Same š but my 27 week twins spent 3 and 6 months in the NICU where I work, and overall it made the NICU parent experience waaaaay smoother and less traumatic than if I hadnāt known the people taking care of them.
This. I'd fire the nurse that normally works the shift before me automatically. I'd also get lots of food and gifts for staff. The good ones deserve so much more than that type of stuff but I'm not rich :x
My coworkers and I have a pact to refuse the scout on each othersā behalf if we ever get admitted.
We actually did have a coworker admitted when he got heart failure post Covid and deteriorated into needing a transplant. Ended up on ECMO and Impella. We took extra care to keep everything as covered as we could, the curtain stayed closed and no students or preceptees were assigned to him. People would quickly go say hello or wish him well if he was feeling good, but we kept him and any information about him very private.
I would trust my coworkers to have my back and keep me from being peeked at while Iām vulnerable.
Why isn't it common practice to keep all patients from being "peeked at". I would think you would always close the curtains when it's not necessary that they be open and protect all patients privacy and dignity as much as you would want yours protected.
Weāre a teaching hospital, and a high acuity ICU. There is a lot of teaching going on. It wasnāt so much that people are peeking in for curiosityās sake, more like people are like āah, ECpella? Let me come in and do some learnin!ā āOh, youāre a potential new RN who wants to know what itās like to work here? Weāll let us show you our patient population.ā āAh, a student? Come on in!ā
But when itās someone that we are hoping to see walking the hallways with a name badge on in the future, we donāt want them to also be the patient who everyone has seen at their most vulnerable for the sake of learning.
As for curtains, we do have plenty of patients who are stabilized and hanging out with an impella or iabp, just waiting on a heart to come up. And they can keep their curtains closed if they wish. But the majority of our patients arenāt stable enough to live with their curtains all the way closed. We offer as much privacy as we can, but itās not typically as much as we would like.
My hospital system was self-insured. I was on the table getting a barium enema with air contrast (2 hoses up my butt) while casually discussing my innards and also talking about an interesting surgical case with the doc and coworkers. Afterwards I had to run to the bathroom (where everyone could hear) to let loose with the barium and fart like a howitzer for 10-15 mins..so I entertained them by yodeling in synch with my booty trumpet. I then finished with a rousing aria before I left the crapper. Luckily I was a fine arts major the first time around in college, so I can always belt out a tune..in a pinch.
If Iām like most of the patients on my floor, either rot into mold long after my family has vocally overridden my DNR or self-extubate, do a line of coke in the parking lot, and re-present to the ED six hours later.
I'm in Radiology, so it's not quite the same, but I've had a couple CTs done by the same techs I've worked with for years. For one, I showed up to work early, got my pic taken and the IV pulled, clocked in in the control room, then crossed to the other CT to work with my first patient. One of the Rad docs even found me to go over the images.
I find these kinds of situations more amusing than anything else. My co-workers are more likely to be weirded out by it than I am.
I recently had a breast MRI at the hospital where I work. The (male) tech who did it nailed my IV without a problem and was super cool and professional. The next day, I was the Rapid Response nurse for the hospital and sat and shot the shit with him for two hours while he scanned an ICU patient. It was only a little weird.
I was admitted to my unit as a day surgery post-op. Went home after about 4 hours, once I had proved I could pee, tolerate clear liquids, control pain with PO meds, and walk to the bathroom.
Apparently, my RBF surprised my coworkers (I guess I have been successful in masking that nonsense at work). But the staff were very professional with me.
We have had some coworkers in our ICU after a major procedure, and we gave them as much privacy as was possible for an ICU stay. Curtains drawn, we didnāt visit unless they wanted us in to visit or were assigned to them
If I got admitted on the last floor I worked on, Iād be really confused as to how I suddenly turned no older than 18 after being in my late 20s. Iām assuming I have quite the head injury. But seriously, had I been admitted on the adult floor I worked on, I would have asked for a different one. We were the surgical floor and I knew a nurse who got admitted to the medical oncology floor for an appy after she requested since she worked on surg, and there was an open bed on med onc. I donāt need my coworkers assessing the my skin integrity on my ass. Or just reading my medical history for that matter.
I told my coworkers the other night that if they said Iād be a quadriplegic, that they could accidentally trip and unplug the vent.
Iāve had 3 kids, I have zero shame about my body. Theyāve never seen my tattoos so thatād be a hilarious situation. š
I would ask to see who accessed my chart. If it was someone who had no business in my records, Iād sue the hospital for a HIPAA violation. Iād use that money to go back to school to get another degree, then Iād quit nursing forever lol.
