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it’s very scary how new grad students are applying to NP programs. i thought everybody was against this, but it seems to be a 50/50 opinion, which is baffling to me. nurses that aren’t interested in mental health trying to get into psych NP programs to “work outpatient and make their money,” nurses with no clinical experience thinking their clinical hours done during their BSN program is enough. i hate to discourage those people who are ambitious and want to move forward in their studies, but they obviously don’t care about patient care, which should be a nurse’s #1 priority. it’s frustrating and dangerous to see this happening, because people’s selfish financial desires are putting others who seek medical help at risk. (also, i see people talking about “burnout” and using it as the main excuse for applying to NP programs w/o experience, but if we’re being realistic… if you’ve been a nurse for 2 months and you’re already experiencing burnout, then clearly there’s other aspects of your
Looking to make a pretty big move in December and wondering when I should start applying. I moved far away from home when I graduated but I applied for cohorted new grad jobs so it was a little easier. I have almost 4 years in the ED and I’m not necessarily worried about getting a job but I’m worried that if I apply too far in advance they’ll turn me down, and I need to have a job lined up before I move. submitted by /u/purpsle [link] [comments]
today was my first day of cna and as soon as i got in the car after my shift all i honestly could do was cry, i’ve had my cna license for about a month now but i just recently got my first job in the healthcare industry and after 2 days of orientation and 3 days of shadowing people, in different areas,they decided to throw me on the floor with 15 patients with 3 showers and 2 feeders and every single patient being incontinent and 2 of them being sundowners and at first i was very optimistic and ready but trying to get all my showers done before dinner came i felt so lost and on my first shower i forgot the briefs so since the patient was already in the shower i jus peaked my head out to ask another cna tht was sitting on her phone to which she replied “he don’t need them, u should’ve got them before u went in” after tht i knew i was on my own so i only asked for help if it was ultimately needed, like a hoyer lift which i still would have to sit and wait for them to be done talking. all
I feel like we've had a whole lot of posts from conservatives leaving their safe space to talk shit about us this past week. Mods just deleted one where someone claimed to be a 28-year-old male nurse who was haunted by "females" and asked if it was okay to stalk attractive women who smiled at him. This shit isn't normal. submitted by /u/drethnudrib [link] [comments]
I’ve been a nurse for a long time in the ICU.. a more controlled setting. I had a patient recently code on me that was up and talking a few moments before and very young. It has stuck with me and now is causing me some PTSD. After a decade of nursing my emotions are catching up I guess. Today, I had someone code on the sidewalk and upon finding him I thought I felt a pulse but also no one else was around. Thankfully it was close to the ED so I yelled down for some help and narcan. By that point we got to him, EMS didn’t feel a pulse and I was hopping on to do compressions. We started compressions but I keep replaying how I can do better and blaming myself in these situations. Should I have felt for a pulse longer (maybe I felt my own and not his), but then I needed more help either way because no one else was around? Any advice? Since the young girl passed almost two months ago I’ve lost my confidence, I cry every time I bring up that story and feel like maybe I shouldn’t even be a nur
I had mine yesterday. I'm in wound care, pretty much nothing phases me anymore. Been treating a patient with aggressive cancer on the scalp for 2 years how, it's been surgically excised and then the skull covered with multiple skin grafts which have not taken, so we are managing an exposed skull piece the size of the flat of my hand, an uphill battle if there ever was one. Patient came yesterday and I took off the dressings and despite everything to prevent it, the bone has just degraded and has become brown, flakey and crispy, like crisp bread. Started debriding and a 2 * 2cm piece of skull just... Came off. There were their brains, or more technically dura, just sitting there pulsating in time with his breathing. Oh fuck. Immediately called in our head and neck specialist and there might be a new op to put a prosthetic skull plate in place, might not. Patient was chill. Second time I've seen exposed living brain tissue like that and it's always a bit of a shock at first and then amaz
