Care4U391

I think you are correct in your thinking about scrubs. Now all the hospitals want the nurses and techs to wear them. They also demand specific colors for each specialty, OR, Medical/Surgical etc. Some hospitals are going as far as to expect your credentials on the scrubs, for example if you are an RN or LPN, NP etc. I feel like wearing scrubs is like wearing my PJ's to work because they are so comfortable. I do not think they look that professional. They can look sloppy if they fit too loosely. I also need pockets on the scrub top. Plus there can be so many different colors of blue, or green etc. unless the hospital buys them for the nurses and that will never happen...

What if you get the H1N1 vaccination and then get sick, will the hospital pay you with your earned sick pay, or your earned time off ? I would think not ,because you sign and agree to take a chance with the vaccine when you get it. Health workers are placed in all kinds of situations and exposed to all kinds of diseases. I think it is wrong to force people to have a vaccination. We do not force our patients, they have rights and I think so do health care workers. The health care workers understand the risks if they chose not to wear a mask or get the H1N1.

I work in a peds office and we do not have the older kids undress, unless they have a rash and it needs to be looked at, but even then we do not usually do this. The babies get down to a dry diaper and we provide a blanket for them to be covered with. We want the older kids 4years old and up to urinate at our office if they can at the time of the exam. I have never heard of a breast exam on a 7th grader unless they are sexually active then they would be referred to a gyno.

Working in an office or clinic at a hospital, the pay is a lot less. Again as others have said you have day hours, more help, less stress and no weekends or holidays. The hours can be flexible.

We have charge nurses on our floor and they only have to do assignments, they do very little patient care or take no patients. We have an Epic system, we get direct admits with no orders or the doctor can put them in. Charge nurses are use less on our floor because they do not even help with admissions or other patients. The Epic system has eliminated the need for charge nurse or secretaries.

I agree that you should have called the doctor. The insulin needed to be given . Was the patient on an IV? I would think so as he was NPO plus had an infection?

Abusive doctors are not to be tolerated and should be reported. At our hospital you can report the doctor. I would talk to your manager and fill a complaint against that doctor. Abusive behavior by a doctor is not professional and should be reported, they are held to a higher standard. I would also re-focus this doctor and tell him to focus on what needs to be done for the patient. Make sure you do this in a private area away from patients. I would also have someone with you or listening to the conversation if it is on the phone. You need to have a witness to this behavior.

I give better care to my patients at the clinic than I do at the Hospital. I help to prevent serious problems for my patients . It is a wonderful feeling knowing I have at least made people think about their choices. We provide more education than people realize about the diseases and monitor them more closely. We have to know so much more about disease processes than other nurses realize. We do not get payed enough for all the knowledge and expertise that is involved in counseling our patients.

I am sorry to hear that nothing ever changes on the Med/Surg floors. It is a lot of work and hard to handle night after night,but hopefully it will change as it usually does as more nurses are hired. It sounds like you need some more experienced nurses on the floor. But they have probably moved on to other positions as it sounds too crazy and disorganized.