nursesunny ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN

I had a very confused patient who was at least 20 years my junior. He said "Don't I know you" me-"no sir, I don't think so" him-"yes I do, we went to high school together" me-"oh yes, I remember you".... I also had another patient "nurse can I smoke...

Ignoring in corrections is seen as passive acceptance. Generally actions become more blatant on the part of the inmate and the COs also judge nurses "she must like it because he does it every day and she hasn't complained once." Get enough of that ...

"handol"...Nurse? I don't think so, just nurse bait...

I think this is so funny because people immediately jump to defending the offender. He is essentially visually raping the nurse. Waiting for her to approach, knowing she must come to his cell, looking at her, performing inappropriate acts without h...

Well, maybe it is just her style and if it makes you uncomfortable you wouldn't be a good fit on the team she is a part of. I was in the service as well as have worked in prison so it takes a lot to make me blush but I can say someone uncomfortable ...

Interesting...We had inmates in CA make a ladder from disposed of gloves and catheters...seriously if they just put that ingenuity to good use! But the public at large doesn't realize that even band-aids are regulated....why you ask? Because they m...

THANK YOU!!! I posted recently about the local cops using my mental health unit as a substitute for jailing people for offenses up to attempted murder..."well he said he wants to hurt someone"...yesssss but he took an axe to his 60 year old father.....

Me too!!! but I work per diem in inpatient psych so I am mostly trying to figure out what is a delusion and what is real....

How many times have you heard "It is not what you know but who you know"? How do you think people meet these people who are influential in the career field? They can see "what you know" at work but getting to know people generally means outside fri...

My husband (also a nurse) said they would make an announcement. Something along the lines of "Dr. Survey, Dr. Survey, please call the nurses station. Dr. Survey, please call the nurses station." I laughed so hard because I am pretty sure it was th...

Administrative discharge...

classy...guess all nursing schools are a little rough around the edges, at my nursing school a student was featured on the show Cheaters.

I laughed when I read this... we are all pretty sure they aren't brewing beer at the nursing home...and yes, all of that was bad and wrong, but this part was funny.

8 shifts a month for a PRN??? That is part time, looks like someone is trying to weasel out of paying benefits...

Now, moving on from Fat Tuesday...Just next door we have skinny Wednesday....

The biggest problem in nursing is the focus on patient satisfaction and lack of personal responsibility. We are so scared of bad HCAP scores that we don't hold patient's accountable for their actions. Diabetics eating donuts you say? Must mean that...

If you can deal with inmates corrections isn't as demanding physically but although there are many 6a-2p positions it is staffed 24 hours per day and positions are bid based on seniority. The pay in CA for state prison is amazing with good benefits...

medtonurse, I didn't get as far as you, but I did go to USC's postbacc pre-MD program, took the MCAT (scored very well) and then sat in my own physician's office asking for a thyroid test "I am tired all the time, I just can't focus" turns out it was...

Wow KelRN215, I am the exact opposite. I hate that nursing seems to be the linchpin to every patient interaction. If something goes wrong they can always point to an obscure chart item that the nurse should have put together... What I love about nu...

I work with wildfires, snow, etc. They don't care why I can't get there...The roads were closed due to a mudslide...yes a mudslide....people died, I was still expected at work. Just FYI, I married at 18, was financially "cut off" from my family (wh...

I love that they draw the line at smoking...lolololol....

I see lots of comments about showering. A $50 gym membership gives you a restroom, shower, steam room, pool, etc...just saying...I actually got this tip from a homeless patient who had a stipend he used for a gym membership for just that purpose.

I second that.

Or OP could be a genius... I don't think I would be bored but prison and mental health entertain me with new experiences daily! Just had my first patient with Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease...Like I said new every day...plus great coffee and neve...

I have a similar problem which is compounded by the fact that ED shift changes an hour before the floors. This means that the oncoming nurse takes over the majority of the patient load leaving the offgoing nurse free to clock some OT while calling r...