Marian96

Actually they did! I saw them a week after the incident (because of course the baby still in NICU after all) The MOB was very upset, she report it !

A couple of days ago, I went through a very unpleasant situation, and I would like to hear your feedback. I work as a nursery charge nurse on a mother and baby unit. As a charge nurse, one of my responsibilities is to assist the nurses on the floor with the newborn’s care. One of the newborns on the floor, all of a sudden started showing retractions and tachypnea. As a nursery resource nurse, my responsibility is to contact the provider and help the nurse with the newborn; as soon as that happened, I placed him in the monitor and contacted the provider. The provider recommended to transfer the baby to NICU, she placed the order in the system, and in the meantime, I kept the newborn on the nursery to monitor him more closely…….. One hour and a half later, a peculiar character showed up at my unit. This person came to the nursery, did not introduced herself to me, kept walking, and started talking with the newborn parents. She talked about: s/s, treatment, diagnosis, prognosis, and who knows what else!!!!! (All this without verifying the newborns/parents bands) I was surprised by the lack of manners and ethics of this “NURSE.” I asked her name, and she became very defensive “Like I just said my name is such and such blah blah.” She gave me a vague answer, when I asked for her ROLE sh became even more defensive and stated she did not know what I was talking about in a very rude tone and in front of the parents. When I asked her if she received a report from the floor nurse, she stated, “We do not do that in NICU” At that point, I was done. I left, and let her do her “thing.”When she was done, she grabs the bassinet and rolls out of the nursery, like she owns the place. Of course the “Safety alarm” was activated cause no one putt he transfers on the system, cause, of course, no one knew about her plans at that time. She also left the chart and the newborns belongings. She never approaches the floor nurse or receives the report. My point is, why this nurse has to be so rude? Why is so difficult for a human being to show some manners? Why? Why? Why? I mean, we are both nurses, she supposes to be my college. What happened with the courtesy? Even my providers on the floor, they introduced themselves to the unit and also to the parents. For GOD, sake is manners. If NICU does not do report fine but at least have the courtesy and the professionalism of communicating with your peers decently, BE PROFESSIONAL.

I'm a MSN-ed student at WGU.For the past month I have been struggling to find a preceptor. Although I'm not on the "Field experience" yet, I was encouraged by my CM to start the process as soon as possible . I have more than 15 years of clinical experience as a Trauma Nurse and now I'm in a Mother and Baby floor, most of my experience is at the hospital, meaning that I do not have connections or friends on the academic field. Please feel free to leave any suggestions!!

In our unit that is not allowed. That is not a safe practice at all!!! Nurses must bring the patient before 6:30pm or after 7:30pm (For night shift).

My answer is Gel!!! That's how I keep mines, short, classy and it last for ever!! Second, there is a lot of non-bedside jobs for RN out there, I used to worked with a Health Insurance Company and sometimes they pay way better than the hospitals, I was a Case Manager and then Prior Authorization. If you like Nursing do not get discourage because of "Acrylic Nails" we have options!!! Also I would like to point out, I completely understand Hospitals policies however, If every single time that you are in contact with your patient, you are using gloves 99.9% of the time, how they are going to catch an infection from your nails? I mean I been a RN for 12 years,most of the time in the ER/Trauma, I never never never ,treat a pt without gloves!!! Interesting right?

Exactly!!! In 11 years as a Nurse this is the first time I heard such a thing!!!

Well,here the minimum wage is 8.75$,when I asked them what was the rationale behind that number,they state and I quote "Because our groups are full of different health providers like ; CNA,MA,RN and LPN we offer the same rate to everybody",I was like,really? that doesn't make any sense to me,because none of these health professionals are at minimum wage!!! In any case if you don't want to "over pay" employees you should stablish a decent flat rate, no minimum wage!!

The other day I experienced one of the most unprofessional encounters in my life.I'am a RN,BSN with 11 years of experience; ER,Trauma,Med/surge,Case Management,Home Care and OB/GYN. I'm about to start my MSN,Ed on August, I was looking for a side job, an extra income for my college, I'm planning to pay on cash and be debt free. So I went for interview with this agency, as soon as the interview was over they were ready to scheduled me for orientation ; no job offer or salary discussion at all, I assumed like other companies they are going to e-mailed me all the details before the orientation, it never happened. Finally I went for orientation, as soon as I arrived I asked to speak with my recruiter in order to discuss pay rate, for my surprise my recruiter "call in sick" ,at that point I was about to leave however another recruiter took the time to explained me ; 18.00 to 22.00 for private duty,35.00 for home visits and who knows how much for staff/shift at hospitals and yes that's the RN pay rate. I choose to stay after all is only a side job, an extra income so whatever. We completed a couple of modules in the computer, went for break, as soon as we came back I heard one of the other nurses having an argument outside the lunch room, she was upset about the orientation pay rate, It was 8.75,I was in shock. I completely understand my biggest mistake was assume, assume, assume, I know, I get it, however I never thought a company that hires Nurses on the daily basis will have such a lack of ethic and respect for Nurses, it was too much to handle!!! I just need to vent!!!

I'm starting my MSN in Education on August 1st!!!

As a human being I have felt emotionally affected by the case of the young man stabbed in the Bronx,part of me is surprised since I have been a nurse in the emergency room for so many years and it is usually those cases the ones that we frequently received. As a nurse you receive a pt, use your knowledge,critical thinking, protocols, guidelines, stabilize the patient and continue with the next case, of course there is certain level of empathy in the process, however there are cases like this one that although we have not been there it breaks my heart,unique cases that make us wonder what my reaction would have been if I had beenthere? Above all, how can our mental and emotional health could be affected by cases of this magnitude? Any thoughts?

Hello nurses!! I'm going thru one of the most darkest times of my life ,I have 9 years of experience as a Staff Nurse,I understood that I was in need of a change and took the desicion of start working at a level 2 trauma ED.At the beginning everything was peaches and cream, however after 6 weeks of orientation this job has become a living hell ,I feel scare most of the time,I'm having panic attacks and also contemplated the idea of walk out and forget about nursing.I spoke with my supervisor twice and let her know about my concerns,no answer.This is the first time I have to go thru this,my licence has never been in jeopardize like now in this job,I don't know what to do,any thoughts?

I feel so sad and discourage,I went to nursing school with this vision of becoming a "Labour and delivery Nurse".Now 8 years later I still stock at the Er Department,really,now what?? I mean,I feel terrible,I would like to achieve my goal but it looks like impossible.I also requested a transfer at my hospital and they gave me the excuse "we can't transfer you to that department because we don't have enough staff to train you,we are looking for a experienced L and D nurse" Really,unbelievable...please advice !!!

My point is very clear, why advice her to do her own research when we can give her the info. Helllooooooo thats soooo dumb

My point is very clear, why advice her to do her own research when we can give her the info. Helllooooooo thats soooo dumb