All of the nurses on my unit feel like we are being used as the hospitals own staffing agency. At least 2 of us are pulled to other units almost every day-we are wanting to get together and ask for a...
Pixienurse123 replied to MissRNstudent10's topic in General Nursing
I was doing home care hospice a few years back-admitted a man who had lung cancer with spinal mets-had been on IV Morphine in hospital (fairly sizable doses if memory serves) but sent home on Lortab....
Pixienurse123 replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing
I finished nursing school 13 years ago and 7 months pregnant. I did not want to work a 12 hours shift on a hospital med surg floor. I took a job at a nursing home with a plan to go to med surg in a...
Pixienurse123 replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing
Give me a couple total hips, a couple total knees, an open tib-fib, PCA pumps, skeletal traction, and CPM machines and I'm a happy gal!!! You can even throw in a little old lady who fell and broke her...
Pixienurse123 replied to trimm's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I was the DON of a 120+bed LTC facility. I was hired to "clean house". There had not been a permanent DON in over a year. I tried to improve the performance of most of the staff, but unfortunately...