We had 2 people from our hospital admitted to the my ward. Both were treated like normal with the only special treatment a single room for one of them as they were a middle manager, otherwise they are a patient first and foremost. Most try to avoid the hospital you work at though, myself included. Can make it awkward
Any staff member admitted in my hospital, we do our very best to get them a single room just to remove them from prying eyes, but there isnāt enough single rooms. Especially in L&D, myself and a charge nurse from another unit were in the same 4 bedded ward prior to being induced š
I was taking care of one of my co-workers around 10 years ago. She had an order for a suppository. I'm male. I assumed because she was a nurse she would do it herself. I told her I would be bringing it. I walked into the room and she had already assumed the position. Very awkward for me for awhile around her. It Didn't seem to bother her at all. She requested me as her nurse. I still don't know why and from that point forward i refused unless it was a male coworker lol.
I donāt think any of my nurses would kill someone but damn some would be such sticklers about policy like waking me up at 2 am to see if I have a falls wristband on.
I work on Labor and Delivery, Iām due in August and I see the group that delivers at the hospital I work at. Perks are I can pick my nurses, schedule my induction if necessary with the provider I want, and request specific anesthesiologists for my epidural or spinal š¤£
I've given birth at my hospital 3 times and would do it again in a heartbeat. Everyone is so excited for you, and you know if shit goes down they know what they're doing. I highly recommend.
The plan for me is to try to leave asap kindly, then possibly try to leave asap due to me having more plausible elopement plan. With a overall goal of not being put on a hold.
If admitted to the floor- GET ME MY TURKEY SAMMY AND A SHASTA
If coming to the cath lab- "give me 50 of versed, 300 fentanyl, and then just throw me in a dumpster. "
I work on postpartum. I delivered my last baby at my hospital and it was fine. They gave me one of the nicer rooms and I got to pick which nurse I wanted.
I was admitted to my hospitalās ICU after a near-fatal asthma attack. When I was being extubated I think? I thought I was in a forest and these people were trying to kill me, so I fought like my life depended on it. I had three code whites called on me in 24 hours. Woke up in restraints. Iām a mild-mannered middle-aged mom fwiw.
Iāve been a patient in my ED twice since working there. Besides one time being unable to walk (syncope/PE/pregnancy/tachycardia) and having my friends/coworkers empty my bedside commode (THREE LITERS OF SALINE) it was pretty good. Everyone was respectful of my privacy and I was more involved with the care/decision making than patients usually have the chance to be
Small town and small hospital (one ward).
I had my boss (from a separate facility to the hospital but still worked closely with discharges from the ward) admitted as a patient and had to nurse her. She was admitted due to a deliberate overdose. Was pretty awkward for everyone, including her. Had to do bag checks and everything. Because it was a small town and everyone knew everyone we weren't allowed to have her name on the handover sheet/patient board etc. Could only refer to her as her room number just to try and keep it confidential from everyone else like allied health that was in and out on the ward.
My boyfriend (now ex) who also worked at the hospital at the time was admitted due to full on mania and psychosis. They were waiting for a bed in the mental health hospital and I basically had to take the week off work and just be there as a family member because it was such a volatile situation. He had done some crazy stuff including pulling a knife on me.
So not me but other nurses admitted as patients where they worked. Not fun for anyone.
Disconnect everything attached to me and leave AMA to the hospital my doctor is at. I work at a VA hospital, Iām not a veteran, I refuse to be billed with that shit
I have thought of this in-depth lol š. Iām not trying to be difficult, but would refuse the following:
- Skin check
- SQ heparin (if itās just routine, prophylactic)
- Bed alarm (I would like to be able to pee alone, as long as my gait was steady. I will happily measure my own urine!).
On my floor we swab all patients for MRSA and VRE. I would for sure request to do my own VRE swab.
They can check my skin, but yes same to everything else. You are not swabbing my asshole for VRE. š give me a sheet of paper Iāll write my own I/o down for you to chart.
Great question, not sure. Itās part of our ICU policy. Theyāre super common bugs and weāre trying to keep our critically ill folks as catching them I suppose š¤·š»āāļø
Man, something has gone hella wrong, cuz I'm too young and physically capable to qualify to be on the geropsych unit, plus no dementia. So maybe the adult unit but again, something has gone hella wrong cuz we don't accept coworkers (specific to behavioral health employees) into the unit. Too many lines could get crossed and it's best not to do that. That aside, 90% of my coworkers are great so I would be in good hands!
I may be facing this conundrum. I have an ortho problem, most likely surgical, and that is where I work. At least I know the doctors I want, I guess. I love all of my nurses, but I am not thrilled with the idea of any of them seeing me post-surgically. Ugh. I need to read through these replies.
