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Another thing....as someone said,find out WHY there are lots of openings in the areas with the nursing shortages. I have read about the acute shortages in the border towns of Texas. What no one...

To add to the relocation thing.......most people seem to forget lots of times many locals will treat you as an outsider. Conisder this-when i moved to an area down south,an a rural area,i applied to...

A pt (they are from Pakistan) asks me all the time when i getting married,becuase im getting old(im 31) This same lady keeps commenting about my wt. She said to me "I see you are big again". She...

I am an Rn who pretty much wants to work in privare duty nursing for the rest of my life. i was an lpn for 4 yrs,and an Rn now for 5. I started in nursing at age 22,so its the only thing i know...

Apparently,everyone is talking about something different. The ones in the south,they look like cockroaches,but they aren't. They are better known as Palmetto bug,waterbug(incorrect though). But...

My agency,if you want health benefits and Pto,you are required to work 4 wk shiftsper month.

Interesting topic. Mine is a twist: What if the parents provide you with a bed to sleep in? Can you still sleep? Also,about breaks. Why dont we pdn get breaks? In Nj its mandated,you neen...

I disagree about the skills being complex. From what other nurses tell me,the skills we have are basic. vents,trachs,gt,ngt,jt,tpn.......thats all thought of as basic. . At leas thats what they...

Imagine you are on the toilet,and you see a mouse. But,the mouse has nwhere to go. It ran back and forth until i was finished and opened the door. ididnt tell the parents though. i thought we...

someone touched on it above. How can i write "no symptoms" when they cant tell me their symptoms?. There is a box for when a pt is nonverbal. I always check that for the comatose pts, i always...

I'm actually talking about say maybe the trach. A typical note of mine: Pt in bed awake with eyes open,Shiley trach # 6.0 intact and patent with no sign of infection noted. The supervisor...

That isn't accurate,is It? My supervisor wants me to chart it that way,but I want to tell her they can't talk and some have brain damage,so how can I actually write "no symptoms noted?" I usually...

I remember seeing a rerun of "Julia" the show that came out in the 60's and she looked very professional. They also really do have skinny leg scrub pants. Just like they have cargo and wide leg...

The outfit I'm wearing to the party is a white biketard with a red cross in the middle, white sheer stockings,a nurse hat(of course),and white stilletos. I don't know if it is legal is I post the...

The outfit I'm wearing to the party is a white biketard with a red cross in the middle, white sheer stockings,a nurse hat(of course),and white stilletos. And a cape. I was reading about nursing...

Anyone seen Sketchers skinny leg scrub pants? Anyone own a pair? They slim me down,which I why I love them. I paired that with a white mock wrap top,and we all know those show your shape. But I...

I don't. Its my first time.

I want to be sexy for once doing something I love.

Yes,we are supposed to wear our lingerie to the party. It will be in a hotel. its not private,its a party the public can attend. This will be my first time doing this. I was hesitant in the past....

Ok,just want some opinions. I am Rn,I've been a nurse for 9 years. But I just want to attend a lingerie party in April. Do you think it would be sort of disrepecting my profession if I I wore a...

I believe hospitals have completly written me off. I've been a nurse for 9 years,and never stepped foot on a hospital floor. All 9 years were done doing private duty(with agencies),with some...

Two of the agencies I work for won't let me work with Iv or broviacs and tpn because they said Rn's need to be certified for both. This is what I believed since 2008,when I became an Rn. I was an...

Well,I stated that I was a cna at the time,and I saw the nurse do that.I even said in my first line"When I was a Cna,a nurse....".I don't get others reading skills.....

When I was a cna,a nurse poured mouthwash over a resident's vagina because she said it smelled. I asked her why and she said"its known as the other mouth."I know it had to burn. I'm not one to report...

Hmm,I have worked in Ltc before,and I have to agree with BrandonLpn.Its tough,yes it is. Someone mentioned if you are already behind 30 minutes on med pass,what difference would taking 30 minutes to...