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@ ~PedsRN~, BSN It sounds like you need a vacay.

Are deodorants allowed in patient rooms like Renuzit?

It's a matter of decorum- Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety. Excuse yourself from others or take beano. I'm very happy that I don't work this person.

Absolutely.

You all are missing the point here. We have all felt jilted by hospital mgnt. If anything, this post wasn't for anyone to gang up against a fellow nightingale but to allow venting of what was felt as a slight from management. I'm done.

@ springchick, I almost thought your post was one of understanding until I read the last sentence. Do you advise your patients to suck it up as well? Ha! It never ceases to amaze me at how 'compassioNot' nightingales have become. Interesting one....

@ Jory, I wished you had called the media but doing so would have placed you in an unfavorable way with your employer. All is not lost; there's a valuable take away... always put your safety first and don't expect very much from management because at...

Well there you go!

I've called the Licensing and Regulating Body in my State before. I'm not sure if that's an option where you are or perhaps if its something the Union at your place of employment can look into.

Mutual respect goes along way.

@ Steelerfan502 ..."(And of course the administrators- many of whom have never been nurses- that are all about keeping everything moving, moving, moving, $, $, $!)...Pt safety should come first, but our hospitals are way beyond that at this point.".....

Some managers don't offer an apology at all.

@ Ellie G ..." Report at my hospital unfortunately can be contentious."... Interesting...

This is a good outcome.

Smart move on your part!

Although I can appreciate the challenges around ED nursing, the solution shouldn't exclude best practice(s) as its in the interest of both patient safety and best practice to give bedside handoff. This What the research says and hospital Management n...

Let it go for now but document it in your own personal notebook of incidents for future referencing in the event something like this happens again. Perhaps it's just that your mgr was off her game that day or she maybe brash and it's her style of man...

I believe best practice has gone to bedside reporting; Therefore, ED should just bring the patient up if the bed's ready and give a bedside handoff.

@ Birdy2, ..."Then the nurse finally said she thought he had meningitis and to just wear a mask. Ugh..." A serious breach in infection control measures occurred for sure. There is simply no getting around putting other patients and fellow nightengale...

It's really sad that you were pushed out after 3 months. For a new nurse, you should not have been expected to hit the floor running after 3 months in a specialized unit like PCU. How ridiculous, but this is typical behavior of how it goes in the nur...

I'm sorry for your loss but take as long as you need for yourself. I remember that heartbreak experience but you'll get through this ordeal. While all is still fresh, try to update y references because it's not the end of the world for you. (hugs)

Med Surg vs Peds experience for NICU? I'd think Peds is the precursor / prerequisite for working with little human beings...not Med Surg.

Nursing and it's Petty politics.... what does her user name have to do with her Question? Not relevant and very petty.

It appears that hiring cheaper labor is the priority. You can hang on since you have seniority in that facility and wade the waters out... but be proactive and look for part time, per diem, and or agency work in that specialty... Just food for though...