Lad345

I've lurked on this board for about a year now, pretty much since I got caught diverting and fired from my job at a hospital. I just wanted to post my story for anyone that might be searching for hope, understanding, and solidarity. I know that readi...

Any nurse/person that spends their time talking down about another specialty and how they're "not real nurses" can kick rocks. Honestly, get a hobby. This sort of thing, the "nurses eat their young" trope, or "new nurses disrespect veterans" stereot...

I know right now it feels terrible, but just know the onus is not on you entirely. I don't know your specific policies, but where I am the lab draws are done at 0400, so that they are available for MD review when the medical teams arrive between 0600...

I use a few different things, depending on the severity of the belligerence. If I'm delayed by something serious and the floor is too busy for a coworker to help me out, I'll go in quickly, apologize for the delay using an even and uninflected tone, ...

What you're experiencing does happen often, to a lot of nurses. Don't give up on nursing if you really want this, over one job. I think it's a bit unfair to write you off and say you don't belong, or that you're not cut out for it. Healthcare has its...

You should have probably told him to hold that thought, went to wherever your supplies were, and came back with a fresh blanket, some warm milk, and a few Graham crackers. Then sit him down and ask him how being scheduled makes him feel. I'm from th...

If you do not like nurses, why are you on a website called AllNurses? We coordinate all interdisciplinary care and advocate for pts. We have to put out fires and make sure people are doing their part for the care plan. We are watching everything and ...

A place where the people taking care of you appear greater than human, larger than life, infallible figures Have to stop you right there. That would not only be a blatant lie but a dangerous, creepy goal. We're NOT infallible. And, no, patients shoul...

I don't know, I think allowing staff to treat the station as a reprieve as well as a central area to chart and monitor is something that depends on the floor. There's a culture of hyper-connectedness in healthcare now. That's great for patient outco...

Goodness, it sounds like you have a very specific chip on your shoulder. It's a bit dramatic to expand your individual experiences to make statements about the field of nursing as a whole. I know disengaged nurses that just punch the clock, and I kn...

Considering the assessment and the patient load you described, I would have done the same as you. I've worked in LTC also, and I've felt the conflict between doing things that are patient-centered and safety-driven vs what's "financially ideal". It s...

Islet. It's not that the word disgusts me or anything, it's just that I cannot, for the life of me, say it correctly with any consistency. I -know- how to say it just fine; it's not even that it's difficult for me to pronounce from a phonetic standpo...

1. Personality is definitely a big factor. I'm not a schmoozer myself, and I'm rather introverted by nature, but I can be pleasant and conversational. That's really the minimum I feel, just develop a few points of innocuous small talk. Unfortunately,...

No, this is very different. She received the goods for the currency she spent in your scenario. The school isn't going to take her books from her because she failed. She had the ability to be in lecture and take tests. Those experiences/items were pr...

This just doesn't sound kosher to me. The fact that a donation of her pin is possible hints that buying one wasn't mandatory. I cannot imagine it's legal to withhold the property she bought, if no prior agreement was signed. These pins/caps usually c...

I really want to hug you. I've been there, a few times. I've seen my family in my patients several times. It's good that you are cognizant of that though, we're only human. It's denial about it effecting you that can get you in trouble. The worst thi...

It reads like it was clarification that you're staff not family. Don't ever say something like "excuse me" to a coworker like an indignant child. That's rude and unprofessional. Maybe he or she was being dismissive below the surface, but based on wha...

If you've had a good employment there and you are forthright with your employer, no, I don't think you'll look bad. If it truly worries you, once you begin interviewing , you could speak with your superior in private. I feel that's a good move, so t...

Something I've also noticed is inadequate maintenance. Get more things involved earlier. Take advantage of synergists and adjuvants in the realm of pain; we've got more options than just opioids. Yeah, dilaudid will relieve them but I've had pts s...

Where I live, I feel OK with my meds. My pts are specialized sx: Whipples, Islet auto transplants, fem-pops, flaps, liver lobectomies, some pancs/choles, stepdown level s/p CABGSs, aneurysm repairs, and wound washouts. I set up buv/epi epidurals, d...

Im curious how that arm got broken. Such bizarre, creepy behavior. This man sounds like he is a domestic abuser, with a sick propensity for targeting women. He bro's it up with security one minute, then lurks around you like a deranged maniac the nex...

No, you're right, her situation is far from hopeless. She's got everything before her. With or without that guy. There's something emotionally-defeating having partner that basically meets your struggling with hurdles with a dismissive "don't complai...

Honestly? Ask me after I get report for a shift. Hahaha. Some days are insane, some just crawl by. It's up to my patients' conditions, honestly. But even a single patient can surprise you. I MET'd a patient because I suspected, and later confirmed p...

If it were me, I think I'd apply left and right to nursing jobs out there and schedule myself for interviews, so that I could go out to visit him a few times first before moving and also check out jobs. Set up some interviews to do while out there. Y...

In no circumstance should anyone be screaming at you, I don't care if he or she had six extra letters after MD, nor should other nurses be pushing you aside from your own patients. My first job out of school, I worked in LTC with some mean-spirited ...