ClaraRedheart BSN, RN

Hi, I'm just curious how this has played out in other states who have seen major surges. I do NOT work on a Covid floor, but the higher acuity floors in my hospital are now taken up with COVID patients and the high acuity patients/not ICU now come t...

I used to wear Asics, they're so comfortable. But I had a patient with uncontrollable diarrhea once, and the tennis shoes have all of those little holes that stuff can get smashed into. I switched to danskos after that, because bleaching and burning ...

I've never minded going to the store after if I had a fairly clean day... not around contagious diseases or enemas or frequent code browns. There have been news stories about nurses getting beat up for wearing scrubs in pulic lately though. I wouldn'...

I'll be watching ? I had a horrible GPA myself (2.9) and I just feel grateful to be where I am. I have no aspirations for grad school yet, but I've done a lot in the 6 years at my current position. My boss says it's more about what you do than your G...

I work for an amazing healthcare system, but have tried and tried again with calls and emails to HR with no calls back. I came down with Covid and feel like I'm on my own. If I even get paid this Friday, it exhausts the last of my PTO. My manager an...

I saw it first hand when I was a tech while in nursing school. I've had more than one black nurse ask me to join them in a room so that I can witness a patient's behavior in case the patient decided to report them. The same floor also had a manager t...

I filled out a release of information form that was provided on my short term disability company's website. Does that mean that they will try to obtain it instead? I'm hoping that the case. I've always loved my doctors office, but that made no sense ...

I'd go if he wants it that badly. Leave the wife and family at home. Wear a mask. Don't eat, don't sing. He needs to know you're there for him, but treat him with the same caution you'd use with a hospitalized patient. My family is staunchly Republic...

Our city has been the third most cases in Texas and my hospital has had around 20 since mid April. Never slammed. We stopped elective surgeries and shut down a whole unit. We are a smaller hospital, so maybe they're going somewhere else?

I completely agree. I was referring only to the imprisoned psych patients, that are their because they committed a crime. Doesn't even mean it was a violent crime, but they are in prison not because they are mentally ill, but because they broke the l...

Sure, but they commit crimes that land them in prison. I've met plenty of people who could be described as "mentally ill" without being violent, dangerous lawbreakers.

We're still preparing for "the surge", but our COVID floor has gone to 25% of what it was 2 weeks ago... and it hasn't gone up. I wish I knew how many COVID patients our county hospital was admitting, because likely, EMS are filtering them to there. ...

I agree that flattening the curve is necessary, but I have a few very real questions. #1. If COVID19 is as contagious as they say that it is, isn't it less a matter of "if" everyone gets sick but more a matter of WHEN than if we get all get sick or ...

It appears as though my optimism was a bit premature. Yeah, they're increasing. At a slow rate, but we're getting more and more. I was really hoping that it might disappear with the flu in the Spring, but so far it doesn't look like it shows signs of...

We had fewer patients on COVID isolation on Friday and Saturday than we did on Monday. I'm frankly sick of it. If our patient numbers are decreasing in the hospital, the community should be lifting some restrictions. I have friends and family who hav...

To me, the inapropriate touching is proof that she has singled you out. I would leave it. I've been singled out by a nursing instructor. I have anxiety issues, so it was terrifying, but she passed me. I feel like I spent far more time being lectured ...

I generally introduce my self as such "My name is Clara (not my real name). What do you prefer that we call you?" Most people really do prefer to go by their first names, but I've had a few that say "Ms. Jones is fine". Often, they're teachers. Then ...

I have the Jabra Elite earbuds. I just buy the $70 ones, which are not officially "noise cancelling" but they do a pretty good job. I have two noisy children and sometimes I go to bed before them on work nights. I listen to 30 minutes of an audible s...

This is a common mistake that I've seen our techs make. I had one patient with vitals indicitive of septicemia that were not reported to me, or caught because of an elevated MEWS score because the respirations were estimated. Had they been accurately...

I didn't have a job when I graduated either. I was working as a PCT at a hospital that I liked and kept waiting for them to release their new grad positions, all of the other new grad positions in the system were released and filled. When I asked my ...

I can't tell you what to do.. but if it were me, I'd want to be with my family. Do whatever it takes to get there. They will support you and your family while you go through the grieving process while starting a new job.

I guess I don't understand the unhappy part. Yes, the job is hard, but every job is hard, and unless you go into engineering or computer science, you're going to have to deal with people... which is what makes the job hard. The way I look at it, God ...

Also, don't roll you eyes at the new nurse as he/she approaches the charge nurse desk with a likely elementary question that was driven by anxiety. Thanks ?

I have a needle phobia and stayed away from nursing for year before I decided to try (my mom encouraged me... If you like people, you can get over the rest". She's right. I still have my needle phobia and hate giving IM's, but my needle phobia drove ...

You will learn to not take things personally in time. I thought that would be hard for me, but it didn't take long. I tend to empathize, so if someone is being controlling, manipulative, grouchy, etc.. I look at where they're standing, and at where I...