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In my hospital, nursing assistants work under direction of the nurse. You need to ask your unit manager what your responsibilities are. The day shift person who trained you said that you are not to...

My family knows that I am a nurse and that some weekend work, holiday work, and odd hours just go with the territory. They respect it and we work around it. Maybe we have to have our Christmas...

I wish you luck in your endeavors Josh. You sound like a nice guy. Lose the weight and have a goal to work towards. You may have to take out student loans to help with school expenses. Many of us had...

I would stay in California if I already lived there because nurses are protected from having too many patients to safely care (the nurse to patient ratio) for in that state. It's the only state in...

Wow, imagine that. On two out of four shifts this week, I got no dinner break at all. Had to shove a Luna bar down while standing in the med room getting the med pass ready. Our nurse managers don't...

No. Do not tell your current manager that you are looking for another job. On the application for the new job, it will ask you if they can contact your current job. Choose no. And that's ok because...

If you are happy in your job, and it sounds like you are, who cares if people think you're not a real nurse? What do they know anyway? You work a lot better hours than a lot of other nurses so that's...

I am happy and grateful to have a job in this environment. But that doesn't change the fact that: Some co-workers get to be very lazy and sit there socializing while I bust my ass (and on my unit...

I am a nurse and have worked in hospitals for about 13 years (5 years of that being before I was an actual RN) and I can tell you that hospitals are the crappiest environment I have ever worked in. I...

Wow. Bless you. I feel burned out after just 8 hours of hell tonight. Same thing...call bells non-stop, short-staffed, complaining patients and families, running around like a mad woman, no dinner...

Nursing can be a rewarding field if you find the right job for you and work in a good environment. The job market isn't that great right now though, unfortunately. One thing to keep in mind about...

I wouldn't see any harm in trying to find a job with your MBA. If you do find one, you may want to stick with it until retirement. If you do, keep your nursing license up each year just the same. If...

When I decided to go to nursing school, I thought I would enjoy it more than I actually do. The stress of it overtakes the enjoyment of it for the most part. You have good days and bad days though,...

I took the NCLEX 8 years ago and I got 209 questions and passed it on the first try. I thought for sure I must have failed it with a number like that, but I didn't.

I have been an RN for 8 years now. I don't mind having students but it can be hard to be able to help them very much if I am having an extremely busy day. I remember what it was like to be a student...

You just need to explain to her that "covering" her patients while she is on her break just means that you will take care of any nursing tasks that come up while she is gone, such as giving them prn...

Wow. In my job it is just the opposite. I'm an RN and the nurses run their butts off doing everything while the CNAs sit at the desk discussing their loves lives and texting while ignoring call...

I've been a nurse for almost 8 years and there is one nurse at my job that is so nit-picky during report it drives me crazy. She comes in to work with the attitude of "what did the last shift not do"...

It sounds like every nursing unit I've ever worked. It's a shame emails like that need to be sent. People should know how to act like professionals at work but many don't anymore. That said, the...

Sorry you're having trouble finding a job. I hate that the job market is so bad right now. I hope it will get better soon. Keep looking in your area of course but are there surrounding towns that you...

Not enough staff to do what needs to be done (therefore you can't give the kind of quality care to patients that you would like to give), the people who decide what staff our unit needs being people...

I worked nights in an older hospital and there weren't many people there at night, maybe three nurses and two CNAs max. One night another nurse and I went into a patient's room to reposition him. The...

How long should a person keep a record of CEU's? Do you guys just keep them for a couple of years back? Or do you have records of them from years and years ago? When is if safe to get rid of them?

I'm originally from the South and it is not ok for a person to use those derogatory words to describe people there either (just in case you were wondering). It is not normal and not acceptable work...

Thanks for your replies. Now I won't worry about those missing papers from six years ago. I am very organized now and would do fine in an audit.