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It's tough sometimes to stop myself from saying something snotty like "Don't stop talking on my account!" I get very tongue-tied and am obviously not confrontational. I'll let it go though. Yeah...

I've smushed a silverfish or two, but I don't see cockroaches ever. *shudder* I've heard rumors of bedbugs at other hospitals though! :eek:

Without going into a million specifics, if a patient was experiencing pain during their dialysis session, would be it be better to give a PO or an IV pain med? I asked several RNs and the pharmacist,...

Wherever you work will (I hope) train you so that you know what to do. There is usually an orientation period where you shadow someone and that is a good way to learn the routine of what you should...

Our hospital has been toying with the idea of primary nursing, no forward movement yet. This thread has certainly been very eye-opening though.

I would say a scary nurse is one who doesn't even know what they don't know, but insists they know everything and can't be told otherwise. Arrogant, in other words. It's ok to admit that you don't...

If you are REALLY that miserable on our floor, and you don't like the patients, or the manager, or how they do things at this hospital, then WHY on EARTH wouldn't you accept that NEW position you...

Thanks for the replies everybody! Ok after I posted this and logged off I realized how self-involved I sound! Just to clarify, I don't think they're talking about me personally, I'm not that...

Not mean, and I have gotten the skeptical looks from people younger than myself. I don't think it's an age thing. Part of being a nurse is developing a nice thick leathery skin :D

Just swapped shifts at my job, I'm on the day shift now :yeah: and I looooove it! Seriously, I'm so happy. However I work with some other nurses (trying not to make it about age, but I'm in my...

YES!!! THIS is one of my pet peeves about working on nights. If I order stat labs at 0200 and the routines are due at 0500, DO NOT CALL ME to find out if they can be "lumped together" at 0500. "I...

Nothing makes me twitch more than when the MANDATORY bomb is dropped.

No... I have made a med error, reported it and everything, didn't get fired. Even one of the clinical leaders on my floor made a med error. It happens - there's a difference between a simple mistake...

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Before I was a nurse I thought only doctors wore lab coats. On my floor the other day, the secretary, charge nurse, and team leader were all wearing lab coats. Do any floor nurses wear them? I...

It could be addressed in such a way that it wouldn't seem like tattling. You could bring it up to your manager/clinical leader/charge nurse or whoever that it's an easy protocol to miss, especially...

This is an interesting topic that I would never have thought about because I don't work in peds. It makes perfect sense though.

At first I thought you meant like NIC and NOC and NANDA and I was like :cautious: My hospital didn't give us gifties but we did have a barbecue and third shift breakfast.

Is it $35,000/year for 40 hours per week? It sounds about right for a new grad working in a hospital 3 or 4 8-hour days/eves/nocs per week. It depends on what you're applying to which the OP didn't...

Just wait it out. It's hard to see that money go but it's usually not like you can take mother-baby and then NCLEX-PN and get a job the next day. Transferring is a major hassle.

Wish I had a good story, but I saw an ORIF of an ankle in school and I thought it was pretty frickin' cool.

I don't think in a SNF it matters as much, personally, I used to have scrubs with butterflies or bright colors and a lot of the residents would compliment me on them. There will be people who tell...

Our census has been very low recently and we are getting cancelled a lot also. I wish we could apply for unemployment but it would take about a month or two for them to get back to us. :no: Mandated...

Make yourself get up! The mistake I made when I started on nights was thinking that I should just sleep whenever I felt like it. Once I set limits I got into a routine and now I flip back and forth...