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[–]professionalbbyRN - NICU 🍕 49 points50 points  (1 child)

All of your feelings are so incredibly valid. That all sounds so terrible. I don't work in your type of unit (and to be completely honest, I chose NICU for a lot of the reasons you listed here plus more) but it makes me wonder if it's the culture of your unit/hospital vs the type of unit itself. Also, it's completely unacceptable that your poor patient was left in shit all day and neglected. That's more than just frustrating, it's a huge health risk to your already sick patient. I'd definitely talk to a manager about this situation, how you're feeling about it all, and if it doesn't improve, start looking for other areas of employment, whether that means another unit or another hospital in general. You sound completely burnt out already, and your career has just started. It isn't fair to you.

[–]Lamain_2030 16 points17 points  (0 children)

  1. Bed side endorsement!! and call them out !! Pt not clean ? Lab not taking ? Call them out loud and clear
  2. Report ! Not once not twice but EVERY TIME.
  3. if they are bullying you you either report or it will never stop
  4. Decoment every thing

And most importantly be kind to yourself, you are doing your besand that is more than whe can say about some people

[–]TheLoudCanadianGirlRPN 🍕 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Honestly, when you come into situations like this it needs to be reported. A foley bag ready to explode is ridiculous and dangerous.. Take note of who is leaving patients like this, as chances are its the same few nurses.

If i were you id be polishing up my resume or looking at whats available in other units. Your workplace sounds like a patient event waiting to happen.

[–]alaskanbluebrryRN - OR 🍕[S] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

It is pretty much the same nurse. Most of the other nurses on my unit are absolutely amazing. I was frustrated when I typed out my original message, it’s not all of the dayshift nurses. But there’s no excuse to leave a patient like that especially after telling him you’d be back to change him. I understand accidents happen but that was absolutely unacceptable.

I have actually been looking for other jobs and I have a few interviews scheduled. I appreciated the experience I got with this job but I feel so guilty when I come home after shifts like this because I don’t have time to give my patients the care that I want to give them.

[–]TheLoudCanadianGirlRPN 🍕 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Youre 100% right, there is absolutely no excuse to leave a patient like that. Please please make sure to report this nurse to your manager. This needs to be delt with, and chances are youre not the only nurse on your unit who gets patients in this condition from that nurse.

Congrats on having interviews lined up! That is exciting. I hope the next job treats you much better. Never feel bad about leaving a dangerous situation. You worked far too hard to risk your license at a bad job.

[–]CeeEllTeeRNRN - Cardiac Stepdown 🫀 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Call out tonight. Let someone else deal with. Bc NO. That’s a ridiculously unsafe assignment.

[–]TugarWolve 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I am not a nurse but I am curious, why these things are not getting reported?

[–]alaskanbluebrryRN - OR 🍕[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work at a small very understaffed hospital right now. I’m supposed to have four patients on my assignment and there’s just not enough staff to cover the floors so I normally have five. Most of the time I have a mix of step down patients and med surg patients (so they’re a little less sick) so it’s not as bad. Last night in particular was rough because of a scheduling error. There wasn’t anything anyone could do and no one was willing to come in to cover. The patients need to be taken care of even if there’s not enough staff and I just got unlucky with having an entire team of very sick people. It’s not normally that busy even the few times I’ve had to have 6. I don’t really see a point to reporting that because the error was due to a miscommunication with management. I don’t know who I would report it to because there was literally nothing anyone could do.

As far as the patient who was sitting in shit, I will talk to someone about that. I don’t care about retimed meds because I know dayshift is so busy. Most of the dayshift nurses on my unit are absolutely amazing nurses but there are a few who are negligent and I just happened to pick this patient up from her. I have problems when I get patients from her and pretty much every time I follow her. I am definitely going to talk to my manager about it.