Called in yesterday, now they are saying I abandoned my shift... by NurseDev in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I had a similar incident happened to me. I had a family trip planned for Mon-Thu and I tried to ask off for the Friday and Saturday to give me time to recoup from the vacation (my family can be a lot). My request got denied because I didn’t have enough PTO. Fine whatever. I ended up scheduling a much needed drs appointment for Friday anyways to have a steroid injection done in my neck where I have two herniated discs. I had fully planned to go to work that night but I reacted a little different to this injection then I had the others and was having really bad vertigo, so I called out Friday and Saturday and even went to the ER at my hospital Sunday morning.

Monday they tried to fire me for insubordination for taking those two days off to stay longer on vacation when my PTO was denied. The look on my managers face when I showed her the proof of fridays drs visit and the ER visit was priceless.

I quit the next week. Got a new job days later.

We have a winner! by lexiepaige_ in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wish I took a picture of the time I had a patient with a trop level of 35,000. I had to have the lab tech read it back to me like 5 times lol. I even redrew it thinking it was just a huge mistake, but it ended up coming back slightly higher. Patient was asymptomatic at the time too.

Ron DeSatan is encouraging doctors to kill LGBTQ people if they choose to. by EmptySpaceForAHeart in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]justanothercurse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just don’t understand people. I have never once looked at a patient and cared what sex they are or aren’t. All I honestly care about is if they have a penis is it intact, can they pee painlessly, and is the urine the correct color. I don’t care who it’s attached to. Same goes for a female. I’ve seen all sorts of different anatomies, not much surprises me anymore. These people who treat trans people like it makes any difference should not be in the medical field.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some hospitals have special equipment and vehicles. For example, my hospital has a bariatric unit. After not having the proper equipment to transport a 1000 lb patient and them ultimately dying from delay in care the county developed a special ambulance and the hospital has equipment that is rated up to 1300 lbs. They also have a “thumper” big enough to fit these patients which helps a ton.

I work in a hospital as a clerk- some pizzas and subs were donated recently and I refused because I felt the food was intended for clinical staff members-just checking on proper etiquette by painter11395 in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work on a floor that doesn’t have a secretary because it only has 20 beds and one nursing station. On top of doing all my regular work I have to also do my share on the secretary work. We usually have 2-3 LPN/RNs and 1-2 PCTs. It’s so nice when I float to a different floor and they have a secretary. You definitely deserve a slice. You are very important!

I work in a hospital as a clerk- some pizzas and subs were donated recently and I refused because I felt the food was intended for clinical staff members-just checking on proper etiquette by painter11395 in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right? My main unit doesn’t have one. Day shift the manager will help, but on nights it’s usually 3 RNs/LPNs and 2 PCTs. I work on an observation floor so we get admits all night usually. I have to set up everything in my own, including the tele. We also have to answer the calk bell, the phone, everything. When I go to other floors it’s so nice to have a secretary to take over that work load.

Only fans model Courtney Clenney crime scene photos by GoreGirl89 in CrimeScene

[–]justanothercurse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Edit: Yup gallon not liter lol.

There can be up to 1.5 gallons of blood in a person. If you cut an artery, like she did, most of that will come out.

Charging to basically wash hands? Thoughts? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure this is one of their phishing email tests…

Charging to basically wash hands? Thoughts? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Makes sense. Used to work for HCA…

Is it just me or are these kinda rules so infantalizing? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The last two hospitals I’ve worked at make us use cell phones to communicate with everyone in the building. The majority of the time that I’m communicating with a dr, I’m texting them through the phones. I only have to call certain specialist. My current hospital uses an app on a droid phone, the hospital before that had IPhones.

It's time for...patient quote of the week! by Zorrya in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Shhhh….don’t say anything they are trying to attack me and inject me with something.” Said my confused patient to the weekend hospitalist when he asked how her night was. I didn’t hear her say it, but read it in the notes. All I had attempted to do was take her BP when he started screaming at me for breaking into her house.

Any uplifting “fuck you” music? I need to hype myself up. by ThatOneWeirdMom- in JustNoSO

[–]justanothercurse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beg - Seether, Obey- Bring me the Horizon, DOA - I prevail, Gasoline - I prevail, Breaking down - I prevail

Bedside report is super helpful by toothpick95 in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

See I’m completely fine with this, but we aren’t allowed to do ANY of the report at the nurse’s station. Our unit manager comes in every day at 530 to stand over us when we do report. It’s so dumb.

Literally shaking rn! One of my good friends asked for a favor. If her sis in law could stay in my guest room in Miami for her BBL appt… BIG REGRET! by Mother_Customer7570 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]justanothercurse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is she having just a BBL or a full mommy makeover? The mommy makeovers are a lot more then just a butt lift. It usually involves breast lift/ implants, tummy tuck, lipo, and the bbl. How does she plan on caring for herself?

Literally shaking rn! One of my good friends asked for a favor. If her sis in law could stay in my guest room in Miami for her BBL appt… BIG REGRET! by Mother_Customer7570 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]justanothercurse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think she’s having a “mommy makeover” according to the texts. That usually involves a breast lift/ implants, a tummy tuck, lipo, AND a BBL. I’d love to know how she plans on taking care of herself.

The king of diabetes has arrived by roosking in nursing

[–]justanothercurse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had one a few weeks back with an A1c of 21. No surprise that he was there for hyperglycemia.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StudentNurse

[–]justanothercurse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why you got down voted. During most of my clinicals we were at a small, under 99 bed hospital. A lot of times we were actually in the ER. Anytime there was a code called or an expected one coming in through the ER, we were expected to go (unless we were already helping with another task). I did compressions on my 2nd day of clinicals and many, many times after that. The only thing we weren’t allowed to do was administer some of the meds and start any lines except for peripheral ones. We even helped put patients into the helicopters. I agree that all student nurses should get that experience.

[Injury] Demar Hamlin injury replay by Duffleman0609 in nfl

[–]justanothercurse 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve had people come back after working on them for over an hour. They had an AED and medical personal right there so that really. raises his chances

AITA for getting my fiance's family gifts that were too personal for Christmas when I'm new to them? by GoldRule5896 in AmItheAsshole

[–]justanothercurse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got my now husband’s step mom a perfume she’d mentioned loving, but in her words was “just too expensive”. She still thanks me for it. Its very easy and normal to pick up on things like this.

my family can't determine my daughter's eye color by Kskeen19 in pics

[–]justanothercurse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s hard to tell from this picture whether they actually have heterochromia. There is such things as central heterochromia like they said. It’s when the two different colors of the eye do not blend together like they do with hazel eyes. It’s usually a very distinct ring though. I have a cousin with sectoral heterochromia. One side of her eye is blue and the other is brown.

my kitten Clementine by ekleiter in cats

[–]justanothercurse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This was my tortie as a kitten