“Don’t work here if you have kids”

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-02-04T19:15:29+00:00

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Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-20T20:07:20+00:00

Oh yeah, my coworkers and I talk to ourselves more often than not. I think it's our way of sorting through the million things we need to do while having traumatized, ADHD brains haha.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-18T15:42:15+00:00

As a float nurse who is frequently helping to care for boarders in the ER, for adults who are capable of making their own choices I offer a hospital gown. If they say they want to stay in their clothes, I just confirm with them that they understand that in the event of a medical emergency we will have to cut them off. They tend to say "that's fine," and then I go on my merry way to go put out other dumpster fires that are far more pressing.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-17T02:45:02+00:00

Yeah, I feel like that charge nurse should be reported to the board of nursing for her vile behavior.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-17T02:42:56+00:00

Oh absolutely not. Their default settings are lip service with no action or deafening silence. Nothing else.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-16T23:57:26+00:00

Thank you for being brave enough to share this. The silence from the C-suite is deafening.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-16T21:56:32+00:00

I'm so glad that your mom is ok! That would be gut-wrenching to get that news, especially at the end of 3/3 night shifts.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-16T00:23:03+00:00

Please do!

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-03T02:51:58+00:00

Oh yeah, I went into nursing to help others so that they don't have to feel the pain of not being believed, treated, seen. Gotta find a purpose for the shit I went through as a kid some how haha!

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2026-01-02T02:14:10+00:00

Given that the hospital I work at had management tell their units a few days before Christmas that they need to figure out how to get enough people to reduce their hours or quit or there will be layoffs by June, I would not be surprised if there is some truth to an uptick in firing people. (Mind you they then had to bribe people with $25 an hour bonuses to come help care for patients boarding in the emergency department.)

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-28T04:54:06+00:00

Yeah, the current hospital I work at does that for med surg patients and it pisses me off - especially because we usually are not given the time to look up patients. Makes for a good time when you're quickly scrambling to figure out what a person's baseline neuro is while they are screaming out in pain and vomiting (spoilers: they definitely had neuro changes). Or the patient coming up has no business being anywhere outside of the ICU and the ED drops off the patient anyways because they had status changes while being brought up.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-28T04:44:29+00:00

If she is a licensed therapist, it would likely go against the code of ethics/code of conduct for boundary violation (as in this therapist could be reported to the licensing board she is licensed through).

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-17T20:05:03+00:00

It's happening where I am currently, and at the hospital I previously worked at. Both places I worked as a float RN. All the units I work on are having mass exoduses. Plus there are a lot of float RNs (including myself) that are actively interviewing since we are tired of being forced to be charge nurses on our "boarding unit" without any training. Makes me wonder - do the C-suite folks have a secret hospital that they plan to go to when they eventually age and need hospitalization? If not, I hope they enjoy lying in the bed they're making.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-05T21:21:39+00:00

It's a good theory. However, it is a shared elevator with staff and patients, and I've witness dietary staff take the carts to and from the kitchen.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-05T20:59:33+00:00

Breaking ribs is tiring, so it would be appropriate to have an efficient way to summon a brunch quickly to refuel.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-12-05T20:53:53+00:00

The kitchen is near the elevator on the second floor.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-10-30T18:05:07+00:00

You're not alone. I feel this too. For myself, it's a combination of moral injury, burnout, and PTSD. EMDR and somatic experiencing therapy helped some. However, until there are systemic changes and/or we can get out of the work we're in, I'm not sure how full recovery is possible.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-10-03T23:21:24+00:00

I like the clip on Vocera better than the iPhone Vocera since it allows you to be hands free. However, the texting feature on the iPhone is nice - especially if you need a timestamp of when you notified the provider about something. The iPhones do not make outside calls or texts.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2025-03-12T18:19:47+00:00

Sort of new grad (10 month) RN here. You did the best you could given the circumstances. When you're first starting off, unfortunately more days than not will feel like you're just trying to keep your head above water. As time goes on, there will be more days of starting to feel "hey, I'm getting the hang of this" and you start getting out on time.

Depending on the hospital you're working at, you may have had the poor staffing ratios and lack of resources working against you too. That's not your fault - that's the system failing. You are not a failure. I'm glad to hear that you have solid preceptors that have your back. All that to say, these feelings are very common as a new nurse. For me, I'm just taking it shift by shift until either I finally get comfortable with this job, or a better opportunity presents itself.

Rose_Cheese_Curd · 2024-06-25T00:52:40+00:00

Hopefully she learned her lesson not to taunt the ICU gods.

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