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FaceDeer@kbin.social 11 months ago
My POV: nursing is not a calling but a job.
Well, if you think of it that way and your bosses are telling you to do a certain thing, you should do that thing. If you're not doing the thing your bosses are telling you to do then maybe you're not doing your job.
Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear, but I don't see what other reasonable interpretation there is here.
The big bosses aren’t medical staff, they’re calling is not patient care, it’s profit.
What op is experiencing is delusion in the system and burnout.
OP is right. Document, cya, and move on.
All these downvotes and replies seem to be from people who want to think a hospital is altruistic place of healing. Unfortunately it’s an end stage capitalism hellscape that chews up and spits out most people who give a damn.
Oof this is definitely wrong. A blood thinner is one of the most important things whether a patient is taking or not. It’s the nurses job to let the doctor know whether the patient is compliant not only for medical reasons but for documentation. That’s outside the argument about profit in healthcare in US, that’s basic medicine. What if that patient falls and hits their head? Do we need to know if they’re on s blood thinner? What if they’re hemoglobin starts dropping? What if they need a procedure? What tif their platelets start dropping? Etc, etc, etc.
Don’t be a dick and not do your job, that makes your coworkers miserable and puts people in danger especially in medicine. I agree with burlit being and issue and chronic understaffing but be an adult and quit or move positions if you don’t like it.
HopingForBetter@kbin.social 11 months ago
I mean, I kind of agree here.
I'd go full chaotic lawful if you're mentality is "not a calling".
Follow the rules and directives as given.
It also sounds like you are on the way out of nursing. If you're not passionate about it, the job will eat you alive without a second thought and you're going to start seeing more and more things that irk you until you leave.
I'm also in the process of switching out of a "selfless calling" to what I hope is a fulfilling career.
Good luck with your next steps, whatever they may be.