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Strong leaders on the floor. Having a supportive, competent, and hard working charge nurse does so much for the morale of the nurses and support staff on the floor. The difference between an...

NVM - Incorrect

Just to clarify, this is what I have "heard" from surgeons who work at this hospital. Who knows if their sources are reliable but what they describe makes sense to me. Hospitals will try to cut...

Keep things professional ... just remember you are there to work not to make friends. If you do happen to make friends with your co-workers, great. But, if you don't become friends with your...

I don't know but I feel less rushed when I know I will have that extra hour that would otherwise be spent on a forced break. During the break the only thing that will be on my mind is what needs to...

I don't mean completely phased out but the only positions for RNs in the OR will be as a circulator. RNs will not be hired to do the same work that can be done by an OR tech. If an OR tech can...

I also hear that they are phasing out OR nurses ... the jobs are being replaced by scrub techs. The only position for nurses will be as a circulator and openings for those positions are rare.

Honestly, the lure of $$, benefits like subsidized gym memberships, and meeting friendly nurses who actually work on the floor and love their job.

I don't know what is wrong with me but it is often a struggle for me to get all my work done efficiently. It really sucks. I always feel like the slowest person on the floor. Everyone else is...

I don't know what is wrong with me but it is often a struggle for me to get all my work done efficiently. It really sucks. I always feel like the slowest person on the floor. Everyone else is...

OR seems harder to get into ... most OR nurses never seem to want to leave.

Hey, I am a fairly new grad but am totally enjoying my nursing experience. I work on a steady busy medical floor - nothing too crazy usually happens. I am a very hard worker with a pretty good...

As a new grad, nights are an excellent place to start. On nights, you will have more patients thus you have legitimate access to more charts. You will come across more diagnoses and more...

Oh, and when it comes to which department is the best to work for, it all depends on your manager, your charge nurse, and your co-workers. Working with a supportive and understanding manager who...

I am a new grad and still fairly green but the more I think about my long term goals, the more I see myself working a shift or two in the ICU. I know I have a long ways to go - everything still...

Totally agree! I like learning about my co-workers so I will ask about them (to the ones who seem interested in sharing) and will rarely share anything about my own personal life. I often find...

It almost seems like a universal occurrence that the night team is usually the nicer group who is more willing to help each other out whereas the day team is the snarky team always looking to "eat"...

I hate it when scheduling schedules me for more than 3 days in a row. I prefer having a shift here and a shift there. I don't like working shifts in a row. I start feeling exhausted and burnt out...

"grossest" would be units where the patients are very dependent, sick, and unable to ambulate - probably units like rehab, neuro, medicine, oncology "cleanest" units would be psych (but, you can...

regular vitamins, trying to insure adequate H20 intake during your shift, as much sleep as you can, and somehow finding some time to workout in between. I practice yoga and it really does feel...

2300 - 0730 right here!

It was taught to me in school that you don't take a blood pressure on the same side as a saline lock or site that is infusing because you'll damage the site. I have only been working for a short...

Nurses are people and like all people there will be nice people and there will be not so nice people. I have come across really sweet experienced older nurses who will take the time to talk to...

I work with a super nurse ... she is extremely intelligent, very skillful, a great leader, patient, always takes the time to teach and mentor other nurses, and inspires others to work hard and do...

I don't have access to the article but I can tell you that one of the things a poor wage will do for a nurse is create resentment towards his/her job. Nursing can be a physically and emotionally...