sorry if i am a little confused on the details (it's way past my bedtime). the nurse who cursed at you was not even the nurse for that pt? and if i am getting it straight, the pt wasn't even there...
NiteShiftNut replied to veetach's topic in Emergency
if we weren't cynical and realistic we probably wouldn't last long in this profession. a dark sense of humor helps, also. you can't see everything we see, put up with the situations we put up with,...
NiteShiftNut replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing
man, if i hear one more "overweight" (whatever happened to just plain old fat? is that not pc anymore?) person crying about the big bad guy with red hair who held them by the throat and stuffed...
lgreen, first of all congrats on deciding to go to nursing school. i agree with some of the others posts, don't stress about shift work yet, you still have 4 years to worry about that! no sense in...
i guess since i'm the one who originally posted this, i should clarify---i was not talking about every patient with pain meds ordered..............i was actually doing nothing more than venting after...
i have a question that i hope someone can answer. a person lives in state #1, graduates nursing school in state#1, but plans to move to state#2 immediately following graduation, can they sit for...
jacelrn, first of all (((big hug))), second of all- i know how it feels when a supervisor doesn't back you up on a situation like this and it sucks. no matter what else might have been "going on"...
NiteShiftNut replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing
here's an interesting little tidbit of information i read in a journal just the other night. a study of healthare workers who work in a hospital setting( doctors and nurses) found that 22% had...
all i'm saying is, i have no problem giving pain medicine for legitimate pain. and 99% of the time i truly believe my patients when they say " i'm having pain that is a 10" ok. let's give you some...