vanessaem

These hospitals are having RNs do way too much and we're not even being compensated for it.

So being bilingual is more important and worthy of higher pay than having actual nursing skills, years in the field, and educational background?

So we night shift nurses have to finish up day shift's work and do our tasks as well and night shift should be OK with this? Hmm...OK. God forbid a night shift nurse leaves something behind for day shift. Many times there's a free charge available(someone many times is not available at night) or a charge with max three patients during the day, why not ask for help? I understand there may be a lot more going on during the day but the flippant, "Well, I didn't get the second unit of blood started after the first unit completed at 10am because I was busy" attitude really irks me.

Not concerned. Maybe he'll take himself out. The country will be better off. He doesn't care about our health, why should we care about his?

This^

Why not just add on to one of the other similar articles?

This is like the third thread about this case from the same OP. What's going on here?

Med-surg/bedside nursing. Burn-out city. I know quite a few people who get liquored up after their shifts.

I hope she knows that there are people who don't think women should be doctors. She needs to just stay in her lane, shut up and just be a doctor or retire.

How about the ones who say their pain level is a 20? I just tell them the scale is from 1-10 like I mentioned. We have no pain meds for a 20 pain level.

Same discussion seen here: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/did-i-cause-1174414.html

I dilute narcotics and benzos with 5cc's of NS in a 10cc syringe. When the patient asks me why, I tell them because the drug is very potent and they can potentially go into respiratory failure and that death is a lot worse than pain.

Maybe this job is what keeps Barbara going. Please leave her alone. It's not up to you to decide what she should do with her life tbh. If management feels she's unfit and wants to terminate her or force her into retirement, it's up to them. I've come across quite a few older, retired nurses, who have come back in one capacity or another because nursing is all they've ever known and have no idea what to do with themselves otherwise. :)

Make sure the bed alarm is on. No, seriously.

- Patient wanting to change rooms because he didn't like the way the blinds were "rustling". Which I found strange considering there wasn't any kind of breeze or wind in his room whatsoever. - Patient wanting me to share her meds with her husband. - Patient requesting exactly 15 pillows on her bed because that's what she uses at home. - Patient reported my coworker for not providing her with a sandwich at one in the morning. Meanwhile, the patient's blood sugar was in the 500s and my coworking was busy getting orders to try to lower her blood sugar.