PadmeRN

I was just reeling from a bad patient experience yesterday. Is it just me or are we nurses being abused all the time? So yesterday I had 3 busy heme/onc patients, blood draw seems like every 2-3 hrs from PICC, chemotherapy, blood admin, electrolytes. I just feel like the whole shift I couldn't even sit to chart because i had to do something or something comes up on my tasklist. Took a 20 min break for my lunch because I could hear my IV's beeping and no one cared about. Anyway long story short while i was catching up on my charting family came up to ask for water I asked the clerk to grab some for them then 5 mins later patient called and specifically asked for me as soon as I got to the room patient's family asked why I didn't get them the water and I had to ask someone else to do it for me since I was just sitting down in the desk not doing anything. I swear to GOD!! I did not yell, cussed or ffff them but I tried to explain honestly in a NOT SO NICE (meaning Ive had had it!) manner that she is not my only patient (i was running back and forth bet 3), i am not the only one in the whole unit that is responsible for getting them water and that even though im just sitting in the desk doesnt mean that Im not doing anything. I was actually charting my 12 noon assessment at 3pm!??!! The point of the story is that arent we nurses humans too? We get tired (all the time), we get hurt, we have feelings too. How come all we hear from management and even CMS is customer service. It just feels like we are slaves in this profession. We all hear about patients rights but how about us NURSE's rights from management abuse, from patients? The only consolation I had from a very distressing shift was when one of my 3 pt's bought me a whole box of cupcakes because I told her that its my birthday tom ( which true). I know not all patients are bad, most i would say are good and appreciative of the care that we give but what do we do with those that deliberately treat like subhumans? I dont think that being sick gives patients the right to mean. Just saying.

Hi Kijana! Im in the process of starting a hospice company too with some help from my co-worker who is a Hospice consultant. We have our hospice se up in LA already so were just waiting for JAHCO for licensing. From my experience its going to be atleast 2 years before you can recoup your investments. Anyway I try not to pay too much attention to people who tell me its risky. Its true that everything has its risks but Id rather take the risk of starting something that might work than be stuck being an employee forever and regret not doing anything about it.

I just received my report unfortunately i need to do a revision on it. According to my rubric score i mostly got "competent" and "highly competent" but two "unsatisfactory" . I was expecting this since its my first time writing a paper anyway. Took 3 days before i got my result though.

I just submitted my first assessment. Its been two days and im still in the qeue 260. It looks like its gonna be a long wait

I like you "TheCommuter", i wish i have a real life classmate like you! lol! Anyway I will try that technique. Wish me luck! :)

Hi everyone! I just started my program this Jan 2016 for MSN -Leadership and Management. I just wanted to vent that I feel somewhat lost, i dont know where to start, there seemed to be an endless amount of reading pointless articles that needed to be read. Although i still have a full month to work on my paper i can already feel panic settling in. Any of you guys have tips on how you tackled this papers? And study tips/techniques. I guess anything would help. Thanks!

Hi! I feel like Im in limbo lately and I need a little bit of advice. Im turning 30 this year, I have this feeling that I might not want what Im doing right now. I work in county hospital with great benefits, free medical insurance, retirement accounts etc.. I also work with a lot of older nurses who are retiring in the next 5-10 years. My question is am I crazy to quit a very stable job, with great benefits etc.. I just have this feeling of " I don't want to wait for retirement to enjoy my life!". I don't want to be attached to a job just because of its benefits, retirement etc. No offense to everyone who worked 25-30 years as nurse. I love being a nurse but i just feel like i don't want to lead the same life as everyone else (work 3 12's + extra job then stay at a job for 30 years then hopefully reap the benefits of diligently putting money for retirement.)

I used to work in a SNF and I'd wear Koi Giraffe printed scrubs, our residents would call me "little giraffe" since I'm only 5 feet tall.