SweetieRN

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1. On the Job only 1 week and want to leave!

   SweetieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I accepted a new position and started Monday of this week and after the first day realized that I had made a HUGE mistake and that there was no way in heck that I would ever like or be happy at this job. BUT I agreed to give it the week and by today...

2. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

   SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

   i passed!

3. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

   SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ha Ha, maybe not - in case I have to pee for them again! Actually, when I got home from my drug test I did a "Google search" about OTC drugs and UDS and wound up on a truck driver's blog where they where talking about Sudafed - so I got myself all fr...

4. Charting Bloopers

   SweetieRN replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   A new charting blooper written by a pediatrician that was attending the delivery of a preterm infant: "infant delivered via c-section with apgars of 8 and 9 with no signs of being dressed".

5. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

   SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well that's where the real problem lies. I have heard that taking Sudafed can produce a positive result for amphetamines - but the question is how much? I have been taking 60mg (recommended dose) at least once a day for about a week now. I'm hoping...

6. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

   SweetieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I received an offer of employment this morning and went to HR to sign the offer. The only contingency on the offer was a urine drug screen, which I had to take immediately. The problem is that I have horrible allergies and have been battling with s...

7. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

   SweetieRN replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

   All of our managers are gone by 5:00 M-F, have their weekends and holidays off, and don't work any overtime. They sit in their cute little candle & potpourri-scented offices and wonder why nurse retention is at an all-time low?

8. Has anyone ever seen this before?

   SweetieRN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe it was a key to the kingdom of heaven?

9. Questions: Nurses leaving the Profession

   SweetieRN replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   I think that nurses leave the profession because they simply get burnt out. Hosptial nursing is HARD work. Not only are we having to care for very sick patients but we are having to cater to their family members as well (thank you "family-centered ...

10. phone calls no outsider would believe

    SweetieRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Must be from the same book that you will tie a knot in the umbilical cord if you reach up over your head while pregnant!

11. phone calls no outsider would believe

    SweetieRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    We had a call from a pregnant woman wanting to know if her baby would drown if she took a tub bath?

12. Oklahoma City University

    SweetieRN replied to Miss Kitty00's topic in Oklahoma

    I graduated from OCU's RN to BSN program this year and it was 4 hours per week - either in the morning or afternoon. No Saturdays.

13. Complaints vs Safety of the Nursing Staff

    SweetieRN replied to Indiana ED RN's topic in Emergency

    :rotfl: :roll AWESOME!!!

14. please vote--change career mid life?

    SweetieRN replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what part of the country you live in. Where I am, new grads start out at about $18/hour. Not too great for someone with an advanced degree. Another thing to consider is that nursing is not a 9-5 job. As a new grad, you may have to w...

15. Will they hire me?

    SweetieRN replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, I too have had presentations that I would rather forget! Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember that we are always are own worst critics! You probably did better than you give yourself credit for.:icon_hug: