tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post4987738073706742488..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy,Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-22952401160941694702015-05-07T18:24:38.296-07:002015-05-07T18:24:38.296-07:00I feel your pain. I have a "Profiles in Nursi...I feel your pain. I have a "Profiles in Nursing Leadership" post on my blog about some of the characters I've had to put up with over the years.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-71629547940096095672015-05-06T04:59:53.142-07:002015-05-06T04:59:53.142-07:00Precepting is like a box of chocolates you never k...Precepting is like a box of chocolates you never know what you got until you bite into it to see what oozes out. My Keiths are usually Rhondas who are newbies who fear EVERYTHING. They cannot start a line, hang a drug or tell me what any of the medicines do. They all want to be CRNAs (cause of the money) and they can actually be just as dangerous as an Intern.<br /><br />They bounce in on day one with 5 pounds of makeup, cute little grey anatomy scrubs and flirt with any physician under the age of 40. They lie to patients and talk all sorts of shit to families and by the end of the day I have been eye rolling so much my eyes get stuck.<br /><br />I have to admit I do love it when they crash and burn. When the day comes that being cute is not gonna cut it. The day where the doc they have been flirting with tells her off because she almost killed a patient. Then Rhondas go away...and life returns to normal...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-40419214180881466782015-05-05T17:32:46.294-07:002015-05-05T17:32:46.294-07:00Jo:
I did not work with Betty, but I have with so...Jo:<br /><br />I did not work with Betty, but I have with some of her Navy friends, and let me tell you!<br /><br />That 4'11" nursing clinical instructor I had could cradle babies so tenderly and strike down a 6+ foot pain in the patooty doctor in nothing flat with a look that would freeze the Arctic.<br /><br />She also liked to describe how she kept patients entertained on evac flights from war zones.<br /><br />If he's stupid enough to f*&k with an old Army nurse, he may as well prepare for walking on a land mine.<br /><br />Glad he's far away from you, 'cause it won't be pretty.RehabRNhttp://rehabrn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-25852765246035046392015-05-03T21:27:00.122-07:002015-05-03T21:27:00.122-07:00Ouch, ktb. Just....OUCH.
So glad you're back...Ouch, ktb. Just....OUCH. <br /><br />So glad you're back, and woohoo for good staffing! Ours has been improving, but still iffy at times. I work cardiac progressive care, but it ends up being mostly med-surg, and I need my critical care fix in a bad way. I hate to leave my team, though (I work with a night-shift Team Awesome, too). If I could just get CC patients and keep my coworkers and awesome boss, I'd have the perfect job.JGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-29345859018673029902015-05-02T16:46:32.000-07:002015-05-02T16:46:32.000-07:00Oh, HN, how many Keiths are there?! Mine was taki...Oh, HN, how many Keiths are there?! Mine was taking PALS while still in orientation in an adult ICU and was a bit shocked that he wouldn't get paid for his time to do so. He also gave 40 mEq KCl IVPB over 15 min through a peripheral, when I thought he was hanging zosyn and we were long past the point that I should have had to touch every med he gave to confirm that they were correct. If the patient hasn't been a gcs of 5, they would've been screaming. When I told him that he needed to go eat something and take a break, LIKE I HAD SUGGESTED TWO HOURS EARLIER BEFORE THE POST OP CRANI ROLLED IN, he actually shook me off at first. I felt like Kevin Costner in Bull Durham, and parked him at the nursing station for the rest of the shift. Sadly, the NeverusefulManager and Director felt it was not serious enough to get bent out shape about, and let him out to cowboy around on the unit for eleven months until he got into CRNA school. Good luck with that, Keith. Glad to hear yours was dealt with appropriately!ktbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-11780140401730360652015-05-02T08:17:32.743-07:002015-05-02T08:17:32.743-07:00Love it. Go on, Betty!Love it. Go on, Betty!whoFiletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002815086409912620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-58555824057057539062015-05-02T07:55:34.660-07:002015-05-02T07:55:34.660-07:00Nursing would be better served if the profession w...Nursing would be better served if the profession was modeled on the same type of program that exists for physicians. After education, then internship. After more education, then residency. This would help hospitals with staffing, allow easy recognition of the level of education for each person and would aid in "fixing" whatever is lacking from the educational process. Having worked in hospitals with interns and residents, the system worked to improve care and weed out incompetents.Aviananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-22643392768594146282015-05-01T08:57:29.713-07:002015-05-01T08:57:29.713-07:00Oh I have been needing this. And it is a pleasure ...Oh I have been needing this. And it is a pleasure to hear that someone's staffing is good. Ours is in the dregs. We await reinforcements. Keith sounds like a charming idiot. Hopefully Betty can knock some sense (and humility?) into him.cowangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365881443482166587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-58571630824216365642015-05-01T08:24:33.804-07:002015-05-01T08:24:33.804-07:00Head Nurse is back, bitches!
This was a pleasure ...Head Nurse is back, bitches!<br /><br />This was a pleasure to read-glad things are looking up at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-68711584863918155392015-05-01T07:34:37.604-07:002015-05-01T07:34:37.604-07:00Oh, I've missed you! Sometimes I need to know...Oh, I've missed you! Sometimes I need to know there are other people out there who would hold a person like Keith while I b*tch-slap him to Albuquerque and back.Ellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-78336250673184232562015-05-01T05:18:50.022-07:002015-05-01T05:18:50.022-07:00https://youtu.be/Iyr74Rs6BWUhttps://youtu.be/Iyr74Rs6BWUSilliyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357513229346986960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-52415508616613358052015-04-30T21:28:00.083-07:002015-04-30T21:28:00.083-07:00Ahmen :)Ahmen :)gelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398851264062550007noreply@blogger.com