stealth rn

Malicious gossip IS bullying!

I think we've worked together! I once worked at an institution from noon to half past midnight. We had to "break" the day nurses so they got their 30 minute lunch and 2 -15 minute breaks. They never gave breakes to the evening or swing nurses. We would work from noon to 10p before we'd get a break.Yes, management gives in to the day shift because the day shift if there to whinge all day at them. Meanwhile, I work the night shift because: I'm awake anyway; I like the lack of politics; I like the lack of gossip; I get to spend more time with the patients that need care.I hate managers who got promoted to management because they don't like patient care and/or they are lazy and/or they are beloved by management because they will insist nurses follow guidelines that are not in the best interest of the patient (but do swell the bottom line).I don't like managers who don't have high professional expectations of their staff and who don't support their staff when under pressure. I have seen good nurses thrown uder the bus by by managers over and over again. Especially in positions with the state. I hate administrators who don't question low staff morale or high turnover and continue rewarding managers who don't support their people. I once worked at a hospital where an entire three shifts of workers demanded a transfer from a unit after a particular nurse was made the supervisor of that unit. That's almost 30 people who refused to work with a new supervisor because she was so abusive! No one said a thing in upper management and I saw that woman drive good nurses out and harm patient care. I don't like healthcare providers who don't hold themselves to the highest professional standards. Don't divulge confidential patient information. Don't mislead or misinform or outright lie to your patients and their families. Don't tell people you will call them back and then ignore them. If you don't like patient care, change professions. Don't inflict emotional or physical pain on the helpless in your passive aggressive pettiness.Respect isn't earned, it is due. It is due to every other person we meet. When we are in positions that give us power over how comfortable, healthy, and functional our patients are, we have an even greater responsibility to respect our patient's rights to autonomy, self determination, informed consent, and appropriate levels of care. It harms patient confidence and morale when we are disrespectful to them or others, including fellow staff. I hate the profit driven industry that comprises healthcare. Early medical researchers didn't get filthy rich, nor did they expect to, when they discovered penicllin, smallpox vaccines, etc. I hate that we don't have enough nurses, aides, housekeepers, dietary,etc., to have a more patient focused environment in our hospitals and SNFs. Instead of understaffed facilities funneling money to investors why not pay caregivers more and increase staffing levels? I have been a nurse 20+ years, it's been my second career and I have loved it. I am looking at a third career. Any suggestions?

As an agency nurse I catch this a lot. I ask them if they would feel better f I left and they could handle the patients on their own. That usually ends the conversation.

" Rather keep your legs closed or get on birth control, aborting a child's life over your lack of responsibility and good judgement will never be right. Accepted sure, right? never... Access and affordability?? Birth control is cheap and easily located throughout the world... If you don't want a child, then RESPONSIBILITY dictates that you prevent the pregnancy, not abort it because you were too lazy, irresponsible, etc to do so in the beginning..." Wow. Please don't ever work with sexually abused women or children. Please, this is cruel and judgmental.

I get so mad I am almost tongue tied when patients are in unrelieved pain and the caregivers, nurses and MDs aren't actively trying to make the patient more comfortable. It doesn't matter how many times I've brought up all the studies showing patients recover faster with fewer poor outcomes if their pain is managed. I don't understand the resistance I see to proper pain management. I started out in peds and the parents drove me nuts. I love kids but I was going to end up in prison if I kept working in that field.