NurseFrustrated

NurseFrustrated

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  1. If you go to the ER or doctor's office, do you tell them you're a nurse?

    NurseFrustrated replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't because it really annoys me when patients and family members make a point of letting you know they are in the medical field to try to intimidate you or something. I actually had a grown male...

  2. My God, these family members!!

    NurseFrustrated replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I maybe would have had someone call the house coordinator nurse and tell her to come get the man off the toilet or to have a CNA from another unit come up to get him off the toilet because your unit...

  3. Current co-workers asking where your new job is.

    NurseFrustrated posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have just accepted a new nursing position at another hospital. I have been very unhappy in my current job and have been wanting to leave for a few months. Where I work now I really don't trust the...

  4. My God, these family members!!

    NurseFrustrated replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lucky you. It would be nice to have the management have your back when you are being walked and insulted by some of these jerks. It sure isn't like that where I

  5. Current co-workers asking where your new job is.

    NurseFrustrated replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks everyone for your advice and suggestions. I have been using the "I'm not sure yet. I've had a couple of different offers" response and then trying to change the subject. I'm sure my coworkers...

  6. Current co-workers asking where your new job is.

    NurseFrustrated replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My guess is if your current backstabber boss happened to know someone who works at your new job, the evil person that she is may call them and tell lies about you or badmouth you in some way. I...

  7. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    NurseFrustrated replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree completely. As a new nurse, I didn't think jobs would be as you described here, but the job I am in now is just like this. We have to take all kinds of crap from patients and families or will...

  8. Just wondering...

    NurseFrustrated posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are hospital pharmacists or physical therapists not allowed to call doctors to get medicine/ weight bearing status order clarifications? Why do they call me, the nurse, when I am in the middle of...

  9. Phone interview

    NurseFrustrated replied to happyRN21's topic in General Nursing

    Some things I remember them asking me is why I wanted to leave my current position, what I knew about their hospital, why they should hire me, describe an ethical dilemma I had at work, and how did I...

  10. Phone interview

    NurseFrustrated replied to happyRN21's topic in General Nursing

    For me, phone interviews have been common. In the job I currently have (which fortunately I am getting ready to leave because I hate it ...but that's another story entirely), I received a call from...

  11. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    NurseFrustrated replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly. If you do stand up to patients like this and be firm with them, they will call the patient advocate and the nurse is in trouble.Heaven forbid you tell the visitor "bringing you a drink is not...

  12. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    NurseFrustrated replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think in theory, this is the way it should be, but at my hospital if I don't cater to idiots like this and they complain about me to my manager, I will be written up and get in trouble for

  13. Just wondering...

    NurseFrustrated replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! lol. I don't mean to knock pharmacists or physical therapists because I know they work hard and are busy too but the things that are put off on the nurses by other departments is just...

  14. Just wondering...

    NurseFrustrated replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, if the doctor writes the order him-or herself and the pharmacist doesn't understand what the doctor means, they call the nurse and make the nurse call the doctor and then call the...

  15. When you were new, how did you learn meds?

    NurseFrustrated replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately I had worked as a hospital pharmacy technician before and during nursing school. That helped me a lot. But if there were any meds I was unsure of after I was a nurse, I always checked a...

  16. Interview to Job Offer?

    NurseFrustrated replied to msmoore's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me just recently. I had a hospital nurse job interview on a Wednesday where I met with the unit nurse manager, discussed salary, etc. She offered me the job contingent on negative...

  17. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    NurseFrustrated replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you nynurseatheart for your understanding. You hit the nail on the head exactly. The problem I believe is where I work. I honestly can say that I think my problem right now is the people I work...

  18. Why do nurses treat each other do way they do?

    NurseFrustrated replied to MsbossyRN's topic in General Nursing

  19. My feet hurt!

    NurseFrustrated replied to mo54's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A fellow nurse of mine wears the Skecher Shape-Ups too and says her feet don't hurt anymore. Worth a try

  20. My feet hurt!

    NurseFrustrated replied to mo54's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Try Laudau Foot Wear Rx Comfort shoes. I buy them at scrub stores. These are the only shoes that have worked for me. I can work a 12 hour (or longer) shift running all day and my feet barely now hurt...

  21. How come people portray nursing so negatively on here?

    NurseFrustrated replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Off the clock isn't the problem. It's when you are ON the clock that is the problem when you are in a terrible nursing

  22. How come people portray nursing so negatively on here?

    NurseFrustrated replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    ...Which is what I am doing at the

  23. Nurse Clinician vs. Floor Nurse

    NurseFrustrated replied to jmokeefe's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would take the office job. Even for a bit of a pay cut. Those jobs don't come around often and your family time is important. You will get weekends off, holidays off. You will...

  24. Chinese nurse looking for work

    NurseFrustrated replied to IronmanVet's topic in General Nursing

    Is she willing to work on the night, evening, or weekend shifts just to get experience? She may have to start out that way for a year or so just for the experience and then hopefully move on to...

  25. How come people portray nursing so negatively on here?

    NurseFrustrated replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    No, actually that's not true. I HAVE had jobs in the past that I've liked. I don't complain about every job. Maybe you work in a good unit. If so, good for you. The unit I am currently on is terrible....