NewbieNeedsHelp

Alright then. I would refuse to care for him. Maybe that's politically correct enough for this website

Tell the 8 year old that's dead he is "just a human being who deserves care" I'm not mother Theresa just because I'm a nurse... Sorry but I first hand witnessed this ***** actions. It's not like prisoners who I have no idea what they have or haven't done. This guy got personal... You tell the people who have no legs he deserves compassion.

Yeah... You guys live in Boston and be there that day and tell me "oh I care for everyone the same!!" "Prisoners are sometimes the best patients!!" "He isn't proven guilty yet!" That dude and his brother wrecked havoc on our world for a week.. Terrorized our suburbs. Threw ******* grenades everywhere. He can suffer in pain for all I care. Just as long as he lives to see the electric chair and get his ass handed to him in jail. If LOVE to be his nurse. Yeah I'd give him great care. This is an honest statement and I'm sure many agree... BOSTON STRONG

We used washcloths at the hospitals I've worked at. Some had the wipes at a point but both stopped using thing due to cost concerns. In definitely not buying them myself that's ludicrous. Let the patients family buy them if its that important. Sorry I'm not mother Theresa and they aren't my parents...lol sorry if that sounds mean but very few people would purchase their own special butt wiping products for work.... Here's the difference, we had commercial sanitation. They cleaned them well. Your situation sounds sketchy without bleach, that's gotta be a violation? Or health code?

You gotta be flexible... It will help you so much if you can be flexible, stay a perfectionist to a degree...But accept nothing is perfect. If you can't do the above--how about being one of those nurses that audits charts? Case management? (They love to micro manage other people's work haha maybe you would thrive there?)... Legal type nursing? Like a consultant maybe I'm a little OCD too, in certain ways and with certain things, but I roll with the punches. Thinking about work outside of work ruins your life haha. I try very hard to leave it where it belongs.. Before you make drastic changes think about it

Transfer after 6 months... You could just really be bored... Some people work faster than others. Maybe it comes more naturally for you? But you gotta see what life is like when you aren't on orientation because its also possible that your preceptor is doing a lot of the busy work? Nights are slow for me too, but I worked days prior so I'm just used to a different pace. You know the right answer I think

I was always told it would be okay to look them up if it was "forward" in their care on the same admission you had them for... So you can't look if you didn't have them that same admission... But if they got transferred to icu or simple a different nurse had them it was okay? I don't know because frankly, I never had enough time to look up pts I wasn't actively caring for haha, too busy..but I was curious..

Let your unit educator know that you have witnesses unsterile/improper cath technique and suggest an inservice... Or fill out an anonymous variance and don't dont don't name the nurse in it. This is a good balance between making sure she and others know it is wrong and not letting everyone know you snitched. I mean seriously people we work with mostly women and i can understand fearing retaliation haha... I can't tell you how many times I've seen caths inserted like 5 times, in the wrong hole or meeting resistance etc etc only to have them pushed right back in after they have coiled up in the lady parts. I've done it in exasperation and it's not right when it comes down to it.

HA! She expects you guys to do dressing changes and give her meds while she is on break?? Is she princess of the unit? I'm afraid she would also think I was "mean"... That's not what covering is

I used to have 1030 meds, at that job I would do all the assessments and dressing changed or whatever I could fit in the one between 730 and 930. I would have everyone documented on and assessed well before 930 and usually ate breakfast and drank some coffee. The at 930 I would start meds...that's if I didn't have discharges and admissions or blood or someone getting cathed etc. At my current jobs the am and pm meds are 830 so I can assess/give meds/dressings/etc in one fell swoop right after bedside report. 830 made me anxious at first but I quickly realized it was more efficient. I'm all about getting **** done fast

We had a very confused Cantonese speaking patient who was agitated. Nobody could communicate with him, had him sitting at the station with us. He tried to get up and I finally just let him... I randomly started teaching him how to do gangham style!! He laughed and laughed and we danced a while. Then the doctor walked up on us and said "guess we don't need the haldol anymore!" Hahahah nice.

Yes yes people who are good at their jobs MUST be terrible nurses who cut corners and force their work on their coworkers!! Never answer call lights!! Just awful people.... Sorry you aren't an efficient worker, doesn't mean you have to be bitter! I help my coworkers, start what seems to be every needed IV on the floor, and make all the assignments/help all the techs/clean the station/do other nurses admission assessments even. I'm a damn good nurse and proud of it. What you said was rude random Internet person.

YES! I have this problem. Not to toot my own horn but I can assess pts, pass meds, chart everything, write my notes and have some coffee and small talk with a patient or too--all before 1000.. And during night shift all before 930 (I rotate) One unusually anxious and always stressed nurse told me I must do "half assed" assessments once. Really made me angry... It's not our fault we are efficient!

Maybe substitute the lean cuisines for multiple low fat snacks like raw green beans, snap peas, nuts, dried fruits (in moderation, too much sugar)... The lean cuisines are full of sodium and processed foods. It's just not as healthy a choice as you could make

Forgot to mention: I think going to the gym after you wake up is best. I wake up around 3ish and exercise for like an hour or 2. Just do what's comfortable for you and build up to more.

Don't eat a "big meal" at 8am, eat less when you are immediately going to sleep afterwards. I eat an egg sandwich and its not the healthiest thing. But it helps me sleep... I love egg sammiches I'm not giving then up. And lastly, go to the gym. If you don't exercise you won't lose weight so start there and see what happens. You have to exercise. Work doesn't count.

A effing men

I had a pt who refused to have an African american nurse. The nurse in question didn't want to take care of him anyways!!! People.... Sheesh

If you don't have a BSN I bet money that not a single hospital in the actual city of Boston will hire you.... If you don't have a BSN you will have a very very difficult time finding employment in the surrounding hospitals outside of the city too... But there is a small chance, and you must enroll within a certain time frame in a BSN program to be employed with an associates. If you have an LPN good luck. You might be able to work in a doc office? Maybe... But def not a floor or any sort of speciality. A year and a half might as well be no experience here.... Just being honest really.. My suggestion is apply to small community hospitals in a 20 to 40 mile radius outside of the city... Apply for everything and don't be picky. Good luck!!!! Saturate that market with apps! Don't get discouraged. It's hard out there

I'm applying to an NP program with 1.5 years bedside experience.... Sorry I'm not in my mid 40s on my second career with 1.5 years experience and applying to NP school. You'd probably approve of it then

There is a nurse that's comes in at 555am every single shift.... We start report at 715am.... And she straight GRILLS you during the entire thing, like she hasn't looked up every patient in painful detail and collected all of their AM meds in perfectly labeled and organized baggies.. Tad OCD if you ask me

I don't find it offensive at all, that's cool if you do though.... 3 out of 6 psych pts, of course with medical issues bringing them to me but def full blown psych patients... Little do we all know there's a very good chance that all of our patients are psych pts..

Think more like what can I do to fix it... There are overweight cops, school teachers and mechanics.

I've cried like...at least 4 times in 2 years ha. Usually because I was stressed and overwhelmed, once because of an unusually gory code. If you never cried I would be worried. We are after all people. Right after my dad died I thought every tall 60 year old man looked like him and had some of the same personality traits as him....and I would cry a little. Every ETOHer I get now I think of him and I really want to treat those patients with a lot of love... Try and refocus the energy into something that makes u a better nurse instead of making you doubt urself! You seem like a good dude

Ive cried a grand total of 3 times at work in 1.5 years. First time my dog was put to sleep.. That is all :)