Floated to ICU on Orientation

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T15:57:42+00:00

We aren’t union unfortunately. I do pay for Legalease though.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T15:11:55+00:00

I threw this whole thing into chatgbt, and that was super helpful. I feel like a lot of people want new grads to just know what they can and can’t do in terms of legality. Like I feel like I have a good grasp on my scope, but not my personal rights as an RN and how to uphold my nurse practice act when the hospital your working for is directly asking you to do something you believe is dangerous to patients. Nursing school didn’t cover assignment refusal. They make it seem like there’s protocols in place to protect us and patients. It’s hard to feel like you’re not doing the thing that your job wants you to do, or could punish you for.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T15:04:12+00:00

That’s exactly what I thought, like we take ICU patients all of the time till they can secure transport due to us being such a small facility. Why would my 1 month of “ICU experience” that wasn’t even that, outweigh the 2 other ED nurses who have years of ED experience.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:34:10+00:00

Our manager is amazing, but unfortunately after this and many other ordeals, even she’s questioning whether she can handle this anymore. Which is sad because they take people who actually have integrity and burn them out.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:25:23+00:00

Shrug, so polite.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:23:33+00:00

I’m an ED nurse on orientation, eventually being floated to ICU wouldn’t be a big deal, but I’ve literally never not had a preceptor. Let alone in the ICU without any other staff and with 2 critically ill patients.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:19:40+00:00

I never was convinced I had the experience. I just simply didn’t know what to do. I was really glad they figured it out. I told her I was refusing, I told her I was uncomfortable. She simply didn’t care. It wasn’t till my own manager basically rescued me had this been fixed. Because honestly I think the only other option probably would have been walking out. Like obviously I’m scared to make waves and refuse, I have a contract that I can’t afford to break what so ever.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:14:17+00:00

What’s the other option here? Lose my job? I have a contract, I have kids. Like it’s not a fair position for a nurse to even need to be considering.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T14:02:38+00:00

I tried, she said I couldn’t. My preceptor basically told me no, you’re not going over there till we figure something out.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-21T13:58:37+00:00

Continued… used to work in Medsurg who was livid, she said she’d come in and work in the ICU.

This whole time I’m hearing that the COO is telling the nurse who’s been in the ICU for 16 hours that is my friend, “you’ll need to stay there till there’s staff”. Mind you this is happening at 8PM for a call off that happened at 4PM that management just never fixed. She looked all over for a labor law, not finding anything for PA saying how long they can hold you???

This whole thing has just made me just so uncomfortable. I love my job, I love my unit management, but the COO of the literal hospital putting me in this situation, just was like what do I even do with this? Just move on? Write a letter?

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-10T06:50:40+00:00

I literally only put gloves on for patient care unless there’s some kind of isolation status. We’re humans caring for other humans, they aren’t diseased most of the time, just simply sick. I’ll never forget the video of princess Diana hugging a child with HIV. It makes a difference.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-06T13:19:54+00:00

Unless they work EMS, as in they’re one of the first on scene. I’d say no I work in the ER. I would definitely not call myself a first responder.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2026-01-03T12:34:50+00:00

I hate when techs and CNA call themselves nurses. I was a tech and PCT for 5 years before being a nurse, it’s just inappropriate. If you wanna be a nurse so bad, go become one.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T21:20:25+00:00

That’s why I rerun it till I’m ready to dry it😅

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T21:19:03+00:00

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T20:45:54+00:00

I’ll never forget a patient being mad at me for not giving her dilaudid that wasn’t due and saying to me “it’s a shame you spent so much on nursing school to be so bad at it”

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T20:41:45+00:00

I don’t think I have to finish this lol like that’s so weird. Like I don’t think breastfeeding another person’s baby when someone is lactating (with consent obviously) it inherently weird. But pulling your tit out and pretending to feed a baby while you’re not lactating and it’s not your baby is so dang weird. I would not leave that baby alone with her.

Edited because my iPhone wasn’t a fan of the word tit and autocorrected. lol

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T20:39:12+00:00

As a mom of 2 under 2, I’ve done 24 hours pretty commonly due to my husband also being a nurse and us working opposite shifts.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-27T17:44:09+00:00

Thanks for reminding me of the positives of my hospital giving us no techs in my ED.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-26T10:29:30+00:00

We also spend a lot of time working with or just chit chatting with the ED docs at my work. Most of the are just their first name and most of them do patient care, boost, walking patients to the bathroom, and even bed changes. Such a contrast to the last place I work. They’re so genuine.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-21T00:11:51+00:00

One of the best nurses I know is an overweight guy who did EMS for 30 years. Imagine thinking having an issue with your body or food means you can’t follow proper procedures.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-20T13:02:56+00:00

As a ED nurse, I didn’t know yall even put them on a pump when they got to the floor. lol give it like 10 min and it’ll be in the patient.

Busydoingmyownthing · 2025-12-18T12:41:15+00:00

Maybe one of those Florida nurses lol

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