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I heard a joke one time, How can you tell a Nurse from a respiratory therapist? Stand them both in stool up to their chests and throw sputum at them. The one who ducks is the nurse. We all learn in ou
Say you got vaccinated and choose not to stand in the middle of the street to tell the world. Yet friend or coworker keeps nagging you to tell them if you did or not
Just as the tittle implies, we recently had a patients family refusing a nurse who is not vaccinated. As of now, vaccination at my facility is still voluntary; becoming mandatory after September 1st (
Do hospitals allow nurses to wear their own respirators of choice to prevent from getting COVID? Can nurses purchase any respirator and wear it at work at any hospital, or are there certain respirator
What is the most sneakiest antics you encountered from administration trying to entrap a unit or coworker?
The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use nanoparticle encapsulation to protect the mRNA enclosed in the vaccines until it can get into the immune system. There have been some concerns about the lipid nanop
Please bear with me. I am going to turn a really long winded dramatic story into a shorter one. I got pregnant and got my GED at 21. Went to community college for three years. Ended up transferring to
I do get my days off but I feel the need to pick up my phone because I want to have peace of mind that they are not doing an investigation on me or something. Most of the time they call because they w
I know a few RNs and CNAs who are the primary breadwinners in their household. They may have a spouse who also has a job, but it us typically minimum wage or below it. The RN in my state makes about $
Are there many jobs RNs can do that do not involve direct patient contact and can be done in an office setting or remotely at home? I am planning to be a bedside and ICU nurse after nursing school but
I made the mistake of giving a coworker a steroid injection after the ER doctor asked me to. Of course, this coworker continued working and did not enter the ER as a patient so no documentation occurr
HI everyone! So I am currently in the process of applying to different ABSN/ELMN programs. I applied to USF for their ELMN program and got denied, and also to Samuel Merritts ABSN program, and was den
Nurses can use observation skills to identify their needs and feelings by checking in through breath work and taking time for themselves.
I am here looking for opinions and guidance from those in the field. I will be entering a nursing program in Spring and am having second thoughts. I am an older student (late 40s) and put my desire of
So I made a mistake. I been a nurse on a cardiac unit for two years. And two of my patient were supposed to be going to have a tunneled dialysis catheter placed. Usually if I’m not 100% sure about any