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So a few months ago when I worked in the hospital I had an elderly patient and his daughter, her husband and kids were apparently a ‘barefoot family’ so they never wore shoes. They would walk all around the hospital with no shoes even tho I told them there was regularly feces on the floor not to mention all the germs and god knows what. But they would refuse to wear them. I remember walking behind them once and could see their feet were so dirty. They would even walk from their house with no shoes on along sideawalks and roads with no shoes then trot all of that around the hospital. Anyway I’m in a new job and the daughter came in today for an appointment. Not with me but I saw her and she still had no shoes on. But we are in a very deprived area and when I’m walking in to work the entire area is filled with dirty needles, used condoms, vomit. I’m actaully scared for her at this point Surely it’s just not right to be walking all this filth in to a medical centre? Is there no rules abou
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I work in a SNF and I’m a PT employee. I also started there in Feb. I’m fresh out of school- this is my first nursing job. Haven’t taken a vacation in years between school/mom life etc. so me and my husband book a 7 day vacation end of October. I went in to request off and scheduling tells me I’m not entitled to a vacation. I told them I could still work my shifts the same week of vacation (going away W-W), do doubles etc. still no. HR tells me I’d have to see if I have any PTO, use it and then find my own coverage. Or not go on the vacation. Said they just lost 6 nurses this week and they can’t tell me what my schedule will look like 3 months from now. I really wanted to just say i won’t be there regardless but instead I said ok and politely thanked him for the information. I’m just regretting even saying anything. I should’ve just played sick. Your short staffing is not my problem. Side note/ I realize I’m lacking in seniority and have not been there a year but when I’m asked to work
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I paint murals for a living, mostly big outdoor walls, and I got pulled into a project doing artwork for a pediatric unit and now a couple hallways in a larger hospital. The people coordinating it kept talking about patient outcomes and staff wellbeing, but honestly I wanted to hear it from the people actually working those floors every single day Does it register at all when you're three hours into a brutal shift and walking past something on the wall, or does it just become invisible background noise after week one? I genuinely don't know, and I find myself thinking about it a lot while I'm sketching concepts The pediatric stuff feels obvious. You want color and characters, something that pulls kids out of their heads for a second. But the adult units and the staff corridors, I'm less sure what actually lands versus what just looks good in a hospital committee presentation. There's also the question of what nurses actually want to see. Not admin, not patients, but the people doing tw
I started recently in the SICU and we use medical leeches pretty often. Once the little guys do their job and detach we just dunk them in alcohol. I feel so bad for them. Like I spent just spent 20 minutes bonding with them as I dangled them over a patient begging for them to latch. submitted by /u/Camurai_ [link] [comments]
My non-profit hospice agency was bought out by a for profit PEG owned company last May. Today they demoted our manager, 15 seconds before they layed off the entire after hours team on the same call. I'm disgusted. I'm shocked. We had 2 shifts of after hours nurses, swing shift and noc shift. Not anymore... Technically they offered us all a position, for a huge pay cut and way more hours. The offered position is salary and requires 105 hours per pay period, 15 hour shifts for 7 days in a row. The offered salary is $119k. When we calculated it out we would be making $20/hr less so obviously we are all quitting. I feel so bad for my manager, being demoted in front of the entire team. She is an LPN and they only want RN managers, which makes no sense for this fiscally motivated greed monger. Do I get unemployment? Do I slam them on GlassDoor? I'm so angry. submitted by /u/Dear_Excitement_5109 [link] [comments]
I started out at $33/hr as a new grad. Xray pays their new grads $27/hr CT pays $33/hr MRI pays $36/hr Sono/Nuc Med pays $39/hr It’s just insane to think about. Makes me think I went into the wrong field No hate towards my radiology friends. You all do great jobs submitted by /u/_adrenocorticotropic [link] [comments]
