friggasdistaff

I absolutely love my job and feel very fortunate to work at an amazing hospital. Two weeks ago I finally went to my Gynecologist for abnormal bleeding. (a problem that I've been actively ignoring for a while now.) I had surgery a few days ago, and am...

45-60 minutes one way. I use the commute to mentally prepare/decompress.

Had all four out while in college, under conscious sedation. I did it over a long weekend, and threw up once. Took narcotics for a few days, and my Mom was diligent about switching our the ice packs. (I think she felt bad, she had told a surgeon I di...

Wow! I had a lap chole myself last month. I was in and out of the hospital in about six hours.

I wonder if the poster is fully aware of what a HUC actually does. When you expect me to 'take care' of the patient's 'fluffier' needs, I am missing the call from the specialist who I've paged three times. I can't get your patient a Ginger Ale and pr...

I'll start using all scent free products, as soon as my patients stop smoking. Some nights I come home from the ER smelling worse than when I worked in a bar in college!

'Others have a different approach, I've noticed, especially phlebotomy. The patient needs only to shake the head once, and the phoebes are outta there so fast with a perfunctory call to the nurse. But, then again, they'll use any excuse to skip draws...

I'm having surgery soon and just discovered a former instructor who was fired from my school is now working at the hospital I'll be using. Is there anyway I can make sure she is unable to access my records? We live in a small town and this person is ...

I work in the ER and while I would absolutely take my kids or a loved one to my ER, I don't seek treatment there. I know I would receive excellent care. I just feel weird about being treated by a doctor I work that closely with daily. To me it stretc...

So sorry for the typo in the title. HIPAA not HIPPA. I've had the worlds longest day, still no excuse for not editing.

Wait a second it starts with d, da, do, dill, dilaudid. That's it!

If you work on a floor with mostly women employees you should be putting the seat down each and every time. Your lack of respect over such a simple courtesy could easily spill out on to the floor politics. Your lack if courtesy will make it very ha...

Called into the director's office because I refused to violate HIPPA. After the director found out I was correct, she told me I was right not to give out the information out, but I didn't need to be rude or hang up on the caller. After the initial ca...

The problem is where do you plan on holding these patients? I work in a small ER, we don't have room for patients to 'recover' from pain medications and also lack the staff to monitor for this length of time. If a patient doesn't have a ride they are...

Welcome to the tech/student club. I'd recommend finding nurses who don't mind questions. I've got a couple of nurses who never miss a teachable moment, and I'm so grateful for that. The only downside is that you will be learning how they do things in...

Actual conversation last week Lab: Did you draw the blood for pt x's lab orders. HUC: Sorry, those labs were ordered after that patient had already gone to ICU. (after I spend several minutes looking up info on a patient not on our board) Lab: Can yo...

This sounds so sketchy. Have you double checked the phone number provided on the letterhead with the number listed on the website? This could all be a scam to collect personal information.

At my ER patients do not receive pain medication until a DD arrives and checks in with the nurse. The only exception is when it is obvious that a patient will be staying for longer than six hours after. I've seen them take the keys of a patient who w...

I just had a written complaint because I asked the parents of a two year old to stop let her playing with the ER call light after she had set it off numerous times. They didn't like my 'tone.' I really didn't like that they were so involved with thei...

11pm on the fourth of July had a man in his early 70's present with an ingrown hair on his face. No swelling, no pain, no attempt to remove it himself!

What doesn't make sense to me is that this student who is here illegally was selected for medical school instead of an American Citizen or someone with a student visa.

So does my cat!

We've got a Mother-Son combo that comes in about every three weeks. His chief complaint is always that he has been assaulted and Mom always has back pain. I'm personally beginning to believe that Mom throws her back out beating on her twenty somethin...

Just a question. If you answer 'no' aren't you committing perjury on a legal document? If you relapse the BON might not be as apt to give you a second chance based on your earlier false statement.

I attend nursing school in NC, and I'd recommend contacting the BON and your school. If you have felonies on your record there is a high likelihood you won't pass the criminal background check for clinical sites or be allowed to sit for boards. At le...