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I think too many people have a great desire to "LOVE" their job. I was an Emergency Dept Nurse for 12 years and then moved into another office type field. I don't adore either job, but I do...

I have to say, in a true Crisis for a loved one, i would have forgiven this entirely. It's not really a statement made out of complete intolerance, but one made of true gut wrenching fear. It isn't...

You say you aren't bitter, and I am sure you don't think you are, but you come across as bitter and frustrated. If you come across that way just writing, you probably come across similarly in real...

You must MUST correct physicians. BUT, just as you would expect them to not dress you down at the nurses station for something, you shouldn't either. What you said in quotes was actually very...

I do some peer interviewing. Although we appreciate wit and sarcasm in our unit, somehow when the job candidate becomes "too personal" or too sarcastic it doesn't come across well. Example: We...

Florida is supposed to be one of the states that is still hiring... I am in Florida. I agree that googling Critical Access Hospitals may give you an idea of where to look. I would also...

I have worked with LPNs in many different hospitals. In fact I was oriented to the Fast Track area of a Level One Trauma Center by one. Depending on which hospital it was at, some LPN's functioned...

Trying to figure out how this - non English Speaking Nurses- has any bearing on anyone's name.

I wish more nurses would allow their younger, stable, ambulatory patients to shower- and to encourage it. Someone in their 40's in for a variety of diagnosis are able to shower quite safely. Now,...

The bath basins are actually a HUGE infection risk. We've cultured bath basins where I work. All of them grew out pathogens, and a good deal of them grew out MDRO's, and alarmingly the patients...

I did not read all 9 pages, but just like posting isolation signs, posting a DNR sign bracelet etc in no way identifies the patient with any identifying information, and if it is attached to them...

There are so many if's and's and Buts about pregnancy that I can see that there might be some reservations about hiring in pregnancy. It is unfortunate that we are there, but...I can see the...

All of these MDRO organisms should scare the bejaseesus out of us all. Cavi wipes do nothing for C diff. Even the CDC recommendations are currently for Bleach...

good tips. and a pregnant lady going for a C section should not be so dehydrated that there is no urine, though I guess it could happen...

Well, if you break sterile technique yes, it's a problem. Especially if you have trouble with the gloves in a situation where the patient is not moving etc. Once you get a patient who is moving...

Agree with Ashley. Does this really have to do with patients? It seems to me that more people are concerned as the flu season starts, with the stickers that many hospitals are using to identify...

Nope the purple top snaiwipes, kill lots of things, but not C diff. Bleach baby bleach.

Oh I gave up! I fund a product advertised that would kill the C diff, but it's not even yet in trials to be approved by the FDA. SO. bring on the bleach. We have the purple top wipes, they do...

I think you are especially disappointed that the NM was not very welcoming. She was probably especially irritated at having whatever she was doing interrupted unexpectedly by you. This just is...

Rock on !!!! I do wish You were one of our CNAS!

I have had to do behavioral interviews since 2002 or so, so it is not new. It is probably just new to you. While it surely is not the best way to find a good candidate, (I mean for heavens sake,...

I think you might have some luck in the job market. Firstly, you have experience, and you have an explanation about why. I left a job (with notice) after participating in a code where I was the RN,...

I'm now a woman without a country (ie I work in my own department, but am responsible for all units in the hospital) What I do is to make sure to stop by the new staff person's area on my way...

3 weeks is too soon. You actually sound like most of the new graduate nurses here. It really is just too soon. You are supposed to feel overwhelmed, and stressed out. If you didn't you would be...

Yes, not going to win me over on this one. So this homeless patient, because e has a history of criminal behavior, drug use, prejudice, no job, somehow should behave differently because of this? He...