My embarrassment stems from many of my colleagues within critical care. And let me preface this by saying I'm not talking about new grads, or even nurses new to ICU. I'm talking about nurses with 2+ years of experience within their respective ICU. I've worked a number of different hospitals (and different ICUs within each hospital) on both the east and west coasts and I've noticed a decline in the clinical acumen and an increase in laziness of nurses in nearly all of the ICUs I've worked. Currently, I work on the west coast with a union and strict legally mandated ICU ratios. In fact, many of these nurses are singled nearly every shift. I'm talking about not changing dressings, skipping the CHG bath because it's "too much work", not turning patients, and even scanning meds but not giving them just to name a few. Then to make matters worse, these same nurses lack an understanding in basic hemodynamics, alpha/beta receptors, and the pathophysiology of common critical illnesses and surger
So my job has to meet a certain number of patient groups daily but since are staffed to the bare bone they obviously don't get done. I am being told to chart them even if we don't do them. I have asked if there is a way to chart why it wasn't done but apparently that isn't an option. Instead I am told to just chart the groups as if they are done because we are not meeting the quota. These groups have literally not been done is years...no one has time to do them. I don't really trust our risk management because there has been backfire from reporting something like this before. I feel like this is some sort of insurance fraud and can potentially put my license at risk. It is also putting my job at risk for not complying. I don't know what I should do. submitted by /u/Brief_Scientist_7756 [link] [comments]
I moved to a new city around the same time my leave ended, so I never went back to work at my previous job. Then I took a few extra months to settle in and stay home with my baby. I just accepted a job on a medsurg unit in a level 1 trauma hospital, and I’m terrified. It’ll have been 8 months since I left my last job to have my baby. The long hours, the inconsistent sleep, mom-brain, a long commute, pumping, new place and coworkers, plus the extended time off. I feel like I need to study before I go back, but I honestly don’t know if I have the time. Moms who’ve gone through something similar, please give me any advice you have! The unit I’ll be working on is known as having a good culture and teamwork. I’m scared I’ve forgotten things, that I’ll be too exhausted to do a good job, and my new coworkers will question how I got hired in the first place. Any helpful advice is appreciated. submitted by /u/brie38 [link] [comments]
i guess i could flair this as seeking advice but this is mainly me babbling nonsense but this is mainly me trying to figure out if this or normal or not amongst other nurses because my husband is not a nurse and thinks i’m a little tapped. i feel like i need to put a tw for death but that’s so silly because of our jobs but idk i feel like i need to put a tw so context i’m a former trauma er rn now in ir at a trauma hospital so i’ve seen a thing or two. recently we just watch live music on youtube and a video from the band Hers came on and we watched a little before i said “aw this makes me too sad. i just keep thinking of them in that accident” to which he said “like you think of the accident?” and i said “no like i can picture what they looked like after” and he was kind of horrified by that and asked me follow up questions and i was basically like yeah if i know how someone died sometimes i can picture how they would come to me and it’s can get graphic depending on the nature. tonigh
I’m curious if it’s mandatory or beneficial in any way. What do they usually ask you? I want to leave on good terms JUST in case I have to come back, so I can’t say anything too crazy. I provided 4 weeks of notice and plan to work out the rest of my schedule. submitted by /u/Bubbles2590 [link] [comments]
Title. About to graduate and it seems most of my classmates are eager to start off in a specialty mostly ICU and CVU. Another few OR and the rest labor and delivery. Almost all of them have no prior hospital or healthcare experience other than our current clinicals. I’m on the fence of what I should be applying to since all my classmates are currently getting jobs I’m still stuck in limbo on what I should do. As current nurses, did you start off in med surg or tele what were the pros and cons? If you started off in a specialty, what were the pros and cons? submitted by /u/Unique_Ad_4271 [link] [comments]
