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Have you ever worked in a hospital where staff members wagered informally on who will die next, on what day and at what time? Have you ever said or heard someone say that they should write a book about their experiences with patients, or that they sh...

The falling resident doesn't need to give you "a straight answer" about what he's doing. "Alert" doesn't mean oriented and rational, and "alert" doesn't mean absence of short-term memory impairment. He likely WAS trying to get to the bathroom (fallin...

No it isn't. Nothing has happened, no ones confidentiality has been breached, no information has been disseminated. HIPAA does not apply. Huh? That part lost me. Oh, for heaven's sake! Do you really think that she's going to "follow through with...

Ya know... think about that for a minute. If you were confused and disoriented, and found yourself "zipped" into something and utterly unable to get out, how do you think you'd react? I think I'd feel worse than tied down, and respond in kind!

I asked you if you were sure, but you responded by saying I'm wrong. What am I wrong about? I read your message correctly. You put a newly-filled bottle of narcotic pain reliever in places you usually don't keep it on two separate occasions. You lost...

I disagree. Your post is full of petty and catty remarks about this coworker, and my take is that you are dying to start something. Please, PLEASE don't be one of those nurses.

It's my experience that court-appointed guardians will sign POLSTs for their wards only if that person's wishes were known ahead of time. Otherwise, since these are third parties assigned when there are no other reliable people available to care for ...

I had my career before marriage so that's a frame of reference I'm not familiar with. If pressed, however, I would say that marriage, kids, etc. definitely did influence my career choices.

Much of what is here is highly judgmental and all of it is one-sided. You only included "items" that you think carry any weight, so what happened to the rest of the story? Moreover, nowhere in your post do you mention that your friend's smoking pot w...

How on earth do my comments, which you lifted out of context and now have standing alone as non sequiturs, illustrate your point in even a sarcastic fashion? I've been practicing for thirty years. Everything I've told you about seeing and doing, I'v...

Does your employer not have its own Medical Director and physicians to whom you can go for orders when the patient's regular MD is "not available"? Are there established protocols and standing orders for you to follow when certain situations arise? D...

She sounds highly resentful. She's not necessarily jealous, but she is very resentful of newly hired new grad RNs in charge positions.

Nonsense. That IS how it is and how it's been for as long as I've been practicing. All RNs learned to do charge, and rotated through the position if there was more than one RN on the unit per shift. And what about the rest of us, who don'...

You sound like you have a problem with it, no matter how much you deny it. She's the RN. You're LPNs. She's in charge, even though she's a new grad with no experience (how much experience would you expect a new grad to have, anyway--let's be real her...

Management doesn't want this kind of thing to get draw the wrong kind of attention to the facility, lest it be perceived as an unsafe work environment. If something like that is identified, management is beholden by labor and occupational safety law ...

I doubt that it is "policy." This is probably just advice given to her verbally by her supervisor and management. She certainly had the right to call the police and press charges when a crime was committed against her--in fact, she may still be able ...

And? I doubt that the weekend caregiver was "fired pending investigation." She was more likely suspended pending investigation. Meanwhile, you have put two fresh refills in places you don't usually keep them, lost one, then suddenly ended up with a t...

Bravo for the patient who was watching as this went down. Maybe he didn't know what exactly to do, but at least he did something. Why were the police not called? Assault is assault, and the nurse was being assaulted by an addict seeking drugs. It's ...

Yup. Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill. Things like this are not your concern yet. All things in time. Relax.

Beware. In my area, Utah, the hospitals, LTACs and adult care facilities are advertising for nurses constantly too, but they actually hire very few and the experiential criteria can be surreal. They too encourage new grads to apply, but hire them rar...

I think you're in a pickle, dear. Did you fill out W4s for the agency? Did the agency handle your wages at all? Did you get W2s for income tax filing, or Form 1099? Your agency would not have deducted tax and Social Security withholding for you from ...

I think you mean untrue in your opinion as well, don't you? As I said in my post, it depends on the circumstances. There are times when quitting is the sensible and intelligent thing to do. I also said it applies to more than just jobs. AND I also t...

I may be misunderstanding what you're saying, but I always thought the priority was mother first, baby second. She didn't develop DIC until after the section, so the procedure was done for suspected abruption. That is to save the mother, and saving t...

Untrue, especially if one is in a job that is obviously not a good fit, or other life circumstance wherein self-preservation matters more than anything else. However, I agree with others who say that it sounds as though the OP's employer really is wo...

because that particular question must be the one that her friend had a prayer of finding a rationalization for, and getting the instructor to accept the rationalization for that single item would have taken her from a failing to a passing grade on th...