SubSippi

SubSippi

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  1. What are your personal standards when a patient "refuses care"

    SubSippi replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not in the business of begging grown people to take a bath. Of course, I let them know that they can always change their mind. I do like to ask if it's a pain issue (I work in a CVICU, lots of...

  2. Any good patient prank stories?!

    SubSippi replied to peterlecompte's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a very special patient

  3. Urgent dental needs

    SubSippi replied to middleagednurse's topic in Emergency

    Wow...forget grad school, I'm going to be a

  4. Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    SubSippi replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I don't say anything about stupid new policies because I've never seen it make any sort of difference. Here's what happens with managers: they'll get a bug up their butt about something, then send out...

  5. Any good patient prank stories?!

    SubSippi replied to peterlecompte's topic in General Nursing

    One of my patients told me that he saw on the news that someone had just jumped out of the window from the top floor of my

  6. Seven Hells: Vent

    SubSippi replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You also might want to check if breaking your residency contract would put you on a do not hire list. If you could get a NICU job in another hospital I might consider it, but going from this med/surg...

  7. The Flip Side - When you're the patient/family

    SubSippi replied to jennaolds's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone else, talk to the charge nurse, and if necessary, the unit manager. Tell them you want to be able to give good patient satisfaction scores. Although I'm sure you could find...

  8. What's your side job?

    SubSippi replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work so much overtime, my full time job is also my side

  9. Are we doing good for our patients?

    SubSippi replied to GeologistRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's why I could never work in a MICU. Someone on this board once described it as keeping dead people alive a little longer. If you want to stay in critical care, surgical ICUs aren't quite as

  10. Verbally threatened for the first time today

    SubSippi replied to Jdgrn13's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hopefully, if he would have threatened your physical safety, they would have forced your patient's son to leave. But in this situation, it sounds like their goal was more to de-escalate the situation....

  11. How much trouble am I in?

    SubSippi replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You could always just deny that you did

  12. Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    SubSippi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    People would pay $100 for a bottle of water if that was the only way to get

  13. Suspected drug use in physician

    SubSippi replied to allegra78's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this post completely. OP, if you are concerned, go to your supervisor with specific examples of this erratic behavior. And, in my opinion, it would not be wise to suggest that the MD has...

  14. Nurse considering law school

    SubSippi replied to kristie778's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything about people who are RNs who also went to law school, but I can tell you that the people I know who have graduated within the last five years were either not able to find a job...

  15. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    SubSippi replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing the OP said suggested that people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. I'm not sure why anyone is offended by the idea that the safe storage of firearms (especially in homes where young children...

  16. Return to CRNA school or go for MDA

    SubSippi replied to Seda8OR's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Also, going to med school doesn't guarantee you a job as an MDA, not everybody gets the type of residency they want. When you go to to school to be a CRNA, you know for sure what your job is at the...

  17. Requesting words of encouragement… I’m a new grad having a breakdown at work right now.

    SubSippi replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What he said. You have to remember, you're taking care of SICK people. What you're doing at you job is just giving them a chance, it's not a promise. Nothing you do is guaranteed to work, and even if...

  18. The MANDATORY Skills fair

    SubSippi replied to Hippy chick's topic in General Nursing

    Just the fact that it's called a skills fair gets on my nerves. When nurses refer to their "skills" it always reminds me of Napoleon

  19. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    SubSippi replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying that your schedule is the least bit desirable, but at the jobs I've had, it's seemed as thought everyone thought they were getting the short end of the stick. It makes sense for you to...

  20. Weed and work.

    SubSippi replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ha I know, they must love being able to put the blame on a nurse who smoked some weed on their off day last weekend...instead of admitting there wasn't enough staff to help a patient to the bathroom...

  21. Worth the read? Long!

    SubSippi replied to Studentnurse365's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The fact that when you hung blood for the first time as an ICU nurse is when you were off orientation tells me that you DO need more orientation. Not because there's anything wrong with you, but...

  22. Weed and work.

    SubSippi replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, why in the world do they do drug tests on an employee when a patient falls? It seems to me that all that would accomplish is cause people who are using drugs not to report patient falls. And...

  23. "Floating"

    SubSippi replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're overreacting, but I also think that most people feel the way you do. If it's a cardiac floor with non-critical patients, I'm willing to bet that after four years you're more than able...

  24. Ambulating a pt while on vasoactive drugs?

    SubSippi replied to nurs1ng's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

  25. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    SubSippi replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't forget about the fact that with bedside nursing, there isn't a lot of room for promotions, or moving up the chain of command. The only way to get more responsibility (while still taking care of...