Any ICU nurses have bad staffing on their unit? We have been so short staffed, we get tripled often. I’m so anxious coming to work and so stressed there. I’m truly miserable. I want to leave but feel bad making them even more short, but also they aren’t doing anything to fix the issue. DON blames the “sick calls”. But that’s not an excuse. We need staff to be able to cover sick calls. Also, this is a city hospital for more context. Looking for advice on what to do in regard to resigning. I want to move back to Cali and I have been here for almost a year. I wanted to make it to at least a year but I don’t think I can do it. The stress has been killing me. submitted by /u/She_loves_the_ocean [link] [comments]
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I’ve been working as an inpatient RN for 25 years and I’m considering switching to an outpatient role working four 10-hour shifts a week. I’ve always worked three 12s, and that schedule has worked well for me. Now that my kids are a little older, four days a week feels more doable. The new position would also be less physically and emotionally demanding than my current inpatient role, and I’d be getting home around 2 hours earlier on workdays. There is also the possibility of one remote day a week depending on work load. I would also have a set schedule and there is no weekend or holiday requirement. My biggest hesitation is giving up that extra day off every week. For those of you who went from 3x12s to 4x10s, did getting home earlier and/or having a less demanding job make up for having to go to work an extra day? Did you adjust to it, or do you wish you’d stayed with 3x12s? I’d especially love to hear from anyone who made the switch after working 12s for many years. submitted by /u/
My best friend since 5th grade (I'm 42) said ER/ED it's a lot like restaurant work, and we both worked at the same restaurant for many years, 10 for me. I'm my mind, he's referring to the work load, pace, attention needed, human interaction, and physical strain. For those who did time (because restaurant work is like prison), would you say this is accurate, give or take? submitted by /u/Careful_Honeydew_549 [link] [comments]
I'm an NP, one of my friends who's a nurse told me she tested out of pharmacology, she has the habit of kinda bragging about herself sometimes so I wasn't sure how real this was. Can you not take pharmacology? I went to one of the top rated nursing programs for undergrad and we were not allowed to test out. submitted by /u/Brave_Consequence443 [link] [comments]
Opinions on the drugs aside lots of people ARE going to be withdrawaling as access is cut off. submitted by /u/Osiris8869 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone. I’m a brand-new RN and I’m dealing with my first serious critical incident. A patient in my workplace died unexpectedly during/around my shift, and I’m having a really hard time processing it. We are a non medical offsite inpatient detox withdrawal management The patient had returned from the hospital shortly before my shift ended close to shift change. I spoke with him and he was able to communicate with me. I believed he was stable at the time. I told the incoming nurse about him being stable after coming back from the hospital 20 minutes later after I left. They found him dead in the washroom. He takes no medications, No meds were given to him at all. So far we believe it’s an overdose. Since he uses opioids and has a hx of overdose They also found a pipe in his room. so far the police are involved. His parents are very unhappy. Management hasn’t called me yet this happened last night I am struggling with a lot of guilt and fear right now. I am very scared my license wi
Just spoke to a recruiter who was hiring for a PCU job in Michigan, I’m an RN from California who has 6 months experience working in an ICU and was wondering if anyone knew what it’s like working here, if they recommend it etc. the recruiter told me the ratios were 1:4 which was not something I’m too excited about I’d appreciate any thoughts and insight thank you submitted by /u/fugosloyalty [link] [comments]
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If your name is dropped in a 1 Star Google Review then you have to have a talk with the hospital ceo. This customer service has gone too far. Like, what if I can't give the patient his diluadid because it was too early to be given again and the patient leaves a 1 Star with my name. submitted by /u/Rich-Security-4316 [link] [comments]
A crisp sunrise heading back to base this morning. Have a good shift, Daywalkers. submitted by /u/rude_hotel_guy [link] [comments]
