bluenurse85

I was asleep that day after a night shift. For some reason, I woke up about an hour early & couldn't get back to sleep. So I got up, decided to watch Oprah & have some coffee before I started getting ready for work. When I turned on the TV...

I actually read something like this in the paper once. This single mom was living in a place with very poor/limited heat & had to put cotton in the kids' ears at night. Supposedly the roaches would go into their ears for the warmth. Worst thing...

Especially with the pt's history, those symptoms are suspicious & nothing to fool around with. She needed to see a doctor & you saw that she did. The suits n heels have no idea what it's like taking care of & being responsible for pts. ...

Yep, & these are the first ones who will kiss management's butt-I've seen it hundreds of times. Ooops, I thought I hit "quote". This is in response to post #5 on the first page of the thread. Sorry!

I would agree with the poster who said networking. Nurses you work with have guy friends, neighbors, brothers & male nurses have buddies. You might do better with somebody who also works nontypical hours, like an EMT, fireman, policeman, waiter...

I think you called it in the very last sentence-Suits & Heels have NO respect for our time-or US.

Many years ago, I worked with a male nurse who started a relationship wit. h a pt. I'm assuming he had enough sense to wait until that pt. was discharged to refer to her as his SO. If memory serves me, it was more her doing, coming up to the hospit...

I think Larry3373 called it. We already know this woman is a snitch & she's probably an ###kisser too. She has friends in management so nothing will change. You're SO much better than that.

I do all kinds of horrible stuff, but the most dangerous is probably sun worshipping without sunscreen. I love coffee, drink gallons of it & get a horrible headache if I don't have it. Also love anything salty/greasy, red licorice & cookie d...

Pt. with a blood sugar of 29, totally awake & alert, asymptomatic. He said "I thought it might be a little low. I was going to ask to have it checked next time somebody came in."

A good many of these patients have a stash of junk food the family brings them or the family enables them in some other way. One Xmas Eve, I had a new admission-a pt. w/a BKA. She was also legally blind, on hemodialysis, serious neuropathy and had C...

Sounds like she is insecure and very possessive of that pt. Also sounds like to the CM & the parents, she's the coolest thing since popsicles. Bottom line, she is the one with the problem. I'd just agree with her to shut her up, then forget abo...

I've only ever heard of giving two weeks' notice for a staff nurse position. Maybe four weeks is a regional thing?

I've never seen or heard of this happening but it doesn't sound too good to me. I would have to agree with the others who state to cut your losses & go. Sounds like this place has all kinds of management & communication issues. As to taking...

I would just ignore them. If they are such hot shots, why couldn't they get the IV started? Sometimes it's hard to be willing to help out because of crap like this, but I tell myself I'm doing it for the pt. & the gossips/snitches can go blow.

I have a different reason to not pick up shifts. I worked quite a few extra shifts last year. Forward to tax time this year & I got my butt kicked by the Feds, being single with no dependents. Years I didn't pick up many extra shifts, made le...

I agree with the others that it sounds like you're depressed, which is making everything seem negative. I've been there. I can't say enough for therapy and/or medication. Also hope you'll make an appointment to see your PCP-sounds like you're a v...

There have been a couple of pts on police hold in our facility, but it's been years. One had stolen a car, hit a pedestrian & killed them. The cops knew he did it because there were witnesses. This got really complicated because the pt. was ac...

Very cool! Had to have me those rainbow ones with the peace symbol & heart.

I make the pants into cutoffs to wear around the house, mow the lawn, etc. Old lab jackets are really good for working in the garden, pulling weeds, etc-you don't get all itchy or bitten up by mosquitos. Plus you have pockets to stick stuff in.

Oh MAN! I second every single thing everybody has posted. Report drives me nuts, too. Some things I really love: How the previous nurse tells you in intricate detail how bad her day sucked then two hours into your shift, you find out somebody was ...

Assembling in the school gym for space shots. Giving up candy for Lent & no meat on Fridays. Most homes had one B&W TV, one rotary phone, families had one car-some families didn't have a car. Some families didn't have a telephone either so t...

This thread has really caused me to rethink my position on some issues. I feel horrible that so many of my sister-nurses who posted on here are disabled in one way or another. What I know for sure is I will not complain as readily about how tired I...

Service cats will: 1. Clean your aquarium-ditto, your birdcage. 2. Water & fertilize your plants. 3. Sort your trash. 4. Rearrange your pillows, throw rugs, etc. 5. Function as a "green" electric blanket. Seriously, I've never heard of "...

I guess every place has a nurse like that because we have one, too. Lazy, lies her way out of stuff, b!tches nonstop. Also roams around the units to find somebody willing to listen to her. One night I was on the hall charting on my WOW when I saw h...