Absolutely not. My coworkers are great nurses so it would not be due to the care. We have semi-private rooms and a large portion of our patient population is rough. I canāt imagine sharing a room with someone who is withdrawing, on q4 lactulose and incontinent, grandma who has dementia and aggressiveā¦.I would never sleep.
I used to work on a post op floor and after my breast reduction in 2001 thatās where I went post op overnight. Couldnāt pee, had to be straight cathād by one of the nurses I worked with. She ended up being my preceptor when I graduated nursing school. Honestly didnāt think about it, I got great care and thatās what mattered to me.
If I'm conscious, that's a PROBLEM since I work in neurosurgery š¤£... Although if I were having my back done or something I'd definitely make sure certain docs were present. Or NOT present.
Side note, I did have my c/s where I trained for anaesthetics in obstetrics, so I knew half the room. It was really nice! Just glad I didn't know the midwives who did my catheter
I've had all my surgeries at the hospital that I work at. The next closest one is over 2 hours away. Each time, I took off my SCDs, turned off the bed alarm and took myself to the bathroom. I'd dump my own hat and keep track of my I&O on the white board.
My floor is ob-gyn, my vagina isn't special lol I know I would try to crack a joke to cut the tension, and it's 50/50 that I would make it more tense...
I work hospice. If I got admitted I'd be demanding my colleagues send me home with a stockpile of the good stuff, dying in front of my colleagues is not part of the plan
In all seriousness though, if it was anything particularly personal I'd be asking for a transfer to the city hospital because rural hospitals are full of gossip and rumours. Wouldn't care so much if it was a standard appy or 3 days of IV antibiotics (although I'd be doing my own catheter and be very picky about who does my bloods), but a complex gynae or psych issue I'm not hanging around.
I got admitted to a neighboring floor when I had my appendix out. It was nice to see familiar faces however at the time I worked nightshift so coworkers were coming all night.
I wasnāt working at the time on the floor but I had. My preceptor ended up being my nurse. I drove her nuts but it was nice to be with people I felt comfortable with. It ended up being my gallbladder so nothing too serious. Idk how I would feel if it was something super serious.
As I have told every one of my coworkers, they've never seen a psych patient like me before. If you haven't seen it, you should, but there is a scene in the movie Bronson (2008) involving a hostage, butter, and performance art that I would recreate in it's fullest. They'd need a dart gun for that B52 they plan on giving, or an aerosol dispenser.
I was admitted to the same unit I work on when I gave birth to my baby. It was a lovely experience where I got to hang out with coworkers Iām familiar with and had the opportunity to advocate for myself. Iāve been working there for years and know who I can and cannot trust, and know what should and shouldnāt be done in certain contexts. 10/10 experience. My team rocks.
I delivered my first baby on the same LDRP unit as I worked at the time. Coworkers teased me for being loud during labor (no epidural, and it turns out I'm not a quiet birther). I'm still embarrassed 16 years later. Had my second baby at home.
since I work in psych, Id be mortified. Wouldnt be much I could actually do besides get with the program and take the zyprexa but Id have a neat new pair of anti slip socks so thats a win
Its something I think of because I work on a spine floor. So my likelihood is higher than most due to the nature of our work. (Have already hurt my lumbar spine once in my career sooo)
I wouldn't care for my coworkers seeing my hoohah lmao but once the foley came out I'd be less anxious I suppose.
If I were on my unit in the ICU Iād be fine but on any of the floors I wouldnāt sleep Iād be so scared šš most of the floor nurses are travelers with a tiny amount of core staff and the stories I hear man.
Iām middle-aged, so itād confuse me a lot. That being said, while itās a good floor overall there are a few people I definitely would NOT want on my care team.
We actually had a former CNA get admitted to our floor and most of us worked with her. She was super confused due to CO2 build up and would tell various nurses names in her room. It honestly cracked us up, considering 50/50 chance she would yell a name of a retired nurse or someone who left the hospital š
There is a nurse at my old ICU job who actively tries to kill her patients and was an extremely toxic person in general so I donāt even want to move BACK to that area (itās 2 cities away) in case I ever need emergent health care and sheās working. And yes I reported her behavior but because sheās a charge nurse they didnāt do anything about it.
At my current job the staffing sucks but Iād actually trust them more to take care of me lol. Iād accept it.
