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Where I work, the doctors are always there quickly when I need them. Of course, I work in a large ICU where the doctors stay busy all day just like the nurses.

Maybe people should be afraid of debt. Student loans are handed out like candy because you have to pay them back. Schools are able to get away with outrageous tuition because of easy loans. That is...

The stigma is nothing new. The old psych hospital in my town has a graveyard with no names. People lived and died in that place and were buried with only their medical record number on their stone....

I wore a cap for my first year of nursing in the mid 1990's. By then only the occasional student wore caps. I last saw a working nurse wear a cap in 1995. She was an older lady who worked night...

I think Commuter understands the setting you work in. Right now I work in a place where if I pick up the red emergency code phone, I can have half a dozen doctors at the bedside in less than 2...

These days it takes way more than doing the minimum to be a competitive candidate for med school.

What separates dreams from fantasies is work and determination. Those nurses who really want to go to med school will be the ones who take the required courses, apply and make it happen. They usually...

Write everyone a "fools pass" and try to move on. I know it is easier said than done, but in 1 week, 1 month or a year, this will be way behind you and almost forgotten.

There are the fabulous students too. When my manager told me I would have a student for 10 weeks, I admit my heart sank a bit. But like an arranged marriage, you have to make it work. My student...

What boosts nursing as a profession might not be what fits in with the individual nurse's wants, needs and desires. I am the odd woman out on my unit. I have an ADN(been there forever), am not...

You have rights as a person too. Now when a patient gets out of line, when she called you a "terrible nurse" that is personal, you don't have to ignore it. I like a long period of unnerving...

Lots of variables to consider. For example, if you have 1 or 2 kids, a wife that works full-time in a high paying job and you have family nearby who will do all your childcare for free then you are...

There are no easy answers and I think you know it. I try to find times when I would otherwise be waiting impatiently, and work in a bit of charting while on hold for the lab, or when hanging out...

Or you can stand in the doorway all gowned and gloved with insulin syringe and scanner in hand and accost the first nurse that walks by the room.

Don't give potential backstabbers any ammunition to use against you. Put on a show of confidence and do not announce your mistakes, insecurities or anxieties at work. Keep gossip to a minimum by...

I work at a teaching hospital that has an active nursing practice, research and education department. Our practice changes with new nursing research and our policies are updated and changed every few...

I use the Hospital Drug Formulary icon on my work computer. Unlike a book, the lists add new drugs and are kept up to date. I still have my 1998 Lipincott manual I bought when I started working, it...

Generally I use the stiff form that avoids the use of I . Once in a while, an occasional "I" might slip into my charting. I wouldn't worry about it. I divide nursing documentation into "stuff that...

Words like "abuse"and "bullying" used to really mean something different. These were powerful words reserved for intolerable situations. Even a mildly raised voice is now considered "abuse"? I must...

Prolonged job stress, working with the public and having more responsibility than authority. Wash, rinse and repeat for 20 years, and I would fully expect at least some people to change into angry...

I second the above. Teaching requires experience, and the best teachers have some amazing stories to tell from their bedside days. Doctors' offices are the land of the medical assistant. The only...

I wonder if under the old hospital based diploma programs there were fewer new grads complaining after graduation that nursing isn't what they thought it was?

For now the safest place seems to be where you encounter few MAs or techs who can pick up your job responsibilities. Look at doctors' offices. When I was younger, there were plenty of LPNs working...

This is a situation in which you need to make use of your charge nurses or your co-workers. If you cannot get an IV restarted right away, ask your charge nurse to help you. I can't really condemn...

I didn't have an orientation because I work per diem at the same place I once worked full-time. Our recent prn hires have had 3 days of orientation. After an eight year time-off in a hospital...