BCUNurse

When you wake up five minutes before your shift starts, but realize you got low census.

Me: We are short staffed, but I really want to relax this weekend and spend time with family. *Sees what inner me says* Inner Me: Go to work, you will get double pay and shift/weekend differential.

Christina Hawthorne played by Jada Pinkett Smith in the show Hawthorne. She was such a personable character to relate to because she had the same issues as every other nurse would at home on top of her responsibilities in the hospital. She also worked very hard in the hospital, but also made sure she put her family first. Nevertheless, in the hospital she fights very hard for her nurses and tries whatever she can to make sure all the nurses are happy and maintain their jobs during times of budget cuts. Even if some of her actions are against protocol she always follows her heart.

My wife told me to tell you that I was on that airplane with the nurse that had Ebola...

Briar Cliff University -BSN Program -RN-BSN Program -MSN: Nurse Practioner -MSN: Nurse Educator -DNP Program

When the patient knows you're a new nurse and wants to make your assessment difficult...