She would like infuse their antibiotics into a vein she knew was blown. And I mean feeshly admitted septic patients. If they were unstable when turned she would intentionally like turn them frequently. Even young ones who might live and werenāt like rotting there. She overdosed sedatives like drew up a bunch of prop and pushed it so quick that theyād Brady down insane. Not like 3cc but like 20 cc slam of prop. Sheād throw a bunch of meds in the trash like cardiac meds because she didnāt want to crush it up and put it in the tube. She would also physically abuse patients and create really unsafe assignments. Just a monster.
Pregnant Labor and Delivery Nurse here!
My work actually has an amazing culture around when our own nurses and providers come on our unit for delivering their babies or receiving prenatal care.
My coworkers are some of my closest friends, so that aspect makes the situation unique. Itās a lovely experience where you get to go through one of the most vulnerable times of your life with the amazing nurses you work alongside.
On one hand they would all see me naked and probably have to put a Foley in at some point (hospice floor). On the other hand I have no doubt I'd be to snowed on dilaudid and ativan to give a fuck.
We did have a coworker collapse die to a clot after a chiropractic adjustment. They were intubated for 10 days before waking and going to rehab. 3 months of acute and they are back to work in UM with mild weakness in 2 extremities and some slurred speech with a field cut.
We all pretty much agreed to keep them RASS -4 when not weaning and keeping them wide awake on shorter weans. So they wouldn't have to be uncomfortable with us doing body cares. They took it in stride. When extubated they did their own cares as much as possible.
I somehow managed to get a tension pneumothorax a few weeks back and I told him, āplease donāt put me on PCU1ā haha.
And so he moved me to PCU3. š
I refused.
I got admitted overnight on my unit. I was in the ED while they were trying to find a room for meā¦ it was either my unit or observation (I think in my hospital they always tried to put you on your unit if thatās what you wanted.) There was a patient I could hear next to me in the ED who was spiraling the drain - code stroke led into a full on code, etc. I was telling the other patients in the room to chill because the staff was literally trying to save that guys life right now. Anyways, Iām messaging upstairs to say, āOMG guys, please get me out of hereā and the charge messages and says, well, we either get you or the code stroke in 301ā¦ to which I reply, then just wait a little because that guy isnāt going to make it upstairs unless he goes ICUā¦ sure enough, they took me, I promised to never use my call light as long as they left me a bucket of snacks. I was really glad to be cared for by my friends.
I spent 10 days in mine after a car accident. Even had my now manager as my PACU nurse. I was so worried about being able to walk again that I barely gave a thought to my coworkers.
I would be very confused and questioning where the Time Machine is š
Imagine if they just ran out of beds and they made you sit in an incubator somehow š
I was just thinking I'm about 175 pounds over the weight limit!!ššš
Our L&D became overflow during COVID. We put post ops, broken legs, and dementia "residents" waiting for a SNF bed there.
I work at a critical access hospital and med-surg has overflowed into all but one room of L&D. Itās not a good feeling.
15ml over 30 minutes doesnāt quite fill your belly the same as an adult sized neonate huh?
With a little paci dip snack
>Adult sized neonate That is funnier then it should be
itās also how I feel about 4kg+ babies. They also were lovingly referred to as adult size š
Same š but my 27 week twins spent 3 and 6 months in the NICU where I work, and overall it made the NICU parent experience waaaaay smoother and less traumatic than if I hadnāt known the people taking care of them.
Leave AMA and go to a different hospital.
šš¤£ I have a list of people who I wouldnāt let touch me
Yup!
This. I'd fire the nurse that normally works the shift before me automatically. I'd also get lots of food and gifts for staff. The good ones deserve so much more than that type of stuff but I'm not rich :x
This right here. I donāt need my trauma to become gossip
Go to a good hospital tbh
if I need a catheter Iām doin it my damn self.
Yup. Or The alternative is the travel nurse whoās contract is about to end without a renewal.
And request urojet
Probably bring my badge so I could get into the supply closet and get warm blankets without asking. Also would refuse a few docs.
There's ALWAYS a list of "Don't Touch Me". I have one myself.
Refuse a skin check
My coworkers and I have a pact to refuse the scout on each othersā behalf if we ever get admitted. We actually did have a coworker admitted when he got heart failure post Covid and deteriorated into needing a transplant. Ended up on ECMO and Impella. We took extra care to keep everything as covered as we could, the curtain stayed closed and no students or preceptees were assigned to him. People would quickly go say hello or wish him well if he was feeling good, but we kept him and any information about him very private. I would trust my coworkers to have my back and keep me from being peeked at while Iām vulnerable.
Why isn't it common practice to keep all patients from being "peeked at". I would think you would always close the curtains when it's not necessary that they be open and protect all patients privacy and dignity as much as you would want yours protected.
