One addendum to my previous reply: a lot of hospitals are scrambling to fill positions and offering crisis pay right now. So as far as getting in trouble for calling out, if they fire you first thing...
Your manager is a jerk and an idiot. Mechanical ventilation causes aerosolization, and anyone who has been awake at any point in the last month knows you can be asymptomatic for quite some time after...
My hospital has N95s but is trying to conserve them and wouldn't give me one for COVID patients. I threw a fit and insisted on one and they finally gave it to me. My wife has asthma and I'm not taking...
I had a hard time getting an ICU to hire me with just med/surg experience, so I kind of went from med/surg, to LTACH, to step-down, to ICU. I would've much rather gone straight to ICU but I couldn't...
rescueninja1987 replied to OhioRN0916's topic in HIPAA Challenges
I would just ignore her and go on. And "ignore her" includes I'm not going to tip toe around her or clean up after her. Otherwise unless it's keeping you from taking care of patients I would just let...
rescueninja1987 replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Forget them. Do what you enjoy and don't worry about it. Long term care can be very challenging and you depend heavily on your assessment skills. One of the reasons I like ICU is because with the...
rescueninja1987 replied to matcha-cat's topic in General Nursing
I would report it to the DON at least. I'm sorry but the "we're shortstaffed" stuff is a load of crap. I've been a CNA with 18 patients, many of whom are total care and the nurse refuses to help, I've...
rescueninja1987 replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing
No, you did not do the right thing. If it's ordered, the patient asks for it, and there's no clinical reason to hold it but you hold it anyway, you are practicing well outside your scope. If you're...
rescueninja1987 replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing
I'm headed back to school for a computer science degree in hopes of being a software developer, but I will still work PRN in the ICU and keep up my skills/license. I have always enjoyed nursing, but...
rescueninja1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing
This is one of the reasons I quit my old job. They chose to hire too few people, then chose to provide those people with poor working conditions, then chose to allow any worthless idiot with a pulse...
rescueninja1987 replied to roseofmay's topic in General Nursing
Definitely don't lie because then you will have to remember what you said. You don't want to slip up later and say " Oh yeah I worked at Blah Blah Whatever Medical Center and it was awful". I would...
Have you looked into doing per diem for an agency? It's been my experience they pretty much pay a flat rate for everyone and will pretty much take anyone with experience and a clean background check...
Honestly this sounds like it would qualify as a police matter and that criminal charges should be filed against her. As you said, it sounds like she's in the right place, just in the wrong