Exactly 💯 This is why I got so mad. She literally only has 5 experience nurses who can do the job, yet she chose the ones who works hard and barely calls out. How is that fair? The other two...
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I work at a 23 beds cardiac/ stroke step down unit. We recently have a high turnover of nightshift staffing with 4 nurses leaving, 3 of them were charge nurses. There are 5 of...
Are you me? LOL I'm in the same position. We lost 4 nurses in 2 weeks and 3 of them are charge nurse. Now my manager is forcing the remaining experience nurses to be charge. We don't want to do it. I...
Just found out that the PT was stabilized in my unit, then was sent to cardiac cath in the afternoon. He had cardiac cath and post cath that's when he coded. This happened at a different sister...
The dose was metoprolol 25 mg and when the medication was given his HR was in low 100s. Throughout his stay, pt did not have bradycardia. Also, I even asked the ICU PA if they will take him as we...
That is a red flag, I worked at a stepdown unit and our max is 5 pts. I would try to wait it out until you get another job. Management always lies just so that they can hire you, so it is not...
Background story: Received a pt who came up to the unit (progressive care unit/ telemetry) an hour before start of shift. He came in with NSTEMI, was on hep gtt, Venturi mask (non compliant with home...
Respiratory were on top with him, they were giving him medications, breathing treatments, suctioning him, but the mucus is inside the chest, he just could not cough it up. He has been given...
Just had a baby 3 days ago, did you guys use paid parental leave and short term disability concurrently?? My hospital policy offers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. I've been approved for 6 weeks,...
I've been a nurse for almost 5 years and this was my first Code Blue on my patients.
Quick hx on my pt who coded, he is a dialysis pt, anuric. He came in for GI bleed. MD r/o that it's possibly...
I found out that the reason why they did not take this patient was because they were short staffed in the ICU and since he was "sort of stabilized" that they did not want to keep him yet
My little background: I work in a progressive care unit/telemetry. I've been working at my hospital for about 5 months. I have been a nurse for about 5 years mostly working in subacute rehab then have...
I just started working in a telemetry/step-down ICU unit. It has been 2 weeks post orientation I'm not a new nurse but it is my first time working at a hospital setting. I had a pt who was admitted...
I would probably do some self-evaluation and ask myself why I failed the first and second time. Sometimes, you know why and you have the answer to that question. I would suggest to never give up. I...