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  1. Should I call off?

    Why is it acceptable for nurses to work sick? In my facility, we don't want you here if you are sick. Yeah, we are short, etc. So what does that have to do with working when sick? Why are hospitals staffed so lean? I think your management team has be...
  2. Nursing jobs in NM? Hospice?

    Not a hospice RN, but I can help with some questions. 1. What are the nursing jobs like in general in NM? In demand? No demand? Luke warm? Don't bother looking? Lots of need with the Presbyterian system. (the 800lb gorilla insurance and healthcare sy...
  3. help!! PT/INR and prioritizing!

    "Pitting edema on ankle (WHY does she have low sodium and K if she has edema? wouldn't here sodium and K be elevated bc of fluid retention?)" getting lasix, is CHF, so bilat edema. She is peeing out her electrolytes. Is the afib a new DX?
  4. Quit nursing already?

    Listen up! Usually, as in my case anyway, new nurses are followed around by little angels, protecting them from making huge errors. Keep looking stuff up, eventually you will be comfortable, and know what to expect. You can only be an experienced kno...
  5. If I may add my advice, if you think aesthetic nursing is not what you got into nursing to do, take it from me, correctional nursing may not be your cup of tea, either. And as I stated in my last post, even then, you can and will move on. Best of luc...
  6. You did the right thing. I also took a non traditional route for my first nursing job. When I could, I moved on. You will too.
  7. feeling the negative enviroment in prison nursing

    At first I thought this too. But the truth is, it isn't probably the guards that pointed you out. It is the full time "residents". Remember everyone, it is their home, they just let us work there.
  8. Pre-pouring or Preparing, That is the Question

    Is there any other way? I couldn't imagine pulling it as they walk up. It is all about moving the line, and watching the pills go down. Going out to do confinement with a cart would be the slowest dumbest most dangerous thing I could think of. Get in...
  9. My goodness, someone was considering themselves broken for not holding it for 8 hours? I have no problem asking to use a toilet. I am shocked to hear certain agencies frown upon it.
  10. Rant

    I always wrote it as whiners. As in, a person who complains a lot. I think whingers is the British spelling v. of a whiner. I agree with the rant here. I don't blame people for leaving due to the high price of gasoline though. Nothing to "whine" ab...
  11. My health is suffering..vent I guess...

    The mantra for a long time has been "exercise more", etc. Problem is when people are heavy, they end up hurting themselves. People get into shape fairly quickly(not in the clinical setting, BTW) almost exclusively through diet. Basically, our diets a...
  12. new graduate nurse...worried and scared!

    "...hospital nursing, but I realize that this is the gateway " A gateway that has been pretty well blocked for the past 2-3 years. If whatever you try doesn't work out work out, try something else. Nobody starts off being super nurse. Those are not ...
  13. Most horrific interview ever !

    I wish you the best of luck OP. Sounds to me like you are going to have to sell your soul here. In this day and age, I guess you need to take it. Your "spider sense" appears to be tingling already on this, right? Just make sure you have an exit strat...
  14. Dad just doesn't understand...

    Pretty straight forward I think. Either in contemplation mode, or taking prerequisites. ___________________________________________________________________ OP, I feel ya. One thing overlooked today is that primary care Docs and some specialties are ...
  15. Correctional nursing question??

    I don't see how a year in LTC could hurt. Plenty of new grads flowing in to corrections where I live. Hospitals will not hire, so how to make a buck? I would scour here and other places on the internet to get a feel for the job of correctional nursin...