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I just started working at an LTAC facility and have a lot of patients on vents, so I'll probably have a lot of posts in this section for a while. Yesterday I had a patient on a trach collar, SaO2...

Pt presents with childlike behavior and jaw-dropping speed.

The side effect of 'osseous mandibular hypertrophy' was just too much too much to bear.

I started my nursing career at a psych facility and then moved to another state. Since then I've been trying relentlessly to get a job and have had tremendous difficulty. This morning I got a call...

Whoa...I'd suggest taking a week to detox cold turkey There's a lot of ways to be more alert without slowly killing yourself. I have a lot of personal experience with replacing substances with...

Ha, I've thought about how cover letters for specific jobs might come across this way (as I've done this myself). I personally think it'd be a little harsh to judge somebody as insincere though...

Cliff notes: 2 years as nurse tech. Graduated Dec. '11. Worked as RN for 5 months in Psych. Tonight I just worked my first agency position. It was the hardest I've ever worked to make money....

Thanks for taking the time to defend the article. Hopefully the article will stay active for a few days.

"Thought the General Petraeus scandal was shocking? You haven't seen anything yet!"

Thought the 'Tom and Kate' divorce was shocking? You haven't seen anything yet!"

Just posted my story. Felt good.

I think you should just focus on keeping a healthy, stress-free mind, especially the night before and morning of the exam. I remember I went on a 4-5 miles run the night before along the Tampa bay...

Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay...stay. (that word start to looks funny after awhile, huh?) I say this because I'm a new grad (Dec. 2011, NCLEX Feb. 2012) and I worked 5 months on an acute psychiatric...

Thanks for your help. Good luck.

Beuler?

Like many people around the area I'm a fairly new RN looking for a job. Although I feel the next job is 'right around the corner' my money is running thin and I'll have to get a job sooner or later,...

"I refuse to change into that silly-looking hospital gown."

Who did you contact about a job shadow? Are you allowed to give any patient care, or do you strictly watch the nurse?

I wish... Had 5 months of RN experience and 2 years of nurse technician experience on a surgical floor. Didn't even get a phone interview with the recruiter. I'm kind of dumbfounded. I hope you...

Anybody have the RN license, but working somewhere else in the hospital, or outside the hospital? I'm about to be at the end of my savings accumulated at my first RN job, and starting to think of...

So out of desperation, I tried something new today. Instead of just sending my apps into the void also known as the recruiting office, I took time going around to a couple of places I've applied and...

I would judge you too. I prefer tye-dyed Grateful Dead t-shirts myself, but I most certainly didn't dress like that for school. If I were to dress that way, my professors may have thought I was an...

This: Not knowing you personally or your character (i.e. how you come across at work to others) makes it difficult for anyone to answer your question. And This: ALL NURSES deal with psych...

I've only been working on a Psych unit for 4 months now, but here's how my day (well, actually I work nights) goes, in very general terms. 1) Check to make sure people are safe. 2) Check to make...

I just took my first nursing job on a lock down, crisis stabilization Psych floor. Most all of our patients come in on a Baker Act (involuntary status) for potential harm to self or others. I work an...