CampinRN

The OPT OUT is the main alternative choice to doing nothing at all. With the increasing emphasis in NY state for the hot pink MOLSTs, awareness of pt's wishes re: organ donation is paramount. If you want to participate, it is still your choice as evidenced by signing your ID/Driver's license card. Until the OPT OUT becomes reality, I would like to see a bright green transplant form on the front of pt charts clearly stating their wishes. This could even be done at admission based on their card. The burden of deciding whether to participate is no longer an issue. Once harvest and transplant is done, family members have expressed that they feel part of the circle of life. That giving something valuable gave their loved ones a purpose in death. What I don't understand is why a recipient's family members would be unwilling to be organ donors themselves. It's a take, take, take mentality.

Inservice for the ER folks?

"I've spent a lot of time under a Nurses' care." But reading about what we privately think is not the same as being in our professional care. This is a thread for nurses by nurses. A thankful post or thread would be welcome in another area of the forum.

So sorry to hear about your accident. It's obvious that you posted in the wrong thread. This is not about doomsday pronouncements or taking away hope.

OP has worked very hard to earn her RN. It doesn't appear to me that she is seeking validation to give it all up and do something else. She is looking for a job and the doors are shut in IL. By the way, are you an RN already? If not, then you don't fully understand the frustration.

We use an antiquated program that doesn't scroll or have decent drop-down menus that apply to our unit. Once something is charted, it would be nice to chart by exception from that point on -- not copying with an F key, but keeping the care consistent. (For example, it makes us reinput equipment that the patient uses every day.) And don't get me started on dates of IVs, dsgs and tubing disappearing....

And wheeling a pt to the lobby who no longer needs care is a lower priority. Now if the scenario had been about caring for a new admission vs. changing the linen, we'd have a different thread.

The pt with dirty bed had higher priority since you would be holding up PT to wheel another pt who is d/c'ed. She should have delegated the d/c to another staff member since the room is now available for the next pt. Sounds like a high-stress floor. BTW, her treatment of you was both inappropriate and highly unprofessional.