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I have had very limited experience/exposure with port-a-caths and Huber needles so I am asking for information. The family member of a friend had a port-a-cath implanted to receive chemotherapy. The patient was admitted to the hospital due to uncon...

While in orientation, if you know that it is not the place for you, by all means, leave. If you see that the facility or policies are not something you can work with, then there is no sense wasting your time, staff time, and facility time going thro...

I worked in nursing jobs where the patients came to me with all bits and pieces put back together! I could never have survived working in the ER. Of course, wound care was something completely different and I could manage that. I could get through...

"Karen" doesn't need to share her job choices with anyone. It is her business and maybe she feels people would be asking too many questions. As long as she can keep up with the work demands and the schedules, then it is her business.

Abstinence is the best policy and when society began saying it was okay to have sex outside of marriage and promoting that kind of thinking, the problems only intensified. When I went to school we did not have sex education classes because we knew s...

I guess I am in the minority here. I've never had children, nor do I want any, but personally I would not choose to have an abortion. I know that there are some terrible things that happen in the world where pregnancy may be an end result, but I bel...

So, he "snapped." Wonder if I could have used that excuse to turn off IV pumps that alarmed every two seconds for a positional IV. No sooner do you reposition the arm and turn to walk out of the room, it goes off again. Now that causes some seriou...

While I am puzzled by so many responses that say to leave it alone, my opinion is different. Enough said. I don't want to set up and argument or get fussed at for my values. If I were you, I would not take this job if it is offered to you. My pers...

I agree with many of the commentators. There should be no "enticing" men into the field of nursing. Male nurses tend to go into the specialty areas where there is not as much of a shortage as is seen in med-surg units. The one male nurse commented...

Although I was never fired for absenteeism I was placed on a 90-day probation with the "threat" of termination if I called in during those 90 days. As a Type 1 diabetic with severe gastroparesis having to work the night shift was difficult for me. ...

I find it extremely unprofessional for hair to be dangling down in the patient's face, or over food. Hair should always be neat, tidy AND up and off the neckline!!! Off the collar to be exact. No need to make fashion statements when providing pati...

The best part of being a nurse for me has always been the opportunity to comfort people at a vulnerable time. Maybe it is their first time in the hospital or they are undergoing a major surgery. Maybe it is just sitting next to someone as they are ...

Oh my goodness!!! I am in tears laughing so hard!!! That was just too funny!!! Absolutely priceless!

When I worked on a med-surg unit a patient load of 8 was usual and customary. When I worked night shift in a nursing home it was one nurse for 60 patients with 3 aides, if you were lucky. To me it is totally unrealistic to expect one nurse, sometim...

I saw this on the news last night and my first thought was, who are the assistants?? If they are nurses then I am totally disgusted that, being patient advocates, they allowed this unprofessional behavior to go on. Worse was that if they are nurses...

I was working nightshift on a diabetic renal unit, but we often got various medical cases transferred in from the intensive care units. This one night I had an elderly man who had a stroke and was transferred to our unit during the 3-11 shift. As I ...

The patient called because his/her roommate with dementia has been finger painting on the walls with poop!!!!!

In 2016 I presented the concept of Faith Community Nursing in my church. It was approved and I took a course through Eastern Mennonite University on Faith Community Nursing. In Feb. 2017 I was appointed as the Faith Community Nurse for our church a...

oops!!!!! Too funny.

I find it rather amusing that there has been so much discussion about "who" cleans up poop! Sorry, but in the old days, from which I hail...the nursing staff, RN's, LPN's, CNA's cleaned up everything and anything. Housekeeping did the disinfecting....

Sorry, I am rather hardcore about this. Even if it was a nurse I knew well, I would not take his or her verbal order for this. At the time you give the medication, if there is no documented order, you have no idea exactly what the order is. Suppos...

morte - I did not miss the point about the writer indicating "they" lied about her. We do not know that for a fact. I am not saying this nurse lied about it, but it is a one sided report. If in fact fellow nurses are already lying about her, then...

It is my professional opinion that no new graduate should ever be hired to work in any critical care location. That means ICU, ER, NICU, etc. A new grad needs to hone his/her skills so that they are sharp and can be utilized at a moments notice. Ba...

When I was actively working in the acute care setting my super power was being able to find venous access in anyone. My primary care setting was diabetic/renal and we had many dialysis patients with poor IV access. I would go in, find a site and vi...

Dear Treated... I applaud your decision to reinstate your license and re-enter the work force. I understand how difficult it must be to find a job and the frustration you feel. Having worked with several nurses who returned to work after going thr...