Springdaisy04

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1. Being written up

   Springdaisy04 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was written up for something that happened over a week ago. One of my patients who suffered a stroke and is not able to move her arms and legs very well and has difficulty with speech asked me call her husband one night. I dialed the number for he...

2. Understaffing

   Springdaisy04 replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Geriatric

   You are absolutely right? It is too my? Even 20 patients is too much in my opinion. I have complained many times and so have other nurses? They just do not care. On top of that we never have enough supplies to work. It is very disorangized. I think I...

3. Understaffing

   Springdaisy04 replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Geriatric

   You are right about that. Thanks for the input. I know what to do next time. I'll be sure not to make that mistake again.

4. Understaffing

   Springdaisy04 posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hi I am a registered nurse at an LTC facility in Irvington NJ. I am writing because I need to vent about a recent event that took place. For the pass 4 months we have been severly understaffed in the subacute unit. We are supposed to have three nurse...

5. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   Springdaisy04 replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Safety

   I am very proud of you for doing the right thing. We nee to report medical errors for the safety of the patients. I too was bullied for reporting a med error. I remember working at a LTC facility in Orange NJ. The nurses there had some dangerous prac...

6. Caring for a patient not assigned to you

   Springdaisy04 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi I just need to vent. There was an incident that happened with regard to a patient that needed to go to the bathroom. This was at a long term care facility that I worked at. This patient was awake,alert and oriented x 3. It was in a subacute unit. ...

7. Nursing and practices that are not safe

   Springdaisy04 posted a topic in Safety

   I am a registered nurse and I work in a LTC facility. I have some practices to me that are not safe. For example, there is one instance I member that involved levemir, long acting insulin. I was always taught that you never hold long acting insulin ...

8. Why do some nurses like to whine and complain i

   Springdaisy04 posted a topic in Professionalism

   I am a registered a nurse and I work in a long term care facility. I noticed that some nurses like to whine and complain. I remember at a previous job I worked at, also in a LTC facility that there were certain nurses that like to complain. One nurse...

9. Help with Major CNA Problems

   Springdaisy04 replied to JSBoston's topic in Relations

   I feel your pain. I am a registered nurse and mostly work at LTC facilities. I deal with lazy cnas all the time. Some of them are very negligent and don' t really care about their patients. It makes me wonder why they entered health care in the first...

10. Why is it that nurses always report other nurses?

    Springdaisy04 replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Relations

    It was in a longterm care facility. I was talking about 2 managers from the same workplace not two different workplaces.

11. Why is it that nurses always report other nurses?

    Springdaisy04 replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Relations

    As a new nurse starting out of course you are going to make mistakes. The DON had the habit of correcting me in front of others and yelling at me for every mistake I made. I remember crying often. She made feel like I was a complete failure. One mang...

12. Why is it that nurses always report other nurses?

    Springdaisy04 posted a topic in Relations

    Why is it that nurses are always reporting other nurses. Nurses have gotten fired over it. I myself got fired because of nurses reporting on me and telling lies on me. I had the don from hell at my first job. She would yell at me and humiliate me in ...