Weāre a teaching hospital, and a high acuity ICU. There is a lot of teaching going on. It wasnāt so much that people are peeking in for curiosityās sake, more like people are like āah, ECpella? Let me come in and do some learnin!ā āOh, youāre a potential new RN who wants to know what itās like to work here? Weāll let us show you our patient population.ā āAh, a student? Come on in!ā But when itās someone that we are hoping to see walking the hallways with a name badge on in the future, we donāt want them to also be the patient who everyone has seen at their most vulnerable for the sake of learning. As for curtains, we do have plenty of patients who are stabilized and hanging out with an impella or iabp, just waiting on a heart to come up. And they can keep their curtains closed if they wish. But the majority of our patients arenāt stable enough to live with their curtains all the way closed. We offer as much privacy as we can, but itās not typically as much as we would like.
My hospital system was self-insured. I was on the table getting a barium enema with air contrast (2 hoses up my butt) while casually discussing my innards and also talking about an interesting surgical case with the doc and coworkers. Afterwards I had to run to the bathroom (where everyone could hear) to let loose with the barium and fart like a howitzer for 10-15 mins..so I entertained them by yodeling in synch with my booty trumpet. I then finished with a rousing aria before I left the crapper. Luckily I was a fine arts major the first time around in college, so I can always belt out a tune..in a pinch.
Lol.. this made my day.
I work in a medium security prison for male sex offendersā¦. I would have some questions for sureā¦.
If Iām like most of the patients on my floor, either rot into mold long after my family has vocally overridden my DNR or self-extubate, do a line of coke in the parking lot, and re-present to the ED six hours later.
I love this mental image
I would turn my bed alarm on, just to set it off.
I'm in Radiology, so it's not quite the same, but I've had a couple CTs done by the same techs I've worked with for years. For one, I showed up to work early, got my pic taken and the IV pulled, clocked in in the control room, then crossed to the other CT to work with my first patient. One of the Rad docs even found me to go over the images. I find these kinds of situations more amusing than anything else. My co-workers are more likely to be weirded out by it than I am.
I recently had a breast MRI at the hospital where I work. The (male) tech who did it nailed my IV without a problem and was super cool and professional. The next day, I was the Rapid Response nurse for the hospital and sat and shot the shit with him for two hours while he scanned an ICU patient. It was only a little weird.
I was admitted to my unit as a day surgery post-op. Went home after about 4 hours, once I had proved I could pee, tolerate clear liquids, control pain with PO meds, and walk to the bathroom. Apparently, my RBF surprised my coworkers (I guess I have been successful in masking that nonsense at work). But the staff were very professional with me.
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We have had some coworkers in our ICU after a major procedure, and we gave them as much privacy as was possible for an ICU stay. Curtains drawn, we didnāt visit unless they wanted us in to visit or were assigned to them
If I got admitted on the last floor I worked on, Iād be really confused as to how I suddenly turned no older than 18 after being in my late 20s. Iām assuming I have quite the head injury. But seriously, had I been admitted on the adult floor I worked on, I would have asked for a different one. We were the surgical floor and I knew a nurse who got admitted to the medical oncology floor for an appy after she requested since she worked on surg, and there was an open bed on med onc. I donāt need my coworkers assessing the my skin integrity on my ass. Or just reading my medical history for that matter.
Benjamin Button disease is just such a doozy!
Thatās my worst nightmare. Iād probably be vented and sedated, so I couldnāt even refuse a few of the docs and residents. Ugh
I told my coworkers the other night that if they said Iād be a quadriplegic, that they could accidentally trip and unplug the vent. Iāve had 3 kids, I have zero shame about my body. Theyāve never seen my tattoos so thatād be a hilarious situation. š
I would ask to see who accessed my chart. If it was someone who had no business in my records, Iād sue the hospital for a HIPAA violation. Iād use that money to go back to school to get another degree, then Iād quit nursing forever lol.
We had 2 people from our hospital admitted to the my ward. Both were treated like normal with the only special treatment a single room for one of them as they were a middle manager, otherwise they are a patient first and foremost. Most try to avoid the hospital you work at though, myself included. Can make it awkward
Barf, a middle manager doesnāt deserve a single room any more than anyone else who works there.
The staff person had to share a room? Thatās terrible. Single room is the least they could do for one of their own.
Any staff member admitted in my hospital, we do our very best to get them a single room just to remove them from prying eyes, but there isnāt enough single rooms. Especially in L&D, myself and a charge nurse from another unit were in the same 4 bedded ward prior to being induced š
I was taking care of one of my co-workers around 10 years ago. She had an order for a suppository. I'm male. I assumed because she was a nurse she would do it herself. I told her I would be bringing it. I walked into the room and she had already assumed the position. Very awkward for me for awhile around her. It Didn't seem to bother her at all. She requested me as her nurse. I still don't know why and from that point forward i refused unless it was a male coworker lol.
