JZ_RN

JZ_RN

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  1. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, also spending 45 minutes scheduling appointments, treatments, tests, etc., and the patient never even goes or whines about it afterwards. Really? Patients that go on and on about irrelevant...

  2. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, anyone with bugs is just DISGUSTING. I can't stand angry men who think they can intimidate me either. I could do trachs, mucus, vomit, blood... but POOP is so ungodly disgusting to me. It's so...

  3. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't stand non-distractable/orientable or controllable dementia patients. I also HATE fall risk patients who refuse to accept limitations for their own safety. I get SOOOO frustrated. I don't mind...

  4. Stupid q's: Has smoking cigarettes kept you from getting a job?

    JZ_RN replied to mls4455's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry that I don't take 12 breaks a day and leave patients waiting. Meanwhile the smokers complain when they come back in that the work's not all

  5. LTC Nurses... please answer

    JZ_RN replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why so much hate against new grads? I knew how to take care of people as a new grad. And if it was something totally off the wall that I couldn't deal with myself totally I'd seek help. I am soooooo...

  6. Stupid q's: Has smoking cigarettes kept you from getting a job?

    JZ_RN replied to mls4455's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wish they'd fire the smokers at my workplace and not hire any more. Not 'cause I hate smokers (though the smell is just disgusting, true) but because I don't care to be stuck with all your hardest...

  7. Is it fair..

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Addictions

    I feel for them but I am not gonna be involved in a controlled substance issue that can get me in trouble.

  8. How can I make peds less miserable for me?

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Pediatric

    The clinic has a pediatrician one day a week is why I get stuck working peds. They overbook her and she sees like 50 peds patients in one day. It's insanity. If there wasn't so much screaming and...

  9. LTC Nurses... please answer

    JZ_RN replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Understaffing, violence against nurses, abusive management in

  10. Dear People Who CONSTANTLY fax Health 485s

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Home Health

    I know sometimes it takes a while but sometimes they send the form 2 times one day, then again the next., etc. etc. Med records doesn't look at these, just forwards them to the nurse, and then I've...

  11. Patients who call the clinic 1 day before meds run out for refills

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I enjoy it much more than my old job, But these are the problems that we run in to now haha. We do have rules, the problem is that our patient population doesn't follow them. They don't say, oh, okay,...

  12. What Do People Answer When Asked, "What Are Your Weaknesses?"

    JZ_RN replied to joanna73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't like leaving things undone and sometimes when there's no choice but to delegate or leave for next shift, I feel disappointed in myself and get kind of stressed out. I also take a little more...

  13. Patients who call the clinic 1 day before meds run out for refills

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    My favorite is patients who expect the doctor to just "come and talk to them" or just "look at this" or "give them an rx" when they show up at the clinic with no appointment. If you had an appointment...

  14. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

    JZ_RN replied to Guttercat's topic in Medical-Surgical

    LOL try LTC with acute patients who just came from the hospital with tubes, drains, wound vacs, piccs, IVs, all kinds of crazy meds and wounds, psycho families, unreasonable demands and are totally...

  15. Is it fair..

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Addictions

    We make patients sign a contract they states we can call for random UDS anytime or even call them in for a pill count. I don't know why they don't get this. They think they can "call and request...

  16. Nurses Calling Patients "Jerks"

    JZ_RN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not an "old nurse" not a "new nurse" but I have been a nurse for over a year now and let me tell you SOME PATIENTS ARE REALLY JERKS. Do I say it to their face or others? No. But I think it in my...

  17. Is my e-mail address okay?

    JZ_RN replied to xInspiredx's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As long as the numbers aren't something like "69" or "420", they should be fine

  18. The New Face of Healthcare

    JZ_RN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I find this highly offensive. I am in my 20's but look like a teenager. I deal with this nonsense from patients who say "are you old enough to do this" and I am. I am college educated and licensed as...

  19. Disrespect from Medical Assistants

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I hope to improve the working relationship with my coworkers and solve this problem. I respect them and I know they work hard, I helped them for about an hour yesterday, but I spent the rest of the...

  20. Disrespect from Medical Assistants

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Some of the MAs are older than I am and don't care to do much work. Anything to get out of work, they'll do it. Extra work, they complain. They take constant smoke breaks, disappear for an hour at a...

  21. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    JZ_RN replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    ADN and BSN take the same test, work in the same scope of practice. I am tired of being treated like I am uneducated and unworthy because I only have an ADN. I am working on my BSN but only for the...

  22. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    JZ_RN replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Until the work conditions and nurse/patient ratios improve, nurses will continue to leave bedside

  23. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    JZ_RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When you're a new nurse though, you need something nursing on a resume. Believe me, my jobs were sad to see me go, one of my managers even told me so. It was the environment and poor staffing, no...

  24. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    JZ_RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just because someone switched jobs multiple times doesn't necessarily mean anything negative about them, maybe they aren't willing to work in a subpar environment or had to move or who knows what. I...

  25. Is it fair..

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Addictions

    I just get frustrated when the patient who wants/is prescribed pain meds refuses to follow the rules. If we call you in for a urine test, it's not personal, it's because something happened, something...