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I've been a nurse now for about 11 months. I find it hard sometimes when looking for a nursing job in a hospital to find out the starting pay until the interview. So, why don't we use this post to list the name of the hospital and the starting pay fo...

Is it strange or is it just me. Having your doctor stand in your face at the hospital and give you verbal orders about a patient of his that you are taking care of and to see your doctor come to the unit in a bad mood? Anyone else have this experienc...

Never thought of it this way, but excellent point. It should have been all professional and at the time I was functioning as the nurse of his patient just as he was functioning as that patient's doctor. I should have asked him to write an order:madfa...

I understand that, but also, you see I'm a newer nurse and never had a personal doc prior to working as a nurse. So, I chose my job at a hospital, then you have to fill out your insurance info. I chose HMO and as a result we can only select from doct...

Thank you so much for this post. OMG...That poor CCU nurse was stressed when she arrived on the unit. She walked into that room, heard what he had to say, walked back out to the nurses station away from the doctor, and was talking to the nurses and t...

thank you all for the feedback and opinions, mom23rn: you're right, i do work on a telemetry unit which i absolutely love but it's a lot of hard work at times. things weren't going well as multiple attempts to obtain the equipment he requested faile...

my hearts been taking off for no apparent reason since i was 16, i'm now 24. i also have frequent palpitations. over the years, this psvt had gotten worst to the point that i have runs at work and have to be put on a monitor. i've had the whole work-...

I'm prayer my experience will duplicate your's. I see my electrophysiologist on Jan 19th. I hope you all are on this site later to help relieve my anxiety. I definitely want the problem over with. Feels good to hear from someone who has been there an...

Thank you guys so much. Yeah, I don't want to waste any more money going to ER for psvt. I want this over with. I don't have kids yet, but I would like some so I really need to get this taken care of. I'm currently wearing a heart monitor, then my PC...

Hey, I was a new nurse orienting on a telemetry unit also. I started at the very end of January 2005. I felt exactly how you felt in the beginning. I was told by my manager that it could take up to two years for a new graduate nurse to feel competent...

I'm a cardiac nurses and so far the two meds I hate giving are: 1. DOPAMINE especially if it's not through a PICC line because of the constant worry about infiltration which could cause tissue necrosis and sloughing off of the skin. And I have to gi...

:uhoh21: I joined this is nursing school. I was told is was a priviledge, but does anyone know exactly what it's all about?

I have had PSVT since I was 17. I'm on verapamil and considering an ablation before I have kids

This is my honest answer. I never even thought of nursing until I was told this: I wanted to go to other countries and help children and families in need. I was told it was missionary work and I wouldn't be able to make a living that way. So, I looke...

oh, i had the sweetest pleasantly confused lady one night. here's what happened: (i was doing rounds to check on my patients, i walked into one room to find a patients iv catheter still connected to the tubing and the solution still running dripping ...

We use very clean tecnique for flushing, blood draw, and unhooking fluid tubing. Because when someone is heparin locked off, the port is no longer sterile because it is hanging about on the patients arm. We use sterile technique for the dressing chan...

Hey, I could have wrote your post. I remember when I was in orientation, I've been a nurse for about 11 months, and I had to deal with strong personality types. It use to bother me so much and I couldn't understand why people had to be that way. I gu...

Missionary work is my ultimate goal in life. I'm so glad you posted this. I am a new nurse 11months into it. Wanting to do mission work is the prime reason that turned my head towards nursing. Now that I'm in nursing, I'm loving being that compassion...

Some patients have CHF. Some heart medications that can potentially lower blood pressure also help reduce the workload on the heart for these patients. For example: Coreg.

I have a lot of quotes and poems, here's a few. I love people and someday, I pray, this world would learn LOVE. "I expect to pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it n...

Our hospital policy is to flush all central lines first with 6cc of salin followed by 3cc of heparin @0800 and 2000 when not in use.

I work on a cardiac telemetry unit in Indiana. I work night shift. Each night shift nurse can take up to 6 patients.

I completely understand your frustration. i've been a nurse for 10 months and I work on a fast paced cardiac telemetry unit. It never seems like we're adequately staffed and admissions calls our unit all the time to send overflow patients just becaus...

I am also waiting to take ACLS. I work on a cardiac telemetry unit and I passed cardiac dynamics but am terrified of ACLS.

Hello everyone, I'm a new nurse also, 10 months into it and already the experienced nurses are telling me I can't say I'm a new nurse anymore. I passed my boards March 24th 2005. I live in Indiana and work on a cardiac telemetry unit. I'm 24 with no ...