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I had a few, but the most recent one was when a car stopped in front of the unit with family calling frantically. Naturally I went to have a look. The baby was allready crowning, so I delivered the baby in the car. It was cramped and dark but I did it without to much trouble. Wrapped the baby warm , put Mom on a gurney and took them up to L&D in fine form. My friends just laughed and shook their heads because it always happens to me!! :rotfl:

At the moment we can wear any colour scrubs .. tastefully that is. Unfortunately the powers that be decided to unify the uniforms and it is a battle for colour and style now. All I can say is.. Scrubs or nothing!!

I wore white uniform dresses when I did my training. Not very practical and very uncomfortable. I would rather stick with scrubs especially since I'm a big girl! :wink2::roll

Shrug of his comments as totally irrelevant! And do that with other immature docters as well. It is very liberating!

I think if ur a new grad it would be better to get some experience in a hospital setting. You can go to outpatient later. Good luck.

Congratulations and welcome to the family!!! :welcome: :balloons: :balloons: :Melody:

No not really. You want the job, so go for it! Good luck.

The important thing to remember is, that it is only a show to entertain us. If you can ignore all the inaccuracies(not all of us can!!) then it is fun to watch. Our doctors don't look like that for instance!!

The accepted time to give notice is 3 months if you want all your benefits paid out but in an emergency you can give 24 hours notice. But you lose a lot of benefits and the hospitals respect.

I'm an ER nurse and honestly? Most of the time it sucks! Management don't give a fig and the system stinks. Welcome to nursing!! But somehow I stuck it out and enjoy my work in spite of everything. We must support each other. Life gets easier later.

Go through your orientation. If you feel that it is not enough , you can push for more time. Once you are on your own , it can be hell if you are still unsure. Try to find a good mentor. They are priceless!! Speaking of experience...

It will be difficult to avoid her as a patient so it will be for the best to explain to her as a patient , that this relationship will not extend to her home. Be friendly but firm.

To my knowledge anyone looking after a critical case, even if only stabilizing it, should be considered as critical care nurses. As an emergency nurse , I don't think we have to stand back for ICU nurses.:paw:

If I had to start on this subject, I would probably go on forever! So I will keep it short. We are all PROFESSIONALS. Male or female nurses should be able to treat all patients, whatever their gender. This is one of my pet peeves. At the moment I'm working in the Middle East and boy, is this an issue here! Male nurses are not even alowed sometimes to do vital signs on young women, so you end up looking after your own patients and the male nurse's patient. But don't think for one minute that they will help u out with your male patients to take off some of the workload! Sometimes I think that it is a very convenient excuse especially since my Arabic is not very good. If a male nurse tells me that the patient wants a female nurse, I have to take his word for it! :angryfire I do however, admire all male nurse who work like the trained professionals they are. It can not be always easy. You go guys!

I think it is fair to say, that taking in consideration the history, it would have been better just to check the nurse out at the hospital. There usually is a policy in place for work related injuries. This phlebotomist obviously is not familiar with this policy and does not care much for her fellow worker's health. You have every right to be mad!:flamesonb

The winds of change... and all that. The era ia over where doctors saw nurses as their handmaidens/servants. We are professionals in our own right and proud of it! Maybe I'm putting it a bit harsh but I had some unpleasant experiences with old fashioned doctors who believe that nurse ia only there to follow orders. There is nothing worse than babysitting a doctor!But hey, we nurses love a challenge!Changing a doctors mind about the role of nurses is a fine challenge. So go for it guys!! :yelclap:

I think that maybe there is more to the story than just a problem with inserting IV's.A nurse don't get fired just because of that. If you have a bad experience, the faster you try again the better for you and the patients. Nursing is a continuous learning curve for everyone.