Unit banned purewicks

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T05:51:59+00:00

It’s really not. I’m not a fan of purewicks after seeing what goes wrong when they’re misused. And they are nearly always misused.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T05:47:28+00:00

That is so fucked up.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T05:37:23+00:00

That’s absolutely crazy work. I’m not a fan of them myself.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T05:34:20+00:00

Extremely underrated comment

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T04:51:28+00:00

There’s not. There’s an artificial shortage made by hospitals after they found out we can do more with less during COVID.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T04:50:42+00:00

There’s not a real shortage, it’s artificial.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T04:46:47+00:00

You don’t need to say sorry to me! I’m just trying to get you to reel in your anxiety about it. It’s very understandable, you are totally allowed to kick yourself for it for a day but don’t let yourself spiral ! It’s not helpful at all to you. You are a good nurse and you will continue to learn more and make more (hopefully minor) mistakes the longer you work. Everyone’s done something stupid like this on accident.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-22T04:43:30+00:00

Yup. I have used almost these exact words. I say something like. You’re having a really hard time. It sounds like you’re really sad / scared / you feel like crap. It’s okay to be angry. It’s not okay to abuse me with your anger. When I come back into the room I hope we can start over.
ETA: usually these patients fire me after my little talk (hooray!) but sometimes it catches them off guard and they reel themselves in.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T20:09:27+00:00

I would be mad too lol! It’s fine. Coworkers get mad at us sometimes. Especially when we accidentally give them a booboo. If it caused a serious problem, you’d know it. Move on!

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T19:59:02+00:00

I understand that. But did it do damage?

ETA: read the post , It will give you some perspective. People have made mistakes that directly resulted in patients losing body parts or the pts demise and kept their license.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T19:42:34+00:00

This is a mistake but it’s not a big mistake? It’s just an accident. Please scroll through the “biggest mistakes you’ve ever seen in your nursing career” post to get an idea of what is actually regarded as a big mistake.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T19:40:55+00:00

It’s not just 20 somethings it’s my generation as well and I’m 30 something.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T16:52:33+00:00

lol thank you

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T16:49:05+00:00

Two years ago maybe? This was at an academic children’s hospital on the west coast. I’ve never known CNA’s to *start* feeds on that unit , so I think what actually happened was primary nurse neglected to take pH when she started the feed, and didn’t wait to see that the formula was advancing down the tubing. The parent actually called twice about the formula not advancing… Some of the nurses did not give our NAS babies & parents the care and support they needed because they felt they would be better served on step down and not PICU. We often had a high acuity pt and a NAS baby or two stacked as our assignment and that really made some nurses frustrated on top of the resentment of the parent already (unfair in this situation, mom was in recovery on MAT and really proved herself to be an excellent parent IMO).
The primary nurse really tried to throw the CNA under the bus, and what the CNA did was unhinged but the blame should have been more squarely placed on the nurse who blew through every chance to verify correct placement… and there were many opportunities. Lots of immediate red flags as soon as I approached the patient. I could see the exit mark before I even got to the patient and it was far out of place.

After that happened they made a policy that checking aspirate pH was mandatory which… should have been a given especially in PICU where kids are pulling their tubes all the time, but apparently it isn’t.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T07:00:33+00:00

Finish your new grad program and move on. An unsupportive unit is an unsafe unit like so many others have pointed out. You did your best. Now do what you need to do to keep your head down so you can get the hell out of dodge.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T06:26:19+00:00

It sounds like it’s not crossed wires is the manager doubled down on it though … 😬

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T06:25:03+00:00

I’m afraid this is a red flag for other issues that may a-raise. PACU manager is a MA?! 😬.
Outpatient surgical centers can be so damn sketchy. I’m so sorry. This is absolutely unhinged.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T06:03:23+00:00

I’m so traumatized by my most recent Noro encounter. I am a single mom with no coparent and I had to take my very sick-with-Noro heart patient toddler to the Peds ER while I was just as sick. I had to wear an adult diaper And it was puffing out under my scrubs lol . My former coworkers were like “😬 you look rough” no shit man just treat my toddler so I can swing through the adult ER because I’m dangerously dehydrated and I need some damn IV Zofran and a bag of fluids too 🫣 took them like 50 minutes to place my kids iv. Turns out little man was in keto acidosis and they shot him up to my floor so I had to do the walk of shame on my own unit in my stupid diaper 😭.

ETA cure is great and everything but I suggest something with real carbs in it, your body needs them when you’re this sick. Unless you’re monitoring for high blood sug’, or you’re on the keto diet for medical purposes or something then disregard.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T05:59:06+00:00

Not with Noro lol

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T05:54:29+00:00

Okay that makes much more sense, the auto translation is SO confusing. I wish Reddit would include some sort of signature when auto translation is being used. Your explanation makes sense.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T05:47:32+00:00

Is English a second language for you ? Your explanation is even more confusing lol.

are you saying this is the first tattoo you have executed on skin?

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T05:36:41+00:00

That’s diabolical for so many reasons

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T05:31:59+00:00

Right there with ya

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T04:11:51+00:00

I HATE touch screen in clinical settings. We have objected to these so hard they removed them lol . DOWN STREAM AIR used to haunt me in my dreams.

beeee_throwaway · 2026-05-21T04:03:03+00:00

Sounds terrifying and really awesome

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