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Once, to a new nurse. If you find your patient unresponsive, your first action should NOT be to come look for me. ???

Re: gswifty Can be? Used to be! I used to love it here! But over the years, I have seen this site go from being a helpful friendly place, where people used to freely share knowledge and help. But I've often seen posters get personally attacked like t...

The treatment of this poster is why I rarely come to this site anymore.

I've tried to post this in another area but have gotten no real feedback. Helpful feedback please. I've been a nurse for about 6 years. I've always had issues with time management, but have made progress. I am always, always fighting the clock. I kee...

The staff at my son's doctor's office refers to their MA's as nurses. Drives me crazy. And I correct them every time. Having said that, the vet tech's at my Dog's vet, call themselves nurses also. I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

If an experienced nurse tells you that you are doing it wrong, (the top of the Solumedrol stays ON the vial!), and you don't believe it, ASK another experienced nurse before you do it again.

Not sure that this is an appropriate place to post this but I work on a very small med surg floor in a very small hospital. We have LPN students in twice a week. The instructor used to work here, I'm told, years ago. Recently, we were giving turnove...

Ok that's what I was thinking. I have been to see management twice. I am going to put things in writing to them. I am keeping notes. I have spoken to one of the preceptorship and she has told me to mind my own business. The other civilian nurses are ...

II'll try to keep this concise. I work at a small military hospital-please don't move this thread! A new graduate nurse, smart, but cocky, has joined our ranks. He is not being precepted well. In fact, you could argue, not at all. He rarely goes into...

I am civilian, which adds to the problem because I am told over and over again that the military nurses cannot be sued, which I don't believe, but they do. Many times there are only 2 nurses on the floor. Many times I have had to correct things he ha...

A Graduate Nurse puts patients back to bed without regard to personal safety. An experienced nurse calls the lift team. A lift team? Talk about a humorous thread! Lol!

If MY phone rings in MY house, I have a right to know WHO is calling. It's courtesy. Maybe I don't have caller ID and maybe YOU misdialed!

I had to go for a TB bleb test at the local 'Doctor's Clinic' branch. The MA that did the test was repeatedly referred to as 'Dr. Smith's nurse', by the office staff till I said "Oh! I thought she was a MA, not a nurse, to which the staff members twi...

I'm at a new job at a small hospital. I previously have met some good docs, but some real drama queens too. A couple of weeks ago, I took a completed, ordered EKG down to the doc to look at and figured I would return later to pick it up and put it in...

Don't announce a list of things you need to see, ie wound care, or things you need to do, like place a foley, have me acknowledge that 'yes indeed, you can come with me this and do these things', and then DISAPPEAR OFF THE FLOOR! If you no longer wan...

Took care of a woman once who was extubated and brought to our med surg ward to die. She was a ward of the court and had no nearby relatives. She was expected to die almost immediately but hung on and on as the shift went by. I was trying my darnedes...

Some of the best nurses I ever worked with were LPN'S

I've been a nurse for about 6 years. I've always had issues with time management, but have made progress. I am always, always fighting the clock. I keep a 'brain', and I try to prioritize, but it is always a struggle. Since this is a struggle for me,...

I am alarmed at the nasty comments directed at the poster. She has not done anything wrong, is verbalizing her hurt and confusion, and asking for feedback. So many of you have jumped all over her (reminding me why I rarely get on this fourm anymore) ...

I have done a few shifts so far just trying to pare down what exactly has to happen and what doesn't. It is difficult as I still think I should do more. I'm still struggling with a balance and I struggle with what others leave undone. For instance, w...

Thanks guys! I think that you all have made some valid points. I hate going to work stressing about finishing on time. Hate it. so I think I will try to go tonight with a different outlook and see what happens. Thanks to all! :)

I appreciate all comments. I work in a hospital. Been doing this for 6 years now. Do night shift. I seem to be getting a bit better. I think its mostly the charting that gets me because I'm always finding mistakes. And like a previous poster mentione...

I am used to 12's but where I am now, they do mostly 8's. But my last shift was on PCU and it was an 8 (they usually do 12's) and it was a nightmare with me hanging 2 liters of blood at 1am that were ordered at 9am the previous the morning, 2 antibio...

Q1-yes Q2-G2 P8 Q3-G1 P2 This can get confusing. Try to remember that Gravida means pregnant Para means live birth-generally over 20 weeks So anyone who has ever been pregnant is automatically a gravida If the pregnancy ended in an abortion or misc...

I was just thinking on the doula point. I guess the key would be not to disclose that you are an RN. It's not that the doulas aren't trained for emergencies or that it would be about ethics. I think it is that RN's would be held to a different standa...