How many residents is too many residents for one nurse to safely and adequately take care of? Where I work, the nurse has anywhere from 15-25 or 30 residents, depending on what floor/hall they are on. There is two nurses per floor (each floor has the...
Well I am excited to say that I got a job today! I will be working for a skilled nursing facility that is within a corporation here in Michigan that has 15 branches throughout the state and will be building more in the near future. I am really excite...
is it wrong and a HIPPA violation if I were to call the hospital's ICU and inquire about a patient I transferred down there earlier today? I am very concerned for this little lady and really want to know how she's doing and took care of her for three...
Yeah, I can only imagine the calls ER nurses can get!! Definitely some people have ulterior motives or just are so nosey and think that everyone's business should be their business... I had a guy question me yesterday about a patient that wasn't even...
I agree that a simple "hi, how are you doing and how is your dad/mom/brother/sister/etc?" shouldnt be a bad thing, but sometimes you just never know how a facility or someone else is going to take even the simplest, honest, non-probing question from ...
This just brought a somewhat funny picture to my mind. I can just picture seeing a patient on the street and trying to avoid them because of the facilities policies. Talk about looking like you don't care LOL not sure why it struck me as kinda funny,...
The son was very grateful to me the three days I cared for her and kept thanking me for giving his mom such good care and keeping them up to date on her condition each day he called or physically came in and asked about her. He thanked me more than o...
Now here's another question: Say I am at work, but for whatever reason, am not scheduled to that set where a patient I had taken care of for several days was still in the hospital. Is it wrong to go into the room and just say hi to the patient and as...
I am not at work, I am home since I am currently on first shift and I transferred her down there after she went into respiratory distress this morning before noon. I do care, and I haven't called yet because obviously I am finding myself in an ethica...
I am starting a job in a good hospital and will be with a preceptor for at least 8 weeks, if not 12. She seems really nice as I met her the other day and after all the hard work she is more than likely going to put into helping me (cant say for sure ...
arabstarRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
While in nursing school, we had rotations through the ER at a local hospital. One day, a girl came in because she was bleeding from the southern region and was freaked out. After thorough workups, girl saying she had cramps and everything, after runn...
it was my last day and I had already put in my two weeks notice, so if I had walked out, wouldn't have mattered to me if this place wanted to say they fired me or not... I did work the shift, even though I wasn't properly trained for it only because ...
I have a question, in regards to patient abandonment - if you come to work, and are assigned to one unit ALWAYS, and were only trained on that unit (I am a new nurse), and then you come in to work and find you are a assigned to a unit you have no tra...
Well, first solid week on the unit that I have been requested to work... still supposed to be on orientation, yet I had two shifts by myself this week alone... and I am quickly finding that this unit and I are not a good fit for each other... How do ...
arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric
That is the biggest reason I left. Some staff had the attitude of give them their prn Med, and I do not agree with shoving meds at someone like that. Redirection for more than 3-4 is almost impossible when they feed off each other and are agitated. I...
arabstarRN replied to bumblebee2010's topic in Neurological
Congrats!!! I wish I could have had an opportunity to get into Neuro right out of school! I graduated in March, but all the Neuro units around me want at least a year experience before they even consider you for Neuro. I would definitely go Neuro, bu...
arabstarRN replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric
Facility I just left violates HIPPA every shift... they have residents who go behind the nurses station and take paperwork from books/charts/whatever they find, Mar books have had pages pulled out of them, empty med wrappers get taken out of the enve...
arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric
I was honest with the unit manager TWICE and got nowhere both times. I got "You will fit in in time" and "you just aren't seasoned yet." and "every new nurse feels overwhelmed and like they can't handle it. I requested you for this unit." at one poin...
arabstarRN replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric
Seriously?? Just because someone is "hospice" doesn't mean EVERYTHING stops being treated or NO medications are given! That nurse obviously doesn't understand what HOSPICE is or does!!! Wow... scary. Thank goodness you were there as well, who knows w...
arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric
I de go in last night and worked my shift. I also left written letters of resignation for my manager and the DON. one of my preceptors said "good for you, get out before this place ruins you." The turnover is so high. When I called the don, she didnt...