chellet98

Im so glad you posted this!!! I hope somebody replys, I am an alcholic and I am still struggling with sobriety and on the losing end. I have attended an few AA meetings but have not been consistant because I have seen one or two of my patients there twice!!! Not quite prepared for that yet & was very uncomfortable, where can we go?

Break-a moment to breath, re-coop, re-vamp, smoke, talk, use the restroom, consume food, and most important of all......a moment that is just for you, so you can take the best care of others:)

Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate all of your wisdom. In replying to your questions...yes I help my staff out and feel as though that is a requirement in the ER, yes they are getting 30-40 breaks (this amount of time was mandated by HR for the ER every other floor is 1 hour!) on the nights that we can take breaks (somehow I just end up not getting mine), yes they smoke and I do not (I feel like 4-5 smoke breaks=30 min lunch), and finally yes I am human and need to collect myself in order to take proper care of my next 4-6 hours worth of patients :stone Am I wrong here, because I feel as though even some of you feel as though it is taboo. I am just looking out for me and my patients, I know my limits and what is safe for me. I do not feel as though I should consider leaving the ER just because I am human :uhoh21:

I have a question for all you ER folks.......will I ever get a full breaK in the ER???!!!! I transfered to the ER in July formerly from Med/Surg and postpartum. It has been quite a transition and I am still adjusting. My main concern is that I rarley get a break and when I do the staff usally rolls their eyes or makes a comment like "you will be the only one getting one". What is up with this? It is only 40 min in a 12 1/2 hour shift and I personally need it to re-group and be able to take care of more patients. I understand sometimes it just isn't possible but I feel like that is a staffing issue, not me being "weak". This morning when I announced I was leaving @ 7am (my shift is 6pm to 6am) I was yelled at by fellow staff and the charge that "you can't be seroius, we have a cardiac arrest coming in!" My goodness if I waited around long enough there will always be something! I am very frustrated and do not feel comfortable here yet, I love the pace of the ER, I work hard and want to stay, any advice here Chelle

I could just give all of you a big fat:kiss Although we do not know each other it was hard for me to post a "I failed " message, but for some reason I knew my fellow Nurses/Nursing students could help me. And help me you all have, words of encouragement from people who understand mean alot right now, and for that I am grateful. Everything does happen for a reason, although I had all B's up until this point, I just could not grasp Med/Surg. To fully understand and critically think in med/surg is a nursing foundation that I am willing to conquer. Thanks for all your kind words! Nurses are the best:D P.S. Barbpick I will be getting in contact with you in regards to study group and test taking skills. Thanks!

Thanks Jen! You called it too, because I was just sitting here with insomnia (@0330) and thinking how in the world do you bomb a final so bad that you bring an 81% average all the way down to a 74.7%? So you came right on time. I guess part of it is I just found out tonight. I have worked to hard to give up now, even with this grade I still have a 3.00 so there is no turning back now!!!! Thanks Again:D Michelle

Well, with all these messages about passing this or that, I feel like such a failure:confused: I didn't pas smy med/surg class and I feel awful. In my school you have to have a 75% on you 3 exams and the final in order to pass the class, nothing else is averaged in until then. I got a 74.7 and they do not round, I will have to take it again in the fall, but I feel so discouraged and all alone:confused: Has this happened to anyone else but me? The only good thing is they will let me go on to take OB/Peds next semester, so in the fall I will have the one class (med/surg), the bad part is I have to do the clinicals over again too! Can anyone give me some words of encouragement? I really need it;) Michelle LPN (hopefully RN 12/04)

Believe it girl, I was shocked as hell myself, but do remember I live in Georgia, and these sweet georgia peaches are not used to doing much on there own. I had only read about a wet nurse in history books never thought in 2003 someone would ask for one:eek: I simply told her no, but it was very tempting to say a few other things that were on my mind.

This is a big issue at my hospital, I work at a hospital who has the most births per year in the entire country and their goal is supposed to be family centered. We have 20 rooms on 6 different pods and believe me, on each pod @ least 16-18 babies are in the nursery each night. I do not mind because that is the reason I work nights (my baby time:) but some find it very annoying having to take care of these needy Mom's and the babies. But I blame it on the hospital, our patients come from mid-upper class areas and expect to be catered to, I even had a new Mom ask me if we had wet nurses to nurse her baby for her!!!!! They are given a tour before they even come in to have the baby and are shown the nursery (which is always full) during the tour, now why wouldn't they be thinking hmmmmm nursery? Sleep!!!! I do believe they should keep them @ least one night while they are there just to get used to it, but if a Mom is drugged up, on mag, new c-section, I will gladly take the baby for everyone's safety! Just my 2 cents! Michelle