And I graduated in 2007. Halfway through my schooling I wanted to quit. I hated my clinicals and my back was in so much pain! But my mother said just finish and that way you'll have your RN license and you can figure out what to do next. Problem was my back pain was so bad at age 37 that I could not and really didn't want to do bedside nursing. So I stayed in my safe job that didn't hurt my back but I still kept renewing my nursing license. I thought to myself what if I might need it down the road? Now I'm in another state and it's a pain in the butt just to get my license transferred to the state. Plus I need to renew my license by November 1. At this point should I just give up my nursing license? Thoughts? Thank you. submitted by /u/haircryboohoo [link] [comments]
Let's stir up the hottest rivalry in the hospital shall we? I started nursing as a new grad ER nurse, and I remember my educator back then saying "I love new grads, you are all so eager to learn and easy to train. Experienced nurses are stuck in their ways" and I remember thinking why would anyone not want to do something differently if they know it's better and boyyyy am I eating my words now lol. during my current ICU orientation, the trainer was telling us when you waste off a central line, you should flush 10cc NS, then use a 10cc urine tube with vacutainer for your waste. I always flush with 10cc NS, wait a little, then draw back a 10cc waste. this way i save 5 seconds not disconnecting and save my hospital $.05 for tube (/s) my values have never been messed up, and when i explained this, the trainer just could not articulate the difference of wasting 10cc in the same flush vs in a new tube (feel free to explain in replies if you have the energy lol) also the mindset difference of
Hey everyone, I’m graduating with my ADN this spring. I am planning to enroll in a BSN bridge program either this Spring concurrent with my ADN or this summer immediately after graduation. I also have 3 years experience as a PCT in a trauma/surg ICU. I would prefer ICU but am open to step down or med surge. I’m from a small town in Ohio and hoping to relocate to a city. I would like to go somewhere with a young professional vibe, and be able to comfortably afford a luxury 1 bedroom apartment by myself. I was interested in Chicago but feel like this may not be realistic as someone with only an associates degree applying from out of state. Please share in the comments any suggestions submitted by /u/GrapefruitBetter3576 [link] [comments]
I’ve been a nurse at bedside for almost 5 years, 4 of those spent in med surg and 10 months in float pool recently. I ended up applying and getting a core position in icu after floating to the tele unit and just vibing with everyone and the work flow. I was charge on med surg for 3 years so I felt like I plateaued on my learning and was doing a lot of training education for newer nurses. I felt like a bad bitch cause I knew my shit and the doctors trusted me. I’ve o my had shifts in icu on orientation and I feel so fucking dumb. I finished all my certifications prior to starting and I felt good but I can’t help but feel like a new grad all over again, like I’ve developed imposter syndrome after just shaking it a couple years ago. Anyone else have any sage wisdom or words of advice? submitted by /u/Ok-Performer5508 [link] [comments]
I’m looking to get a take on this because I’m hot but maybe I’m unreasonable. I work L&D in a unit with required call shifts. Usually about 12 hours per schedule and we can pick the times. We have an excess amount of leaves right now (all anticipated) so contracts were offered but not enough people signed up to cover all the holes. Now my options (as a day shift nurse) are to pick up a 12 hour weekend night shift on the next schedule. I was given 3 days to choose between, first one is in 2.5 weeks. I have plans on the weekends. My anniversary and my son’s birthday party occur next schedule. I’m pissed. I’m debating trying to bring it to admin but also have little faith it will change anything. What would you do? submitted by /u/Thatsaterrible [link] [comments]
My father just passed away in the hospital and one thing that really meant a lot to my sister and me was how wonderful all of the nurses and nursing assistants were who cared for him the final two weeks of his life. Just so kind, knowledgeable, and attentive, really couldn't have gotten better care and support. We want to send a gift basket to the nurses' station, since there were so many who cared for him. But I'm having trouble finding one that seems like it could be shared across shifts- like, jars of spread and fancy cheeses aren't good for a group of coworkers, and even the sweet baskets have mostly bags of caramel corn and stuff that'll go stale once it's opened. A lot of individually wrapped things would be best maybe? Do you all have any recommendations or tips? Have you ever gotten a big "group" gift that worked well that you appreciated? submitted by /u/Katharine_Heartburn [link] [comments]
