- Pls don't come to work with greasy hair .... even when you pull it back tight, we can still tell it's dirty
- Iron those wrinkled scrubs pls
- Don't forget your shoes should be in good condition and clean ....and no filthy laces pls
- And for the millionth time .... you need to wear buff underwear under those white pants and no other colour
- And also .... hair roots shouldn't be allowed to get so bad
- Guys ... you really do need to shave before work each day
Ironing .... what's that? Gave that up a looong time ago when I started shiftwork! And there just isn't time to colour grey roots sometimes - if people don't like it, I'm sure they will learn to live with it, though my hair is always in a neat bun or clip.
Read up about Dr Jayant Patel who worked in Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, and who is now in jail. I read the book about his arrogance and mistakes by an investigative reporter, and it was truly horrifying. I read it all in about one day and one night, I could not put it down.
The whistleblower who exposed Dr Patel? An experienced nurse - and none of the other doctors, surgeons, senior nurses, senior administrators and health minister who knew what was going on listened to her ongoing complaints. IMO they should have all been sacked on the spot and all their licenses revoked. He even went so far as to cut off a diabetic woman's leg - when there was nothing or very little wrong with it! He was so arrogant he didn't think other interventions were necessary.
Yes, they are out there and I believe nurses have to be vigilant in reporting people and keeping patients safe.
To all those nurses who hate their job, and constantly complain about it and their home life every single minute of every work day:
Please, pretty PLEASE get up off your lazy butt and go and look for another job! No, it is not some evil master plan by the Lord Xanax to make your life miserable; you make your OWN life miserable. Nobody is forcing you to stay here in this 'hellhole' as you put it. We have all listened, sympathised and tried to help you. And guess what? People are starting to dislike you and the negative energy you project whenever you're around. Hell, even the patients have commented on it!
There's this thing you can use to search for other employment - it's called the internet; here, I'll stay back after work and help you use it. No? Can't be bothered? Then, do us all a favour and just SHUT UP! There's only so much whingeing and whining we can all take for one shift!
God, SO glad I don't work with those people anymore!
Seriously? You have a post surgical patient 3 days post-op with a temp of almost 102, and you dip a urine and that's it before you hand her off to me four hours later? Would it be too much to ask to, you know, take 10 seconds to look at the incision?? Because you might have noticed that it's red and streaky, and not just a little bit.
And I might not even be upset that you missed this were you not the one who writes up everyone else for far less....
If swear I am going to put Ex Lax all over my lunch so the next time someone calls out for the runs, I will know it is you who keeps stealing my food!
Yes, my stethoscope is nice and it was expensive. Buy your own.
No time to help me turn my patient, huh? Yet, every time you need help, I have been there for you.
Your situational awareness sucks. While you are browsing the latest deals on the internet, I am drowning. Look around and help out your coworkers.I'm happy you look rested and ready for your shift. Next time get here 15 minutes earlier so I can leave on time and be rested and ready for you. No, you don't ALWAYS get the crappy assignment. I don't think you'd be happy with ANY assignment. If you're sooooo sick of this place- leave.
1st For -ing sake order a new Stethoscope / bp cuff and if yours does not work ! Walking around saying I can not hear anything with this and telling pt's you gess there bp is - makes you look dum as hell and they are starting to complain .
Can you do anything with out talking ?
Stop eating my food , drinking my sodas ,
Wheres that money you owe me
If you knew you needed an order for that 3 weeks ago Why are you just getting it now !!!
Am I the only one picking up the -ing phone ???
I do not care what your problem is I have 5 worse then that
Telling people who is on call when they ask is NOT a HIPAA violation. Where did you get that? Our policy says not to tell people on the phone who is on call...there is a logic behind not telling callers who is on call, but it has nothing to do with HIPAA. BTW, it is HIPAA, not HIPPA, not HIBA, not HIPPO.
The 'flu' or influenza is not a GI problem. Yes, some people have a little N/V/D when they have the 'flu' but influenza is a respiratory issue. The annual flu shot does nothing to protect against N/V/D. According to our ER doctor, N/V/D is gastroenteritis (or however you spell it!).
When I ask a question, please answer my question. Don't go into a twenty minute lecture about why the doctor ordered it, just confirm that my dosage calculation is correct, I've drawn up the right amount of insulin, or whatever.
I am an LPN. Being an LPN does not make me stupid. I love how you will give me a thirty minute demonstration on stocking linen, but you roll your eyes when I ask how to use new or rarely used equipment.
When I have a question on the new computer system, do not answer unless you know what you are talking about. Don't push me out of the way and start clicking all over the new systerm under my password either. We were told we could use two of twenty links...stay out of the rest of them.
When you have difficulty logging on to the new system, do not assume that, "someone monkeyed with it" to lock you out. Write down your password or make it something simple enough that you can remember it.
If I mess something up, tell me the first time. Don't wait until I have been doing it wrong for six months and then freak out because you are tired of fixing it for me. I got very little orientation on order entry, so I ask a lot of questions and a lot of the orders are so similar that unless you know, you don't know.
I spit in any food that I leave in the refrigerator. Keep that in mind next time you steal the plate of lasagna with my name on it.
Specializes in Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care.
No pushing Lasix through an infiltrated IV will not help to bring the fluid from the tissues to the vascular system.
I dont want to hear during morning report how you forgot your birthcontrol pill and you are "hormonal."
I dont care about how drunk your fiance gets on a nightly basis and how he vomits in your car (after he drives home).
"Yes" wearing tight scrubs does make "your ass look big." Why dont you wear some underwear that the rest of us dont have to see.
Please if you are going to take a morning crap (in the only single bathroom that we all have to share), spray some deodorizer- or go down one floor to use the bathroom with several stalls.
carolmaccas66, BSN, RN
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Ironing .... what's that? Gave that up a looong time ago when I started shiftwork! And there just isn't time to colour grey roots sometimes - if people don't like it, I'm sure they will learn to live with it, though my hair is always in a neat bun or clip.