MissMonica

EASY: Don't answer the phone. It's none of their business why you don't make yourself available on your off days. As long as you are there for all your scheduled shifts, no one can accuse you of not "helping out" enough. This is a business. They need...

I live in northern VA but have my license in several states.....at my current hospital the RN pay is the same regardless of degree type, however last year they gave all the BSN nurses a $1500 bonus check in January. I am currently looking into BSN pr...

Sorry didnt answer the whole question. Ratios....on my med/surg unit, the ratio was 6:1 with one nursing assistant shared between 2 nurses (12+ patients). On my oncology unit it was 5:1. On my postpartum/antepartum unit, its 5 couplets max per RN mos...

Job market is excellent. Several major hospitals within a 20 mile radius. Pay is not so excellent in comparison to the cost-of-living in Fairfax county, the wealthiest county in the USA. For this reason, my husband and I have seriously considered ret...

This is exactly why so many nurses leave the profession or get burned out early in their career. I cant stand bullies. This person must have forgotten what its like to be new. I agree with the majority of others. You did better than most by responsib...

I had a similar problem as a new grad: Started in postpartum, which means zero IV start experience, then went to med/surg, which meant 20 IV starts a day! (exaggerating a little:lol2:) But I was an "experienced RN" so I was embarassed to admit I wasn...

Isnt this like "HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE, WORKING FROM HOME, IN 2 WEEKS!" Sorry for the sassy sarcasm but high stress, in the healthcare field, is a given. My mother/baby unit is a "happy" place, and I still pull my hair sometimes just from the d...

oh my! conjunctivitis ("pink eye") from a stroke patient i'd cared for all day whose wife mentioned at the end of my shift, "his eyes keep watering...". i warned the oncoming shift to be diligent with avoiding contact, etc. and called the in-house do...

Ditto! Some days 5 of my 6 patients would be on contact or airborne precautions for one thing or another, particularly MRSA. Im so glad we are talking about this.

At my hospital, they have their own separate sheet just for breastfeeding eval/notes. Its great because its one less person grasping for the chart when you have it!

I always oblige, sometimes without being asked, like while a dad is filming or photographing the baby's first bath. If you dont want to, how about turning it on them and saying "How about I take a picture of you all together?" But, I would just like...

i made it official and left med/surg for good. i actually get bored at times on ob and i get complacent--- but after my last day on the med/surg unit was another day of pure hell with disgruntled patients and family who are never satisfied, never say...

What a great topic! I love learning from other's mistakes!!! Thank you for starting this post. Ok, mine are: 1. Even a young, alert & oriented x 3 person can become disoriented after certain meds (narcotics, sedatives...) so use your bed alarms, ...

I just wrote about this very same thing in another post; I have only been nursing just 4 years and I have switched units/specialities and hospitals 3 times. The hospital switches have mostly been because we moved but I changed my nursing specialty be...

Saw a documentary about this on discovery health or national geographic about 3-4 years ago.....lady cooked it and served it to friends and family at a "dinner party" type gathering. Bizarre to me but whatever....

What happened to the DIKH (Did I Kill Her) rule? Digoxin, Insulin, Potassium (K+), and Heparin. You check with another RN when you administer, every time. Sounds like the mistake could have been caught but I agree its too late for blame, just learnin...

I work in a major hospital in my area in two different departments; mother/baby unit and the med/surg unit. I chose to do this because I have previously worked full time in both types of units and found I got burnt out after a while on each for diffe...

I have been working 8s for the past 2 years. on day shift its great because youre done early and have a good life...pick your babies up from school and enjoy your evenings...but now Im starting 12s and looking forward to the extra day off. only worki...

like gooey, i have often wondered: why?

Excuse me. Yes, you absolutely can REFUSE to care for a pt. and with a reason as valid as this, it should be a non-issue. I am shocked your facility has not referred this pt and family to another service facility since the threat he made against you....

I havent seen a written policy at my facility re: colognes/perfumes but I see it as an unwritten rule basically--no scented stuff. When Im a sickie I dont care for strong smells or perfume at all...but I agree with others that with some of the biolog...

Every one of my nursing jobs has begun with my doing a follow-up phone call to the manager I interviewed with. I definitely recommend you call. It seems to me this is the only way hospitals hire people! If you call, the job is yours! I always say Im ...

Have had several nurses as patients before on the PP unit...usually no big deal but one who worked at my same hospital tried to convince me to leave her meds at the bedside and when i wouldnt she started questioning me..."how long have you been a nur...

Im writing to you because my path was the same as yours when i first graduated...(came to nursing only wanting to work in L&D but they werent hiring new grads....). I started on a postpartum/well baby floor on noc shift since they do take new gra...

Ive just read some of the other replies on here, so I'd also like to add that MEAN PEOPLE shouldnt be at the bedside either. I'd rather have someone who can admit they have an issue/admit their mistake than a grouch taking care of me when I am a pati...