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The ER is exploding...
...and I'm hiding in my patient-less department bumping. I don't feel bad.
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. 1Samuel 1:27
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Re: The ER is exploding...
Hey girl!! Sounds like a nice night!! I have 2 patients and I am getting a chance to bump too!! I don't feel bad either, we all need a little break sometimes!
I'm so late to this conversation, but I read this and literally Lol. I may have woken up my DH.
I do not miss this part of patient care, let me tell you!
Now that I work in an office, the worst I have to worry about is cleaning up after the doctor's procedures or having sick people cough/breathe on me while I get a throat swab.
Bless you for working in the pee-filled (and every other bodily fluid) trenches!
::applauds GP's hard working nurses::
trust me, not all of the ER nurses are there because they like it. Some are there because they have no choice.
I'm a NICU nurse. Been one for 6 years. LOVE it. The hospital where I was working was having HUGE financial crisis and I got laid off. Couldn't find a NICU or special care opening anywhere, and since I did ER when I first graduated, it was the only job I could get.
I'm extremely unhappy. The administrative pressures in the ER are overwhelming. The hospital where I am now refuses to allow people to wait in the waiting room, so you have people lining the halls, pissed off that they're not getting attention, but that's hard to do when you already have 8 patients. I'd kill to get up to L&D or NICU, but there aren't any openings.
I've had nurses on the floor laughing at me when I give them report, because they know how busy it is, and it amuses them. I wish they could try for a little empathy. It would help me at all, but it would feel a little better than getting laughed at.
I can't wait to get done with my masters so I can get the hell out of the hospital.
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I'm sorry. I work the ER too & I know how bad it gets. I'm not a nurse though - I'm the person who sits at the desk and gets yelled at.
We aren't allowed to have patients in the halls though - but our soda/bottled water machine is in the waiting room. We just live without on busy nights.
Sick people who wait a long time are extremely angry! Hang in there though. You'll find something else - and those NICUs are closing everywhere, but in our town they opened a new one two years ago, so maybe you'll find a new one.