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Hang in there baby! It's not you it's Health Care these days (profit driven, not acuity driven.) Survive for a year then get out! Look for a Hospital position that lives up to it's Magnet Status...

Be afraid, be very afraid :D.

"He says he was replaced by someone named Jimmy Kimmel."

well done!

Hee, Hee, Hee, we talk about this at work all the time....my answer is yes, no, yes, maybe, no...mmmm I'll get back to you on that. Like many other "lifers" (over 24 years) I have taken time off to...

I do nights, but I feel it. The sleep deprivation is the hardest, even when I sleep well I still feel deprived. Usually I come home, stay up about an hour or two, lie down around 9 or 10, sleep...

Excellent advice from all the other posts, just wanted to address your anxiety. Thankfully, 99.9% of our less than stellar interventions have no adverse effects. You are learning and that's what's...

Respiratory failure in kids can be easily missed. They compensate very well for a long time, then poof! Respiratory arrest. I was a new grad who had the wonderful fortune to have a Ward Clerk who...

I also had this experience, and wondered about it. I guess there's the prefered method, and the unconventional that works that one time. Glad the labs ended up comming out fine.

Also childless, mostly by choice. I was on the fence about having kids, never really was in a good enough relationship to want to risk it. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd think more about...

For the longest time I would start to walk in a geriatric patient's room and she would wake and holler "look out for the dog!" I would stop mid-step and lurch to the side in an attempt to avoid the...

"thanks for sharing."

ditto. I thought I'dfound the perfect job, now I find out someone has lied about me to management and mangement believes them. I'm stuck with a "performance improvement plan" and having to go...

rofl. This seems to be really common. The other most common is the grab a quick break after am report, chart checks and assessments. I used to get so annoyed at the smoke break and breakfast break...

dad/mom is sad. It's not your fault, and it's not your job to fix their sadness. You don't have to be extra good to make things better. PTSD: Something bad happened to mom/dad and sometimes...

everytime a bell reings a baby bat gets their wings. (very loose quote from "it's a wonderful life."

right back at ya baby, it's not age or gender it's an attitude! He%^ it's a lifestyle!

People like this will test your ability to "bless them and move on." She must see something in you that reminds her of someone who hurt her. Unfortunately that person is not you and you don't deserve...

going on vacation, usually means they know. He's a gone pecan.

Wow I tend to trust my higher up's where I work, glad I don't work for a company I feel isn't on the up and up. thanks for reminding me that I am fortunate.

Regarding the post who said she errr, had a "friend" who once snorted smarties candies as a young teenager: Hee, hee, hee! Tell your friend "thanks for sharing.":yeah: I know those little candies...

this thread is still growing...wow. u may get chewed on, but eaten...nah, or this thread wouldn't be so long. you're tough little buggers aren't you? :D

Bwahahahah! Texas roach...ewwwwwwwwww! New Orleans. Stomp on em, they lie there stunned for a minute then get up, give u a bad look and walk on...just popped their knees when I stepped on em, I guess...

Oh wow, your first war story! :) I dropped an 800.00 bottle of some rare kind of human blood product on the floor. It imploded...talk abt messing up. I got a couple of "YOU WHAT!?" comments but it...

2 weeks is a professional notice. The newbie will work your holiday. no biggie.