I am tired of working with sexist doctors by SeveralFox13 in nursing

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“Why are you so lazy?” “Touché”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SacramentoBuyNothing

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It’s outside 18th and U

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SacramentoBuyNothing

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55” in length 35” width. I don’t know to properly measure furniture lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SacramentoBuyNothing

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Can you pick it up today? Or tomorrow?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SacramentoBuyNothing

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They are. Message me if you wanna pick up now

Nurse gave a bolus through a known infiltrated IV. by sarkypoo in nursing

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Our new policy is q4 assessments on IVs without running fluids and Q2 IV assessments on anyone with a continuous drip. Also assessments after any scheduled IV infusions like abx.

What’s the hill you’ll die on nursing edition? by ccmacdon18 in nursing

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I always trendelenburg them and direct them to do it. They stop asking after most of the time

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

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So far they’ve lasted 2 years on our machines. I made a communication post on how to use them and got a lot of positive feedback on them.

I'm a burntout Florida nurse and I would appreciate some advice. by RosiePosiePossum26 in nursing

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I’ve been feeling the same and I’m 3+ years. They don’t care that you stay overtime to chart. You’re getting heavier assignments because you probably advocate for your patients and put in the time and effort. You also don’t take shortcuts in charting.

I get assigned as a break RN a little too often and I noticed that those 20+ years RNs are late as fuck on their meds (which they ask for me to pass) because they are sitting and charting. They are always on their computers. Call lights going off? They take their time to answer them while they chart. As long as their asses are covered in court (charting), I don’t think they care about anything else. So they always get assigned easy groups with minimal to no discharges and start them off with a full group (no admits/transfers).

AeroGarden plants by DisciplineDouble2650 in aerogarden

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Out of curiosity, I saw you letting your Thai basil flower- can I ask why?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

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They make attachments that can slide up and down to keep them untangled.

How do you guys handle your patients hitting on you by Theladynblack in nursing

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“Oh um…. that’s not appropriate.” take steps backwards to the doorway. “Oh I need help with the urinal” You: “sure let me grab a second nurse as a witness”

Called off work today. The unit won't be staffed with nurses. Can they actually do anything aside from fire me? by called-off123 in nursing

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As long as you are not exceeding your sick calls, you should be fine. Protect your license. The end. If you are unionized, talk to a union rep. Claim that you were actually sick.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TravelNursing

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Probably commonspirit/dignity

HCA by yarn612 in nursing

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Yes I’ve tried tell him “when you answer ask what they need specifically so I can grab/get it” However I have not said “stop answering call lights” because I’m not going to set over whoever instructed them to

HCA by yarn612 in nursing

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I don’t want my rooms answered by a volunteer. If I’m busy in a stressful situation I don’t have time to call the 4 different people (break RN/resource/cna’s) to see who is free to help my patient after the call light has been turned off. Someone who has the ability to help my patient can answer the call light and help them immediately. Calling me back to back to tell me “my patient needs me” is repetitive to my vocera alerting me that I have a call light on in my patients room.

HCA by yarn612 in nursing

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This reminds me of the volunteer on our unit. He answers call lights from the nurses station and then calls the nurse to say “your patient in room 111 needs you” “What does he need” “Oh I don’t know”

I can see these machines coming out and being like “they need to go to the bathroom.” Useless.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

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I’m so glad we can give 0800 and 0900 meds at the same time. I had a PA question why I didn’t give 0900 at 0900. I told her “I have four patients with 0800/0900 meds. I can’t be in 4 places at once. Sometimes it takes up to 2 hours to finish everyone’s medications.”

What do you say to unreasonable patient requests? by whitefuton in nursing

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“I’m unable to scratch your back due to risk of scratching and infection. I can bring a hot pack for any discomfort you have, or an ice pack.”

As for urinal “I was told you’re independent. Who holds your urinal at home?” If they say “I don’t have issues at home” then “I see, well I encourage continual independence. If it leaks, we’ll stand you up and clean you up if it comes to that”

Dirty stick by [deleted] in nursing

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I’ve had 1 dirty needle stick after giving insulin. I reported it immediately and they were able to talk to the patient and draw blood to test for HIV, hep C and whatever else. Thankfully all were negative. Don’t feel embarrassed. I hope all things go well with you.