1. Dumb Residents. Yes... they do exist with their idiotic order sets.
2. Management saying " Staffing will get better- we are working on it"
3.The PCNA who charts nurse notified re: crazy vitals and they never said a word, so when you check vitals half an hour later, you see a BP of 190/110.
- same PCNA who wont do a manual check.
- same who tells the POD #1 pt " 99.1 temp? oh you have an infection.we have to tell the DR"
4. Family members who come running to the front desk screaming "i need my moms nurse...she was supposed to have gingerale. its been 10 minutes. this is unacceptable"
5. HCAPS!
6.Other departments that won't lift a finger, and spend 5 minutes hunting down the nurse for something idiotic like a blanket...
Not trying to sound salty but I don't get what these "vents" that include patients are about,, smart dumb or plain ******** we are being paid to handle it,,so do it with a smile, glad you weren't cancelled due to a low census and cash your check,, or..don't do it. This is the USA,, you are free to choose your job,,there is no one holding a gun to any of our heads forcing us to be nurses,,, go do something that doesn't involve the public if you don't like dealing with people.. let alone the sick poor and stupid people..
Hang in there--has happend to the best of us. I would tell you things will get better, but that would be a lie. However, one's ability to cope/deal with a smile on one's face will come in time....
BUT in all seriousness, watch those blood pressures. The last thing you want to "make your day" is to have a patient stroke out--and "the CNA did not inform me of the high BP" will NOT suffice as a "good" reason.
Not trying to sound salty but I don't get what these "vents" that include patients are about,, smart dumb or plain ******** we are being paid to handle it,,so do it with a smile, glad you weren't cancelled due to a low census and cash your check,, or..don't do it. This is the USA,, you are free to choose your job,,there is no one holding a gun to any of our heads forcing us to be nurses,,, go do something that doesn't involve the public if you don't like dealing with people.. let alone the sick poor and stupid people..
Because this is a site for nurses.
It is a site for support
It is a site to express ideas
To express frustrations
It is a place to share funny clinical stories
Sad clinical stories
Get help
Give help
It is a forum.
Such as you suggested, one is free to choose their job, one is also free not to read threads on this site that you do not like
Yep lol. (and I don't understand what was unclear about your post. It's clear you're a working nurse since you stated that in your post. You just didn't want to change your username or maybe you really liked being an ohio student lol).
I will say, though, that number 2 and 3 can improve in good settings. I work with good management who staffs us well, and I am in the ICU, so I don't have to worry about having a lazy CNA. I do all of the work myself, prefer it that way, so I know that it's done correctly. And, this is not to imply that CNA's are lazy, but just stating that it's nice that I don't have to worry about the work ethic of CNA's working with me since I have none lol. (lazy people infiltrate any job) I have worked with some very excellent CNA's in a previous job, but I still prefer not relying on anyone.
When I worked the floor, we had certain cnas, that could take a blood pressure off 220/110 and not feel the need to notify us until like 645. Most were great and knew the levels at which we needed to know right away but there was were like 2 who were just plain bad, and because they had 20ish pts to do vitals on we never knew when they were going to do them. As for doing them ourselves, haha what a joke. 7-8+ a night for each RN (med -tele) , 6-7 RNs at night, 2-3 cnas only 4 vital signs carts..... Do the math! Vent away, but my advice to you is take in what you can, figure out what makes you happy and do it. I am in ICU now and I love it.
1. Dumb Residents. Yes... they do exist with their idiotic order sets.
2. Management saying " Staffing will get better- we are working on it"
3.The PCNA who charts nurse notified re: crazy vitals and they never said a word, so when you check vitals half an hour later, you see a BP of 190/110.
- same PCNA who wont do a manual check.
- same who tells the POD #1 pt " 99.1 temp? oh you have an infection.we have to tell the DR"
4. Family members who come running to the front desk screaming "i need my moms nurse...she was supposed to have gingerale. its been 10 minutes. this is unacceptable"
5. HCAPS!
6.Other departments that won't lift a finger, and spend 5 minutes hunting down the nurse for something idiotic like a blanket...
3, 4, and 6 really drive me nuts. 2 bothers me, but kinda the way of the world right now As for 1, I really enjoy working with residents--they are willing to talk to you about the rationalization and they usually listen to nurses (most, not all anyways).
My only issue--'HATE' is a strong word. Hate is reserved for a special level of dislike. I would stay away from hate so early in your career.
Maybe you could change your handle so it doesn't say ohioSTUDENT'RN.
I agree the VENT VENT VENT VENT might be a good idea.
Five whole months as a new grad. Well, well, well. My error.
I have been reading your posts on AN for a while, and generally I just ignore your overly nasty and rude comments. But I must say that EVERY comment I have encountered about nurses being cruel and insensitive and basically just mean for the hell of it seems to apply to you. Everyone uses this forum as a much needed place to relieve some stress, for you to judge and sit on your high horse because your time in the profession is substantially longer is inappropriate. Ever heard the saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?" try living by it once in a while. Also if you're using this site to unload your rage on people because your job also requires you to at least pretend to be a decent human being, therapy would probably be more conducive. All in all, you should def SHUT UP.
This is what happens when The Mocking Thread gets removed.
But really folks, if you don't agree/understand the OP's vent, then, you are either 1: not an RN, or 2: you have lost your marbles somewhat... have become one fry short of a Happymeal, have gone to the darkside without being offered cookies ...as evidenced by your attempts to make it seem like there is nothing wrong with the crappy side of being a nurse.
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Not trying to sound salty but I don't get what these "vents" that include patients are about,, smart dumb or plain ******** we are being paid to handle it,,so do it with a smile, glad you weren't cancelled due to a low census and cash your check,, or..don't do it. This is the USA,, you are free to choose your job,,there is no one holding a gun to any of our heads forcing us to be nurses,,, go do something that doesn't involve the public if you don't like dealing with people.. let alone the sick poor and stupid people..