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When a manager tells you "It is expected that everyone will take their lunches and breaks". What they really mean is "I couldn't care less if you actually get a break, I just don't want to pay for it when you are forced to work on your breaks".

I just read an article on "presenteeism". It's the opposite of absenteeism. The studies I saw on it say it is a very prevelant problem in nursing, much more so than in other jobs. Another study found it costs employers MORE than absenteeism. Basicall...

We have mandatory meetings.... I think they are mandatory, but I wouldn't know. I haven't ever gone to one. I suppose my manager might come around at night and tell me about it someday, but I doubt it. Management never shows up on night shift...

Bullying should not be accepted anywhere. But if the news is correct, many people are either losing their homes or are on the brink.. I am sympathetic to Nurses who need OT in these tough times. I don't need the extra hours right now so I refuse to w...

Leaving the floor for any period of time without arranging for someone to accept care for patients is abandonment. It might be wise to clarify that the Charge Nurse is accepting care of the patients you leave behind. Give a full report before you lea...

That hospital group is in the midst of labor trouble. They just had a 10 day lock out by management with no contract in sight. Nurses are not happy. Don't confuse a management lockout with a strike... management LOCKED NURSES OUT. You might want to...

Can't cut back on administrators, after all they will be working overtime handing out all those pinkslips.

Maybe it would help to approach this as a job search. Could you apply for a job on a unit you want to work on. Maybe the hospitals are looking at the amount of time your license has been inactive and wondering how committed you are to working after y...

There seem to be 2 different subjects in this thread. One issue is being miserable for having to float. The more concerning topic is taking an assignment where the nurse may not be qualified to care for the patients. On the matter of not being happy...

Advice nurses don't have to lift. Several nurses with chronic conditions at our hospital have gone to the call center.

The California Nurses Association was the initiator of the ratios.

In the ER a 19 weeker was born this way. To make matters worse, some management idiot had made the decision to go with automatic flush toilets. You can guess how bad a decision that was. The next day all the bathrooms in the facility were getting new...

Why 'dumb down' the regs? Now should a CNA say "I do everything the LVN does I want to have the same responsibilities'.

Beware of sign on bonuses even if the unit seems ok. I have heard of companies that always find an excuse to let the nurse go before the bonus kicks in.

It is true that it is more competitive finding a job right now in the Sacramento area. The same old cycle is happening again.... stay tuned for the return of the shortage in a few years. Kaiser is letting all their LVN's go by the end of the year, so...

We had parent conferences in our unit. But then the Neo's started retreating to thier offices and leaving the parents out of it. The nurses in our unit protested on the grounds the conferences were for THE PARENTS. ... guess who won

I read policy's /procedures if it is really slow, but in reality if everything that needs to be done is being done, like changing out isollettes, allowing parents to Kangaroo their CPAP babies, all the double checks, reinforcing parent teaching, etc ...

Yes Peds and PP are the choices, and floating is quite frequent at times.

Documentation is your best friend... not the Charge Nurse. Chalk it up as a lesson learned. If in doubt at all, call and document the outcome of the call ie: 'No new orders' or 'MD aware'. The Charge Nurse in this case appears to be a useless appenda...

Ratios in the unit I work in are probably as good as it gets. Vents are automatically 1:1 (NCPAP is a vent) CN never has an assignment, we have a nurse for deliveries with no assignment and 1 or 2 break relief nurse(s) with no assignment. The unit ke...

I am male myself and I get a lot of assigments that are refused by pregnant co-workers. I have no problem with that. I don't think anyone other than the manager has the right to know why a nurse needs to change assignments, in fact it seems like it m...

If you qualify, you may want to use FMLA. If you can use FMLA your job is safe.

Don't get too regimented in your approach. For instance if your baby is screaming, feed first and do vitals later. Let your patient set the schedule. If the baby is sleeping I will start late. If they wake up early start your assessment early. If the...

Bad idea to take PALS where I work. If you're 'competent' you float. I don't maintain anything that could allow management to float me. Ignorance is bliss... and no floating.

[quote=Kattabba;2422337 She said my preceptor has said that even before this incident I seem to have poor time management and am easily distracted. :-) Sure sounds like a CYA statement from your 'preceptor'. I dont get these management types who ...