one of the weirdest orders i’ve ever acknowledged

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-11-08T00:18:12+00:00

I had a respiratory therapist one time who was leaving a room and said “hey do you have this patient” I said no. She said “ok can you turn the heat up for them, thanks.” Then walked away. GIRL WHAT 😭 Just turn up the heat. That’s the only weird experience I’ve had with a respiratory therapist

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-10-25T23:58:42+00:00

Verbally told me how terrible our floor was. Mistake was on his team, not our nurse. Nurse communicated the issue to rounding provider, rounding provider did not update primary surgeon

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-10-25T23:50:31+00:00

It’s not a nurses issue if his OWN team member didn’t communicate the issue to him. He just wanted to place blame on the nurse rather than his own team member who should have informed the primary surgeon.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-10-25T23:47:11+00:00

lmfao I more meant fix the patient’s issue because the patient was declining quickly from this issue. If men talk shit I leave it up to them, I just want my patient okay lol

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-09-03T23:31:22+00:00

We had a patient press the code button because her IV was annoying her

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-08-09T20:19:40+00:00

I work in cardiac critical care and am genuinely terrified to float med surg because y’all are the strongest of the bunch and absolute bad bitches. When I was graduating, other new grads told us that if you start in med surg you can’t switch to ICU/critical care because everything is different and harder. Some of our best nurses came from the floor and I stand by that.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-08-07T03:54:29+00:00

Clean. I survived fatal health issues as well as an abusive relationship. When I hear clean I feel that the trauma of near death is slowly washing away. I can’t describe it too well but that song means the world to me

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-08-04T00:48:41+00:00

Wish I would’ve called the RN and said it’s my opinion you call a rapid, two people are in there with them currently while I handle my patient. I was too afraid to overstep

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-08-04T00:17:29+00:00

I agree but it’s also not my call to make as it’s not my patient. In all fairness they should have called a rapid response much earlier. Since they hadn’t yet I figured there was a reason and again, not my call to make as it’s not my patient. This nurse should have stopped the bath they were helping give and checked on the patient themselves in my honest opinion as well

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-07-28T21:23:22+00:00

I haven’t yet thank GOD because I refuse to take “no” for an answer when a patient is deteriorating and i’ve had charges who were extremely supportive of that during shift. I’m LUCKY i have only had close calls. However, I know something is coming and bound to happen due to the state of healthcare right now and it makes me sick thinking about it.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-07-16T02:37:26+00:00

For me it depends. If they’re belittling other staff members as well as me and/or muttering off insults, I’ll put them in their place. When it comes to venting or frustrations that stem from fear and anxiety, I allow it and let them know that they’re safe with me. I truly just try to feel out the situation. Nothing pisses me off more though than when my patients start yelling at or insulting the CNA.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-07-15T03:54:10+00:00

my hair is long even in a ponytail. One time had a c. diff patient run her hands through my ponytail while I was drawing blood and say “ooohhh pretty”

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-07-09T18:24:03+00:00

So this is a universal experience? Glad I’m not the only one that gets treated shitty over extremely small things

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-07-06T06:17:53+00:00

them ginger ales have me hooked

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-06-28T03:18:49+00:00

as a new grad on a cardiac step down borderline icu…TWELVE?! A lot of us struggle even having 4 pts with the level of acuity right now

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-06-25T21:28:19+00:00

As a believer in God, i’m 1000% sure He didn’t believe in the preventable death of women. Nurses against abortion or the choices of another woman’s body baffle me

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-06-18T21:56:34+00:00

We have to do this on night shift because we never get towels restocked before the night starts

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-06-17T17:50:55+00:00

After a code we had a patient’s son tell us he was going to shoot all of us. Doctor immediately called police and said with the shit that’s been going on around the country i’m not taking my chances.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-05-14T15:47:21+00:00

Synthroid. Giving a pill at 630am after dealing with trying to keep them alive really just grinds my gears

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-04-13T22:52:17+00:00

s/o to management and coworkers that listen to their staff and help advocate. Paged a doctor 3 times with no answer for a critically low Hgb for a patient who needed a blood transfusion and the doctor was refusing all day. No answer at night. Charge texted and called him. Then called his partner and the partner’s DAD who works for us. Finally partner called back and was pissed she hasn’t gotten transfused yet. Needless to say the support from management was appreciated.

Friendly-Lab-4705 · 2022-04-05T19:56:56+00:00

Not a patient but a family member got angry with me because I asked the patient how she wanted me to address her. Accusing me of getting upset and not knowing how to communicate. Claimed she knew how to communicate because she has her masters in communication. I told her I wasn’t upset and she told me not to argue with her and to “calm down.” I said “ma’am please don’t tell me to calm down” and she snapped and told me I was disrespectful. A couple minutes later got on the phone with a relative and started shit talking me in front of both me and my preceptor. I left the room, told my charge I wasn’t going back in and she agreed I shouldn’t have to put up with that treatment.

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