Born2BWild

We have an excellent nurse but she curses like a sailor. Anyone else work with a foul-mouthed nurse?

We had a patient at work, age 41, female. On scheduled Lortab 10 mg three times a day. Her diagnoses included depression and chronic back pain. She clearly had the depressed affect but was very sweet and thanked me whenever I came in the room. She di...

I mean I really love working med surg, but I hear so many people say they hate it. I can't understand why? Could someone tell me why they don't like it or why they do? I would love to hear both perspectives.

I felt like I should work in med surg to get hospital experience before becoming a NP, so I applied at this local hospital and was hired on the med surg floor. I like the job just fine, but it comes down to money. I couldn't afford to leave my old jo...

What would you think if a professional RN with a bachelor's degree in nursing who is in an upper level position in the workplace and who is even going to graduate school would eat her lunch with her hands, claiming metal utensils made her cringe and ...

We have an RN who is a pet of management because she is a good nurse who is good with the patients. On top of that, she is in graduate school to be a nurse practitioner so they really think she is highly intelligent and all that and a bag of chips, ...

I'm very closely related to this person I seem so obsessed with. I worry her strangeness may get to the point of something bad happening to her as far as her career. She quit and walked/ran out last week after a huge blow up where she was cursing and...

We like to try to offer the residents variety as far as entertainment goes. We've had musical acts, movie days, bingo, church (and more church), reminiscing days, scrapbook days, pie days...I belly dance as a hobby and am wondering if it would be a g...

Gum chewing is incredibly annoying.

If you walked in and saw a male boss and his female worker embracing in an affectionate hug...would you think it was your business to say anything?

I guess it's safe to assume whenever you have men and women spending so much time together things are GOING to happen, especially if they have a "soul mate" type of connection with each other.

I mind my own business more than some others, for that matter, it's the topic of conversation all over the facility. Everytime one of them walks by, someone says something about how good she must be in the sack (I've never said this). One time, he an...

Type in Pink Glove Dance on youtube and watch what a cute video the staff of St. Vincent Hospital made. I love the janitor!

She does it when she gets stressed, it's kind of a tourrette's-like outburst. Her boss has a special affection for her and tells her to go in his office and calm down when she starts in. Then, he will go in and curse with her until she feels better. ...

We have an RN who is known to be rather "colorful" and animated at times. Today was a nice, quiet, rainy day at the facility and a CNA's sister (who is having trouble at home) pulled around to the side of the wing where her sister works and was talki...

I don't understand what you mean by this...?

Gee whiz. I don't want to see her destroyed. In some ways I'm envious of her, but I couldn't exactly call it jealous...especially when you consider doc marten lace up boots with a long, dressy sarong/wrap skirt...but if curiosity makes me a bad girl ...

After today me and a couple of co-workers think we have figured out what (one) of her problems is: after an impromptu dance of "Single Ladies" in the hallway when it came on a resident's tv (complete with the gyrating--it was very good for a woman in...

There were actually several people back there. The DON's office is right next to hers, and this occurred in the DON's office (I happened to be there putting in a PTO request) In the nutty nurse's defense, it was a CNA who is very inflexible and unwil...

Sorry I can't give any insight. I just know I have a lot more empathy and respect for someone who admits they are addicted and will be honest about their situation than the manipulator who feels entitled. Funny, the few who have been humble enough to...

One of the worst things is to be absent. That will ruin your reputation more than just about anything else. My boss has a saying that if the facility has to wonder if a nurse will call in, they do not need that nurse. It's just a terrible inconvenien...

I think you all are right. Believe it or not, I'm not the one with the reputation as one of the drama queens at work (and boy, do we have some). I have, however, been called "Eyore." I do accept responsibility for being a fruitcake, but it isn't gett...

I left the CNO a note apologizing but explaining I had bitten off more than I could chew and while I couldn't afford to work there full-time I would like to see if it could be arranged for me to work every other weekend for now. I went over there yes...

After you're finished taking pot shots re-read my post, because you obviously only saw certain words and misconstrued what I was saying.

No. Absolutely not.