Mary3010

Hi all, Nursing can be dangerous at times due to physical injuries that may be caused by violence, excessive tiredness from shift work and possible exposure to various things. We have one body to last us a lifetime and so I thought that it would be a...

Ruby Vee: Thank you for your information Ruby Vee!! It seems as though prevention of physical injuries, fumes, hazardous substances, radiation and communicable illnesses etc. are prevented when you use the safety equipment correctly and know how to d...

KalipsoRed: I agree with others. Maybe you just need to go into a different avenue within Nursing. You could consider working in a doctor's office or clinic and maybe even school nursing. I think the hours would be better. I know that it would be ou...

These comments are great...you're all so funny. It was great reading them!! You can just picture some of these happening. I don't have a nurse story to tell but one instead when a relative was taken to emergency. It was for a minor cause...the docto...

Thank you Old Dude for bringing up this discussion. This is an issue that needs to be addressed and I want to help!!!! It's so horrible to always hear so many people being impacted by people misusing guns. I don't have an answer in how to completely ...

Can you carry on your BSN elsewhere? I'd put your health first and find a different job where they actually care about you!! It seems like a dodgy place if so many have left in so short a time. They shouldn't treat you like that!! The fact that you h...

I could be wrong here but the way I see it is to give an analogy to something that a lot of people are probably all familiar with. Whilst students are attending schools, they are required to abide by various rules e.g wearing a dress code etc. Howeve...

Thank you everyone once again...I really appreciate it!! I guess that's why you're all nurses because you're all really nice!! I just had a question. I feel like it'd be awesome to have an all-rounder based knowledge in treating patients rather than ...

I just had a few quick questions about working as an emergency nurse: 1. What is it like working in emergency? What work do you do? 2. What are your working conditions like? (e.g hours/days, do you work at a desk as well as seeing patients etc.). 3. ...

You should consider going for the job since it seems like you enjoy working in emergency!!! If worse comes to worse and you don't like that particular place, then at least you will feel more comfortable working back in emergency. You could pick up an...

Peak RN: Why do you not like ICU, PICU and the Paediatrics wards as much? Thinking about it, I feel like I would be the same as far as working in intensive care for adults and paediatrics. As in, I would only do it for a couple of days and would pref...

Thank you so much everyone for your comments...I really appreciate it!!! I don't know of any Emergency nurses so it is so great to hear from people like you who actually work in emergency. Also, I enjoy hearing your comments/stories etc. I just had ...

Peak RN: It sounds like you have to have more experience in emergency than other wards. Wow you must have a massive hospital campus!!! It sounds like a great hospital. I suppose the Peds ED nurses and ED doctors are distinct from the adult ED because...

wannabenycnurse2011: How are you coping now? Are you finding things a lot easier?

Bass catching Nurse: I'm guessing then that some people couldn't work in the ER if they were older or pregnant because of this violence. I agree people are violent/jerks everywhere!!! It never struck me that this violence was this bad in the ER esp....

Pixie Rn: I would never have guessed that the word 'whilst' is not commonly used by Americans (as you say). Thank you so much for the website link!!!! I'm going to have to look into that further. These are the different types of registered nurses th...

Pixie RN: Yes I'm not American, you're right!! What terminology is different? I didn't even know that you could combine nursing and paramedics. Where would those nurses work?

Pixie RN and Peak RN: Thank you for your comments!! My understandings of the differences between the professions are (correct me if I am wrong because I may very well be): *Paramedics take patients to the hospital to have further treatment etc. They ...

Pixie RN: Thank you for your comment!! I never knew there were pre-hospital nurses. I guess that makes sense though that there would be flight nurses. I can't think of any other pre-hospital nurses though apart from if there are any on cruises. So p...

Bass catching nurse: That does make sense. It must be somewhat nerving to think that any of your patients whilst they may seem perfectly 'normal' may in fact actually be the ones to lash out. Is there a reason for them to be violent? Is it because of...

Smonty1025: Thank you for your comments!! So are there different types/areas of emergency? E.g traumatic injuries like car crashes, more first aid work like giving stitches to a patient, patients who are in a life of death situation etc. That's great...

PeakRN: Do you have a lower acuity level compared to the rest of the hospital because you work in quaternary emergency? 200% of your average daily census...do you mean when you go over the normal amount of patients you treat? Not only would you be ...

KelRN215: Thank you, I think you might have answered my question (sorry for the confusion). I was just referring to if you were to be teaching nursing at a university, would you also still be practicing nursing in a hospital, clinic etc (so you are a...

Are there any types of nurses that have decent working conditions (as in working hours/day work, allowing for breaks, not continually standing etc.)? How do you cope with your working conditions if this is not the case? Also, if you do have night/a...

Hppygr8ful: Thank you for your comment!! So do you work 6 days a week? (You said you have 1 regular day off a week). That sounds really good!!! How long did it take you to earn better shifts? You sound like you are pretty high up in nursing to have y...