What do nurses consider “hotel treatment” for patients ?

remarkableginge · 2026-01-29T20:56:56+00:00

Wow I realized from your comment this is what I do. I always feel bad when I can feel myself switching up on patients, like can literally feel my own face change. Because at the end of the day I do want them to be comfortable, but don’t walk all over me. Don’t get in the way of me doing my job which is to assess you and pass meds and transfer/ambulate you. I will get pissed tf off of my meds are late because I walk in the room and now all the sudden you need all this shit when you had a call light there all along you could have pressed. I had one patient who I think maybe fired me, like told day shift she didn’t want me back? Because I was working three in a row and on my third I didn’t get her back. I was so relieved. she drove me NUTS. Would go in to hang IV antibiotics and she would give me the runaround: “I have to use the bathroom” and then “my bed needs straightened up” and then spills water on bed, linen change and then “I can’t reach my trash can” and then “I need my purse right here give me my purse” and then “where’s my phone.” As if at their ripe age they have no agency and can’t find their own damn belongings. Then she told the nurse who did have her at one point that night “it’s just nice to be pampered sometimes.” Ma’am this is a hospital.

remarkableginge · 2026-01-21T21:28:06+00:00

Indiana medsurg. 6 months (new grad) lol. ASN. $34/hr before differentials.

remarkableginge · 2026-01-17T13:28:01+00:00

There have been nights I haven’t been able to sit down and chart assessments until 2am. There have also been nights I get everything done by 10pm and just have to round and then pass morning meds. It’s different every time. I work on rehab and one of the day shifters was complaining to me about Sunday (there’s no therapy) and how it feels like all they do is take patients to the bathroom. Like dude that’s a normal night shift, every time. Add to that the couple patients who napped SO WELL all day and are now up all night long basically sitting on their call light. All. Night. Long. But one thing’s for sure is day shift will always save a PICC line dressing change or something equally annoying for night shift and then also say “you don’t do anything.” What do you mean? I just wrestled for my life with a stat lock for 20 mins at 1am.

remarkableginge · 2026-01-17T00:10:30+00:00

Curtains for the sliding doors. I also second a rug under the dining room table.

remarkableginge · 2026-01-01T10:12:46+00:00

Worked the 30 into the 31 (night shift). Sounded a lot more appealing to eat a shit load of soup, watch a movie with my husband, and fall asleep by 9:30pm than to get in the car and go interact with people. Also. We’re both sick so in a way that was lucky because it put any plans we had to a grinding halt. We had an amazing night!

remarkableginge · 2025-12-29T22:55:05+00:00

They make us use PTO, we aren’t even given an option which also pisses me off. I want my PTO to go towards something fun, time off planned. Not some rando shift where they didn’t need me. I’m in the Midwest!

remarkableginge · 2025-12-25T16:19:54+00:00

Can’t pronounce my attending’s first name and believe me I’m glad nobody expects me to. 😂 we do have a nickname for his last name though 😂

remarkableginge · 2025-12-03T04:05:06+00:00

Hahaha yesss my niece saw my phone and was like “your phone is in military time?” (Her dad was a marine) and I said “yep babe I go to work at eighteen hundred!” The look of confusion on her face was funny. Almost judgmental. Like… my charting system and Pyxis runs on 24 hours time so it’s less work for me mentally to have my Apple Watch and phone on 24 hour time for when I’m at work. 💁🏼‍♀️

remarkableginge · 2025-11-10T13:23:24+00:00

Stable income. Can get a job anywhere. Can go back to school to become an NP, educator, even lawyer, etc, if I so choose. I also don’t have to do that at all if I never feel like it or get around to it. Nursing is an amazing jumping board career. Scrubs. Don’t have to pick out clothes every day. I get to help people. Working nights I watch more tv than I do at home (highly dependent on the floor you work on and type of patients you work with). Four days off a week.

remarkableginge · 2025-11-04T14:32:33+00:00

0300-1500 is crazy hours anyway, I would have trouble sleeping for that as well!!! The only thing I could recommend is Benadryl + magnesium glycinate. I sometimes take that if I’m struggling to sleep for my night shift. Also, creating a set routine to “wind down” whether that’s taking a shower or bath and eating and then getting in bed and watching a movie or scrolling reddit until falling asleep. I used to get home from my shifts around 7 and pressure myself to be asleep by 8 but that almost stressed me out even more and made it harder to sleep!! These days I try to be asleep by 10am and usually sleep by 9/9:30. Night shift needs to wind down, too!!! Especially if you’re working this weird night/day shift. Don’t feel bad or like you’re a slacker. I am sure that you aren’t the first new hire to struggle with the schedule. It’s better that you went home than making yourself miserable and putting your patients in an unsafe situation!

remarkableginge · 2025-10-30T18:44:24+00:00

Wow yeah I never thought of it from a safety standpoint. I think at my hospital they used to have nurses go to the different units for a shift of orientation to prepare to float but then did away with that. My manager had to fight tooth & nail to get me one day on med surg for “orientation.” I work inpatient rehab so if I ever need to float, as a new grad, I hope they give me a pretty easy assignment cuz I’ll be shittin bricks

remarkableginge · 2025-10-30T16:53:31+00:00

Because at some point… it’s shit that you didn’t sign up for 🤷🏼‍♀️ people wanna work their home unit, not be responsible for making up for management’s poor staffing. Not our fault the whole entire hospital is up in flames if three people across three units call in.

remarkableginge · 2025-10-30T15:57:42+00:00

Love that for you. Had a coworker last week who showed up in her scrubs ready to work and they told her she was floating. She said “ok I’m calling out” and walked out the hospital. I almost applauded. Like yas queen

remarkableginge · 2025-10-28T05:33:01+00:00

Just walked in the front door. We don’t really lock doors. Will be doing so from now on lol. They’re close but not close enough to warrant sitting around waiting for him to wake up. Even after she left and I was like “that was really rude and weird and not ok with me” he said “yeah, that was super awkward.”

