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Yeah...but...that was a very vague and sketchy article, making it sound like the two involved were ogres or something. Were these patients all going in there and demanding meds? Who knows? Even...

Oh my friend, it happens. It happens. I saw a wound one time...it wasn't the sight that bothered me so much as the smell. It was only my second semester of nursing. He smelled like a moldy side of...

I can see why he did it- but he still should've known better. :(

So what will it be in the '10's decade?

Forgive me - I did not mean to imply that ALL nurses who were not factory workers would say this, think this, or roll their eyes. I meant that those who worked in the factories would empathize with...

As an addendum: I will always be a registered nurse, but the legacy of being a blue collar worker with ink and paper cuts all over my hands, that will be part of my soul forever. The day Brown...

Charlie T., I loved your post. I totally identify with you. *HUGS*

Absolutely don't sweat it. Every nurse gets grossed out by something in the beginning, be it blood, guts, smells, sights, sounds...I almost passed out one day smelling a wound that smelled like a...

I worked at Brown Printing in East Greenville, PA; making magazines such as Time, SI, Entertainment weekly, Family Circle. I worked there right out of high school. I loved my job there. To this...

What I would like to know is where is the "jury of peers" . If the defendant is a nurse, then shouldn't there be some nurses in the jury???

According to the Nurse practice Act of the state of Pennsylvania: In the acute care setting, the nurse-patient relationship ends at discharge. In the psychiatric settting (any setting...

This is my take on it. I've worked with many LPN's and they are just as experienced, hardworking, intelligent, and CULPABLE as RN's are. It is true that many places, especially hospitals, are...

Dear FirestarterRN, I agree with you, btw. Calling the baby a "creep"...I don't get it (and then capitalizing it yet!). If she was really just "blowing off steam", I would NOT have put that on a...

But how would you like it if you were in nursing school, and one of your instructors knew that your name was FireStarter on this public website, and they dismissed you from school saying "you were a...

Hello all, and welcome to my first opinionated posting: When I went to Cedar Crest College, as part of our final course, we were asked to write a testimonial of sorts about one patient that we had...