Do people realise that in a private hospital there are rarely doctors onsite particularly overnight and that the ratio of your nurse means she may be looking after 16 patients? In a public hospital there are always doctors onsite particularly overnight site and the overnight ratio is 1:8? Private hospitals suck!!! submitted by /u/RatioAppropriate1568 [link] [comments]
I got a new admission in the last 30 minutes of my shift and he is a doctor. Anyways, he got a foley placed in surgery and they messed it up somehow in the OR. I got in report from the PACU that they had to put in a new one and he was having pinkish/tea-colored urine. When he got to the floor, it was kinda pink with a tinge of blood. Forward 15-30 minutes later, I was giving report to the night shift RN and it was dark red. The resident was already aware of the pink urine and was worried about the foley, but he told me that the patient doesn’t know what happened and that he doesn’t need to know. I was already about to give handoff so I didn’t say anything to the patient about the color bc I didn’t feel like it was my situation to explain to the patient, but I’m wondering about the ethics of this. He didn’t even know he had a foley when me and the resident went to go see his foley right before shift change and he was like “I have a foley? I don’t even feel it”. Also, he will probably be
Hi yall. Do yall see scrub caps a lot on the floor? I’m in a cardiac step down type floor and want to wear them since we see bedbugs/lice occasionally but just in general to prevent taking germs home to my kid as much as possible. Would that be something seen as weird or try hard? submitted by /u/CareBusy3339 [link] [comments]
I woke up to an email that a patient I’m very close with and love dearly died last night. So today has been pretty much horrible and I haven’t been to work yet so I don’t really have anyone to talk to about it. submitted by /u/dogluvr_1 [link] [comments]
I worked with a nurse, before he retired, who charted literally nothing. Sometimes when I would get patients from him, there would be nothing but vitals, which are inputted by the aides lol. Occasionally I’d see him click the option for “same as previous assessment”. And there was always a transfer note if he received the Pt. Obviously meds were scanned in the MAR too. Is this how it used to be done? Is this something I can do LOL. I assume he did this because if anyone were to ask he would say something along the lines of “I followed the hospital protocol”, but I duno. Is this a terrible habit? I ask because after meeting him, I see some floats and travel nurses also chart the same way. submitted by /u/outbreak__monkey [link] [comments]
Daughter is MBA-type. Not medical at all. But learning tons since MIL/FIL with multiple comorbids with them almost a year. They have Deep South home but … Both insured retirees . Anyway .. aside from MIL’s run of the mill 80yo stuff … FIL (same age) = cardiac (open heart 30y ago and various related conditions ), uro (various recent procs), gastro (recent procs), endocrinology, (diabetic), psych (high anxiety). Today .. aside from hospital billing person arriving bedside asking for copays .. he asked my daughter to go to ATM and get cash so he could tip nursing team. My daughter asked me if this is routine. He told her, he ALWAYS does this and they appreciate it. Is this acceptable and routine today inpatient? submitted by /u/NomusaMagic [link] [comments]
I don’t know if yall are keeping up with the Lindsay Clancy trial but the other day Meghan Collins, an experienced ICU nurse testified and was really such a good representative of the nursing profession. During her testimony, she discussed getting report from the nightshift nurse about how Lindsay had coded the night before and was very unstable. All I could think was imagine being the night charge nurse who had to make that assignment. I’m a pretty experienced charge nurse and it sounds like a nightmare. I’m imagining the neuro ICU census like I have a couple strokes, 2 or 3 brain bleeds from falls on blood thinners, a couple spinal surgery patients, oh and the newly paralyzed woman who is under guard and alleged to have murdered her 3 kids. I’ve had to make some hard assignments in my day but that sounds like an impossible choice. submitted by /u/beep_bop_boop__ [link] [comments]
For background, I’ve been a nurse for about a year and a half in the emergency department. This week I had a patient recently that came in drenched with sweat and panicking, couldn’t get an O2 sat to register, he’s FREAKING tf out and cannot stay still. He was decompensating pretty quickly and eventually said through a NRB mask “I’m not going to make it” while looking right through me. He ended up coding and we worked him for a while but he died. And while we were working it I couldn’t come up with a single reason why he coded until they said his ventricle was full of clots and then I figured out he had a massive PE and he was so agitated because while he could breathe he wasn’t oxygenating or perfusing. I think the thing that really is messing with me is how terrified he was to die. Like genuinely he was so scared, knew he was going to die, and then he actually fucking died. No calm going into the light, just him freaking out and scared until he went quiet and coded. I’m sure some of
