being the whipping boy for administration's mess-ups.and you know what made it even better : the nurse that stayed until the administrator arrived ranted and raved about how she had to stay out of duty to her fellow nurses(a whole hour)and another nurse( who never even worked that day mind you)joined her in the tirade.this facility is now currently 90%agency- no kidding.i wonder why :chuckle

I had one of those shifts last night(because of management,not patients) :angryfire .All I can tell you is today is another day and hope you have a better shift next time.

I wil never be accused of being underweight-lol,but have known many skinny minny nurses (young and older alike)that were more than capable of all the requirements to be a spectacular nurse. :)

I understand 100%.Last night for the first time I stood up for myself at the beginning of the shift(for an unsafe staffing ratio).One nurse was never scheduled(this seems to be the new norm the last 2 weeks).The attitude seems to be well it's sunday afternoon no administration around to hear the complaints.so what else will the nurses do but work and just deal with it today.yesterday was one time too many in the last 3 weeks.i sat down in a chair and announced to the off going shift that i would not be getting report until at we were staffed with at least bare minimums.further stating no facility was worth my license and it was not abandonment unless i accepted the assignment ,then left.(not to mention that i was orienting a brand new nurse on the 3rd day).the administator(who has not done floor nursing for at least 3 years and into her 60's)told me i had to take report.i refused and sat there.she asked me what i suggest she do on such short notice(no one volunteered to stay!)i suggested she come in and work the shift herself as she asssumed that responsibility with that position or sit there and call around for the next 2 hours to find agency.i wanted more than a warm body.she showed up an hour later-busiest shift in months.she thought i had the easy assignment and hijacked my patients-already settled for the shift.2 of them went bad on her time.she had to run her cheeks off .she threatened my job and refuses to speak to me.the walmart greeter position or 7-11 store clerk sounds better and better.last night made me sad to be a nurse

I am an RN and my husband is in the medical field,but not a nurse.He is a firefighter/emt going thru paramedic training.He was never interested in the medical field until i went to nursing school.he used to say he was in awe of me because i was a nurse.now he has "the curse" and thinks he knows more than any nurse(especially me) :chuckle it was easier when he was just a plain guy with a regular job.we can't watch an episode of er or any tv show without a complete critique. all i can say is that it is just tv.he used to say he should go to nursing school when he was done with the other stuff.i couldn't imagine cohabitating with someone else that worked in the same hospital or medical area.too close to home for me.seems the curiosity of nursing has left him ...for now.

I work in the same county where this lady died.i was shocked to see this story from our area,as it is a hole in the wall little town.i work for the county jail,so this was closer to home than just picking up the paper.it was true about having to bring her to the hospital,sofa and all.very sad.

I work in a busy county jail.we have an old retired md that comes in 2 days a week for clinic and we rely on our np to come in for sutures,relocations,i&d's for staph cases,etc.most of her business with us is for sutures.

I work in a county jail and we are subject to the "state"inspections as well.it is always a lot of fun.it has been known to happen on any shift one night they came in at mn and stayed til 4 am,then returned the same day at 3 pm and didn't leave until 12 mn.it was unreal.of course it must have looked a little odd to the inspectors with all of these nurses running around (that were never staffed on that shift to begin with or that many on one shift-ever)with all these sets of keys to unlock doors,drawers and cabinets that had never been locked before.we were all whispering which key opens this,etc.the administrators worked 11-7 for 6 months(no kidding)to audit charts,paint,etc.then as soon as they left,it has all gone back to the same old stuff.not enough staff,no qa,no follow through on anything.but plenty of lip service to keep us quiet. wouldn't it be easier to just maintain what they worked so long and hard to create,rather than have to do all of this again in a year or 2?

finding an eyeball that had rolled away under a cell door.this is what happens when prisoners push eachother off of the second tier onto the cold hard cement below....face first.that was a little disturbing

The only sin about all white is seeing your panty lines and bra outline.stopped wearing all white real fast after working in jail and prison-all men:chuckle

There was an article at work tonite about 2 nuses in a jail who didn't call the md about a juvenile having abdominal pain.they wre afraid to call at nite because of past explosions from the md.kid dies.both nurses arrested for murder.

78 degrees here on the beach in Fla all day,turning cold as icecubes right now.Went in to do a home care admission,very warm.came out to freezing my orifice off 1 1/2 hours later:eek:

We have 2 small hospitals in my county;not much chance for privacy.After the renal insufficiency/failure started last July/Aug ,I was a frequent flier for about 3 months.I would put my hair up,not come in in my scrubs(why do some medical people do this?)as a pt,do anything i could to look like a normal sick person,not a nurse.never failed someone would recognize me.Oh you are a nurse?didn't you work upstairs?They made it real obvious to explain what meds/tests/ test results I was getting back..Check the arm band,etc.after the 4th time in the er in 3 weeks,triage would say Oh that nurse is back with the kidney problems as I was headed to a stretcher.at that time i wanted to be anything but a nurse in that hospital;just wanted to be anonymous. :)