I currently work 7a-7p in the emergency department and am currently pregnant. I want to leave my current role after I have the baby as the department has changed significantly for the worse. I’m trying to plan ahead for a potential schedule. What’s better for having a family; a M-F or 3 12s? What worked for you and what speciality do you work in ? submitted by /u/Complex_Dot_3114 [link] [comments]
Been mentally burnt out working inpatient. Had a thought about doing something else, outside of hosp setting that I may enjoy. I heard you ned critical care experience, but any possibilities with just MS/tele? Or just abandon this...Might even consider air force reserve. submitted by /u/Ahi_22 [link] [comments]
Throwaway for anonymity. I’m a new grad. Was changing a PICC dressing recently. The line slipped out, about 3 cm. I panicked and pushed it back to the original mark. Immediately knew I shouldn’t have done that, paused the pump, switched the IV line to another central access the pt had, and notified the provider + PICC RN. I put in an incident report on myself the next morning. Now I feel awful and I’m worried about how much trouble I’m going to be in. submitted by /u/Mysterious-Rip9453 [link] [comments]
I have anxiety, possibly OCD and/or PTSD, still getting diagnosed and whatnot. I worked med/surg through covid and have now been in the OR for 4 years. Within the last year or two I’ve started to have vasovagal episodes in response to significant stress. It honestly seems to hit out of nowhere and it’s not in every stressful situation. So it’s hard to predict. We had a rapid today in PACU which I responded to since I was free and close by until the actual rapid/code team arrived. I didn’t even make it through the PACU doors and had a near fainting episode. I didn’t feel significant anxiety beforehand, it just came on immediately as I turned the corner. It was like my body wouldn’t let me take another step. I never fully passed out but got close. My HR dropped to the 30s-40s, hands went numb, vision and hearing started to go, the whole 9. This has happened sporadically in the past but seems to be more frequent. Specifically it’s happened today, while responding to a code (never made it
I hate being a CNA. I’m completely burned out. My caregiving career honestly started when I was 11 years old. My mom took care of my disabled uncle, and before and after school I’d help make his meals and pass his medications. Looking back, I’ve basically been doing caregiving my entire life. I got my CNA license at 18 and started working in adult family homes and nursing facilities. Since then I’ve worked at multiple hospitals, and I’m currently working in one now. I was even enrolled in nursing school because I thought becoming a nurse was my goal, but I ended up dropping out after having a severe mental breakdown from burnout. Now I hate healthcare. I hate patient care. I hate cleaning up bodily fluids. I hate the constant emotional and physical demands. I hate going to work every day, and I feel guilty for feeling that way. The worst part is that I feel completely trapped. I’ve never done anything besides caregiving, and my resume is nothing but CNA jobs. Every time I apply for off
Three years in the ICU on nights, and after getting into personal training I started paying closer attention to the physical toll. The sleep disruption alone tanks recovery, hormones, muscle retention, basically everything you care about if you try to stay active outside of work. I lift four days a week and run trails on off days, and nights have made that significantly harder to maintain consistently. What I'm actually curious about is whether people have found anything that genuinely helps beyond the obvious stuff. Not talking about magnesium and chamomile tea. I mean structured approaches, adjusted training timing, meal timing around shifts, anything with some real thought behind it. The research on circadian disruption in shift workers is pretty grim, and most of it doesn't even touch on people trying to maintain an athletic baseline on top of the job. ICU nursing is already catabolic enough without stacking three nights in a row into the equation. There's not a lot of practical di
I have to start a lot of IVs as resource nurse, and a lot of nurses think I'm pretty good, but I still have so much room for improvement. My issue with IVs is that the veins always roll. It doesn't matter how much traction I'm putting on the skin, 75% of the time I miss because the vein rolled away. Usually I can pull back and readjust and am able to get the vein a majority of the time that way, but I'm so tired of having to do that and causing additional pain to patients. What am I doing wrong? If I use my thumb to hold the vein down, it feels like my thumb is always getting in the way, but when I place my thumb more to the left of the vein and pull on the skin, the vein rolls away. submitted by /u/leegreywolf [link] [comments]
