LilyBlue

LilyBlue

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  1. Burn out/ disgusted/ QI

    LilyBlue replied to caringchic's topic in General Nursing

    I am extremely burned out. Our PCU ratio is 9 patients to one nurse. Yeah, that's safe. And all we get is our manager ******** at us to take better "customer care" - lady, I can hardly get out the 200...

  2. Newly pregnant and working in stressful med/surg unit

    LilyBlue replied to laRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I would go per diem if it is at all possible. Maybe work a few short shifts through the week. I could not and would not work my floor while pregnant. No way. We don't get a chance to even eat, and...

  3. got shouted at yesterday night

    LilyBlue replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    I don't put up with that. No reason for you to, either. You are a human being, a professional even, not someone's verbal punching bag. And I don't buy into that ******** that they are ill and...

  4. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with whoever said just give them their pain meds...say little, don't buy into the drama...that way they don't create big scenes and monopolize even more of your time. Every drug addict I've...

  5. Is parasites a common problem?

    LilyBlue replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Colon cleanses make me laugh. They remind me of the Nutty

  6. What's the craziest order you've ever seen?

    LilyBlue replied to ozoneranger's topic in General Nursing

    I once saw an order that said, "please make patient a small birthday cake, today is his birthday". Hmmmm - let me whip out my oven and chef's hat and get right on that,

  7. What's the craziest order you've ever seen?

    LilyBlue replied to ozoneranger's topic in General Nursing

    this made me laugh right out loud. My husband just asked me what was

  8. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LilyBlue replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lol, me too. Well, used to anyway. Now I am sort of more amazed than enraged by people like this. i have noticed in ten years that people like this have become increasingly more

  9. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LilyBlue replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It sounds like that particular wife had a mental illness maybe. I'm a lot more understanding of nutty family members than outright rude and demanding

  10. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LilyBlue replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The other thing that was just bizarre was that many parents would stop performing parental care when their child was hospitalized. They wouldn't diaper or bathe their own kid. They'd put all the call...

  11. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    LilyBlue replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I guess as a healthcare consumer I have different expectations than many. Even before I was a nurse, it never occurred to me that as a visitor, the nurses should meet my needs for food, drink etc. I...

  12. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LilyBlue replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once had a pediatric patient who was brought in with viral illness and febrile seizures. Her mother was a secretary of a local doc. The mother wrote a scathing letter of complaint about how I...

  13. Nursing Float Pools

    LilyBlue replied to flygirl43's topic in General Nursing

    I worked float pool for 5 years...my experience was much the same. Switched assignments, having to take a "team" in ICU and ER with no experience, many times nurses who would get annoyed if I didn't...

  14. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    LilyBlue replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Barf. You know, seriously, I can handle needy patients. The patients usually aren't the problem. It's the family members who make me want to quit my

  15. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    LilyBlue replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    what a rude and dismissive

  16. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the one doctor who constantly orders this kind of thing always says that nurses are nothing but whiners and he could do a better job taking care of all 28 patients on the floor single-handedly...

  17. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    LilyBlue replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    I feel very sorry for everyone involved, particularly the OP. I wish I had some advice. I will definitely

  18. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, and I have been in this situation, too, with a kidney stone...I WANTED Toradol and they wanted to give me Dilaudid. I told them that I was certain it was a kidney stone, as I've had many and...

  19. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I think "compassion" can be displayed in many ways - I have occasionally started a convo about addiction with a particularly receptive patient. But it's not "not compassionate: to recognize that you...

  20. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    What sucks so much is that 3/4 of drug addicts, even if they are not in physical pain, are in EMOTIONAL pain and that's why they are using, to self medicate. We do such a **** poor job of addressing...

  21. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Well, but, if you live in a small town, and have lived their all your life, it's very possible you DO know the person and have even socially witnessed the patient taking drugs. That's why I just stay...

  22. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    A patient was found dead at my hospital and blue powder was found in her portacath. She was taking her own meds from home (besides what the nurse was giving her) and crushing them and injecting them...

  23. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    My dad is not honest about his alcoholism because he is afraid that the nurses will not like him. That breaks my heart because my dad is the nicest most gentle man in the world, would not ask a soul...

  24. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good question. Sometimes I've felt that doctors prescribe extremely liberal pain med parameters so that they don't have to be awakened at night...I've gotten the order to give dilaudid Q30...

  25. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    LilyBlue replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to stay within your own scope of practice and just give the pain meds....recognize that addiction is not something that can/will be addressed in the acute care setting unless you're a...