SlightlyMental_RN

I laughed when I read this: Hyperbole and a Half: pain faces FYI, a small amount of swearing involved.

I totally don't get the lack of respect of the "older nurses." I absolutely LOVE the well-seasoned RN on our unit. She knows the history of all the unit policies, is unflappable, and will rescue you when you're drowning and don't know what to do. ...

Ugh. Apparently, I will no longer be nominated for the Nursing Saint of the Year Award, because I totally agree with eh OP. Oh, and I ONLY work with alcohol and drug addicts, so trust me, I see this disheartening junk all the freakin' time. I am...

My biggest hit was when I brought chocolate-dipped strawberries.

This is so not cool. As the others have said, this is big time breach of professional nursing ethics.

Oh, you use plenty of skills, so no worries. We still have to do a head to toe assessment q shift on our patients, and we deal w/many medical conditions that are exacerbated by alcoholism and drug use. Just an FYI, though: You won't be able to g...

I think that's pretty crummy of a rule, that you're a no call no show if you call after 5. Considering I've had nurses actually be no call/no show, that's a bit different than being truly sick, but not realizing it until close to shift start time.

I'm just amazed that a.) The woman was okay with it. and b.) The guy was able to "complete his task." Sorry, but labor is not the most arousing of times.

Ah, yes....I remember being so freaked out at the first times that I encountered MRSA, etc. It's really not that bad, though. I think that the thing to keep in mind, is that you have a healthy immune system, whereas these people got the infections ...

Something to think about: When I was in nursing school, an instructor always seemed to be on my case, giving me the hardest patient assignments, and very critical of my written work. At the end of the semester, I found out at our grading conferenc...

My most annoying stereotype: That I'm my in-laws' personal 911 service. Drives me crazy.

Just curious...have you ever thought that perhaps they used this incident as a way to get rid of you, an experienced and most-likely an expensive nurse to pay. I've seen way too many tales of ageism being told on this board, lately.

Although opiates are wonderful for pain relief, I think that it's sad how often people become addicted. And truly, who can blame them from wanting to escape from the pain? Have you tried gently talking to the patients that are messing with their li...

Until I went to casual, I was a noc/PM rotation. That totally sucked, as it was NOT self-scheduled. My schedule was Fri: noc, Sat: noc, Sun:noc, Mon: off, Tue: PM, Wed:PM Thurs: PM, and start all over again.

A post from bree* in that thread: "Here's the problem..at my clinical rotations, we never did anything more than take vitals, help people move around, clean up, run around like maids, and read glucose/give insulin injections. I have never even done...

I would like to work as a public health nurse part time and teach a class in psych nursing the rest of the time.

I think that my biggest fear is someone killing themselves on my unit. I had someone slash their wrists a year or so ago, and it was pretty scary.

It sounds to me that the nurse that lied is not using her critical thinking skills (by escalating the patient's anxiety/agitation through withholding meds.) Definitely not the smartest of moves.

I think (my opinion) that some of the posts are going a bit off-topic. The OP is a psych nurse talking about her experiences in an acute psych unit--not pain management, etc on a typical floor, LTC, or hospice. I think that that's a completely diff...

I think your judgment sounds good, Simply Complicated. It will take a little while to get confident in your ability to distinguish the true drug-seekers vs. those that genuinely need to be medicated, but in my opinion, you have some sound reasoning ...

I obviously was just giving a quick run-down of some of the things I look for, as I'm responding to this board while running in between the problems of my kids (middle-school age and one at University). And yes, I do make judgments--nursing judgment...

I'm more tight-fisted with the meds, as too many of my patients just love to take any and all drugs, even if not really needed. They honestly just like the whole process of taking a pill. If they say they're puking or having diarrhea, we make the...

This one would be totally inappropriate (especially in my unit), but it's still kinda funny: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM174686892P?sid=IDx20101019x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM174686892

It helped me land my current job. Both HR and my now-manager mentioned that it impressed them.

Man, that's harsh.