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I really just want to vent and see what people think... I'm in rehab / LTC for starters. During hand-off the aide tells us (me trying to leave after my replacement was late coming in, her apparently not wanting to be there), that one of the pts is sweaty and unresponsive. I jump up and she (wait for it) sets on her butt. I spend the next 45 minutes doing the nursing thing, you know, CARING for people. She (wait for it again) sets on her butt. Can you feel the frustration building yet? I get him stable and responsive, head up to count narcs, and she decides to go get OJ and give him a drink after not having seen him in the hour she's been there. This is all frustrating, I've slept 4 hr in the last 60 and want to be home, but I understand this is what I signed up for...to a point. We get all set finally and I get my stuff together. I do one last check of my hall and she goes in a room to check a light and the little old guy needs the bathroom. She says I can't I have stuff to do. To say I was angry is an understatement. So guess what, I drop my stuff and take care of him. As I'm doing this she walks past, looks in, and says did he need something. Seriously? Did he need something? You just told him he wasn't important. Oh well, venting has helped a little. Now someone entertain me with a good reply.

Geez....lighten up. I think this website is used by nurses for alot of different reasons. Sometimes people need to vent, and what better way to do that then to vent to people who have experienced some of the same issues. And here you are complaining about a fellow nurses post, the same thing that you say isnt relevant to this website.....

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Specializes in Acute Care.
I often log on to Allnurses.com to read and discuss clinical issues to better my knowledge and understanding of medicine. Instead, I continue to find people complaining about lazy co-workers and inferior nurses. Everyone has lazy co-workers in any field of work.......Get used to it. How about discussing something relevant to our profession? That is why we are here....right?

I'd say people are here for MANY reasons- not just the reasons you may be here. As a student nurse- I find these vent threads extremely helpful to how NOT to act. If you don't like or appreciate a certain thread- don't read it. I do that all the time.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

Ooh wait, there is another post about lazy co workers on the homepage! Lets all go and comment about how superior we are and how we are better than our co-workers!

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
I often log on to Allnurses.com to read and discuss clinical issues to better my knowledge and understanding of medicine. Instead, I continue to find people complaining about lazy co-workers and inferior nurses. Everyone has lazy co-workers in any field of work.......Get used to it. How about discussing something relevant to our profession? That is why we are here....right?

And this seems to be occuring at an alarming rate...I also would like to see more clinical issues discussed.

As far as the student nurses finding these threads helpful on how NOT to act...well:

1. I would think you would already have a clue as a future professional..how to act..not rely on a website to guide your actions in your clinical practice, this was pretty obvious. I was able to somehow muddle through quite successfully 18 years ago when I first started practice without consulting Allnurses.com.

2. There is a perfectly good student nurse thread which should address all of your SN concens, perhaps you should log on to that site.

It does get tedious after awhile with the lazy co worker vent......:yawn:

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

Thank you diva rn!

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
Thank you diva rn!

Glad you brought it up...it needed to be said!

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And this seems to be occuring at an alarming rate...I also would like to see more clinical issues discussed.

As far as the student nurses finding these threads helpful on how NOT to act...well:

1. I would think you would already have a clue as a future professional..how to act..not rely on a website to guide your actions in your clinical practice. I was able to somehow muddle through quite successfully 18 years ago when I first started practice with consulting Allnurses.com.

2. There is a perfectly good student nurse thread which should address all of your SN concens, perhaps you should log on to that site.

It does get tedious after awhile with the lazy co worker vent......:yawn:

I don't appreciate your condescending reply. No- I dont rely fully on the vent threads on how to be a good nurse in my future clinical practice. Could you be more passive aggressive? You (I think) obviously know what I meant. I go back to my original point. If you dont like it- dont read it. There are MANY threads I dont bother to read- but I dont stick my nose in with sarcasm or my mightier than thou attitude and talk about how I'm sooooooooooo tired of these threads....

Also- thanks for the (not so genuine) heads up to the student nurse forums. Ive been here for 3 years. I'm aware of where they are.

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Reminds me of the night I walked in, was told a patient was "nervous" after dialysis. My question, "How nervous?" "Oh, sweaty, out of breath, nauseated...." Pt was a horribly brittle DMII, had been in WWII, and probably hadn't been "nervous" since Normandy. So I go in the room, and walked in on a pt in the middle of a ginormous MI. The leaving nurse says, "well, you can give him some Ativan or Mylanta, I've got to get to WalMart."

Yup. 0.5 of Ativan and 30ml of Mylanta. That'll fix it. I got the pt to ICU, and his troponins were in the 30's. I called the dialysis nurse, who'd left me 2 messages to call her, and she (not the dayshift nurse) tells me that she stopped dialysis early and brought her back to the floor because his vital signs started going nuts, and the dayshift nurse blew it off because she was too busy drinking coffee and being queen of the nurse's station. Had she been the pt's nurse for another couple of hours, I think they'd have died...but they wouldn't have been either anxious or nauseated....*grrrrr*

So if his vital signs started going nuts in dialysis, why didn't the dialysis nurse address the problem instead of bringing him back to the floor?

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

Rhody34

diva rn is just telling you how it is bro! Sorry if the truth hurts.

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You aren't even a nurse yet, you shouldn't be listening to other nurses complaining about their jobs all day long. This stuff is still supposed to be interesting right now in your education....

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, Palliative Care.

I think that there are so many of these threads because in the heat of the moment, we focus on stabilizing the pt and doing what needs to be done, and then move on. But some of that angst can be hard to diffuse, so we vent on allnurses.com (I've been guilty of doing the same, since you guys listen better than my cats). Venting can be a great stress release, but sometime you get lucky and someone offers practical advice on how to handle these situations, since some of us are at a real loss for what to do. I only wish that I was seasoned enough to know how to navigate these vexing interpersonal issues - give me a crashing patient before a coworker who consistently doesn't give a flub about doing their job.

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Specializes in Acute Care.
Rhody34

diva rn is just telling you how it is bro! Sorry if the truth hurts.

P.S.

You aren't even a nurse yet, you shouldn't be listening to other nurses complaining about their jobs all day long. This stuff is still supposed to be interesting right now in your education....

It's not that the "truth hurts". I felt like Diva was being rude. That's all. I don't know how else to explain myself- so I won't. I love nursing school, and I am extremely excited for the future. That's all. I've said my piece in my first response. I'm out! Night!

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I often log on to Allnurses.com to read and discuss clinical issues to better my knowledge and understanding of medicine. Instead, I continue to find people complaining about lazy co-workers and inferior nurses. Everyone has lazy co-workers in any field of work.......Get used to it. How about discussing something relevant to our profession? That is why we are here....right?

Don't the CRNAS usually read and post in the CRNA forum?

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