I've always been able to separate my emotions from the work. Often, after the fact, when the patient doesn't make it and I'm speaking with the family I'll feel bad for them, I empathize with their...
At a previous job in an extremely busy ED I was often criticized for "over assessing" my patients. Not being focused enough. My manager even told me once I should never listen to heart sounds. He...
In the ED I work at now is a nurse, with whom I also worked at in the ED where I was told to stop listening to heart sounds. This nurse doesn't even own a stethoscope. I am not exaggerating. I'm not...
Perhaps you've heard the expression "the fish rots from the head?" Toby has created a culture where nurses have no say and are expendable. Why do CCF nurses wear all white? Because Toby says that's...
Dont have people coming from all over the country? Hmmm. You sure about that? There is more celebrity traffic at CCF. That doesn't mean they are any sicker. They have a totally different business...
Begs the question, why listen to heart sounds on a med/surg floor then? What would that change? Other question, does the time it takes to do a slightly more thorough assessment when time permits make...
High acuity go to the clinic? Really? Many would say UH main campus ICUs have just as high acuity as CCF main campus. Mainly due to the fact that inner city people tend to seek care less frequently,...
I was quite successful at Metro. That being said, I saw several newer nurses get fired while still in orientation because they weren't "picking things up fast enough." Problem is, they had zero...
I have worked at all three. I will never leave UH. The Cleveland Clinic treats nursss like excrement. You are expendable to them. It's a very negative environment where they are always waiting for you...
So quit. ER is definitely not for everybody. I float so I occasionally pick up shifts on the floors too. Makes for a change and allows me to get to know patients better. I'm a talker and enjoy the...