Sour Lemon

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    When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    Sour Lemon replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I usually let them rattle on while I give vague, dumb, non-committal, "I was just born yesterday" types of responses. If they insist on pushing me for an opinion, then I'll let them know it's an off...
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    Employee of the month?

    Sour Lemon replied to BillieReuben's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen that too, and it was fun for some people. It also had some people crying and running away from their work stations. When "Nurse A" writes out thank yous to nurses b, c, and d, but...
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    Employee of the month?

    Sour Lemon replied to BillieReuben's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen these types of things go well. Either they make people angry, they make people sad, or they make people laugh (that's me). I would stick with things that can be evenly applied. The...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Sour Lemon replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like our managers do actually try. That makes all the difference. We used to have good staffing, so I'm looking for a light at the end of the
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    If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

    Sour Lemon replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    @Catalin Good luck. They are moving non-bedside staff to the bedside in my area. I get the stress, but if you're working loads of overtime and can't pay your bills, then how did you pay them...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Sour Lemon replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has been hiring a lot of CNAs, too. It's not enough to keep up with the demand, though. Some of them quit in a hurry once they realize what they've gotten themselves
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Sour Lemon replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    The patients didn't actually come that time, but I'm sure it will happen eventually. I thank you for the compliment, anyway.
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Sour Lemon replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working in the "clean" med surg hall alone. No other nurse, no CNA, no clerk, etc. So far, I've had five total cares max ...the sickest of the sick, and the most helpless, because no other...
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    Quick! Blame the Nurse!

    Sour Lemon replied to vintagegal's topic in General Nursing

    What I get from this, is that staffing seems to be very poor. People are stressed and going into self preservation mode, but you see yourself as a martyr and want them to be martyrs with you. Is that...
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    Leaving after 4 months...

    Sour Lemon replied to CAL-AL1130's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen this happening with a lot of new RNs at my hospital. They're getting very short orientations, then tossed into chaos head first. Unfortunately, it seems to be rough in a lot of places right...
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    Does your hospital mandate nurses or other staff?

    Sour Lemon replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    To make a long story short, we are extremely short staffed. Full time staff are being required to work at least one extra shift, although I'm not sure how (or if) that's being enforced. I am often the...
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    Do nurses with suspended licenses or on probation due to drugs seem to end up working in dialysis clinics?

    Sour Lemon replied to CoThG's topic in General Nursing

    I'd guess that most dialysis nurses do not have substance abuse problems or disciplinary actions against them. Is there some reason why you're so interested in your friend's
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    So Sick Of Rudeness At Work

    Sour Lemon replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    A hospital I worked at once decided that the "team" needed to leave together. The CNAs had to wait until the nurses were completely done with their tasks/charting before the CNAs could go home....
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    Coworkers Going Out During Pandemic, Hospital Admin Hypocrisy...

    Sour Lemon replied to chachanurse101's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Lockdowns started 10 months ago where I'm at. People are tired of it. I don't care what anyone does on their personal time, as long as they're using the proper and effective precautions at work....
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    So Sick Of Rudeness At Work

    Sour Lemon replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    1. I'd be okay with asking what method the provider preferred. That was direct, but not necessarily rude. I also wouldn't stress myself hurrying over an AMA patient ...unless I was hurrying to grab...
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    Nurses make me sick

    Sour Lemon replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    If you take off the blindfold, you see something scary and then you die. I don't think anyone understands it beyond
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    Huge Zoom Mistake....Nurse Instructors Caught!

    Sour Lemon replied to Pre.Nurse_tobe's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently, there's no video or audio recording in the OP's scenario. A video that doesn't exist can't be uploaded anywhere, and the topics discussed were completely different, as
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    New grad and newly pregnant, advice?

    Sour Lemon replied to Bekah K's topic in General Nursing

    Six weeks is early. Get your foot in the door and get your maternity leave. I got pregnant right after starting my current job, and went on leave pretty quickly. Then I came back, and I've been there...
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    Nurses make me sick

    Sour Lemon replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    The attention-seeking sanctimony makes me cringe, and I'm surprised you didn't mention crying videos. I might hate those more than anything. I reserve the right to complain, though! ...just not...
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    General Nursing Melting Pot

    Sour Lemon replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    It's a great way to waste time, and it requires little to no attention span. It takes me two weeks to watch a two hour movie, but I can handle a sentence or two (most of the
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    New hospital job and school...

    Sour Lemon replied to Tita22's topic in General Nursing

    I know five sentences worth of information about you, so you'd probably be a better judge of what's best. I can only guess that your workload will be just as brutal and that you'll be on your feet...
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    Move home or stay?

    Sour Lemon replied to nurseval's topic in General Nursing

    Where is "home"? If it's outside of CA, you may be out of ratio forever and ever because there are not
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    Earn 40/hr on COVID units?

    Sour Lemon replied to xshado's topic in General Students

    That's a difficult question to answer without knowing anything about your personal circumstances. Are you currently employed? Do you need to work? Do you have signifigant fears or...
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    Work refuses call out?

    Sour Lemon replied to Nurseynurse11's topic in General Nursing

    HR works for "them", not for you . Complaining to HR will just put a bigger target on your back. I would not have answered the phone after calling in. And if I somehow mistakenly answered it, I...
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    Work refuses call out?

    Sour Lemon replied to Nurseynurse11's topic in General Nursing

    They can treat it as a "voluntary resignation", but they can't force you to come in ...assuming there's no union involvement or ultra-special contract that specifies