I (26F) am a nursing student doing a learn on the job kind of program. Im in my final months before I graduate. I just came back after a few weeks of vacation and I was genuinely excited to start work again. Don’t get me wrong, it’s also hard and demanding. But at the same time it’s super rewarding as well. The residents were very happy and excited to see me again. I was welcomed with hugs, smiles and lots of happy faces. I like that they like me. I like getting to know the residents, hearing stories about their life. I like being able to comfort them when they’re sad or upset. I like winning the trust of scared or “difficult” residents. I like being able to be there for them in their final moments. I like being able to provide comfort and dignity. I like joking around and having fun with them. I like making their day better even when it’s just with a chat. I like the “girl moments” I have with the ladies, doing their hair and make-up. I like making them smile with pictures of my pets.
Getting into nursing you hear about nursing unions and the benifits and pay but in the field there’s a lot of anti union sentiment and a good amount of people who actually don’t like being part of nursing unions.. but like why tho? Is the propaganda that strong?🥵 submitted by /u/NipponPunk [link] [comments]
My dad passed away in February. Two days before he passed, my mom, who has more grace in her pinky toe than I have in my whole body, allowed his former mistress to come say goodbye. That was the second time my mom allowed her to visit him in the hospital. I was the only one of my family members who couldn’t stand to be in the same room as her. Upon my hasty exit, I took the elevator with two nurses from the unit and immediately unloaded on them. I just remembered this moment on my drive home from work this morning and couldn’t stop laughing. Those nurses probably told the whole unit the tea 😂 Mods delete if not allowed but I needed to share with my fellow nurses. ETA: thank you all for the condolences 🙏🏼 It brings me such joy that others can recognize how amazing my mom is from just a short snippet. submitted by /u/bill_mury [link] [comments]
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Im a clinic nurse in a position that moves around the clinic a lot and handles phone calls and patients. My coworker made some absolutely adorable magnets for my door so staff know if im available. submitted by /u/Temporary-Employ-611 [link] [comments]
My daughter recently told me of a friend, an ER nurse, fired by her (non-union) hospital for trying to protect a patient from ICE. This led to me doing a search for news articles R/T this, & I am finding a distressing number of articles about ICE goons throwing nurses to the ground or similar. I do not know whether the hospital I mentioned above cited the incident in the nurse's firing, or conveniently found some other "reason" to fire her (you know how that goes). Does anyone know, are there groups (NNA, legal, immigrants rights) that have nurses' backs in any way at all, in these incidents? submitted by /u/Oothoon63 [link] [comments]
is this a universal nursing experience? next time i have to refuse to give gatorade to a patient, im going to show them this flyer as the reasoning why. policies? don't know her. ahh, the little petty things to be pissed about. submitted by /u/storminconverse [link] [comments]
I have seen too many Nurses struggling with their mental health and financial ruin because of the changes made by the Department of Education. I will never forgive them for breaking my contracted loan agreement and finding every way to delay or take PSLF away from us. Especially when they handed PPP loans out like crazy with zero oversight. They know they are intentionally hurting healthcare workers, Nurses and teachers by removing ways to help us reach PSLF. People like me who are Millenials, have a mortgage, kids, and aging parents to care for. Not mention our own health and medical issues are close to losing everything or at risk for being financially destroyed. My fiancé is in IT and has been laid off for a year. The market is dead right now. We’re facing the reality that I might have to get a second Nursing job which exacerbate my medical condition or he has to file for bankruptcy. One thing that I counted on was that if I held on a few more years I could get my loans forgiven. No
