I check the pulse ox once in a while just to see if there has been any decline in the respiratory status, especially when a patient's recertification is coming soon. I have found too that in some...
Our agency has a full time on-call nurse. Her job is basically to be on-call 5 days a week. Then the rest of the nurses just fill in the other days. Most of us only have to be on-call about once a...
Well as for the weekends and holidays, they have nurses who do just on call and weekends, and they have enough people to rotate holidays so that i may have to work a major holiday once every few...
After working in Med surg for 4 years on two very difficult units, I have been offered a job as a home hospice nurse. No more working every other weekend, no more working holidays. On call requires...
When I changed my nursing license from PA to NJ, I noticed it was so much harder to get a job in NJ than it was in PA. Even as a new grad, PA was so much more willing to offer me a job. Every job I...
I really appreciate all of your feedback. I actually did work for a union hospital before coming to the hospital I work at now. The union we had was JNESO. It was helpful in some ways but not so much...
My hospital is currently in the process of possibly bringing in a union to represent the nurses. The union that we would have is HPAE. We vote soon! I'm interesting in hearing people's experiences...
I also have depression and anxiety. It comes and goes, not particularly for any reason. I just have gotten to know the signs and symptoms of when I start to not feel right. I recently have started to...
thanks for all the responses! i really thought about it and i think i was just being too hard on myself and trying to be "super nurse" all the time. now i just keep in mind when i'm at work that i can...
i am interested in possibly going for my masters in nursing, maybe even becoming a nurse practitioner. if anyone has been through getting their masters, i'm just looking for feedback on how it was...
I have noticed that on my day off before work, or even sometimes 2 days before work, that I become very anxious about having to go back. I have only been a nurse for 2 1/2 years and am I burning out...