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SB? Why are you still at this job? It’s sucking the life out of you: you try & make suggestions to upper management to no effect. My advice is to leave this place. It’s NOT the only game in town! You’ve got a masters degree now! Use it!

Where I live in northeast Ohio where we got hit with two feet of snow overnight the Staffing office was sending out text messages Sunday afternoon offering Monday dayshift staff a place to stay within the hospital on Sunday night so they could be at ...

I was away from acute care nursing for 7 years when I got hired at my current job, a 12 bed CCU taking care of STEMIs/NSTEMIs, CABG pt, etc. Things have changed. But not enough that Ididint remember all I had learned once upon a time. Like IABPs(they...

I was at the ER with my husband the day after Christmas this past year. That was after we had already gone to an urgent care center who referred him to the emergency department where I work in the CCU. He sat in the waiting room for six hours before ...

As a current ICU RN, I agree with most of what you spelled out. What worked for me is to look over each patients VS’s, because they are on the monitor in their room and on the units monitors as well. See who is unstable based on VS & shift report...

I work in an acute care hospital. They pull staff to cover my unit. Including the charge RN to take a pt assignment. We cannot be mandated to stay for OT per our union contract. The M-F charge RN is management so some days she has to take on a pt as...

Hoka one one Bondi 7’s! Danskos make my ankles roll, Cloves just hurt my feet. Crocs? With holes? Just no, because body fluids. I’ve worn Sketchers and while they’re cheaper, they don’t Hold a candle to the Bondi 7’s!

Speaking of awful nurses, I had my wisdom teeth removed under general anesthesia at a surgery center when I was 15, since they were all impacted. When being taken to the PACU area, as my mouth was stuffed with gauze & I couldn’t speak, I recall s...

I’ve been an RN half of my life now. I KNEW I was gonna be an RN since I was 5. How I knew that back then, I can’t explain it. But I knew. I’m good at what I do. Even though as a night shift RN, we don’t get the recognition that day shift does. But I...

Document document document! If a patient comes to your facility from a long term care facility or home make sure you document a complete wound assessment if they have one upon admission. That way the hospital/facility where you work isn’t liable for...

I had a former place of employment call my phone TWICE after I called out sick as they had no one to replace me. I gave them 6 hours notice. Their staffing issues are NOT my problem. You’re sick OP. DO NOT GO TO WORK! Hope you’re feeling be...

I’ve been on this site since 2001. Mostly now as a browser but rarely a poster/commenter . So this is not my original user name. I have followed @Davey Do & his Wrongway Saga and @SilverBells issues. At one job over 20 years ago, I men...

Patient comfort comes first. To me, leaving a hospice patient sitting in a chair because his nurse who was assigned his admission seems unfathomable, but that’s just me. Why not just assign the ‘more complicated admission’ to the other nurse...

Nope! We all need our days off to recouperate!

I never wore a white hat. But I do wear a scrub hat when caring for a COVID patient. Then launder it once I’m off duty for the shift. I have a few now.

THIS!!

So, I recently went back to the hospital in CCU. Now that I’m off orientation, my facility has a program where If you sign up for one extra shift a week beyond your FTE, you get an extra $52/hr, also includes OT pay & shift/weekend differentials....

I’m the primary breadwinner. My husband is between jobs at the moment. That said, he takes care of the household duties. He cooks, cleans, does the laundry, runs the errands, etc. He’s also available to assist his parents who live nearby as nee...

How about getting a pet, like a cat? They can be alone for long periods of time 8-12 hours. Don’t have to take them outside to do their business. And they give unconditional love. Try going out on a date or two with some different men. It gets ...

Longest shift I’ve ever worked was 17 hours. Due to Mandatory Overtime. that said, SB, please leave work after your 8 hrs a day. If you are salary, that’s all you’re required to put in M-F. get a hobby. FWIW, I met my husband...

How are you doing SB? You’ve been MIA the last week! Hope all is well!

I came to corrections from ICU. IMHO, I think a corrections nurse should have a year of acute care(med-surg/ER/ICU) experience. I've worked with some new grad RNs and their assessment skills leave a lot to be desired. Lack of critical thinking skills...

Then you need to cut your work hours. You need friends outside of work! Work isn’t your life.

Davey, I followed your Wrongway Medical debacle. You were definitely WRONGED! I appreciate your humor and your artwork! Much respect from me!

I went to Walden for my FNP based on recommendation from my first preceptor as she is a Walden grad. She got her DNP from Chamberlain . She’s had no issues finding a job. I have yet to take FNP boards because COVID happened then I got divor...