mRpeNa

Thank you all for your responses... It doesnt happen often... but every now and then a doctor will call back when im about to give report or someone will start having chestpains, or a resident just might want to talk about something...will try and be more aware of his emotions. Thanks again :)

Oh im not even thinking of quitting! I really enjoy caring for people, I just hate coming home to attitude at times.

He seems to think that I put my job over him... Which is not true...

Just wondering, do any of your husbands give you a hard time about not getting out on time...i have been a nurse for a year now and I cant seem to get him to understand that nursing is not an 8-5 job... And he also doesn't like it when other nurses call me and have a question about anything. Nursing is my passion and my heart and he tells me that is what he loves about me... So any feedback would be good... would like to hear from any male nurses as well... Thank you... Ps... I hate leaving any work for the next shift, maybe thats my problem

i understand completely what you are saying. but i'm not on here to get soothing words!

she has no family that's involved and the numbers we have for contacts are no longer in service.

believe me it does!

i was questioned today and i told them what i knew and i was honest and i told them i take full responsibilty because i was the nurse on duty.

I have been working there for 6months now and i have never seen this resident up. so i asked the aides that have been there for awhile if there was a reason she didnt get up, and i was told no, the nurses use to get her up but then we graudally stopped and the nurses didnt ever tell us to ge her up so we just stopped. So here i was wanting to do a good thing by starting to get her up and then this happens! I love my job and caring for the elderly, i have a passion for them and this is just tearing me up!

im still crying, Am i a bad nurse for this?

Trust me I will document EVERYTHING now!

I have been crying all day about this situation... so today i had a resident that had an xray done and it showed that she had a fractured femur so i sent her out to the ER. Well last tuesday she fell but it was not notified to me. I was speaking to a restorative aide that day and she asked me what happened to resident A i said nothing, why, and she proceeded to tell me that resident B told her that resident A got dropped. So i went to one of the aides and asked her what happened and she said that CNA A called her and told her that resident A had slipped down to the floor when she was transferring her and she needed help geting her off the foor and she didnt tell me because thought that the other CNA was going to tell me, so i go and look at resident A head no bumps noted resident didnt complain of any headaches. And this is where i screw up, i didnt fill out a incident report and 1 week later her leg is swelling and bruising noted...i feel sooo horrible that this happened to the resident!!!! I am a new nurse and still learning but i cant believe how bad i screwed up! so i was wanting to know if anyone else had been in this situation and if so what happened? im soooo scared!!!

thank you! I will try this tomorrow

lol...I'm chiming in as well... I graduated from the RN program in May 2010. I recently started working in LTC, which i love. I enjoy getting to know the residence on a more deeper level than I would if I worked in a hospital. So milford232323 if you can give me any tips on how to be more organized and how to finish on time, i would appreciate it! :)

I definitely recommend this book!!!