voraciousj replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing
I usually baked a little something...but as a general rule nurses like food. All kinds of food. Regardless of the shift. Especially if it's free and easily eaten! Best of luck to you!
RN perdiem...I am curious about your leech experiences... Did you have to touch them with your (hopefully gloved) hands or just shake 'em from the container onto the pt? How do you get them off? I got the heebie-jeebies just thinking about that!
I just want to thank everyone for their wonderful advice...it's nice to know that there are people out there to talk to. I actually have already started to look into counseling and my husband and I have discussed me going PT at this job while I eith...
I'm not crying because of the stress of the job, but because I am exhausted and miss seeing my family and friends. I know I need to stop working the five nights/week...it's too much...
So I graduated in may 2009, got a job working 3-12 hour days on a med-surg/tele floor. Long story short I left after about 10 months due to a difference between me and my nurse manager. Now before you get to thinking that it was me, I was the first o...
My husband is not a good sounding board for when I've had a bad day/week/month at work. He just doesn't get what we go through on a daily basis. He feels that because he works as an oil technician in people's homes that he understands what it's like ...
voraciousj replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing
I do 5 8hr nights midnight to 0800. I hate hate hate it. I left a day shift 3-12hrs and feel as though all I do is work and sleep. I'm a newlywed who never gets to see her husband. I am desperately looking for a different job...5 8's wouldn't be so b...
In the time it took to argue with the aide, why didn't you just toilet the first pt yourself? Or offer to start the shower why she toilet the first pt?