canoehead BSN, RN

I'm working a travel position. An intoxicated woman came in requesting detox, and staff told her they don't provide that service, but XXX hospital in YYY city does, you should go there. Patient left because she was told we couldn't help. Sounds like ...

I suggest describing the practice to your board of nursing and getting the official interpretation as to it being legal or illegal, and passing that information to nursing administration, and your colleagues.

That makes sense to me. they get their results slightly sooner than if they waited for the phone call, and you get your prioritized work done before you look up their chart. I'd add "It could be hours, but you are welcome to wait" to that spiel.

Cats are little ***. I've had a lot of them, and called in because they were sick too.

Id inform the patient that unless they give permission for you to inform your supervisor, no one will know who they don't want caring for them. You don't have the power to rearrange staffing without a reason. You can let your boss know the patient ha...

Two faced administration saying "we're behind you" "we support you" but theres no evidence of that except a new checksheet we have to fill out every year. It's very discouraging to bust your butt, and then reprimanded for not going above and beyond. ...

If you have a patient thats very ill rehearse in your mind what might go wrong. Check to see that you have the equipment or that you know where it is if you need it. Gradually you'll be the one with new ideas, don't be worried if you arent right now....

As a LEO you've been in charge, but be aware that some of those nursing professors will want to be the boss of you from the beginning. Knuckle under, for your own sanity.

Changing the name doesn't change the bias.

True, if you are discharging the patient please let them know they need to allow time for the process after you put in the order. When I'm calling in the middle of the night I really don't want to bother you, but it's the job. I'm worried, and s...

They absolutely have a lack of access to routine preventative care. In my province about 1/3 of the population cannot get a family doctor. I have one, and it takes 6 weeks for an appointment, if you can get the secretary to answer the phone. Since I ...

I'm not antivax, but I was thoroughly offended when they mandated Covid shots before they were approved by the FDA. I am not a science experiment. There are more reasons than stupidity to decline mandated vaccines.

One more. I miss the Rolodexes that had numbers available from the dawn of time. You had extensions for unlisted government offices, doctors relatives and their side chicks, the maintenance number plus a few home numbers to try, and then Joe Plu...

Working on an infectious disease unit before the arrival of disposable gloves. I remember having kids with diarrhea, or snot, and it was flying everywhere. We'd gown up to treat the kids, but there were no gloves until a child with HIV was admitted. ...

I remember the baby bus, Babies would stay in the nursery and every 4 hours they'd be rolled out to the postpartum floor on a large table with partitions for each baby. An hour later the nursery nurse would collect them and roll back to put them in t...

You bust me up!

What a knob. Report away! Good luck with staffing though.

Business requires you to be available for your shifts. You've had a rough year, and taking leave is understandable, but your employer wanting to be clear about needing you to be dependable is also understandable. It sounds like all your time off was...

Your shoes are going to be dirty, whether they look it or not. You've got to just live with that fact. You did great getting rid of the stain though

Put it in writing, ONCE. And expect to be ignored. But if it ever comes back to someone (or you) not being trained, or not having staff, you have documentation that you spoke to them.

Nursing opens a huge variety of career options. We have the honor of being at births, deaths, and family crisises that no one else sees. Also, nurses know for sure if your genitals are normal or not. Knowledge, baby. Knowing the reality of in hospita...

"I'll come back when you xxx" calm down, stop swearing, are willing to answer my questions, "That's not a part or my job" or "that's not a service we offer" if they are asking you to do something extra or harmful. Remember that other nurses c...

Call their bluff.