I need to vent because I am ready to scream. I’ve been a med-surg nurse for a while now, so I know how hand-off is supposed to go. I transitioned to a new hospital recently, and I have zero issues giving report to anyone else on the floor. Smooth, concise, SBAR, get out on the floor. Except for one specific charge nurse. This woman has some kind of sick power fetish. She demands to know every single last microscopic lab value, every historical background detail, and every single scan and imaging result down to the pixel. And I am not exaggerating—I literally spent two hours meticulously writing and organizing my report sheet overnight trying to bulletproof it against her, and it was still not f***** good enough. Even with a comprehensive written report, she still dragged our 5-patient hand-off out to nearly 50 agonizing minutes of line-by-line chart interrogation. Why am I wasting time verbally reciting routine labs that are sitting right there in the chart? Meanwhile, actual patient c
I’ve noticed over time that it doesn't matter what’s wrong with many of these patients they are motivated to get up, get dressed and will get to the smoking area come hell or high water. I know smoking is obviously terrible for you but I’ve often wondered if this part of it, where its keeping people mobile is actually providing some benefit on some level. submitted by /u/Vanillacaramelalmond [link] [comments]
I just spilled my coffee all over my patsient and while doing that ( I tripped) I also accidentally farted. NEVER felt this embarassed before. But hey, what can you do. Guess I will move on. for symphaty share your experiences please.. submitted by /u/Dependent-Many890 [link] [comments]
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I graduated with my BSN in 2019. After failing the NCLEX 2x and declining mental health.. I stopped trying. I finally feel like I’m in the right spot to take it. I got a “high passing rate “ on uworld. Being that I didn’t get right into the work field right after graduating.. I was wondering if anyone had advice on getting back into it. Should I try for a new grad position? I’m scared that I may know the content.. but forgot my bedside knowledge. submitted by /u/NervousRhubarb5772 [link] [comments]
I was having a good shift today lol. Right at shift change 7PM my patient needed to use the restroom. Patient was post op a hip surgery. I had already gotten her up before to the chair. Her vitals were perfect 120/80. I came in to give her evening Tylenol and IV steroid that I had already given her 6 hours earlier. She was in the recliner, asking to go use the restroom to pee and then to bed. I put the gait belt on her, asked her how she felt, all good and we walked to the toilet sat her down to pee. She has a good pee, was happy to hear she voided because had problems not peeing after surgery last time. She wanted to go to the sink to wash her hands, so I get her there, and then she tells me she starts feeling dizzy, I see the smile in her face begin to fade, and she becomes unresponsive. I try to reach for my vocera to call for a wheelchair or some assistance but I realize we had all turned them in already (we turn in our vocera at end of shift). She begins to pass out. So I grab the
About a month ago I switched from a busy level iii ER and did an internal transfer to a part time home health gig. I mostly left because a provider was harassing me, it was a tight nit provider group, and I didn’t see a way out other than to quit. I switched because I felt trapped and I can’t quit my organization until September because of a new grad bonus I took and some tuition reimbursement. So I’m trying to stick it out with this home health gig but the more I do it the more I hate it. I want to be clear. I love working with patients. I hate how I feel taken advantage of. First of all, $.76/mile IS NOT WORTH the wear and tear I’m putting on my car. 1000 miles = $760 and that’s barely enough to change ONE brake pad and rotor at the mechanic. They told me because I’m new I will always be getting the clients no one wants (the ones that live an hour away). And my entire trunk space and corner of my apartment is unusable because they ordered me so much stand by medical supplies and medi
Bella on the left Tipi on the right 🤭 well i’m definitely scared shitless of losing my license.. not bc i am doing things wrong, or am unsafe. but i do understand how nurses can start being eager to help people and then get hit with reality of how awful the world/system is. I wanted to give a pt a picture of a tool used to reach areas on the body that you can’t sometimes reach alone (middle of back, feet etc..) but was educated (thank god) that if something crazy were to happen, that edu isn’t authorize edu so it’s on me. BUT today was an amazing day and i intervened on something correctly by using knowledge of meds/situation, and i know it’s small BUT it feels like a first accomplishment to tell me that it will get better i made the right choice :) submitted by /u/dude-life-is-INSANE [link] [comments]
