justavolunteer

I had jobs in a different field than healthcare. I always figured it was good to go without shooting flame or just walking away. Once, my company was taken over by someone else & I decided pretty quickly to find another job. I gave notice &...

I would say as 'justavolunteer' that there is a job ranking in the sense that RN's have to get a doctor's order for many things. However, that does NOT mean that a physician is God & the nurse is a doormat. Nurses rightfully raise concerns with...

The only time I could see doing such an assignment is for a dementia patient, so the staff person wouldn't get such grief. Otherwise, the choice should be 1.) you get who you get or 2.) we'll be glad to point you to the front door.

This was a phone call I heard as 'justavolunteer' once. To start, one day I showed up to volunteer. Every few minutes, the overhead page was "Dr.X, call 1234", "Dr X, call 7890", lots of different numbers. Finally, a nurse on my unit needed Dr. X...

How about having enough nurses for the type of unit + enough support staff (CNA's) for the needed help. The good news is that I'm really appreciated as a volunteer. The bad news is that there aren't enough RN's & CNA's on my unit for the work l...

I am 'justavolunteer' on a patient unit. I think a new job in any field has the potential to cause a person to feel overwhelmed at first. This is especially true of nursing because the stress level is so high. Also, unsafe staffing levels, unreali...

I am 'justavolunteer'. I have volunteered more than one place in my life. Practically the first thing I was told each time is to stay away from politics or religion. Two very incendiary subjects.

Obviously not the same when you're 'justavolunteer', but I have walked in to have charge nurse & clerk both say "thank goodness you're here". It will busy for me & probably a day from hell for the staff. Other times I've come in to see a wh...

I have had outpatient procedures myself & so has my wife. The pre-procedure instructions generally say "responsible person has to come with you, stay during procedure, then drive you home. No person with you = we don't do the procedure".

Entering ANY career field hoping to meet a spouse would be a really bad idea (my opinion). If you do, that's nice. But what if you actually hate your chosen field? Hopes & dreams won't necessarily make up for lots of miserable days or nights.

As a volunteer, occasionally I've volunteered on a day when I'm not usually there. Someone inevitably asks why I'm there. I will say "but I'm always here on Wednesday (when it's actually Thursday). There's usually the deer-in-the-headlights look b...

I am 'justavolunteer' & sometimes I help the staff on my unit turn patients who need to be cleaned up. Volunteers don't necessarily need to, but I figure I'm there to help, so I do. I remember once I was helping a student (now an RN) do this. ...

!. I am 'justavolunteer' on a pt. unit. Everyone, where I volunteer, including volunteers, is required to get the vaccine. I have a bigger concern about the flu itself, rather than the vaccine, especially as I get older. The hospital allows exemp...

Even as 'justavolunteer', I can figure out pretty quickly about pts. who are hitting their call button constantly for every little thing. Those are the people who will have someone in there 'eventually', whether it's me or a staff member. I do some...

I am 'justavolunteer' & once a pt even complained about ME! He had been hollering all morning (on a weekend) about having to wait for his tests. He finally went AMA (said "I have to be elsewhere NOW!). I wheeled him out & half way to the d...

The last time I got one of those, a lot of the questions were 'did the nurse always do immediately?' or 'did someone always show up immediately when you hit the call light?'. Well of course not! You don't always get immediate service at the grocer...

I am 'justavulunteer' on a pt unit. I have had patients tell me "You're the only one who does anything around here". (I stock gloves, pass out water, etc., so the pts may see more of me at times). I just tell them, "Trust me, the nurses do plenty ...

I have been 'justavolunteer' long enough that I have helped turn pts. that need to be cleaned up, repositioned, etc. I have also helped wheel deceased pts. (on a covered cart) down to the morgue Most volunteers don't want to get anywhere near such...

I am 'justavolunteer'. The hospital I volunteer at was magnet for 3 years & recently dropped it. They have recently announced layoffs, reduced, more pts. per nurse & CNA etc. A big part of magnet is asking nurses how they feel about their ...

I am 'justavolunteer' who is probably older than many of the nurses, so I grew up in a totally different time. Generally, the students here have the instructor continually roaming on the unit. They can't goof off when that happens. On the other ha...

'Labor dispute' means the nurses are currently on strike somewhere, or about to be. They want you as a strikebreaker if the strike happens. You may be called a 'temporary worker' or some such, but strikebreaker is what you would be.

The problem with most discussions about ANYTHING are words like 'all' and 'every'. If someone says "it ALWAYS rains on a day I want to have a picnic", it probably doesn't, even if it happened a lot recently. If someone says "ALL women are _____ or ...

I am 'justavolunteer' on a pt. unit. The policy where I am is that if something is not on a patient's diet, the kitchen will not send it. Most patients accept the fact (the kitchen will suggest alternates when the patient orders). However, there a...

I am 'justavolunteer' on a pt. unit. I don't get paid for that, but still, I would consider it rude to be on a cell phone while with a patient. The focus of everyone there is supposed to be on THEM, not US. My cell is off while I'm there. The rar...

I have a slightly different perspective on this because I am 'justavolunteer' on a pt unit. I have noticed that most nursing students are eager to learn & glad to help out. (The troublesome students usually end up with unwelcome attention from ...