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It had been a rough day, and I had to be out of work at 3:30 because I had clinical that evening. I was doing the usual end of shift vitals when I walked past what had been an empty room all day....

I start on Tuesday. Since I have to go part time, I'm just doing 2 General Ed classes. I'm not permitted to do any Nursing classes until I have all of my sciences done.

Well, drats.. first they take away the bagels, now it's the pens.... I hate buying pens...

I took it and passed.. the raise wasn't much, but I get so much more back in skills... I get to put in Foleys and straight caths, do EKG's and pull IV's in addition to other things. I figured I...

I don't start till next Tuesday....

I thought Anatomy was easy, but Fundies just about did me in.... My boss told me he had trouble with Peds, but I found Peds and just about everything else easy...

She was evil. The devil incarnate. Meaner than a rattlesnake. She had active MRSA, dementia, and was in for cellulitis. She threw four nurses, the Physical Therapist, the Occupational...

Active MRSA Good, God.... does the whole world have MRSA? It sure seems like it... and I'm running the isolation ward...

I read ahead of class, so when it was time for the lecture, things weren't so foreign to me. If I didn't understand it after class, I talked to an LPN friend who could put things into concepts I...

Tonight it was Hey, Kyleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

No Pulse.

After I'm done with the Betadine, testing the balloon, and getting the lube on the tube, I ask the patient to cough. This usually results in a drop or two of urine to come out of the urethra, and...

For crying out loud.. when I tell you to stay in bed, STAY IN BED. I don't have time to run into your room every 10 minutes to make sure your sorry butt isn't on the floor. I have 18 other and...

Oh yeah... and "To be Pacific"..... You want to tell me something about the Pacific Ocean? Really grinds my teeth....

My mother... whom I love and adore... after a billion corrections still says Trigemini Neuralgia..... It's Trigeminal for the billionth and one time, Ma... Rotator Cup..... You don't have a...

I will freely admit that I hate the stuff.... hate it... hate it... every stinking thing about it.... BUT.... if my patient is bed deep in it, you can bet your bottom dollar I'm putting on gloves and...

When I thought people were giving me bad references, I would call the company, put on a different accent, and say I was checking references on Kylee. I always asked "Would you rehire her?" I was...

Our 7-7 charge nurse is always bakiing... she bakes just for the heck of it... someone's birthday, someone passed boards, etc...so we can count on a cake or brownies when she is working. Last...

I'd be out of there so fast, I'd leave skid marks in the parking lot.

I swear, the third room on the right side of the hall is the helpless room..... every person that is in that room suddenly becomes helpless the second they walk through that door. They forget how to...

Poop... in any shape, size, form, or smell... Ick....

At my hospital, nursing assistants cannot do dressing changes. Patient Care Techs (one step above NA, but still below Nurse) can do more advanced things like pulling IV's when patients are...

That's half of the problem.... by the time nurses get report and out to the floor, I had what needed to be done done. An extra 5 to 15 minutes isn't worth arguing over and nurses are still in...

I made it! My year is up. I've officially paid back the money that paid for my nursing assistant class.... so I'm free to stay at the hospital or look for a job elsewhere. *Happy Dance* ...

I will stay and get what needs to be done done. I have a hard time passing stuff off that I could have very easily done. However, if oncoming shift tells me to go home and they'll take care of it,...