Melanin

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1. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   That's what I was thinking - wait for a year (or maybe two) and then look elsewhere. It would be nice to leave this behind me because even if the new place was short-staffed and crazy, if the MDs...

2. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   Whoah whoah whoah- I very much appreciate the strong, kind wisdom and concern, but I am NOT suicidal! I was talking about how stress shortens our lives. Thank you very much for supporting me, you...

3. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think reporting people is a good first step, either. At my practice, the surgeons have made a practice of reporting the RNs directly to our manager who then passes their complaints along to...

4. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   Ha ha, that explains a lot. It looks like you have some experience. I'm pretty new (5 years now, second career). Thank

5. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   Ok, I should probably explain myself better in regards to the "I don't care" thing, since I don't want people to assume that I fit neatly into the (apparent) stereotype of the RN who asks a million...

6. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   I sometimes do that if the patient has an upcoming appointment within the next few days, that's for sure! It's a bit of a Catch-22, because the surgeons don't want us to pester them with questions...

7. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I don't understand it either. . . basically, we field all phone calls and messages from patients and if it seems like the patient's complaints warrant a visit or trip to the ED we send them on....

8. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   I hope that made sense. I am a triage nurse who works in an outpatient clinic with providers who provide numerous interventions, including surgeries. I don't work in the operating

9. Surgeons - ugh!

   Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ambulatory setting in a specialty where patients come in for treatment. Sometimes the patient needs surgery. Sometimes over the course of the years they need repeat surgeries. Sometimes...

10. Surgeons - ugh!

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    While I know that they are busy and I admit that reading the room isn’t my greatest talent, I do know that I am not chatty and I have been told that I need to be more forward and ask more questions....

11. Surgeons - ugh!

    Melanin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in ambulatory with surgeons, and I have been told that the RNs should not venture so far as to recommend conservative pain relief strategies such as icing or warm compresses because we are...

12. I HATE contingency orders

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    Understood. But like I mentioned, if I review charts before clocking in, as has been my habit, I have been warned by other RNs - some in a kind way, some in a sort of "if you don't get off my...

13. I HATE contingency orders

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a great system! It would help so

14. I HATE contingency orders

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    True! One barrier I run into is that we're expected to start the shift by taking report at 0700 so that the night shift can leave by 0730 - which seems like plenty of time, but there's a lot going on...

15. I HATE contingency orders

    Melanin replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    That's a very good question. I wonder if we could have a certain allotted time in the am to examine all the contingency orders and get the straight, rather than being expected to pick them up on the...