this is the only place I can ask any questions anonymously so I don’t have to fear being canned for it-
whats your medical floor covid + ratios (non ICU)? Ours lately is one nurse to 5-6...
Hi there! CONGRATS on the new position! I’ve worked med surg about 6 years now and these are my most common iv push meds reglan, Pepcid, toradol, morphine,dilaudid,Lasix, solumedrol at times,...
Good old bedside report.. We have been forced to do it for several years- I don’t mind it as much anymore. Like others have said it does take longer most times- my opinion what takes longer are the...
I work med surg and our hospital recently started new protocol that ER does not call report to floor patient is being admitted to. We are told we will be getting ER patient such and such and what they...
Ours was recently changed due to some staff taking advantage of the previous policy which was similar to yours- you could call in one time every 3 months and then you'd have a clean slate again. Now...
These type of patients are manipulative of your time- whether they realize it or not sorry to say. Easiest thing i have found to do is tell a CNA, secretary or even the charge nurse to call my zone...
That sucks- I was stuck about a month and a half ago. All they did was draw a hep panel and hiv testing on patient. The only blood drawn from me was to see if my hep B titer was still good. All tests...
Our facility is switching to bedside report in april- we have been doing report in person at the nurse station otherwise... i was wondering if anyone had some feedback on bedside report? Does it work...
We have a spinal cord injury unit so I am unfortunately all too familiar with bowel routines!! Our procedure: Give suppository to pt in bed and let it melt for approx 10-20 min. Then we get pt up...
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OMG the 911 ones!!! That reminded me of the pt i had one night who was "pleasantly confused" - called 911 from her room at 2am b/c she needed to have a bowel movement! We didnt know it until the 911...
wow I cant believe they expect that from you!!! Totally unreasonable!!! Our hospital offers 3 days with 7a and 1500 times each day for a meeting each month. That usually accomodates most
Hi! Congrats on being a new grad! I started off at a rehabilitation hospital as a new grad a year and a half ago and am still working there. You really get to see a little bit of everything and you...
Sorry you have to hear that - this guy sounds like a complete moron. I like mr ian's idea- tell them you will come back. Even several times if needed. Let's them know YOU are in control. I always...