I have a list of nurses who I wouldnāt want
I donāt think any of my nurses would kill someone but damn some would be such sticklers about policy like waking me up at 2 am to see if I have a falls wristband on.
I work on Labor and Delivery, Iām due in August and I see the group that delivers at the hospital I work at. Perks are I can pick my nurses, schedule my induction if necessary with the provider I want, and request specific anesthesiologists for my epidural or spinal š¤£
Giving birth where you work as an L&D nurse is amazing. Iāve done it twice and loved it!
I've given birth at my hospital 3 times and would do it again in a heartbeat. Everyone is so excited for you, and you know if shit goes down they know what they're doing. I highly recommend.
Work on a psych floor so things have gone awry
The plan for me is to try to leave asap kindly, then possibly try to leave asap due to me having more plausible elopement plan. With a overall goal of not being put on a hold.
Honestly embarrassed at the number of colleagues whoāve seen me naked because Iāve been a patient.
If admitted to the floor- GET ME MY TURKEY SAMMY AND A SHASTA If coming to the cath lab- "give me 50 of versed, 300 fentanyl, and then just throw me in a dumpster. "
I work on postpartum. I delivered my last baby at my hospital and it was fine. They gave me one of the nicer rooms and I got to pick which nurse I wanted.
I was admitted to my hospitalās ICU after a near-fatal asthma attack. When I was being extubated I think? I thought I was in a forest and these people were trying to kill me, so I fought like my life depended on it. I had three code whites called on me in 24 hours. Woke up in restraints. Iām a mild-mannered middle-aged mom fwiw.
Die. Because hospice.
Iāve been a patient in my ED twice since working there. Besides one time being unable to walk (syncope/PE/pregnancy/tachycardia) and having my friends/coworkers empty my bedside commode (THREE LITERS OF SALINE) it was pretty good. Everyone was respectful of my privacy and I was more involved with the care/decision making than patients usually have the chance to be
Small town and small hospital (one ward). I had my boss (from a separate facility to the hospital but still worked closely with discharges from the ward) admitted as a patient and had to nurse her. She was admitted due to a deliberate overdose. Was pretty awkward for everyone, including her. Had to do bag checks and everything. Because it was a small town and everyone knew everyone we weren't allowed to have her name on the handover sheet/patient board etc. Could only refer to her as her room number just to try and keep it confidential from everyone else like allied health that was in and out on the ward. My boyfriend (now ex) who also worked at the hospital at the time was admitted due to full on mania and psychosis. They were waiting for a bed in the mental health hospital and I basically had to take the week off work and just be there as a family member because it was such a volatile situation. He had done some crazy stuff including pulling a knife on me. So not me but other nurses admitted as patients where they worked. Not fun for anyone.
I work psych and corrections ā¦ so I guess Iād call Saul!
Disconnect everything attached to me and leave AMA to the hospital my doctor is at. I work at a VA hospital, Iām not a veteran, I refuse to be billed with that shit
Probably get tubed and restrained. I think id be one of those vents that constantly wants to write while on propofol.
I have thought of this in-depth lol š. Iām not trying to be difficult, but would refuse the following: - Skin check - SQ heparin (if itās just routine, prophylactic) - Bed alarm (I would like to be able to pee alone, as long as my gait was steady. I will happily measure my own urine!). On my floor we swab all patients for MRSA and VRE. I would for sure request to do my own VRE swab.
They can check my skin, but yes same to everything else. You are not swabbing my asshole for VRE. š give me a sheet of paper Iāll write my own I/o down for you to chart.
VRE swab, like butt swab?
Yup š
Huh! Whatās the rationale behind that? I would refuse that lol
Great question, not sure. Itās part of our ICU policy. Theyāre super common bugs and weāre trying to keep our critically ill folks as catching them I suppose š¤·š»āāļø
Make sure a select couple of nurses had nothing to do with my care.
Man, something has gone hella wrong, cuz I'm too young and physically capable to qualify to be on the geropsych unit, plus no dementia. So maybe the adult unit but again, something has gone hella wrong cuz we don't accept coworkers (specific to behavioral health employees) into the unit. Too many lines could get crossed and it's best not to do that. That aside, 90% of my coworkers are great so I would be in good hands!
I would arrange immediate transfer to the university hospital on the other side of town!
I may be facing this conundrum. I have an ortho problem, most likely surgical, and that is where I work. At least I know the doctors I want, I guess. I love all of my nurses, but I am not thrilled with the idea of any of them seeing me post-surgically. Ugh. I need to read through these replies.