Without sharing too many details, coworker attempted suicide, is now vented on my unit and not expected to survive. I don’t want to share the hows/whys as I don’t want family or coworkers seeing this. But this is obviously a horrific situation for our staff. I know this is above Reddit’s pay grade. I’m just heartbroken and sad. I know EAP is a thing, I haven’t found it helpful in the past. I don’t know what I feel this post is going to accomplish, but holy shit this sucks. ETA: thanks everyone. I appreciate all of you. I’m so sorry for the people who have experienced similar things. Thank you all for being so kind. When things are less immediate, I will share the dontclockout.org link to coworkers. Tonight feels a little raw. submitted by /u/merlinthegreat89 [link] [comments]
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I’ve been on orientation for literally ONE MONTH!! I started and trained for only FIVE DAYS!! One week!! I’ve never had experience with hospice and by week 2, I had my full caseload, with 9 IDG notes to complete by that Friday, AND declining patient… NO HOSPICE EXPERIENCE BTW!! On week 3 I had to take the increase on my caseload because one nurse (the other full time) was on vacation and the other (part time) called in for the week. This week I was told “I’m placing you on August call schedule” I said WOAH and responded with “I haven’t had experience with deaths or admissions and what happens if they occur??” And I was told “well clearly you’ll be primary and have a backup call”. I left it alone. 2 weeks away of being on call. I constantly fall THROUGHOUT THE DAY with questions so imagine being alone at night. By week 4 I was STILL taking the PT nurses patients because she was gone that week as well. It’s week 5 now and I’m on call. Night one (yesterday) a patient was sent to the ER fo
There’s a job that’s hiring 50 mins away from me that I am interested in, but I’m not sure if I can come to terms with driving that far just yet lol. So I’m curious what you guys do? Maybe that’ll convince me! submitted by /u/No-Selection-1249 [link] [comments]
I knew a nurse who would take Zoloft from the Pyxis whenever she forgot to bring her medications to work. What consequences usually happens? Sometimes I see a lot of nurses get away with it. Share your stories ! submitted by /u/KnowledgeSimple2034 [link] [comments]
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Recently came across this video from an event that occurred two years ago, really close to where I live and work. Basically a patient had arrived to the clinic to get injections for their psych meds. They were cooperative and compliant with the nurse giving them their meds, but when they were brought back to their NP's office, the patient pulled a knife and stabbed the NP in the neck. The NP quickly ran out of the room and the patient slowly followed, knife in hand. The video showed the other nurses basically going crazy and running away, some got near the patient but he ignored them and pushed them out of the way because he wanted to finish off the NP. He tackled this admin nurse who was helping the NP get away, then she got away and he kept stabbing the NP. What shocked me the most was that there was a probation office in the building, with one employee telling the cops that they were 'federal' and that the stabbing shouldn't have happened. They didn't even have metal detectors, just
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This subreddit was recommended to me and I found this pretty entertaining 😂 submitted by /u/wontongomez [link] [comments]
Hello my fellow nurses, So i had a patient with scheduled Oxy q4h. It was scheduled 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900. I was running late on my meds and gave her 1100 dose at 12:00pm. Then the next dose I gave it at 1530. I tried not to give it too close but also didnt want to mess up the schedule even more. The next dose I was planning to give at around 1930 when we do 2nd RN bedside check. At 7:15ish i go into the med room to get the oxy. The night nurse goes around the unit looking for me. Eventually she finds me in the med room and says "Emma, can you make sure you give that 1900 oxy". I say yeah I am going to give it. She then goes like, do you still have to give report to others and I say yes. She huffs and puffs and says nevermind I will give her the oxy. I try to tell her that I am already here about to pull the oxy from the pyxis but she walks away and leaves me talking to myself. It was an awkward moment for me and 2 others that were in the med room. Then I look for her to give patient
