SisterofMary replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing
I really appreciate this article because it resonates deeply with my experience as a New Graduate. I started out in a sub-acute/long-term care center for children. It was a "cushy" job in hind-sight. I worked nights and I was eager to get into a hos...
Every so often at our facility we come across patients who are evaluated by our psychiatrist and deemed "incompetent to make decisions." These patients can sometimes be alert and oriented or alert and confused. Typically they are patients who have an...
SisterofMary replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing
Nurse Beth...this would be awesome. I wish this were the case. However, I feel like, at least in my facility, the nurse that comes in no matter how fatigued, how tired, how sick, is the nurse that is revered and is being a "team player." And the nurs...
SisterofMary replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing
Thank you to all who commented on this thread. Everyone provided some food for thought and argued both sides... I don't know if I can say that as a nurse I am equal to a doctor in terms of years of study and salary...although I suspect that doesn't a...
SisterofMary replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing
True. I mean I guess it is okay to be a subordinate. I think I over estimated the role of the nurse as like I said in nursing school as much as we are the patient's advocate/first line of defense, it doesn't always feel that way in actuality.
SisterofMary replied to klone's topic in Headlines
Pretty sure that the way they went about it is wrong and illegal in many ways...she was forced to assume risk of the patient but not going to even see them?