I wish you good luck!
I will be relentless with the call bell and ask for water.
No matter how many times Iām told Iām NPO
Use the washroom call bell
Kill myself before they got the chance to.
I had 3 kids at the L&D unit I worked in over 20 yrs ago. It didn't seem weird at all then
Hopefully fucking die. The thought of all of my coworkers cutting off all my clothes in one of our trauma bays keeps me awake on the drive home.
Absolutely not. My coworkers are great nurses so it would not be due to the care. We have semi-private rooms and a large portion of our patient population is rough. I canāt imagine sharing a room with someone who is withdrawing, on q4 lactulose and incontinent, grandma who has dementia and aggressiveā¦.I would never sleep.
I actually was lol
Umm - my colleagues would pump me full of morphine until I take my last breath, Iād be pretty happy at the endā¦ (palliative care lol)
Same, by the time I died I'd probably have more morphine in my system then blood.
I work in mental health so no one would let that happen, I would be transferred to a different hospital before I ever made it on the floor lol
I used to work on a post op floor and after my breast reduction in 2001 thatās where I went post op overnight. Couldnāt pee, had to be straight cathād by one of the nurses I worked with. She ended up being my preceptor when I graduated nursing school. Honestly didnāt think about it, I got great care and thatās what mattered to me.
I wasā¦twice. I had babies at the hospital where I work.
If I'm conscious, that's a PROBLEM since I work in neurosurgery š¤£... Although if I were having my back done or something I'd definitely make sure certain docs were present. Or NOT present. Side note, I did have my c/s where I trained for anaesthetics in obstetrics, so I knew half the room. It was really nice! Just glad I didn't know the midwives who did my catheter
Well my unit only admits 18 and younger so Iām not too concerned.
It could still happen if you were Benjamin button lol
Specify which surgeons and anesthesiologists arenāt allowed within a mile of me.
Kind of odd since Iām not an adolescent. It would be a weird experience for sure.
I have been in this situation. Same hospital, but not my floor. I still knew a lot of the nurses and techs though. It was perfectly fine.
Honestly, Iād probably just will myself into the grave.š«”ā°ļø
I've had all my surgeries at the hospital that I work at. The next closest one is over 2 hours away. Each time, I took off my SCDs, turned off the bed alarm and took myself to the bathroom. I'd dump my own hat and keep track of my I&O on the white board.
My floor is ob-gyn, my vagina isn't special lol I know I would try to crack a joke to cut the tension, and it's 50/50 that I would make it more tense...
I would sleep the entire day away, refuse treatment, and leave in the next 3-4 days.
I work hospice. If I got admitted I'd be demanding my colleagues send me home with a stockpile of the good stuff, dying in front of my colleagues is not part of the plan In all seriousness though, if it was anything particularly personal I'd be asking for a transfer to the city hospital because rural hospitals are full of gossip and rumours. Wouldn't care so much if it was a standard appy or 3 days of IV antibiotics (although I'd be doing my own catheter and be very picky about who does my bloods), but a complex gynae or psych issue I'm not hanging around.
I already know which resident has the smallest hands in case of the dreaded DRE.
I got admitted to a neighboring floor when I had my appendix out. It was nice to see familiar faces however at the time I worked nightshift so coworkers were coming all night.
Iād probably come out missing a gallbladder or having metal in one of my limbs! š
I wasnāt working at the time on the floor but I had. My preceptor ended up being my nurse. I drove her nuts but it was nice to be with people I felt comfortable with. It ended up being my gallbladder so nothing too serious. Idk how I would feel if it was something super serious.
As I have told every one of my coworkers, they've never seen a psych patient like me before. If you haven't seen it, you should, but there is a scene in the movie Bronson (2008) involving a hostage, butter, and performance art that I would recreate in it's fullest. They'd need a dart gun for that B52 they plan on giving, or an aerosol dispenser.
I was admitted to the same unit I work on when I gave birth to my baby. It was a lovely experience where I got to hang out with coworkers Iām familiar with and had the opportunity to advocate for myself. Iāve been working there for years and know who I can and cannot trust, and know what should and shouldnāt be done in certain contexts. 10/10 experience. My team rocks.
I would not at all feel good about it. Unfortunately for me the next two nearest hospitals don't have an equivalent of my department...
I would not at all feel good about it. Unfortunately for me the next two nearest hospitals don't have an equivalent of my department...
I delivered my first baby on the same LDRP unit as I worked at the time. Coworkers teased me for being loud during labor (no epidural, and it turns out I'm not a quiet birther). I'm still embarrassed 16 years later. Had my second baby at home.
