Has anyone been on "administrative leave?" I got a call today from my nurse manager, who told me I was on "administrative leave" while she investigates a patient's complaint against me. Entirely without merit, let me add. I am so glad I documente...
VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing
And this particular morning, there were some unexpected things that came up that threw me further behind. I don't condone RNs being nasty to students; on the other hand, I think STUDENTS need to use some tact and sensitivity. If a nurse is PLAINL...
VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing
They are coming in BEFORE the day shift RNs are even on the floor. They come on before we even give report and start asking questions while I am trying to give 7 a.m. insulins and such. I am busy enough trying to get everything together to give a...
VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing
This doesn't apply to me ~ I am going off when the students are coming on. I agree with you ~ it IS senseless. That's why, if it happens AGAIN, I am going to POLITELY answer any GENERAL questions the student nurse may have and then ask them to wa...
VanillaPalamino replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg
Right......and it's usually not even the PATIENT, it's their families! I swear, we just had one that boggled all our minds. Not going into specifics, but I began to wonder if Munchausen's by proxy might have been involved......grrrr.........
VanillaPalamino replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing
Could you be more specific? I personally have been rather annoyed at the latest crop of nursing students. They want a separate report, instead of waiting to get report with their preceptor. This is completely out of line, not to mention time-con...
VanillaPalamino replied to VanillaPalamino's topic in Travel
Uh, I have no idea why a travel nurse would complain about floating or no PTO. I was talking about coming onto a floor and needing to know where supplies are, and such.
Hi I do travel nursing right now. Although I get on well with the other nurses most of the time, I get more help from the other travel nurses on the floor. Sometimes there is an attitude of "sink or swim"..... Why? When I was staff I was glad...