Some hospitals are so lucky that they can just brush off applicants for nursing positions! The hospital I am at, we are so short for nurses that even with traveling nurses we are still understaffed!...
I think the actions of the CCU nurse, Nursing Supervisor and maintenance man are more disturbing than that of the doctor and nurse caught in the act. Why would you not first knock on the door?...
Just because your shift ends at 1830 or 0630, does not mean you will walk out the door at that time! Very important....NEVER complain about being "bored" or "had nothing to do" and then in the next...
A few months ago we went to bedside reporting. I was apprehensive at first, but we were firmly informed it was NOT going away so we had better make it work. Now most of the staff prefer the bedside...
1. Do NOT tell me you are too busy to help me in a room with a patient because you are "doing my homework"!!! 2. If you see me running back and forth in and out of a room, paging the doctor, punching...