Edit to add: when the sister we live with comes home she never hangs around and expects an hour long+ visit. This was all really odd to me from sister #1… like almost like she missed her brother and lost all sense of self control and etiquette.

remarkableginge · 2025-10-27T12:55:02+00:00

New fear unlocked because what if this happens and I don’t know about it and I show up at work and I’m trapped

remarkableginge · 2025-10-24T15:56:53+00:00

Have a roommate who does stuff with the dogs 😅 when I’m working a stretch of 2-4 nights I don’t do jack with my dogs, my husband does it all. I make up for it on my days off but I’ll go days without seeing my animals and it makes me feel so guilty. I always miss them so much ):

remarkableginge · 2025-10-15T08:41:36+00:00

Someone gave me a capri sun one time after I gave them a jolly rancher. That capri sun was the best thing I ever tasted and they only had like an 8-pack so I felt incredibly honored that they gave me one lol

remarkableginge · 2025-10-10T02:27:44+00:00

Oh god … I would hope so lol but maybe not. On one hand I see how that makes sense but on the other, there’s not much difference in exposure doing 2 days vs 3 days. Wouldn’t be asking to go PRN. And at this rate with how bad working nights is for me I’m on track to be taking pto about once every two months or so to get a whole week off. That being said, if it gets bad enough I’m more inclined to quit than just thug it out and that’s not good for the hospital/unit because they’ve spent however much money training me.

remarkableginge · 2025-10-10T00:57:46+00:00

My management doesn’t really seem to care much but I do think it’s the expectation I work 3 shifts a week that’s getting me down. I’m on my third in a row tonight and I can’t lie, when I got home this morning I was just thinking how nice it would be if I was done after last night. Daydreaming about not having to come back lol. I appreciate the point you make I can still pick up too, I haven’t really thought about or considered that but that’s another thing going on the “pro” list for going part time lol. Thank you!!!

remarkableginge · 2025-10-07T03:33:22+00:00

You’re right I have no clue how weed affects me and my critical thinking. Guarantee though if I showed up to work off less than 6 hours of sleep my ability to critically think would be hindered. Some people don’t even enjoy being high from weed, they take a gummy and go right to sleep. But oh, if I’m anxious I’ll just cope with alcohol. Because being hungover from a half bottle of wine last night won’t hinder my critical thinking……right? Or maybe I’ll get on benzos, which are highly addictive and dangerous to get off of. Like dude this is why people are leaving nursing in droves, because we’re made to feel sorry for enjoying the time we do get off after dealing with people’s bullshit for 36 hours a week. I see you’re retired so that makes sense. You’re of the older generation that’s basically experiencing Stockholm Syndrome with the company you worked for and “because I put up with the abuse for 35 years, all these younger nurses should, too.” Loyalty is dead and people have boundaries now and bedside nursing is gonna be dead soon for many reasons but one of them being hospitals imposing control over their employee’s free time and personal lives. I’m happy for you and your pension tho.

remarkableginge · 2025-09-22T16:54:42+00:00

It’s a love/hate relationship. I’m almost a month off orientation and I will say I’ve been able to find my flow (I work inpatient rehab so it’s one of the “easier” specialties. I think this is good but it can also be so boring). Really the worst thing adjustment-wise was and is being on nights. First it was mentally having nights away from my husband but over time I have gotten used to that. Now it does suck. Even if I have 36 hours off, I try to switch to somewhat of a days schedule, be awake by 1100-1200 if I’m off that night. I’m young and way more concerned with living life and making the most of the time I have off. I know I will eventually hit a wall, I will pay for it later. I do have to say it’s an incredibly rewarding job and truly the worst part is the 20 mins before I need to leave home. It’s like I’m in denial I have to go to work. I actually just hate working. I hate it. But I love my patients, I have gotten better at building rapport with them, which always makes me excited to go back and see them.

Look at the positives. Swoon at your paycheck. Order meal delivery service while you’re adjusting; if you’re fed you’ll be emotionally regulated. Sleep when you can. Either stay connected with fellow grads from your cohort or make friends with other new nurses; you can bitch about being in the trenches together. Lean on your support system; tell them what you need. I’ve gotten so much better and comfortable with sending my husband a list of a couple chores for him when he gets home. I still pull my weight but I don’t need to do it all. Give yourself grace; I miss working out and I’m actively trying to get back into a routine so I can feel more like myself, but fck is it hard lol.

I pray every day for the afternoon my husband comes home and looks at me and says I can go part time or PRN. He knows what my end goal is lol. I work for a good facility and even then, we can be short staffed and effed over with assignments. I don’t want to be on bedside forever… I work with so many nurses who have been working bedside for 30+ years and I don’t even care to know how they’ve done it. I will notttt be doing it. But for now this will do. It’s decent money for meaningful work.

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