This may not always be the case, but hopefully you will have a good charge nurse for the shift who can be a resource person for you, someone who knows the docs, and who can be a valuable source of...
I'd make out an incident report and quote the guy verbatim and send it to risk management so that it is on record. Why would anyone in their right mind ask those last two questions in the first
cannoli replied to lavender's topic in Agency Nurses
I work med-surg through agency and at a hospital that I know. I would only work where I felt comfortable. For myself, I would refuse if they tried to send me to ICU or any other unit, or the ER for...
I work agency but I go to an HCA hospital. The rate is $26.00 an hour. There is no shift differential, so evenings and nights makes the same as days, $26.00 an hour. The pay is one dollar an hour...
cannoli replied to Melody007_FNP-C's topic in General Nursing
I used to work PRN. I had to work one summer and one winter holiday and they held to that, someone else would get the first cancel on the holiday. As PRN, I was also supposed to get the first cancel,...
Unfortunately, things like that (the doctor's remarks) are not uncommon. You are not the first one something like that has happened to and you won't be the last. You could have put something in your...