CrystalSSA

When asked personal questions that I do not want to answer, I make up silly answers. In the case that I was asked if I am married, I would say, "I am from West Virginia, I have been married since I was four!". That leads to conversation to West Vi...

Nursing school conflict question: I got a bad grade on this assignment. The question was: A director at your place of employment has gone to your manager with an accusation that is untrue. The director thinks that your attitude at a recent meeting...

I gave more than 2 lines, that was just the statement of what I had to say. I gave reasons etc. They wanted to know... If someone in management perceives a problem with you do you: Apologize and try to talk to them Go to HR and report the issue Ta...

I work on a floor that is a medical floor. Many of the patients on my floor need tests and procedures, but are not on the schedule for them. The result is that we do not know when a slot will be open. We know they are going, we just don't know whe...

I do not work on a psychiatric unit, but last week alone I had one patient that weighed over 650 lbs and one that weighed under 70 lbs. Both were in total and complete denial. When you have these patients do you talk to them about their weight? D...

The elevator to the procedure area is right beside the rooms. They allow us to either push the patient down in a wheelchair or their bed, the choice is ours or the patients, they will accept either. Sometimes I feel like its a control issue. I com...

We get anyone having cardiac issues. Both the obese and the anorexic patient were having long pauses in heart beats.

Thank you for your answers, and I will search the topic!

I have seen nurses huff off the floor when they come to the unit I work on and see the patient load. They dont seem to realize that on their stepdown unit, they are required to do a lot of things that I do not have to do for a patient.

First let me say that nothing bad happened, but I feel I took a risk at work that I am not willing to take again. I was given my usual assigment at the start of the day. It is a heavy load, but I can deal with it. I was then told that some people ...

ps: no union here...as you can guess

I got called into the office and "written up" for some missing paperwork. The thing is, in my nursing notes, I specificially mentioned that paperwork and what I did with it. I was in shock about being called in and said "I guess I could have lost ...

It was a weird situation where I was doing part and another nurse was doing part. I didnt want her to get confused, so I wrote a note that she could read about which paperwork was done and where it went. I was new and afraid I'd never remember it, ...

My work has very strict rules about facebook. Get caught talking about "work" and you get walked out of the building. Even if you could, I'd be careful. Also, you can make it so that your supervisor is your "friend" but can only view posts that yo...

I would like to get an advanced nursing degree. The school that I want to go to requires a year of critical care experience. I am currently on a med-surg floor and have been there for only 4 months. The hospital I work for allows me to start appl...

The last time mine was audited, I was happy. The patient stated that I took over an hour and a half to bring him pain meds. A call bell audit compared to my documentation proved it was 22 mins. Big difference.

We have specific guidelines for reporting each other. You can say anything you want in private...but put a patient in front of you and it's game on...papers filed.

My work wants us to start a new procedure. This new documentation would take 6 to 8 minutes additional for me each time I give certain meds. Worst case scenario, some of my patients get 15 of these per shift and they want it done twice per delivery...

I would call to clarify because 4 ambien is a heck of a big dose. I rarely see two given.

Biggest thing, know the difference between a PICC line and a perm cath. I too have never seen an AC Picc...I've seen them just about everyplace else. We dont use heparin, that is hospital specific though.

I am on a general medical floor. To be honest, I am tired of the feeling of being run ragged. I love my job, but it is not the area of nursing that I want. I get behind, and everyone is incontinent! I think I would like a pediatric ICU, but how ...

What nurse doesnt have to do a year of medsurg before getting into the unit he or she wants to be in????? Take the med/surg and in six months start applying to where you want to be.

A Dr told me that a PEG is a generalized name, that Gtubes and Jtubes are both PEG tubes. I have only seen G tubes so far so I have not had to look it up.

If I work nights, sometimes I have to do my full assessment in bits and pieces, but I do still do one. When I am doing the 9pm drug rush, I will quickly listen to heart lungs, anything that is important to the meds I am giving then move on. If I ha...

wow thanks! Just what I needed, a place to start, so that I can form my own idea and opinion!