new grad advice
New grads- call the board of nursing and request a copy of your state’s nurse practice act. That way you will know what is in your scope of practice. Your
add the insurance
when I was orienting for my first nursing job, I asked my preceptor what she thought of malpractice insurance because she had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She
one of their own
Physicians “protect” each other. Nurses are brutal, but MDs will let an unsafe physician keep practicing because it’s “one of their own”.
silver string
My patient said there was a “sparkling” silver string coming from the ceiling. She said it was connected to her chest. I’ll never forget it. She looked happy. Peaceful. It
supervisor didn't care
I was given 3 patients in the CCU, one was an attempted suicide, which needed a sitter 1 on 1. Of course, no sitter was available. I was unable to
clearing the clouds
I had a resident who was actively dying and she was moving her hand back and forth like she was swatting a fly away. I asked her what she was
thicker skin
A patient made me cry this week and the administrator called me into her office and told me to stop crying and have a thicker skin.
as your nurse
Patient asks, “What happens after I die?” As your hospice nurse, you would be bathed from head to toe, you would be lotioned, you would have a fresh gown put
ptsd
my older nurse coworker that is in her 60’s was beat up by a guy that was in his right mind that she was trying to to help keep from
until it happens to them
I work in residential nursing homes and you are subjected at times to physically abusive residents. Nothing is ever done to stop their behavior UNTIL that behavior is experienced by