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sorry to point this out but i think it's on the welcome page...you spelled welcome wrong...(weclome) this will take some time getting used to. i appreciate your spirit of growth and expansion...

I agree with you dsigney! There is a lot of negativity on the nursing forums...and I have an opinion as to why. There are a trememdous amount of things in nursing that the nurse gets no choice about....

This is an INSPIRED, "thinking out of the box", beautiful way to build teamwork. I applaud you and your co-workers.:yeah: Sometimes we have to be ingenious nurses to bring love into the...

rock on...I know we all know about the law of attraction...I know I'm not teaching you anything you don't already know... it's just that there's a difference between "knowing" about a tool and...

No. You don't have to start with what is! And you absolutely have to get in touch with what you wish!!!!!!!!!!! That's the whole point. I'm sick of being a realist. I'm sick of the feeling that...

And I applaud you for thinking out of the box and creating a nurturing environment (safe for questions) on your floor. Believe me, I'm choosing to think out of the box to deal with nursing stress...

You're proving my point! How is what YOU are doing working for you? I know what it feels like to feel like a lamb voluntarily walking into the slaughter house every day...I feel your pain. But if...

These post are several years old. Thankfully the staffing ratios have changed in California. It's now 5 (maximum) patients to 1 nurse. This is a beautiful thing. However, depending on acuity,...

Here's what I do with my stresses whether they be from my work life or my home life or just things that may become a worry for me. I write about them free-hand, just kind of "hash things out" and...

I just had a Christmas potluck/ornament exchange party at my house last night for my co-workers. It was a wonderful experience. It was my second (annual) Christmas potluck. Attendance doubled from...

Boy do I remember that feeling of drowning when I was new. I bet if we took a pole on that subject we'd get a response of 100% near drownings in their first year of nursing from all of us. A...

I don't think there's a nurse alive that can't relate to what you are saying about sleeplessness and anxiety before a shift. Here's some of the things that I do. First, I acknowledge that...

Thank you for your courage to express yourself so honestly. You talked about the horrific things you saw as a PICU nurse. You talked about how you let yourself slip into addiction to cope with it...

Yes. We absolutely need an order to place an NG tube...and in this case there was an order on the chart for 2 days but it HAD A LOOPHOLE...it said, "Place NG tube if patient continues to have nausea...

To their credit, in general, the doctors at our hospital ALWAYS actually lay eyes on their patients (even if it's just from the doorway???). It's pretty rare that they will not look in on the patient...

HOLY COW! You guys! I knew you could relate but it really, really gets hairy when you hear about doctors ignoring nurses' multiple calls to them on behalf of these patients who are throwing up...

I walked into one of my patient's rooms yesterday and I see this 70 something year old woman who has been on the floor for 2 DAYS who is extremely nauseated. She has a history of cancer and she's...

Yes!!!! a thousand times yes!!!!! That is what I love too. Since becoming a nurse 5 years ago, I've basically fallen in love with seniors. (some can be very difficult for a variety of reasons,...

I am constantly amazed at what my patients teach me! How the human will to live is on display if I only care to look for it!

Have you ever asked yourself “Do I work in the sickest, most unhealthy environment that anyone can work in OR do I actually work in the theater of the unsung hero in which the human will is...

Some people don't feel good unless they are "living in the problem" -- tattling feels like complaining to me and some people love to complain. They like to take a warm bath in it. The thought of...

Regarding staying over to get things done...(we all have lots of examples, I'm sure, but...) I'll never understand why the surgical checklist isn't done for a patient that the previous shift KNEW...

I can relate on a grand scale! I have a 17 (almost 18!) y/o son and a 15 (almost 16!) y/o daughter and a 12 (almost 13) y/o son (born June, July & August) --------so I know what you're talking...

I don't have advice for you. but just some thoughts... you must protect your feet. We are nurses. Our feet are our livelihood. We are on our feet for 13+ hours at a time. Walking in pain,...

Have you ever wondered what the stress of nursing is doing to you? We know that stress causes cortisol levels to rise which raise our blood pressure, raise our blood sugar levels, increase our...