I hear you and I empathize. I always made myself available to new nurses on teh floor due to my first experiences. Sad state of affairs. It will haunt you and to ban you... there are places in teh...
Insurance companies are hiring sometimes enmasse for positions. Several now have case management available. This can be good for nurses who have physical limitations due to injuries acquired on the...
Wondering if this is happening at work. I am an older nurse and I am appalled and angry about staff using their cellphones at work. I have found staff in patient bathrooms, h iding in bathrooms, and...
It was a bad day, on top of my plantar fasciitis, being in charge, people calling in like usual on a Sunday Morning (though never held responsible), I had a 12 hour shift in front of me. I took Vital...
Out of fear of not being able to take care of my own children, I sucked it up. I was bullied, harrassed, taken advantage of, overworked, missed holidays with my kids,tried to sleep summer days when...
I did ask for help, it was so busy no one had time. I hung a heparin bag mislabeled on to an epidural. TWO sets of eyes may have caught it. So glad no one got hurt, and the LPNS I have worked with...
I did ask for help, it was so busy no one had time. I hung a heparin bag mislabeled on to an epidural. TWO sets of eyes may have caught it. So glad no one got hurt, and the LPNS I have worked with...
I got written up once because I had an abcess tooth (From not being able to get a timely appt with a dentist) and I called in sick one hour before my shift started because that's when the pain got bad...
In answer to many questions: Yes we make mistakes. Do we get fired? Yes. Even with unions. If the hospital deems that an action or mistake cost them money in any way shape or form, such as in this...
I worked over 22 years and five at a big hospital. I hung a bag on a patient and did not follow protocol since our floor was just soo busy; I was in charge, had a preceptee, a new nurse on the...