ChristyLS

I work in a rural hospital and when a pt enters the ER, they are directly in the middle of it. We don't have a triage desk and end up putting people in our rooms as they arrive. Families/friends of our pt's tend to think that this is an outing. They always bring as many people as they can, and then think that they ALL need to be in the room with the pt. It is very hard to manouver around the crowds and no one ever lets the pt speak. I love the idea of the stickers and locked doors. Whatever happened to the day when children under 12 et visitors coming/going at all hours of the night were not allowed? This is ridiculous!

i can completely emphathize c you. i worked for 2 years in a level one trauma center in the pediatric unit. after much thought, i decided to move back "home." i am a single parent c a 7 year old son. i started working at our local hospital- small, rural, and maybe 45 beds. i quickly learned that these people would eat their young. on my first day, i orientated on dayshift and learned that the adon was caught stealing lortab. they did not press charges and tried to find a position for her, but she eventually left. i then went to night shift and was on my own, which was fine. however i became aware of the fact that my coworks were "testing" me. i got every admission and no one helped including the cna. i have been there for 2 years now and it is a struggle every day i have to go to work. there was a time that i would get called into the adon's office every time i came to work for stupid crap. while other people were bolusing pt with 3 %, or inserting a suppository into the rectum of a pt with a stoma. i am always willing to come in extra, take call or switch my schedule around to help out others. we have to work the floor and as rn's, do ob and er. i have worked nights were i am the only rn in the hospital c lpn's. they had a gn who couldn't pass her boards taking pt and charting. it is crazy. i love my profession, but seriously. it is a fight between the adon and the night shift supervisor constatley. all the managers have their favorites and i don't make the list c any of them. so what i am trying to say is....i feel your pain!

I am currently a nsg student in KS and all I want to do is forensic nsg. I really want to do death investigation and work for either the police dept or the FBI.My school does not offer any classes in foresics.Any suggestions what I might do. Thanks!