tolerantgirl

Do you work in a hostile work environment? Do you work around someone who is always negative and criticizes you? I have had this experience. I asked for help when I realized I didn't have the right supplies at the bedside ( the physician wanted somet...

I was wondering if anyone has followed suzanne's first tip for passing the exit hesi and did it work? I want to be able to pass this thing first time around. our test is october 22. I am currently doing nclex questions on every system and i make note...

I graduated in December and started an internship in January. I had hope that it would be great, I knew I was going to have to work hard, but I also thought there was going to be support. My preceptor tells me I am doing great, but on my days off I a...

I took report from a nurse who reported to me that she gave prn pain medications, but when I went to give the pain medication, I noticed the prn medication was not documented ( was not scanned). I checked to see if the medication had been removed and...

1. Can we please have the supplies we need to do our job? 2. Can you please hire more help to answer the phones, instead of coming to the nurses as they are providing care and telling them to answer the phone. 3. When you ask me to work another shift...

I am coming here to vent because I really need to talk to someone. And I am crying as I sit here and type this. I really try hard to be a good nurse. I had a crashing patient when I walked in on Friday and got the patient through it and stable (as st...

Yes, I feel as though I am being set up to fail as well. I am constantly worried on my days off that I have made a mistake and that I am going to lose my license. It is really affecting my home life. I am completely miserable. I have asked if I could...

I was wondering what some of you would think regarding this matter. If someone made a med error and they were honest about and told the the person in charge and charge nurse and was told that they would not be written up but then was written up two w...

Thank you for all of the advice. I am going to learn from this and move on. I am going to not look at this in a negative light. I did the right thing by being accountable for my mistake and I know now that I should have varianced myself even though I...

Not really. I told the charge nurse and supervisor and the supervisor said not to worry about it but then told charge nurse to write it up a week later.

This is my 1st year in nursing, actually 1 year will be January. I am scared to death every day I go to work and on all the days I have off because I am terrified I have made an error. I have nightmares that I am going to be reported to the BON and l...

If safe patient care is so important, then why does management rush to get patients transferred. Why is it always hurry, hurry, hurry. There are times when you don't even have time to assess the patient before they are yelling to get them out because...

Thank you for all the helpful suggestions. I did take this person aside in private and tell them how I felt. They were very defensive and angry, but then changed and became very apologetic and overly nice, even telling me how proud they were of me. I...

I am very competent in my abilities and skills as a new nurse. I am also still learning so when I ask a legitimate question, I expect an answer w/o the eye rolls or loud sighs. Because a new nurse who doesn't ask the questions and pretends they know ...

It's been one year and I am just as unsure of myself as I was in the beginning. I think I have made a mistake becoming a nurse. I love helping people, but I feel like I am not smart enough, no good enough, not fast enough. And the thought of losing m...

Learning to say no when asked to work overtime is hard. When I work extra my child suffers because I have no way for him to get home from school when he stays for sports or tutoring. He has even missed games and tutoring because I say yes all the tim...

I am a people pleaser and I would have to say it is my biggest weakness. And then I am miserable that I said "yes" when I really wanted to say "no". I like my days off and I feel that when I am rested and go back to work, that I am a better nurse. An...

We are also not allowed to have PDA's on our unit (Critical Care) and internet access is locked to nurses. This doesn't make sense.

We sometimes do procedures at the bedside and the physician will request pain meds/sedatives for the procedures so you pull the meds. What happened to me is that I forgot to write the order and I don't think the physician wrote the order either and t...

Is it uncommon for someone to have am interest in family nurse practitioner and psych nurse practitioner and also want to receive an MSN in education? Do you know of any nurses with FNP, Psych NP, MSN Ed? Just wondering because these are all fields I...

Hugs. Why as nurses are we so insensetive towards one another?

Thank you for all your words of wisdom. This has been a learning experience and I am going to make sure the doctors write their verbal orders if they are there. The idea about carrying an order on my clipboard is a great one and I plan to do that now...

Your story brought a smile to my face as I sit here considering whether I should quit nursing or not. I haven't even made it a whole year yet. And then I remembered that a patient's wife hugged me last week and said thank you. Thank you for sharing:)

Yes, I hate cleaning up after everyone else. I feel like I take care of everyone else more than I take care of the patient and that makes me sad and disappointed. Another thing I hate, is that doctors are always in a hurry and if you don't do things ...

I was wondering if other nurses are also eperiencing hospital changes that are driving them crazy and making it difficult for them to do their job. At the hospital I work at, we are not allowed to keep needles, iv catheters, and saline flushes in our...