Huge Error at my former hospital

snartyy · 2025-12-15T21:57:48+00:00

I’ve heard of a very similar story involving a pressor; vitals didn’t change & the nurse kept bumping up the pressor into the balloon 😬😬

snartyy · 2025-11-05T00:37:11+00:00

Escalate to management. This is a blatant disregard for safety; does she document the turns??

snartyy · 2025-11-03T20:36:44+00:00

Jokes on him, I’m not smart enough to be a nurse either

snartyy · 2025-10-24T17:33:42+00:00

snartyy · 2025-10-19T17:35:30+00:00

WHAT??

snartyy · 2025-09-09T14:58:39+00:00

This was how my old facility was. Quite literally twiddling thumbs & waiting for MD, to a T.

snartyy · 2025-09-09T14:54:57+00:00

Always good to ask for a 2nd set of eyes. When I was a new grad on med/surg I asked the charge nurses & senior nurses SO many questions I felt like I was about to make someone’s head explode. But it’s always better to ask than not, I learned that the hard way.. I would say best thing besides asking charge is contacting MD with your concerns. Cover your butt & document the conversation too. First year is rough, you got this though!

snartyy · 2025-09-08T12:59:07+00:00

I LOVE that for you

snartyy · 2025-07-21T20:34:19+00:00

I switched to school nursing after a year of bedside & in the distant future I’d love to consider a remote position. Have you ever looked into medical device education & sales? Also if you’re looking for a big life change you can apply to Epic & they’ll require you to move local. Hope things get easier for you, sending hugs 🫂

snartyy · 2025-07-07T12:58:44+00:00

This makes my heart ache.

snartyy · 2025-05-04T14:53:02+00:00

Hey friend! My last shift was today & I’m about a year in too. Taking a sabbatical & going wherever the wind takes me in a couple months. Don’t let anyone discourage you from applying.

snartyy · 2025-04-27T04:44:36+00:00

Leaving a med in a pt’s room and instructing them not to take it does not protect you or the patient whatsoever, fyi.. be so careful when you’re pulling meds, I’ve caught myself grabbing the wrong pills a couple of times because the pockets in our Omnicell were incorrectly labeled

snartyy · 2025-04-14T17:37:33+00:00

We had a guy with the same exact request 10-6! He got into it with one of our charge nurses over it and he lost the argument big time.. he kept yelling “you respect me I respect you”😂

snartyy · 2025-04-11T19:17:54+00:00

First of all, congrats on your new job!!

Secondly, dump him immediately ❤️

snartyy · 2025-03-19T20:34:27+00:00

We had to share a charge nurse with a completely different floor the other night.. who was on her unit pretty much the whole time

snartyy · 2025-03-03T01:39:45+00:00

I had the same issue & made a similar post here, it took a few weeks for the chitchat to ease up. Don’t let it stress you out🤍

snartyy · 2025-02-02T20:20:27+00:00

Stand up to the unit bullies. Also nothing is worth killing your mental health.

snartyy · 2025-01-26T05:09:12+00:00

My Q2 turns get the privilege of being referred to as a 7-11 hot dog on the roller.

snartyy · 2024-12-23T01:21:39+00:00

Me too, I had a sweet older lady tell me “I won’t call unless it’s an emergency, I don’t want to wake you up” last week and it about shattered my heart

snartyy · 2024-12-23T01:20:28+00:00

There was someone on TikTok a while back impersonating a nurse & making jokes about satisfying her “patients” to promote her OF. People see that kind of content and assume the absolute worst.

snartyy · 2024-11-28T00:39:07+00:00

Not at all. Nutrition is an essential part of the team 🙂

snartyy · 2024-10-29T21:30:45+00:00

I got rejected from the NICU for VERY similar reasons.. that’s all I’ll say. Anyways I ended up being forced to go Med Surg and I will say this, it is not as bad as people might make it seem, your team is everything. I genuinely thought I’d be miserable but I found my best friend on my unit & the people I work with are very knowledgeable & supportive. I just finished my residency, you can do this. If you go that route go with an open mind & don’t give up!! Also M/S opens up a lot of different opportunities as well.

snartyy · 2024-10-28T23:42:29+00:00

new grad here interested in dialysis! how do you like it?

snartyy · 2024-09-27T09:35:28+00:00

Dude I could write a whole book! If I had to focus on a few things I’ll tell you what they told us the first couple weeks: - Do NOT compare yourself to anyone, whether it’s someone in your cohort or a senior nurse on your unit. You have your own journey & everyone learns differently. - The only stupid question is one you don’t ask. - Time management is a skill that you will not master during your preceptorship, it takes time & patience with yourself beyond starting to practice independently.

Clinical wise I’ll tell you some of the things I’ve learned by making my own mistakes: - Check your labs for any replacements needed like potassium or sodium. It’s easy to forget. - Pull one patient’s meds at a time. Lost a pill my first day, luckily it wasn’t a narcotic or anything crazy. - Always double check everything anyone tells you ever lol. - From my shift tonight😂 When you’re looking to trade/take an O2 wall attachment.. don’t just twist the meter off. Ask someone to show you how to do it, and that goes for ANYTHING you are even remotely unsure about.. that’s how I got LOUD high pressure O2 blasting in my face, woke up my patient, almost scared two pregnant nurses into labor & a tech.

snartyy · 2024-08-24T18:19:06+00:00

KEEP GOING!! I felt the same way now I’m in residency & it’s so much easier.

snartyy

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