NurseDirtyBird

NurseDirtyBird

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  1. No lunch for lunch break?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to sakiohma's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I worked 0600-1400, we took our breaks at 10 or 1030. We'd been there four hours, it made sense. If we needed food, we'd request a breakfast tray from the kitchen and hold it back til our...

  2. Fired for posting on face book

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Lizzly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Dear OP: Are you aware that your privacy is not guaranteed on AllNurses.com? Are you aware that some of your coworkers or even your boss may be members of AN? Are you aware that putting the kind of...

  3. Visitor filming during code

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The thing that bothers me the most about this is if the family does decide to sue based on the video, the facility may offer a settlement just to get them to shut up. Then the family thinks they...

  4. Innocent, BON, and self representation?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to leonard888's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do you know who has attorneys working for them? The people who started the case (your employer) and the people who will decide whether what you did was legal or not (the BON). Representing yourself...

  5. "The Bra Talk"??

    NurseDirtyBird replied to amnesiac1c's topic in School

    Consider the kid may not have someone at home to help them with this. I didn't. I grew up with just my dad, and it was unfortunately an older girl at a public swimming pool who informed me (and...

  6. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    NurseDirtyBird replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Haha! Next time you encounter nurses, just try to hug 'em. Go ahead and hug the doctor too. Then you can hug the cops when they get there. And then you can try hugging your bunkie at

  7. Nurses with tattoos and piercings

    NurseDirtyBird replied to emmygirle's topic in General Nursing

    Let's just beat this dead horse back to life and then to death

  8. Caregivers running the show

    NurseDirtyBird replied to qpasa1414's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Call the state. Verbal abuse is

  9. A selfish nurse

    NurseDirtyBird replied to infexious's topic in General Students

    Nursing is always a team effort, no matter what specialty you choose. In some settings you will have more autonomy than in others, but you will still be tethered to a team. That's how we are able to...

  10. Just had my first day as a student nurse, advice needed....

    NurseDirtyBird replied to danmyers22's topic in General Students

    No need for the long explanations or "not all nurses do x, y or z..." YOU WILL GET USED TO IT. Keep doing it. Go home and throw up for a couple days. Breathe through your mouth, put some vapo rub...

  11. Patients that fire everyone/demand everything

    NurseDirtyBird replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Awesome! I'm totally doing this next time I have unreasonable patients/families! Also, OP, have you mentioned to management that caving into this one family's demands is going to get them 20 poor P.G....

  12. Don't feel sorry for me because I work in long term care...

    NurseDirtyBird replied to rose-n-arrows's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, the general public doesn't think you're a "real" nurse unless you work in a

  13. Tired of discrimination

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Al.ginger's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is this crap? Are you people for real? I love how almost every post is undermining the OP because they don't believe racial discrimination exists anymore, when it is clearly happening in this...

  14. Coworker talking smack about my political party & every thing I stand for/believe in

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If this were me, I'd first ask him to please stop discussing politics/religion/whatever with me, as I'm not interested in discussing it or hearing his opinion of things that make no difference to the...

  15. Could I be the Victim of Workplace Bullying?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you by chance an introvert? I noticed you said you were feeling "drained." That can happen when an introvert gives too much of themselves. You sound very empathetic with your patients, which...

  16. What would you do in this situation?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Stressismyname's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't work in home health, I work LTC/SNF. When I come across family with control issues, sometimes I have to remind them (tactfully of course) that I take orders from my manager and the doctor and...

  17. Do you ever feel like a social worker?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    If you can't handle helping this patient overcome his obstacles to compliance, get someone who can. Sometimes you have to think outside the box to formulate a plan of care that will work, instead of...

  18. Do you recommend Geriatric Nursing for RN

    NurseDirtyBird replied to peaceful2100's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The nurse/patient ratio scares you because you come from acute care settings. LTC is NOT acute care. You do not have the acuity you are used to. The goal in LTC/SNF is to maintain or improve a...

  19. Mmmm, fruitcake is so good. :)

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    It was the Pennsylvania Dutch who brought cake to the U.S. Way back in the day (18th-19th centuries), the cakes you would find in someone's home were usually made with fruit and aged with liquor,...

  20. Don't go into nursing school if_____

    NurseDirtyBird replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    Yes, you hit the nail on the head. Better make the most of it while you got it. The End. Anyway OP, don't go to nursing school if you can't laugh at things that would make most people cry, or if you...

  21. Hanging It Up

    NurseDirtyBird replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Retired Nurses

    Now you get to spend your "semi-retirement" making other nurses quake in their Danskos. Good luck

  22. Don't you just hate it when a patient yells at you?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, usually on Easter or Christmas. They won't show up the rest of the year, but they come in for a holiday and yell a year's worth of complaints. Uh huh. If you'd have been here to visit before...

  23. Nursing student theft

    NurseDirtyBird replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Since when is a school a law enforcement entity that has the right to retain evidence in order to "build a case?" Maybe instead of filing a report with the police, you should contact a lawyer for...

  24. Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    "Rubbing alcohol" was used as a muscle rub, most likely during HS care. Remember how every patient got a back rub before bed? That's probably how the student nurse gave over 70 alcohol rubs in that...

  25. Conflict with a coworker

    NurseDirtyBird replied to phlebo2rn's topic in General Students

    Haha, I bet I'd get in trouble for speaking Cherokee at work! To the OP: Words spoken between two people in a language you don't speak are obviously not for your ears. They may be rude talking about...