jaderook01 BSN, RN

OP: But the satisfaction of having excellent documentation does help in these situations. I will never forget this incident during my first year of teaching on parent/teacher conference day. We usually had team conferences. Individual conferences o...

This type of argument is called a non sequitur. What it means is that your conclusion that she shouldn't be embarrassed does not logically follow from the argument that she has had her genitals exposed before due to having children. Past that, I thi...

Exactly.

Came here to say pretty much the same thing, but you beat me to it. The only thing I disagree with (as someone who taught middle school for fourteen years) is that nursing is harder/more exhausting. It's exhausting and stressful in a different way th...

That's impressive. Life goals, right there. I recently purged a ton of stuff. I half-@$$ed the Konmari thing. I completely purged all of my teaching stuff- but somehow convinced myself to hold on to a few nursing textbooks. I may have to rethink...

It's rare when I have patients that can walk without assistance to the bathroom. Most of ours either use bedside commodes, bedpans, or are incontinent. If they are a falls risk (and can actually walk), then they are escorted to the bathroom, the doo...

Oh, my word. Having been present when doctors talk to patients, I'm going with they misunderstood what the doctor told them.

It's not you. It was their time. I'm sure you did the best you could.

Do you live in Louisiana or something? That is not a thing, even in Catholic hospitals in my area of the US. What you're describing is completely foreign to me. Also, just wanted to say that it has been fascinating reading everyone's responses on...

Where I work, a heparin bolus is always IV and not subQ. The order will even state it clearly.

There should be a chart in the med room somewhere that tells you the time frame window during which you can give certain meds early or late. However, six hours early is definitely a problem. I think I know what your issue is. When a new medication...

I'm at the point where I document what they state their pain is and then also document what I perceive their pain to be on the faces scale. If they give me half numbers, I round up.

That does sound awful. On my unit we have a rotation. Group A has to work Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Day; Group B has to work Black Friday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve; and you switch off the next year. I already know what h...

Yeah- next time- tell anyone to just take the needed equipment without explaining. It doesn't belong to the patient, anyway. I've taken things I've needed for wall suction out of patient rooms before- only stopping to briefly apologize for botherin...

If I refused to care for every single patient with whom I had moral disagreements, I'd likely rarely work.

Former teacher turned nurse here. You should have been provided with some kind of job contract which states if that is an (emergency) expectation. You need to call the school district's HR department ASAP. Unfortunately, I can tell you that non-tea...

I hear you. One of my male co-workers is harassed by some female nurses that think they are hilarious. One day, I mentioned to them when they were doing it in front of me that it was sexual harassment. He thanked me. It's not okay for anyone to do it...

It's perfectly fine to admit that you don't want to be a nurse and to go pursue what you'd rather be doing. You're never stuck doing any one thing in life. I taught for many years before deciding to become a nurse. I may yet do something else if I e...

If you really think a Catholic hospital is going to push any kind of Catholicism on you, be assured, they will not. You don't have to engage in any kind of religious talk with anyone at work, nor will they attempt to go there or push it on you. This ...

I work on an Intermediate Step Down unit. We have to go to the med room and pull each patient's meds individually. You can't leave meds sitting around, period. If you have to, you place them on the counter in the med room (for a very short period ...

I work on an Intermediate Step Down unit too. I went from nights to days. Days are busier and the pay is less, but I don't regret it. Being able to finally get back on a schedule that suits me makes up for all the hassle.

You win the Internet today. Just saying.

I suppose it depends. I had my psych clinical at the state mental hospital. I came away with the impression that the patients got more violent towards staff than they do in acute care (which is what I currently do). I was not a fan. It killed my ...

I was in my second year of teaching middle school (seventh grade social studies). I was on my planning period, when my friend (another teacher on my team) ran across the hall and told me to turn on the TV in my room. I was horrified. I literally s...

Jeez, I thought my hospital was bad. We have a visitor garage with doctor's parking in it. We also have an employee garage across the street (which is admittedly nicer). They've been cracking down lately but, I admit, I've often parked in the doct...