RN4life74

We have been told that there is no such thing as a "do not admit" patient. We admit EVERY patient that comes in to the ED with a psych issue. Patients who have assaulted our staff- readmitted. Patients who have created chaos by pulling the fire al...

My typical night shift: Listen to report, make rounds on patients. Give prns. Do some documenting in computer. Admit patient or patients from ER. Give prns. Sit at the computer to document the admission for at least an hour. Chart checks. Cor...

All I can say is You Go Girl!!! Take that great sounding trip regardless of any job. You have many years of very hard work ahead of you as an RN. We "work to live" and shouldn't "live to work". Before those babies come along and you're tied to a ...

This is really old timey, I can't even find anyone who remembers this, but when patients had difficulty voiding, we used to put a few drops of spirit of peppermint in the bedpan or urinal to stimulate voiding. It actually worked a lot of the time.

Thanks, mushymash, for putting into print what many, many of us think every day. This is the reality of being a hospital staff nurse.

Thanks for your replies. I'm glad for all of you who work with such great techs. Fortunately. we do have a few of those and we cherish them. I could tell you some things you would not believe about some of ours. Management favors our social work...

Are your techs called "Psychiatric Technicians" or "Psychiatric Counselors"? Are they also CNA's? Is there a huge disparity of workload on your unit between nurses and techs? I ask because this is a problem on our unit. Our "techs" are called "c...

What does your hospital do for nurses for National Nurses Day? Ours essentially does nothing. The day is swallowed up by National Hospitals Week, and nothing is done especially for nurses. Also, they've taken away our cost of living raises. Nice,...

OMG That's exactly what happens where I work!! Your post made me laugh, thanks!

My unit is a hospital psych/detox unit. We deal with vomit, diarrhea, urine, blood, and having various liquids thrown at us. Some of us wear scrubs. I'd never wear street clothes with some of the messes we deal with, plus takedowns. Scrubs are c...

[quote= Most of the night shift are nurses that are pretty much waiting for retirement and don't want to do much or work two jobs. Marc Um, Marc, did you see my post in the other thread? Most night nurses I know do it for the differential$$$. We ...

I completely understand what you are going through. I have done this for 20+ years and I'm sorry to say that it doesn't get better. Please get out while you can. I am very serious about this. My unit is the "dumping ground " of the city. The name...