Sounds totally insane to me!:smackingfMaybe they did it on purpose to see how you handled it all? Sounds as though you handled it all well in spite of it. Still, interviewer somewhat unprofessional in...
Would of been told it is all in the day on the job, and to just suck it up! The last place work for me usually N-aids were lat alot or one after another reason why they were late, or didn't come in....
:nono:Re: Nurse that told pt that the nurses aid would be her nurse that night. Among other things; not right, and way not cool! Considering legal possible ramifications, pt's rights, and working out...
Any medical employer, or facility I ever worked always gave, as part of the orientation, an indepth job description listing everything you were responsible to do, and in what scope to do it. The legal...
Though I went to school and stateboards there for license; I moved to Va, and certified as a nurse to work there as well, and it greatly disturbed me working in Va as a nurse to see MA's passing...
:hdvwl:I also went through what all you say, but Half my nursing career I worked as a oncology nurse, and it was standard each nurse was assigned 6-8, or more pts daily. We were to do all the pts...
It's that way lots of places sadly! I think they need to staff better, and according to what degree of diff the pts are. So many places work the staff short. It's exhausting, and it is hard on...
leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida Nursing
I don't know about other states but here in Va they started recruiting nurses from Asia, Europe, etc...The pay their way here, and pay their housing, etc, and their tuition! The only catch is once...
leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida Nursing
The school I had attended way back told us that not too long in the future LPN's would be eliminated. Charting also on the way out with computer taking over! I don't know if it is good or bad? You...
leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida Nursing
Hi, Temp services, or in home cares might be the way to get time on your side! Also in ans to a question someone had about getting hired: Yrs ago when I was in nursing school instructors told us...
Oh no! !!!!! I just finished a reply to this post, and before I could submit it the computer ate it:yawn:I don't have it in me to key it all in again! It was re: psych pts, and couple experiences I'd...
:yeah:I so totally agree with you! I thought for a while that it was just where I worked, but later saw , as well that it was on a much bigger scale that I or lot of others imagined! I'm still...
Well the hospital I worked at on the oncology unit several yrs, and it was pretty much just that, but sometimes you would get other post op pts, but most of the time it was pretty much chemo. The...