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Shes a passive aggressive bully. I dealt with one and I left. Please research bullying in nursing, there are so many articles on it. I would look for a different unit to work on, I left the first one I was on and I am soooo happy I did because all of my co-workers now are nice, teamplayers, professional, and respectful. I would not even bother bringing it up to anyone, I would just get a Plan B and C and move on. Dont even give 2 weeks when you do find another job, tell them you are being bullied and leave and dont feel bad about it. Honestly, she's probably fat, ugly, older, and is jealous of the great qualities you have and the bright prospective future you will have since you are so nice and helpful and therefore you must pay!

P.S. What nurses get paid is far from fair for the work and the bs we put up with.

Do the lab then. If it is hard for you to relay empathy, it is going to be very , VERY difficult to feel empathy for pts that are literally driving you crazy and you will lose your patience. Many pts are non-compliant, drug seekers,and just plain rude, it definitely is not all sunshine and roses. These people are usually chronically ill and that tends to make them depressed, crabby, and non-compliant , which is very frustrating to deal with when you are trying to help them. So if you just want to be left alone to work and are not much of a people person, work in a lab. You only really know yourself.

It's a pretty wide known fact that nurses work holidays and weekends, maybe you shouldve considered that before you went into the profession...hospitals dont care about you celebrating whatever they need to be staffed. Sorry if thats rude, blunt, whatever, but I am sick of hearing about people needing this day and that day off , let's get real.

Actually, it is the nurse to patient ratio rather than the experience and knowledge of the nurses that affects pt safety more.

psh yeah right

I think it is hostile of the on-coming nurse to keep you in a room to assess a pt beyond checking their safety, IV, and ID because it is saying, "I dont trust you", it is saying " oh, you're not leaving just yet, I have to find some more work for you to do so that I dont have to do it" Nurses that usually do this always find something to nitpick about. We all know the other shift wants to just go home at the end of the night, why would you prolong it? Because they are being mean. when they question you about every. little. thing during report, things they could easily look in the computer about is part of this " i dont trust you, i want you to make my job easier on me so I will put you through the wringer". It is hostile. We have older night nurses doing it to the younger nurses on day shift and Ive had many nurses discuss it with me, it happens.

Well, when the ED calls us at 5 with report on a new pt and the pt doesnt hit our floor until 6:45, it sure seems like they held onto them as long as they could. And it does happen all the time. I would ask that the nurse please do a quick safety check of the room with you as part of report but you dont have time to do her assessment with her thats her job on her time they dont pay both of you to do it! And say it before you start report. We had a travel nurse do this to us, she would drag everyone in the rooms and fully assess the pts! It held us up an hour. She was gone before the week was over.

There's bullies too. I think nurses are more abused by their patients than by anyone else and it is not right either. I am verbally abused every shift. I have been physically assaulted a few times. I dont know if it's my floor or what, but I am starting to think there are more nutty people in the world than normal people, based on my clientele! The hospital definitely gets their money's worth out of me and plenty more. Florida nurses are not paid enough, and dont tell me the cost of living is lower here because it is not, Ive lived in CT all of my life and gas, milk, bread, electricity costs the same. Depending where you live in FL rent is the same too. I am still living pay check to pay check. I made more money waitressing. I honestly would rather live on a secluded tropical island with nothing but a hammock and just lay there, do nothing and have nothing and have no one bothering me. I feel like crying now thinking about going back tomorrow!

I document on fall risk scores as required, when pts leave the floor and when they return, because you never know what can happen when they are not on the floor, and sometimes the dr hasnt allowed them to leave but they choose to do so anyways, ie when they are on bleeding precautions and they choose to drag their hep gtt with them! ugh. So I always chart on things pts do that is against the better judgment of healthcare personnel and make sure to include that they were educated on this and that, verbalize understanding, but do x,y and z instead.

I think that since you work PRN and you do not have to deal with this pt on a daily basis, you should really reserve judgment and not call your coworkers lazy. I would look into whether or not this over-sedation is new or not, since you just noticed it yourself. If so, maybe his kidney function needs to be looked at.

Famous introverts: Bill Gates Abraham Lincoln Julia Roberts Tom Hanks Stephen Spielberg Steve martin Angelina jolie Gwyneth Paltrow Meryl Streep Diane Keaton Michelle Pfeiffer Kristen Stewart J.K. Rowling Barbara Walters David Letterman Johnny Depp Michael Jordan Al Gore Clint Eastwood Harrison Ford Barbara Streisand All these wildly successful actors are shy and yet they are successful, hmmmm , I dont think you should let it hold you back.

One time I was doing a female catheter validation in front of an instructor and I was very nervous, she rudely pointed out that my face was flushed and said " it's getting redder by the second!" I think some people are just purposely evil. I am a shy person also, I did not socialize much in nursing school and I got a few comments from teachers about how that would hold me back and it was also discouraging. After a year on the job, I can say that I dont feel all that shy anymore and your patients will appreciate a gentler approach to communication that a "shy" nurse can provide. Sometimes people are better with one on one interaction. Do not let those jerks discourage you.

I would say output of 23 ml in an hour would be priority over hepatic issue if this is a deviation from baseline. When output is this low perfusion is compromised and this leads to shock and death. If they are chronic renal failure than not priority. Hepatic encephalopathy pts can be confused for days on end and it takes awhile to correct, from safety stand pt you may want to check on them first see that they are safe then deal with low output.

The money is not that good. Most people live beyond their means no matter how much money they make. Nursing is not a guaranteed job anywhere you want to live. Nursing school was challenging, but the day to day tasks that we are ordered to do makes me feel like a robot with not as much autonomy as I thought I would have. If you want to interact with people, volunteer, pick up some hobbies. I am planning on going to PA school so that I may have an opportunity to be respected more, think more critically and independently and really problem solve for my pts, not just follow orders all day.