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Great insight, why I didn't think this way. Thank you very much!

It is a gray area in our hospital, sometimes we admited a patient, dr just ordered DNR by phone, no paper, just claimed patient is DNR

I was told by social worker to remove DNR for a patient because POA said he never told me to place pt on DNR. But actually POA did tell me this by phone, I relayed to dr who ordered DNR/TO. Now next day social worker talked to me and looked at me like I'm a liar. What I could do is i immediately switch patient back to full code and notify Dr. Would this cause any warning or even write up, I think I didn't have a witness with me, POA could take back his words, it makes sense for such an serious document. Thanks for any input and appreciate for any advice. I won't touch any paper DNR related, so complicated, in future I will wait for social worker to deal with it.

Davey, thank a lot for replying and sometimes I was surprised that why I'm slow comparing to young nurses, but I do enjoy working with them and their energy and intelligence inspires me to go gym and Eat healthy and be humorous... LOL

recently, I just found out a little bit worried about myself, whatever you can name..confused or disappointed or curious....I said to myself, why u worried about hanging a drip at the end of your shift though you already double checked the bag two times. While I was hanging that bag, charge nurse knocked the door and asked me to gave a brief report on all of my patients...do u have this patient?... no, it's not my...do u have that patient...he already been discharged. I just want to threw this words to his face..go away..but in front of patient and family, I just answered his stupid questions and allowed his disruption while I was starting a new IV and new drip. After I came back home, this scenario kept floating up and I asked myself, did I hang a right bag? I knew I already checked and scanned. i'm blaming myself why I didn't say something "wait because I don't want to be interrupted.." why I have such a tolerance with interruptions even though I hate that...why I don't know a tactical approach to refuse...I'm damaging myself by being such a stupid confidence to be capable of doing a lot of tasks...should I be conscious of my instinct which sometimes could lead wrong directions though mistakes do exists.... OMG, I need some direction please...

Thanks for your input, that's great information.

Nuguynurse, thanks for you kind words, i know it's true, feeling a little bit screwed up...

Libby, so pleased by your words, but I think the reality is we are living in a working environment that sick patients love to have young and pretty nurses, even I would like to work with younger colleagues, who make a dull workplace alive and vivid,,,

2 years in Tele, 2 years in Rehab, 2 years home health.....Thank you very much for your input...

... middle of 40's, BSN, currently working in tele,thinking about advancing my career for long time, don't like tele much, should go for ICU or nurse practionioner.... if I could get a position in ICU, I won't even think about NP. But when I saw those ICU nurses are so young, I was asking myself-- do you want to embarrass yourself, you are too old...

Thanks Sour Lemon, sometimes I did felt silly to even think about this as a matter.

I'm currently working in tele. The reason I felt upset is that I'm rarely named in our daily report conducted by chart nurse. I worked hard and be polite to patients and helping other nurses and techs. But I can count how many times my name showed in daily report and I had been working here for one year. I knew myself is not very social, and spent a lot of time in doing my job and hate trash talking, and too busy to talk to the charge nurse. I'm feeling it is hard to make friends with my colleagues. But when you see some nurses who have good relationship with charge nurse and their names showed almost every day in report for something I did also, I'm not feeling jealous but unfair. Should I find a new job or trying to change myself in an approach to make charge nurse happy.

MVM2, you are right, thanks a lot on your inspiring input!!!!!

I just have time to sit down to look through copy of my annual evaluation. When supervisor called me in last month(it was my first evaluation of my working life), I listened and didn't argue anything even I thought it was not right because I have to go back to my nursing station to start my shift. Now I'm looking for anther job and will have an interview tomorrow, new job asks me to bring a copy of evaluation of current job. In my evaluation, there are five levels" Never, below satisfactory, satisfactory, above satisfactory, exceeds." Most of items are graded" satisfactory", There is no " exceed." I don't know how to explain to the interviewer tomorrow if they asked me why it is not "exceed".

feeling upset for you having a non-professional coworker like her, avoiding her will make you feel better.