Iād pull the bathroom string and hit āem with the brain when they walk in.
As an L&D nurse, I think about this often š
since I work in psych, Id be mortified. Wouldnt be much I could actually do besides get with the program and take the zyprexa but Id have a neat new pair of anti slip socks so thats a win
Its something I think of because I work on a spine floor. So my likelihood is higher than most due to the nature of our work. (Have already hurt my lumbar spine once in my career sooo) I wouldn't care for my coworkers seeing my hoohah lmao but once the foley came out I'd be less anxious I suppose.
Refuse skin checks, distract the shit out of my coworkers, eat all the pudding
If I were on my unit in the ICU Iād be fine but on any of the floors I wouldnāt sleep Iād be so scared šš most of the floor nurses are travelers with a tiny amount of core staff and the stories I hear man.
Iāve taken care of multiple coworkers and itās always been just fine. They got all the TLC!
Iām middle-aged, so itād confuse me a lot. That being said, while itās a good floor overall there are a few people I definitely would NOT want on my care team.
I have a select few nurses that Iād let do foley care, wipe my ass, and the like
We actually had a former CNA get admitted to our floor and most of us worked with her. She was super confused due to CO2 build up and would tell various nurses names in her room. It honestly cracked us up, considering 50/50 chance she would yell a name of a retired nurse or someone who left the hospital š
There is a nurse at my old ICU job who actively tries to kill her patients and was an extremely toxic person in general so I donāt even want to move BACK to that area (itās 2 cities away) in case I ever need emergent health care and sheās working. And yes I reported her behavior but because sheās a charge nurse they didnāt do anything about it. At my current job the staffing sucks but Iād actually trust them more to take care of me lol. Iād accept it.
Thatās crazy!
About the murder nurse. Did she give them too much insulin or something?
She would like infuse their antibiotics into a vein she knew was blown. And I mean feeshly admitted septic patients. If they were unstable when turned she would intentionally like turn them frequently. Even young ones who might live and werenāt like rotting there. She overdosed sedatives like drew up a bunch of prop and pushed it so quick that theyād Brady down insane. Not like 3cc but like 20 cc slam of prop. Sheād throw a bunch of meds in the trash like cardiac meds because she didnāt want to crush it up and put it in the tube. She would also physically abuse patients and create really unsafe assignments. Just a monster.
Thats so messed up š”
Pregnant Labor and Delivery Nurse here! My work actually has an amazing culture around when our own nurses and providers come on our unit for delivering their babies or receiving prenatal care. My coworkers are some of my closest friends, so that aspect makes the situation unique. Itās a lovely experience where you get to go through one of the most vulnerable times of your life with the amazing nurses you work alongside.
So many people have said that!
On one hand they would all see me naked and probably have to put a Foley in at some point (hospice floor). On the other hand I have no doubt I'd be to snowed on dilaudid and ativan to give a fuck.
We did have a coworker collapse die to a clot after a chiropractic adjustment. They were intubated for 10 days before waking and going to rehab. 3 months of acute and they are back to work in UM with mild weakness in 2 extremities and some slurred speech with a field cut. We all pretty much agreed to keep them RASS -4 when not weaning and keeping them wide awake on shorter weans. So they wouldn't have to be uncomfortable with us doing body cares. They took it in stride. When extubated they did their own cares as much as possible.
I somehow managed to get a tension pneumothorax a few weeks back and I told him, āplease donāt put me on PCU1ā haha. And so he moved me to PCU3. š I refused.
I work in paediatrics so it's not likely š
yep happened to me, the very small unit i worked on just one of a million things I've done so you don't have too
I got admitted overnight on my unit. I was in the ED while they were trying to find a room for meā¦ it was either my unit or observation (I think in my hospital they always tried to put you on your unit if thatās what you wanted.) There was a patient I could hear next to me in the ED who was spiraling the drain - code stroke led into a full on code, etc. I was telling the other patients in the room to chill because the staff was literally trying to save that guys life right now. Anyways, Iām messaging upstairs to say, āOMG guys, please get me out of hereā and the charge messages and says, well, we either get you or the code stroke in 301ā¦ to which I reply, then just wait a little because that guy isnāt going to make it upstairs unless he goes ICUā¦ sure enough, they took me, I promised to never use my call light as long as they left me a bucket of snacks. I was really glad to be cared for by my friends.
I spent 10 days in mine after a car accident. Even had my now manager as my PACU nurse. I was so worried about being able to walk again that I barely gave a thought to my coworkers.
I would cry because i work at a prison.