Jayesse7

If only I could count how many times I cried after a bad shift for the first couple of years (maybe more) after I graduated... Listen here, ease up on yourself. You made paperwork mistakes! Nobody died. Take the reprimand from the nurse manager and v...

If only I could count how many times I cried after a bad shift for the first couple of years (maybe more) after I graduated... Listen here, ease up on yourself. You made paperwork mistakes! Nobody died. Take the reprimand from the nurse manager and v...

I have found that there are people who hear voices all the time and sometimes they are laughing and talking out loud to them in their rooms and don't really seem distressed. It's noteable and should be brought up when reporting to the psychiatrist bu...

I guess you could have brought it to everyone's attention by phrasing it into a question and saying something to the effect of; "Is it ok that the patients are unsupervised or would you like me to do that while everyone is charting?" The reality is t...

Brought tears to my eyes to read. I teared up for obvious reasons of feeling for the patient, the situation, the need and the beauty in knowing that despite our twisted sense of humor that can be frequently misunderstood by non-nurses, despite our co...

My admission note format looks like this: Pt brought to unit(location) at (time) escorted by (police officer/nursing supervisor/admitting doctor). Dressed in hospital gowns/pajama pants, gait (steady, unsteady, shuffling, etc). Appeared (dishev...

I usually wear jeans and sweaters or blouses with a scrub jacket but I have gradually started to wear scrub pants sometimes and t-shirts. I tend to NEED pockets. Where I work it is scold-worthy to wear anything around your neck that can be used to ch...

I have this debate at work from time to time. There's a number of things in play. First of all it's a dangerous setting to work in so it's important that staff back each other up. I cannot stand it when staff begin to take personally things that an a...

Don't worry about your nerves. I remember when I started, my hands were trembling sometimes. Take a deep breath and focus on what you are doing. I predict after the first few you'll be fine. My facility has a compatability chart in each med room. If ...

I used to be an OB nurse and I once had a patient who was just plain nasty. She had grown uncomfortable in her labor and was demanding an epidural. When the young black anesthesiologist walked in the door to see about giving her one and introduced hi...

I'm a psychnurse in a state facility. We have 1 psychologist for every unit (9 units) and there are usually psychology interns helping as well. On my unit, which is an acute civil population, the psychologists meet with the patients (1 to1) who have ...

I'm very curious about this.I'd like to hear/read the details of what you are being criticised about. It is unfortunate that you find yourself in such a difficult working environment. Definitely you have not had enough orientation in 6 shifts. My fac...

Be an agent for change Blue!!! That is if you are still working there. Investigate the hospital's policies...and investigate incident history. Even a panic alarm that you can wear on your person...not around ur neck though. And I agree with Meriwhen...

I'm a psychnurse and I LOVE students taking over the one and only task I really stress about. The reason I stress about it is because I am sooooo busy I don't have a lot of time to do groups but I'm expected to anyway even though I ALWAYS get interru...

I would like to post a topic for discussion along the same lines as this "What would you have said to this CNA"... and I'm new to the site so I don't know how to go about that, ( please help) but... I work in a Psychiatric Hospital. Psych is not for ...

This is a topic of increasing interest to me. I read through many of the posted replies and it seems the consensus is that the CNA in this scenario was insubordinate and could have been written up legitimately for a couple of valid reasons...reality ...

Very good post! I feel that way too. This field we have chosen can be very frustrating. BUT...and I know you have felt it; the satisfaction when someone thanks you, I mean really thanks you for all that you've done for them or their family member or ...

I think the big question you should ask yourself is "Why nursing?" because here's the deal...it ain't easy, but it's rewarding and there are so many avenues you can take in nursing. If you are worried people will think you're gay...I wonder if people...