Blue Roses

Blue Roses

Rehab, Med-surg, Neuroscience

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  1. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    Blue Roses replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If I had the option of not caring for him, I wouldn't care for him. I have trouble seperating myself emotionally from the patients, and while I wouldn't act on it, I would feel anger towards this...

  2. Burned out after only 3 weeks.

    Blue Roses replied to pullingallnighter's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Out of nursing school I had three months of orientation on the unit before I was on my own!!! And I STILL burned out at that place after a year!! I was more prepared with the orientation I got, but...

  3. Super Obese

    Blue Roses replied to anotherone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How do the 500lb+ patients get that way? I'm not trying to be mean, I'm seriously confused by what life circumstances cause them to get themselves into these

  4. Unhappy staff, unsure how to cope

    Blue Roses replied to bubbles1605's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's too bad this one RN is making it difficult for the rest of the staff. Other than that one nurse, it sounds like a great place to

  5. Three weeks into my new job and I get sick...Again

    Blue Roses replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    It happened to me, but it involved a huge outbreak of the noroviris on the unit where I work. Most of the staff had it, and our nurse manager had to report to the centers for disease control because...

  6. Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

    Blue Roses replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm getting married in about a month. Nurses really need to marry people who are EXTREMELY good listeners. Nurses also need partners who watch out for your physical and mental health, because I know...

  7. A Shout Out to All The Nurses.....

    Blue Roses replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you for the encouragement! I love this website, where we can be honest and support others like

  8. The Patient I Failed

    Blue Roses replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that is so cruel and sad. the whole story makes me feel sick to my stomach. my heart goes out to that poor sweet

  9. March 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Blue Roses replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Female RN: Mr. Jones, I was wondering where are your pants? Male patient: Umm,

  10. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    Blue Roses replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By the way, being shot seems like an extreme punishment for whoever came up with the term that "nurses eat their young." Death by shooting execution? Seriously? Even stated as a joke that seems a...

  11. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    Blue Roses replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yea ok my first response here was over the top. I was just offended by how the OP seems to group all young nurses together. I'm sorry for voicing my first

  12. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    Blue Roses replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are grouping all us new hires together. Not all of us have bad bedside manner. I always make a point of knocking on doors, pulling curtains, saying please and thank you, and addressing the...

  13. Embarrassing/Clumsy Moments!

    Blue Roses replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Nursing Humor

    In nursing school, one student was bending over to do compressions during our CODE simulation and his pants slipt right down the crotch. It was one of those SimLabs where they videotape the whole...

  14. Does your employer make accommodations for your disability?

    Blue Roses replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have a mental "disability" also. My old place of employment did not exactly make their assistance programs very avalible for us. I ended up having to

  15. 12 hour shift

    Blue Roses replied to haiman7's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 12 hour night shifts and barely lasted a year in that job. I think it just wasn't for me. I'm starting at an 8 hour day shift job and looking forward to it. I know lots of nurses who...

  16. advice needed

    Blue Roses replied to RehabRNjc's topic in General Nursing

    I would say if you feel uncomfortable then don't do it. Better safe than sorry. If your boss tries to bully you into doing something you're not totally comfortable with then that boss isn't a very...

  17. Funniest Things Doctors say!

    Blue Roses replied to RNdiva505's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on a Neuro Med-Surg floor. One night towards the begining of shift someone had paged the neurosurgeon on call, an older and somewhat quirky physician. When the phone rang I answered it and he...

  18. You might be a night shifter if...

    Blue Roses replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    While fast asleep you hear your fiance come home from work and you ask him if he would cosign your

  19. I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

    Blue Roses replied to hershdawg's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not all people on here are whiners or complainers. Some of us are honestly trying to reach out for help. I have severe panic attacks and anxiety because of my hospital nursing job and I have found...

  20. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I took a Compassion Fatigue assessment and I scored off the the charts for both burnout and compassion fatigue. I'm a young new nurse about a year out of nursing school and I haven been on the ob for...

  21. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It's strange how much my identity can change in just a few weeks. I feel like half the person I used to be. I am not this perfect image of a person people see me as and it hurts. I feel sad most of...

  22. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I go back into work tonight for the first time since I called in and went to the ER. All day I've been laying in bed swallowing down my fear. I keep telling myself "NO" when I start to feel the fear...

  23. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I saw my PCP today. She and I decided together to try 10mg Lexapro once a day. She also said it would be helpful to see the counselor from the employee assistance program

  24. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did end up going to the ER. They didn't find anything and sent me home with a 48 hour Holter monitor. I still have my PCP appointment tomorrow so further follow up will be

  25. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you all. I'm scheduled work to work again tonight, but I'm still feeling dizzy and I feel I am on the verge on a panic attack on and off, so if I still feel this way in the next few hours I...