:yeah::eek:It was 26 years ago, I had my first nursing job in a trauma unit. One particular night I was getting ready to give my patient a heparin shot. All you youngins won't know this but the heparin premixed syringes used to have a rubber cap ov...
You know you're a nurse when you work in the ICU, had a night from hell and then you survive your 12 hours, and the patient does too but when you go home to sleep you are still running and doing more for the patient!! When you awaken you don't even ...
Take a look at Cookeville, TN. Best pay around I have found is here and the hospital is the BEST job I have ever had and I lived in 5 different states, from NY originally. The benefits are good, the area is beautiful and they have an awesome orient...
Spirit2L1 replied to jlove1821's topic in Relations
Well, that's a tough one as you could end up in a bad spot at some point. I have been a RN 26 years, and have seen quite a few people befriend patients. If heaven forbid, something happens to the patient, where there is a question of hospital liabil...
Well I can tell you stories about some pretty vicious personalities out there in nursing...unfortunately! There are those who feel they are "super" nurses, born with the ol white cap on their heads as they popped out of the womb! They are hell bent o...
I did move frequently as well and have lived in 4 different states aside from my home state of NY. One thing to remember if you decide to do that is to put away money for retirement. You do not plan for that when young, but now I am a nurse of 25 yea...