nitenurse911

nitenurse911 has 25 years experience and specializes in Cardio Vascular, Diabetes Educ,CCU/MSICU.

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1. slave labor

   nitenurse911 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   talk to me in 20 years- you are 27 y.o. and 7 yrs into it. Get down off that cross- someone else needs the wood. Nurses are humans first and foremost and you can't think straight if you are stressed AND hypoglycemic. Cranky nurses are no pleasure to...

2. Need advice: should I start out in ER or tele/med-surg?

   nitenurse911 replied to secondfiddle's topic in Emergency

   PLS, PLS- do yourself and your future co-workers a huge favor and spend a year in a Med-Surg/ Tele setting. Getting a good foundation is critical, no pun intended. For all the reasons sited above, your first year you will learn more than all the time...

3. Ummmm..are they ALLOWED to do that?

   nitenurse911 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

   This, I agree is an internal problem, not an ED problem. Get a NM with a backbone or an ERMD with "huevos" to stand up for you. EG. We have had residents want to send a pt down for sutures after a fall upstairs- we told them to come get a lac. tray ...

4. ER Nurses. Read This!

   nitenurse911 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   an eloquent piece that made me proud, especially coming from an ERMD; we don't get that kind of feedback everday or decade for that matter. It would be nice if our MD's acknowledged what we do- the last comment I overheard was that we were too well p...

5. Does anyone else see discrimination? Long Post but please read!

   nitenurse911 replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

   Take heart in knowing that all hospitals and all nurses do not behave this way but I will say that all nurses are not as supportive of each other as we need to be and cattiness has not declined in the 25 yrs I have been practicing- note the number an...