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This “rapid transfuser”…. PLEASE! The hospital I work at is top 5 most expensive hospitals to be seen at and this is the stupid ass transfuser we have. Florence Nightingale herself made this. Patient is already dead by time it decides to start working. Had to squeeze prbcs in by hand and did a better job than this piece of junk. I love when the ED is used for actual emergencies and not urgent care, but this thing just really got me goin 😵💫 submitted by /u/carmelamacchiato [link] [comments]
I'm an RRT/Code team nurse at a tier 2 trauma hospital with 12 years experience as neuro/trauma ICU. Just started riding motorcycles this year. I'm either trying to scare myself out of riding a lot or trying to figure out what gear/protection can prevent said injuries. What's the worst or most memorable injuries you've worked with? submitted by /u/monsteez [link] [comments]
Like to the butt long hair. Jealous and want to try new hairstyles. Scared to do so for many reasons though. submitted by /u/nonameanonymousone [link] [comments]
I work in ED. There is a nurse on my unit who is obsessed with talking about how you can’t stop heparin for any reason. At least once a shift she brings it up. Now, we are pretty lucky in that we don’t typically have to board patients. So we don’t keep heparin gtts that long before they go to their next destination. But at other jobs I’ve sometimes had them for at least the first coag draw. I’ve been a nurse for 6 years, and never have heard that it is the cardinal sin to pause heparin even for a couple minutes. But this girl goes on and on about it. She went off about EMS changing pumps over when taking a heparin drip one time because “you cannot ever pause heparin”. She even told me that another nurse had a “pretty big med error” because she paused the heparin to draw the coags (now she didn’t have a second line to draw it from and that’s a whole big different thing). So my question for nurses who manage heparin for longer than I do — is it really as big of a deal as she makes it out
Been on nights for a few years now and somewhere along the way I started keeping a pretty detailed spreadsheet of my actual takehome after differentials, overtime, and the random shift pickups. Not because I'm obsessive about it, just because the numbers genuinely looked different than I expected when I first made the switch and I wanted to understand why. What surprised me was how much the differential adds up over a year when you actually sit down and run it, but also how much gets quietly eaten by the lifestyle tax. Sleeping weird hours, ordering food at 3am because you're not cooking after a 12, buying blackout curtains, paying for things other people just handle during normal business hours because you physically can't. It's not dramatic but it accumulates. Day shift friends in the same pay band consistently think they're in a similar spot financially. They're usually not, in either direction depending on how nights is treating them. Curious whether other night nurses have actuall
That’s it, that’s the story. Sad day in America. submitted by /u/foundit808 [link] [comments]
I work on a med-surg floor. I was helping an A&Ox4 independent patient covered in feces who refused to let anyone clean him. We had to practically BEG him to agree. The entire time we were trying to clean him, he yelled every insult you could imagine, cursed at us nonstop, and tried to throw things at me. And despite this, along with other things, he still calls me “lazy ass nurse” lol Funny when this is not even my patient. Why are we always tolerating this bullshit? Why do I have to put up with people like this who refuse care/tests/treatment and pretty much come to the hospital to abuse staff and treat them as their personal maids when they are perfectly capable of being independent? I became a nurse because I genuinely love caring for people. I still get excited when patients take initiative to improve their health, when I learn something new, or when I see someone recover. It reminds me why I got into this profession. I can normally separate work from life, but this might be my la
Throwaway because…fml I was an idiot today (along with several other factors that I’ll spare the full details of) and during a procedural sedation in the ER, I gave 10 mL instead of 10 mg of Propofol when the resident kept yelling for “10 more.” Patient ended up getting 245 mg total over a few minutes. Went apneic. Realized my mistake and told the doctor. LMA placed and patient was bagged for 14 minutes then she woke up, airway was removed, she was a/o and doing great, recovered fine. I’ve been a nurse for 14 years but was away from bedside for a while and came back recently. Terrified I’m going to get fired. Terrified the patient will end up having some complication later. Feeling stupid and embarrassed and scared. Ugh. Just…sharing I guess. I feel like shit. submitted by /u/No-Marzipan-9845 [link] [comments]
