OK I work in a county jail as a EMT-I so here goes:
Deoderant is your friend, and so is the shower, PLEASE get acquainted!
YOU are an idiot if you didn't think I would smell ETOH on your breath, I bet that was embarrasing having to do a portable breath test, and your are STUPID driving to a jail like that.
When that inmate that you can't stand calls for chest pain for the 4x and you don't let him come to medical cause you "don't like him" rest assured I am going to do vitals and document that...You are in charge, but I am not stupid.
If you wear scrubs 2x to small and a thong hanging out of your pants and act shocked when inmates make lewd comments, I am going to laugh inside because I know you enjoy the attention or you would not dress like that.....IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE!
TO MY BOSS: Stop asking me to come fax something for you, hand you your cup, pull you a chart, etc...When I am in the middle of sick call and doing 20 BS and figuring S/S. GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT AND DO IT FOR YOURSELF, I SWEAR YOU ARE THE LAZIEST PERSON I HAVE EVER MET!
Please do not leave labs for me to draw because they are "hard sticks" at least try, if you would talk to the patient, I am sure they will tell you where I normally draw at.
TO THE SGT ON THE 2ND SHIFT: When I am trying to put a IV in a woman that is high on PCP and she is calm, please do not proceed to call her a "crack whore" where I get kicked in the stomach because YOU made her agitated!
I think it is disgusting that you rarely wear gloves....!@!
Change of shift report - "patient is AO x 4 and ambulates independently without assistive device" Assessment reveals - patient has bilateral BKA's, confused and chewing through his/her IV tubing. Nice!
Stupid Offtopic question: What does "AO x 4" mean? I've only heard of AO x 3 (time, place, and self).
Don't go out on smoke breaks a few times a shift and then say you can't listen for my patients if I want to sit and eat a snack in the break room for 5 minutes.
You are not getting paid to sit and go online and/or make personal phone calls, appointments etc. when your work needs to get done.
Don't tell me that I complain all the time because we work with lazy RN's. You're the new kid on the block here. Just wait, you'll see what I mean. You say my negativity is bringing you down? You'd be negative too if you had to deal with the same RN's being lazy and not doing their work with no one to hold them accountable.(The DON is techincally our nurse manager but she is so busy with her DON duties that the day to day issues that occur on a hospital unit go left unchecked by her--we are like a ship without a captain so to speak but that's a whole nother vent)
Just you wait my friend till you've been here a few more months, you'll see....you'll see, I promise you that much.
you left me a half dead pt one morning at report because you didnt want to "bother" them through the night. So dont you dare sit there and tell me when I need to go check in on my pts.
Paper charting......... SIGN YOUR NAMES ON THE MARS AND THE FLOAT SHEETS AFTER I LEAVE..... do not do this on my time when I am ready to give y our report at 7. YOU HAVE 12 HOURS TO SCRIBBLE YOUR NAME. I wanna go home.
'They are withdrawing life support on the patient today...and you want to give me a hard time about the red spot on his bottom when I broke my back turning this pt. every 2 hours!! C'mon!!'
'Put your make-up on at home and let me give you report so I can go home'
'It's 0200 in the morning, why do you feel it's necessary to yell down the hall for your buddy to go to lunch?'
PinkRocksLikeMe
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OK I work in a county jail as a EMT-I so here goes:
Deoderant is your friend, and so is the shower, PLEASE get acquainted!
YOU are an idiot if you didn't think I would smell ETOH on your breath, I bet that was embarrasing having to do a portable breath test, and your are STUPID driving to a jail like that.
When that inmate that you can't stand calls for chest pain for the 4x and you don't let him come to medical cause you "don't like him" rest assured I am going to do vitals and document that...You are in charge, but I am not stupid.
If you wear scrubs 2x to small and a thong hanging out of your pants and act shocked when inmates make lewd comments, I am going to laugh inside because I know you enjoy the attention or you would not dress like that.....IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE!
TO MY BOSS: Stop asking me to come fax something for you, hand you your cup, pull you a chart, etc...When I am in the middle of sick call and doing 20 BS and figuring S/S. GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT AND DO IT FOR YOURSELF, I SWEAR YOU ARE THE LAZIEST PERSON I HAVE EVER MET!
Please do not leave labs for me to draw because they are "hard sticks" at least try, if you would talk to the patient, I am sure they will tell you where I normally draw at.
TO THE SGT ON THE 2ND SHIFT: When I am trying to put a IV in a woman that is high on PCP and she is calm, please do not proceed to call her a "crack whore" where I get kicked in the stomach because YOU made her agitated!
I think it is disgusting that you rarely wear gloves....!@!
THANK YOU, I feel better!!
Jenn