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  1. Assaulted by a Patient

    Does anyone know what the law is concerning a nurses' recourse to A. avoid being assaulted by a combative patient and B. one's recourse if assaulted? I work on a med/surg floor and we typically have...
  2. Truly sad- please read and consider

    Shannon: I didn't direct any anger toward you - I said that this BB IS FOR VENTING. Yes I agree...we mustn't vent on our patients...or each other. We must have a safe, nonjudgmental place we can...
  3. Truly sad- please read and consider

    You don't know what you're talking about. I don't treat anyone like shit, but I notice you don't seem to have a problem doing it. This BB is for nurses and that's the way I hope it will
  4. Truly sad- please read and consider

    I totally agree. I love nursing. And no one is going to make me feel guilty for venting...that's very little, for what we put up with. Everywhere we are bombarded with the "guilt" mentality - even...
  5. Assaulted by a Patient

    As soon as I got to work last night, I was told that the other 2 RNs that were scheduled called in......they pulled an RN off the psyche unit. He told me that the psyche unit will soon be a locked...
  6. Assaulted by a Patient

    ....dealing with them, I
  7. Assaulted by a Patient

    I don't know why the family didn't want her to get the IM Haldol - unless it was because they were expecting her to get a sleeping pill???? (don't see the difference, myself...) But obviously, their...
  8. Saline flush before and after

    I don't do that...I've never even thought to do that because I never leave a heparin flush lying in the room. The only time I use the same heparin flush before-and-after is when I do an IV push,...
  9. OMG!!!

    Well the house supervisor did help in the sense that he got the stuff together for the CVP line insertion, etc...but I didn't feel that, after the night I'd had, that his "comments" were...
  10. OMG!!!

    You wouldn't believe what happened to me the other night...from 7p to 11p, I split the floor with another RN...two of us for 26 patients (4 CNAs). Then some personnel in at 11pm so I thought things...
  11. new job worries - need advice

    I cannot relate to what you are going through - all of my preceptors, all of them, ALWAYS said, "Everyone has their own way of doing things...this is my way...yours may be different." For someone to...
  12. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    I couldnt agree more! I work 7p to 7a and I run, run ALL NIGHT LONG...less staff, too. The call light rings all night long...frequently, we find out they are sleeping in the daytime/up at night....
  13. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    I was talking to another RN last night...she said her unit director made the ridiculous claim that the more patients each nurse had, the better care they
  14. Why should I be a Nurse?????

    Reasons to be a nurse - you want reasons? Hey, go to my thread about "doing without a PO med nurse" and read the post by nursejanedough.....that should answer your question for
  15. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    NURSEJANEDOUGH: girl you are AWESOME!!! That little old lady in the nursing home, with the bun...that's what blows me away about nursing...what a privilege to be in the positions we are in - to come...
  16. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    SPLITTING THE FLOOR....Lord have mercy! Well, last night we had an LPN who was "floating" - what THAT meant was that they were LITERALLY LEAPING at the chance to have a PO med nurse again...
  17. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    Oh, another thing: we only have 2 LPNs that work third shift, and one of them is going to second shift, because of her home situation. Lord, I don't know WHAT we'll do then. I have no
  18. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    Btw....it isn't just me. Even the nurses who've been there ten years (especially the nurses who've been there ten years) are bitching and kvetching about the staffing, or lack thereof. They're all...
  19. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    Venting??? You want VENTING? Passing PO meds is enough to drive me insane! I described it to my husband the other day...you think, well, I only have 2 little pills to give her - how much time can...
  20. "Nurse Eater" -Toxic Coworkers

    I also don't agree with the advice to tell this person that they're "really upsetting" you....that's what they WANT. And, if you tell them that you're keeping a journal of their nasty remarks (like...
  21. "Nurse Eater" -Toxic Coworkers

    I don't agree with this because this isn't just a misunderstanding - this is a situation in which she is being verbally abused. It's not a situation in which I would expect to resolve in the...
  22. "Nurse Eater" -Toxic Coworkers

    I know what you mean; I'm in the same situation. I have a co-worker that is ALWAYS bitching...but it doesn't really bother me that much because I know it's bull. My suggestion to you: when this...
  23. unable to read preceptor

    Totally disagree. The preceptor is not "trying her best to help." She is no good as a preceptor ~ she's giving ZILCH feedback! Bull ~ stand up and say what is going on and what you need ~ not to...
  24. unable to read preceptor

    ********I don't understand; you said in your previous post that you were surprised to find out that your preceptor told the unit manager that you were doing a good job.....implying she wasn't telling...
  25. unable to read preceptor