Amazing how much hasn't changed in sixty some odd years. " MRS. REYNOLDS NEEDS A NURSE " was once required viewing in many nursing programs. Well back in day anyway, not sure about modern times. "One of the most important films about nursing made in the 20th Century, "Mrs. Reynolds Needs a Nurse" was written in 1963 by Dolores Little, MN, RN, a nursing supervisor at the University of Washington Hospital, Seattle who had just completed her master's degree. The film documented a case study of an elderly lady who was transferred to the university hospital in multisystem failure, accompanied by her husband and multiple suitcases of her belongings. Mrs Reynolds was a needy and demanding patient whose fears and anxieties were expressed by her annoying attempts to get attention, treating the nurses like servants and complaining about much of the care given to her. Mrs Reynolds' 8-month-long hospitalization showcased the importance of individualizing care, being aware of both emotional and phy
I work at a SNF in AZ.( Posting from throwaway account). A caregiver at my job committed suicide 2 weeks ago today right in front of me. She jumped from the 14th floor and landed on the side walk right in front of me as I was walking into work. I tried the EAP line, I’ve talked to friends and family, leaned on my coworkers but it’s just really hard to deal with mentally. I’m 4 months post partum with my first baby and dealing with some baby blues and stress from the horrible heatwave that’s kept be basically home bound. My family lives on the other side of the country and my husband works long hours so I’ve just kinda spent most of my time home with the baby letting my feelings fester. I’ve been trying therapy, didn’t find it helpful. I can’t really work and I can’t not work for financial reasons. I don’t really know if or when I’ll be able to work without panic attacks, and I’m trying to do the best I can for my son but like I’m just human. I feel like I’m a nurse and I’ve seen death
Idk what my plan is. I'm just tired of being tired all the time. Im only 36 but I feel so much older. I feel night shift is quite literally killing me. I'm on BP medication, and feel like garbage for over 24hours after each shift. Has anyone here switched to days after a long period of night shift? If so, what changes did you notice in your life? submitted by /u/New_Satisfaction4543 [link] [comments]
It’s been about a month (I’m searching for something new) but this job is ridiculous. I work M-F, 8-5, and I have coworkers and families constantly texting me after 5pm. Thursday I had a coworker message me about a patient at 7:30pm. I didn’t answer until the next morning at 8am. Saturday I had a coworker call me at 1pm. I didn’t even answer because YOU’RE the on call nurse not me. Look in the chart for questions. It’s currently Sunday at 10:15 pm. I showered to wind down from applying from jobs and being anxious all day and I just received a message from a patient’s family member messaging me about medication refills. There’s literally NO work/life balance with this job position. People are CONSTANTLY needing SOMETHING! Putting my phone on silent isn’t enough when I pick it up and still see things about work. Then I start call this week. Not to mention they NEVER trained me on death visits and/or admissions. I’m hoping for an interview soon. I hate this job. submitted by /u/considered
This may not be a nursing topic necessarily but I figured I might find some reliable advice here. I’m a psychiatric nurse in an inpatient setting. I work with women specifically with psychosis and thought disorders. I’m a new grad and about to be off orientation. Well I’ve been taking the entire patient load now and my preceptor is just there for moral support. I had a patient acting up today who had some pretty wild attention seeking behavior (diagnosed personality disorder). We also just got a new psych tech on the unit and she seemed nice enough. Well this patient was acting out and said something kinda funny while I was in the nurses station. Me and my preceptor started giggling while discussing what to do about the patients behavior bc it was kind of a new thing I’d never dealt with before for. Another tech was deescalating while I was about to start pulling meds. The techs on my unit are amazing and show a lot of care to our ladies detangling matted hair and making up fun group a