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I agree with your BF, I would want to live too, if I still had brain function. But,people are different.

I believe that we all have an obligation to help each other, nurse or no. I would have a big problem with a lay person who knows CPR ignoring someone who needs it. FWIW, my dad has performed CPR out...

I can handle accidental injuries just fine( except when it's little ones). But, my brain and my heart cannot stomach deliberate cruelty and torture. I think I'd be in a mental health facility if I...

Necrotizing fasciiitis on several occasions. One time, they called us up to the ICU to amputate the pts hand at the bedside. More open fractures than you could shake a stick at..my brother was...

I have been working per diem and recently just got a new job. My workplace has called me as little as 20-30 minutes before I am due to start a shift( and I live 45 minutes away) and told me not to...

Congrats! Here are some tips. 1) be willing to learn. It sounds easy but sometimes people don't listen as much as they should. If you have one preceptor, do things the way he/she taught you at first....

You did the right thing,OP. It's not a good time for this for you right now. Why do something that is making you that unhappy? I'm sure the point of this was to better your life, not make you...

Most places around here don't tolerate surgeon bad behavior anymore. Most I've worked with have been fine. If anything it's other staff that are nasty.

Wow, and I thought my current facility has problems. It sounds terrible to say, but one person isn't going to be able to change these bad habits. It's going to take a sentinel event and you don't...

Congrats..not an easy exam,IMO. I was relieved when I got the pop-up telling me I passed.

Ortho is my favorite. I particularly enjoy Ortho trauma and robotic assisted total joint replacements.(Makoplasties). I also like general cases. Hate Gyn.

We have the foam, numbered ones. No magnet on the other side though.

I'm also new to contract nursing..I'm in talks for my first assignment. I've known people that have gone through my agency and they were pleased with it. One lady has been with them for years. I'm an...

Excellent point. We all deserve basic courtesy, and to feel safe at work. You have to earn respect.

There is a degree of anti-intellectualism in nursing. I've experienced it firsthand. And it doesn't help us as a profession. I also believe the OP as far as the woman's reaction to criticism. We've...

I wouldn't do an exit interview. They sound like a great idea on paper but I believe it actually can come back to bite you in the butt too. Remember, HR is not your friend.

Great article. I have noticed though, that certain workplaces will speak ill of an employee even if the employee left on good terms, with plenty of notice. They aren't supposed to, but we all know...

We've been going through something similar, it sucks. Our evening staff is getting pummeled, and TPTB don't seem to care. They'll care when a horrible mistake gets made and then they'll only care...

I took mine last April and passed. I am a great test taker and it was not easy. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's just circulating stuff either. I had sterilization questions, anesthesia...

Everyone is replaceable. And they make special maternity lead that works very well. And sure, it would be great if the OR could be a place where we could all bond with each other and be all...

This will sound snarky, but I've found there's a good number of floor nurses with horrendous sterile technique while putting in Foleys. Ditto for some Pacu nurses as well. I would have said...

No, sorry. Still no sympathy for the preggos. ;) Most of us have been there at one time or another and pulled our weight. Pregnancy is a choice in most cases. if you can't do the work, you don't...

Pregnant nurses have been working in the OR for ages. You knew what the job entailed before going into this specialty.I have worked with plenty of pregnant nurses and techs. They get put in cases...

They ( the OB staff) refuse to learn how to do C Sections. It has been this way for decades and the culture of the hospital is such that they get away with it. IMO, one of these days there is going...

This is very true. The last hospital I worked for was a large trauma center. It really had to be life or limb for them to call you and being that I was ortho, we didn't get called in hardly ever. We...