please do not interrupt my lunch to tell me that my patient (who is being watched by a cna while i eat) "doesn't trust" me and that you think he needs ativan. he's been asking for it all day. he's been diagnosed with paranoid delusions -- of course he doesn't trust me. and he's got a well documented history of alcohol and benzo abuse.
if, while the patient is attempting to bite the cna and kick me, i call for you to help me, please sign off your facebook account and come help me. i understand that you don't feel like working, you think bedside nursing is beneath you and you're expecting to get a hot new job far from an actual patient any day now, but it's just wrong to be perusing facebook while a patient is assaulting your co-workers.
please do not come to the med room where i'm trying to extract my meds from pyxis to tell me that my paranoid, delusional benzo addict is asking for "a big glass of water" when there's a big sign above his bed proclaiming his npo status.
the fact that the patient thinks you're his doctor does not mean that you know more than i do. believe me. he's crazy, you've been off orientation for less than a year and i've been a nurse for five years longer than you've been alive. i've seen this a few times before, and believe me he will not improve his behavior, as you suggest, if i'm "nicer to him." not giving him water when he's npo, not giving him the ativan that was specifically d/c'd and not releasing his wrist restraints is being nice to him.
wish i could say that. but then i'd be accused of "eating my young." so i'll just vent here instead.
Oh, she's not allowed to vent in this thread? You can...everyone else can...but not her?
What about pepper?
Or Petite?
the two that you quote are being sarcastic/ironic.....i havent vented on this thread. It is fairly well known/accepted that you dont trample someone elses vent...de classe
Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.
Watch out Ruby, I foresee a horde of GNs and SNs preparing posts about how much you can learn from their enthusiasm, ambition, and evidence-based practice.
...I'd let the other nurse know how much I appreciate everything he does...which means it's probably smarter NOT to...
On behalf of Ruby,
Attention New Nurses and SNs--don't you guys start flaming her for her vent.
This is HER vent and she is the one having a frustrating moment.
Leave her alone and go with it and take in the info and learn and DON'T be the new nurse she is talking about.
oh yes, the beauty excuse. actually, he wouldn't be bad looking if he weren't so lazy! and you'd think an rn would know that the big orange "npo" sign means no big glass of water!
aha! so, you aren't eating your young--you just hate male nurses, don't you? wait till your husband finds out. man, i tell ya, we get nothing but discrimination...
my favorite: you get a patient so wacky that they assign a sitter, then the sitter calls out every 15 minutes to tell you your patient is agitated and needs some ativan...
rock on, ruby!
eta: it occurs to me that if i weren't so lazy, i could exercise regularly, get a haircut more than twice a year, and shave every day, and then...well, i'd still be short.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
eta: it occurs to me that if i weren't so lazy, i could exercise regularly, get a haircut more than twice a year, and shave every day, and then...well, i'd still be short.
but you'd be beautiful and then you'd have to start worrying about your colleagues hating you because of your extreme good looks!
My favorite: you get a patient so wacky that they assign a sitter, then the sitter calls out every 15 minutes to tell you your patient is agitated and needs some Ativan...
Or when my patient has a sitter and I have 3 other patients and no sitter because "the budget ran out." Cool, so who's gonna take care of my other 3 patients?
Or when I do have a sitter, and they just hit the call light every 2 minutes when the patient "tried to move."
There, is that allowed in this thread? Or should I start my own thread?
Watch out Ruby, I foresee a horde of GNs and SNs preparing posts about how much you can learn from their enthusiasm, ambition, and evidence-based practice.
...I'd let the other nurse know how much I appreciate everything he does...which means it's probably smarter NOT to...
Ulgh... I'm a new nurse and even I can't stand new nurses! This is so true.
I'm sorry if my post offended you. Just noting the dynamic of the board -- whenever new nurses' flaws are mentioned there tends to be backlash. Case in point: this thread.
Why do all the nice funny vent threads have to be ruined by one person who takes it too personal?
We all need a chance to say what is on our minds... and all the other comments that were made, ie. GN, SN comment, beauty comments, they were all in good fun. Just trying to get a smile out of a louzy *lousy?* situation.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
or when my patient has a sitter and i have 3 other patients and no sitter because "the budget ran out." cool, so who's gonna take care of my other 3 patients?
or when i do have a sitter, and they just hit the call light every 2 minutes when the patient "tried to move."
there, is that allowed in this thread? or should i start my own thread?
nah -- let's make this one a "hot" thread.
my vent about sitters is that, in my hospital, they sit. that's all they do. they don't watch the patient, fetch him kleenexes or ice, call when he's about to climb over the side rails or attempt to keep all those invasive lines out of his sweaty little fist. all they do is sit. in my chair. while i try to chart on a table-height computer standing up. oh, and they read comic books and trashy novels.
I remember working in LTC as an aide... we had a little lady who was pretty much bed bound, end stages of her life. She had a sitter most of the day light hours, personal sitter, family paid for her I guess? She would stand at the door and just glare at us if we werent there right at exactly such and such time to turn her. Everything had to be perfect... we all stressed about going into that room until she would leave for the night.
morte, LPN, LVN
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the two that you quote are being sarcastic/ironic.....i havent vented on this thread. It is fairly well known/accepted that you dont trample someone elses vent...de classe