Okay so there’s a private college in my state that guarantees a spot in their program if you pay their rate. It’s about 100k for the two year program for a BSN. I have a friend that graduated from that program and went into nursing with the mindset that she would make a ton of money and 100k in debt was no biggie. Reality set and she’s considering filling for bankruptcy due to the private 100k loan she took, plus the loans she had from her previous degree, and credit card debt that sustained her for the two years she was in the program. I believe the way social media paints nursing to be this glamorous career that pays a lot of money and has made people believe nursing is the way to go. I went to a regular 4 year university and graduated with 35k in debt (which to me, was a lot). I think about why would anyone agree to pay 100k for a nursing degree??? Really curious on what people think! Btw starting hourly pay for a new grad in my state is about $31-$33/hour submitted by /u/kirvy08 [l
Can we all agree to just not do this. https://www.reddit.com/r/401jK/comments/1vex1ir/reverseauction_shift_bidding_for_nursing_open/ Reverse-Auction Shift Bidding for Nursing Open Shifts: Lowest-Bid Models and Wage Compression Risks by u/CollapsingTheWave in ObscurePatentDangers Major health systems including UNC Health have expanded digital platforms for filling open nursing shifts through competitive bidding, historically implemented via BidShift software and now appearing in AI-routed internal tools and gig platforms. In these systems nurses request or bid on premium-pay open shifts, with awards frequently going to the lowest submitted rate while the shift remains open. Documented mechanisms convert fixed premium differentials into variable, downward-competitive rates, treating full-time staff more like contingent labor. Parallel gig platforms such as Clipboard Health explicitly award shifts to the lowest hourly bid, accelerating wage pressure. Long-term structural risks include int
Did about twenty years in construction before my knees gave out and I ended up in nursing school. Didn't expect how much of that carried over, but it did. Reading a room that's stressed and not saying so out loud. Knowing a plan's falling apart before anybody's said a word about it. Catching the thing that's a little off before it turns into the thing that went wrong. Framing houses and running crews teaches you all of that whether you want it to or not Still garden most days off and mess around in the woodshop when I can. Working with your hands does something for how your brain sorts problems, carries right over into a shift somehow. Can't explain it exactly but it's there Worked with a nurse who used to teach middle school and you can tell in how she talks patients through things. Had a guy who did four years Army before this, nothing rattles him, floor could be on fire and he's still got that same flat voice. Another one was a line cook and his pacing on a bad night makes the rest
Just a small rant. The other day I specifically timed my lunch so that I wouldn't take it as the same time as someone who I knew would try to talk to me the whole time. I finally sit down to eat and this random float just started talking to me about anything and everything. I had headphones in and was polite but clear that I wanted to watch something on my phone. Eventually I gave up and left to go to another break room. Then yesterday I finally sat down to eat after precepting all day (exhausting!). As soon as I sat down, our education specialist came into the break room looking for my new person to do some onboarding. Luckily for my new grad, she had gone down to the cafeteria. Unfortunately for me, I was in the break room and the education specialist just started talking to me about our training protocols and how to implement them, etc. I absolutely hate when people do this. My brain is running hard for 12 freaking hours, I need 30 minutes to just chill! Edit: Love you all but pleas
I had an actual heart attack yesterday - pt alert and oriented, I turn around and the cannula in his L radial artery is casually exposed by 1/3, he's picking off his dressing and just, you know, taking a line out of his arm. "Please don't do that you could bleed to death" as I grab gauze and apply pressure I'm assuming he just thought it was a regular IV but even then.... What compels someone to yank these lines out when they're cognizant, no delirium confusion etc? Anyway on transfer to CCU I advised them to d/c it asap lest he decide to do whatever he wants with it again Like, goddamn submitted by /u/qtqy [link] [comments]