NightOwlNurse

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  1. I really need some advice ASAP

    We hold ourselves to a higher standard than those who are sick (mentally, spiritually, physically) that we care for. If something related had happened out in public, and the HCA was just a citizen,...
  2. That whole 'having each other's back' thing is so great when it works (which is almost always) and so stunning when it doesn't. I have NEVER failed to respond to another nurse calling for help. It...
  3. Yep- ALMOST got sick, decades ago. This was 'back in the day' when we didn't know all that much about HIV/AIDS except that it killed. I'd just given an IM to an end - stage AIDS patient, and went to...
  4. My suggestion: 1- You clearly already know you will do well in this position. You have listed some reasons why. Write those down and then add to that list, drawing from the things that others have...
  5. Peeves at work

    Gotta' add another one: That oncoming nurse who truly lives to play Lab Jeopardy, instead of sincerely taking report: Where I work we already fill out a formatted report sheet (with a section on...
  6. Peeves at work

    Funny stuff. Most of mine have already been posted. Here's my current #1 pet peeve: A low level manager who bad mouths everyone that's not in her/his little clique. Then if you accidentally offend...
  7. work overload

    I don't know what the legal nurse-patient ratio is in an LTAC hospital. I do know that most facilities of all kinds have forms where we can document our objections if we feel we are being given an...
  8. Ever had a nursing instructor hate you?

    This situation is clearly not fun for you. It is, however, useful education. When you start working as a nurse, it is more than possible that some one will take a dislike to you for reasons that do...
  9. Legal ? re: med timing

    In nursing school 2 of my instructors forcefully stated that if we had an order such as " Morphine IV 1-10 mg every 4 hours prn" we absolutely were not allowed to give, for instance, 1 mg of IV...