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  1. I am DONE!!!!!!

    I replied to this thread back in March of 08! I wasn't happy so I made a change. I now have a job that is about 90% phone work, 10% interaction with patients. I love what I do and am still a nurse. SO don't give up on nursing, as I said before th...
  2. Persistent Nurse Recruiters?

    I have seen posters on this site worried that they won't be able to find jobs once they graduate and you all have persistent recruiters after you??? What do you stand to lose if you go to the interview?? Who knows, maybe they have a day position fo...
  3. Brother and Sister born on the same day

    I feel sorry for the kids involved. Unfortunately in our society this is happening more frequently. I am disturbed by some of the judgemental comments on this post. Do we know that these women are on welfare? I can only hope that these women will...
  4. My hellish day on the skilled floor (pull up a chair)

    I think every nurse who has worked in LTC has had days like this, I know I have. They only bring you closer to burnout:banghead:. I just finished a 5 year stint of LTC craziness. I swore I would never work as a LTC floor nurse ever again. All I...
  5. I yelled at another nurse.

    Okay, you blew up. Yes, there were other ways to handle it. But, the burning question is......?Did she really leave you as the only nurse in the whole building???? If she did, thank God nothing went wrong. I would not have jeapordized my license ...
  6. My Med cart is a magnet, how about yours?

    I get a kick out this every time I work. I have one resident who is a retired nurse with dementia and I swear she is on me like white on rice! She follows me around as I do my med pass until I tell her she is "off the clock now" and to go "home and...
  7. I am DONE!!!!!!

    Wow. And I thought I was the only one who felt this way.....Just this week! I have been in my LTC position for about 6 years..... 6 Looooong years and I am actively looking for another nursing position. I have come to the conclusion that no matter ...
  8. Caffeine and shifts

    Ironically, I couldn't stand coffee until I started working as a nurse......I can even drink the stuff while driving home from work and go straight to sleep! Several Tim Horton's restaurant workers in my area know exactly what I want when I pull up!...
  9. are you treated as a patient or nurse???

    When I come across nurses, or anyone in the medical field, I treat them the same as I would anyone else! When I go to appointments I don't tell people I'm a nurse, unless they think I don't know anything, then I'll mention it! My pet peeve is famil...
  10. My first job was on a busy tele unit ( I swore in school that I would Neverever work tele!). Once orientation was over, it finally hit me that I am nurse, responsible for a group of sick patients! I was so stressed out my first year of nursing. I ...
  11. Geriatric Certification

    ANCC offers certification for RN's. Test is very expensive though. I thought about getting certified for my own benefit, but like another post mentioned, would employers really pay any extra for this? Especially in LTC where everything seems to ...
  12. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    My 2 year old was hospitalized with pneumonia and being the nurse that I am, would try to help out by "fixing" the alarms after they would beep forever because the nurses were busy. Some nurses didn't have a problem with me doing this. One nurse to...
  13. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    I definately agree with Rapheal..... Yall gone make lose my mind, up in here, up in here yall gone make me act a fool, up in here , up in here.......(DMX)
  14. Preadmission Testing RN's

    No, it is not stress free, contrary to popular belief. I had a Dr. tell me one day that I was "just playing nurse". IT is a different type of stress
  15. Preadmission Testing RN's

    I only had about 2 years experience when I started, due to job burnout! Thank God I found it, it helped me not to leave the nursing profession