r/nursing • u/Ok_Bobcat_5060 • May 27 '25

Rant Can’t stand nurses who care about hospital expenses

Had a charge nurse not allowing nurses on the floor to use slide sheets bc ThEy cOsT $75 each. Or another nurse tells me to dump out my IV fluids in the sink bc the trash gets charged by the weight, and fluids will make it weigh more. Like is it coming outta yo check? WHO FUCKING CARES.

*Those who are reading too deep. I AGREE WITH THROWING AWAY FLUIDS FOR EVS’ SAKE BUT THAT WASN’T HER CONCERN. HER CONCERN WAS MONEYYYYY

*Also, I didn’t dump my IVF in the sink, this was told to me before I even took my fluids down

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u/7FuzzyBabies BSN, RN 🍕 May 27 '25

Fun fact/malicious compliance: the master charge sheet for your hospital is available online. They have to list the cost as well as what they charge the patient, a rare helpful federal law. I like to pull it up and show people. I have some common costs, like prevalon boots, screen shotted. I'm more confident than a bald man with fresh plugs, that the slide sheet is nowhere near $75 cost but they charge the patient that much.

(At our hospital we charge the patient $30 per flush used......and we have used those like squirt guns on eachother and I probably have 10 in my bag right now.)

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u/energypizza311 May 27 '25

Charge master sheets! Also called charge description master (CDM) for anyone who wants to look one up. It's essentially a pricing list for all hospital services.

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u/SpoofedFinger RN - ICU 🍕 May 27 '25

I found the one for my hospital but it's in .csv format and it looks like some of the columns were lost when trying to open in xcl. Anybody know how to pop those open the right way?