SarahJ08

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Coming out of a code and being reminded by a manager that I didn't update my white boards in all my patient's room. My jaw hit the floor, I then proceeded to pull out a marker, hand it to her and tell her if she's that concerned about it she could do it herself. I left that job shortly afterwards.

The nurse should have addressed this with you while you were giving report, they were way out of line to call you after report and clocked out. I would have been livid to receive a call like that, that late a night and would have told the nurse that she has wasted her time calling me and that her questions needs to be taken up with the md as to why the patient wasn't started on heparin if she's that concerned about it.

Lol I've worked in several hospitals where this was " implemented". It's dumb and doesn't work. If the non clinical person actually answers the call light all they say is "let me find your nurse". It's not like they are actually going to help someone to the bathroom or get them ice.

You're actually the one who's making your job harder, not your patients.

It's unfortunate that undiluted phenergan was pushed obviously was a terrible error. But why would you come this forum and basically say that being a abusive family member is a promise? If you have grievances you take it up with the hospital, but you don't come to a nursing forum and sound like a bully. I certainly hope if you do go through with your "promise" that security gets called and you're removed from the hospital.

Well sir, there is a difference between SCHEDULED medication and AS NEEDED pain medication. 9/10 the doctor is going to order it as needed, and some patients refuse to understand that. And it sounds like you are not a nurse, so you probably shouldn't get on a nursing forum and tell nurses how to do their JOB. I need to start going into businesses and telling workers how I think they should get their job done. People think since they've seen a few episodes of grey's anatomy that they are experts on the nursing profession. Why don't you come and shadow me for a 12 hour shift and see how "lazy" nurses are.

This whole thread is strange...

I'm sitting here on my lunch break wishing I had not gone into nursing. I also try to avoid telling people so they don't ask me health related questions. I've been a nurse for four year and I'm a bit jaded.

Terrible turn of events. But I don't thinks a patient in DKA would be well enough to save a drowning child. Or even really be present enough to focus. I don't want to sound cold hearted, but if she had taken care of her self in the first place then maybe that awful situation would have never happened.

Once I had a doc order for a patient to have a thoracentesis on the left side. Patient is sent down for the procedure and the radiologist calls ME and says that there is more fluid on the right side and wanted to know if the ordering doc meant for the right side to be tapped. I told the radiologist that he needed to clarify this with the ordering physician and not the lowly nurse

I'm a travel nurse. My contact end December 16th and I start a new one January 4th. I'm excited that I'll actually have a Christmas break this year!

I find that nursing care plans mean nothing outside of nursing school. You literally have to have doctor's order for everything.

I would leave that hospital immediately. They were absolutely setting you up for failure. There is no way a new grad nurse can thrive on 5 weeks of orientation. That is less than what they orient seasoned nurse to a new unit at the hospital it work at. That hospital is dangerous, not you!

I agree, the only plus is I have amazing coworkers that make the job bearable.