missladyrn

missladyrn

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  1. How would you handle this?

    Seems like an absurd policy. Nothing happens in under 15 minutes in a hospital. What kind of delay is the patient causing? They need to give you a 30 minute heads up or an estimated time if they plan to require a 15 minute turn around. Most procedure...
  2. No appreciation for NOC

    We always get ignored.
  3. calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

    Meh, don't feel guilty. You would have been useless at work today and everyone around you would have had to pick up your slack. Don't martyr yourself. It is a job. They would replace you in a second if it suited them and they would feel zero guilt. H...
  4. Mandatory Meeting With CNO

    Do you work on my floor? We lost more than 70% of our staff yet they still do not seem to be getting the message. Those of us who are left won't be around long. Working short is not working out. I LOVE your idea of asking them to come work on the flo...
  5. How do you talk to patients with weight issues?

    I talk to them the same way I talk to every other patient. Why would their weight come into that? First I address the reason they are in the hospital and why I am caring for them. If they need support or education related to their weight I am happy t...
  6. How hard to pay off 50k debt on a nurses salary?

    There are way too many other factors for any of us to answer that question. You need to sit down and make a budget. Your rent, groceries, gas, bill, and other life expenses. 600 a month is a lot.
  7. Pain Dilemma Customer Service?

    Where I work we get a lot of "pain clinic" patients. The ones who know how to work the system and are frequent flyers, they know what to say to be admitted, but they don't get to stay forever. They often know their pain medication schedule and will a...
  8. I was fired as a CNA for severe misconduct

    Call a lawyer. You need legal advise.
  9. Most shocking thing you've seen a physician do?

    Saw a doc pop off a necrotic toe and toss it in the REGULAR garbage then ask the nurse (ME) to bandage the foot.Patient had no idea what the doctor had done. I was like oh no he didn't! But he did. The toe just sat there in the trash staring at me.
  10. Unethical hiring practices

    Honestly, they did you a favor. This is not an organization you want to work for or put any meaningful time into. You are just a warm body to them. A lot of hospitals feel this way. Be thankful they cut you loose early instead of after putting in tim...
  11. Do you like being a nurse?

    Nope! If I could go back a few years and start over I would choose something else in a second. I loved being a nurses aid. I loved getting to know the patients and I am no stranger to hard work. I LOATHE being a nurse. Everything is dumped onto the n...
  12. Nights and weekends as neede

    I did it for 6 months. I had 3 car accidents including rear ending a cruiser. The police officer gave me a field sobriety test. Then I quit. Some people had been doing it for years, I could not handle it I turned into a zombie.
  13. Do doctors have any idea what we nurses do? lol

    Seriously, for a minute I thought he was joking. Then when I realized he wasn't I almost laughed myself off the table.
  14. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    I am guessing you are not a nurse yet. My advice, save yourself too! Change programs before its too late and you become (cue evil music) ONE OF US!
  15. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    Run as far as you can in the other direction! I am not being cynical, I am being truthful. Healthcare is going in the wrong direction and nursing morale is currently circling the drain. They just keep dumping more work, more liability, and more respo...