jacrabbitrn

jacrabbitrn

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  1. Travel nursing companies

    I will be contacting you by email. I start traveling very soon. I am so excited.
  2. Looking into travel nursing

    My husband and I hope to go to Hawaii some day on an assignment. He has been there. But I would love to visit.
  3. What would cause Hgb to plummet?

    still don't get the truck thing
  4. Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    Im only a four year nurse and have been wanting out of nursing since I became a nurse. Its not what I thought it was, I don't handle the stress well. I internalize everything, doubt my ability, fear making mistakes, dread going to work daily. My co-w...
  5. Nurses and Burn out

    I feel the same
  6. When Nurses Cry

    The first time I cried I was a brand new nurse and worked a long weekend on nights. My patient stated she couldn't feel her tongue and I thought she was having an allergic reaction. I caught the doctor in the hall who ran in the room and started scre...
  7. Thinking about making the switch to home health...

    I've been doing homecare for a couple of years now. Best to find one that pays by the hour, hard to do. But I like it and the pay is comparable. Less stress, less time on my feet. We rotate weekends and holidays. I stay at the hospital contigent for ...
  8. NO LUNCH??? NO BREAKS??? Is that common in nursing?????

    I have read about this problem many times and watch the nurses argue over who time manages well etc... I worked on a busy med-surg unit. It was awful, and we were always promised it would get better. There was always an excuse why things where horri...
  9. How to handle an abusive surgeon?

    Wow, I want to work with OBMDPHD, Just got yelled at by a surgeon who felt that new grads cannot work with his patients who are difficult. Then yelled at us for advising her to call at 11pm when there was an unfamiliar change in his surgical patient....
  10. RN faces serious challenges at work, seeking answers

    Monkeytoes,I can completely relate to your situation and felt the same most of the first year and a half. I was lucky to have a seasoned nurse befriend me and mentor me through. She was always willing to hash things over and help me figure out how t...
  11. Are nurses becoming more negative on Allnurses?

    Glad there is a place where I can vent or listen to other nurses discuss their profession and life freely. Lets view life honestly, perhaps if nurses were more aggressive and honest about how the negative aspects of nursing need to be addressed we w...
  12. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    Would love to hear about your system
  13. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    Please tell me about your system
  14. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    Thank you HH nurses for all the imput. I can see how this job can quickly become overwhelming. I had to leave the hospital because I couldn't stand on my feet for 12hours (doctors orders) , and it took a whole day to recover each time I worked. I g...
  15. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    Like I said, still new and still learning. Down time is usually if I get to an appt early or it gets done on time with no extra problems to deal with. I also don't have a full patient load. I only have 14 pts currently. Not sure how I will manage it ...