Estateboy RN, EMT-P

I've been a part-time Certified NYS Paramedic for 25 years. I'm retired from the military (22 years) I graduate in 4 weeks and interviewed at the local medical center. there are 25 GN positions and I didn't get one. (no problem...so I thought) C...

As an RN with paramedic experience, I put my EMS assessment skills to use all the time. I can recognize a pt in resp distress or when something is just not right because patient assessment is what paramedics do! I was floated to the ER where I work...

Hi folks, I want to travel to Alaska this summer but have never had a travel assignment before. I got my Alaska license in preparation to traveling there and would like anchorage area. Question...Can I travel to Alaska as a first time traveler? ...

Update. I've been at a small hospital for 16 months now and have been floated to the ER almost a dozen times and told by staff that the ER is were I should be due to my experience and calmness. I am also on the code team, chair the hospital sepsis...

CNA's on my floor DON'T do BP or accuchecks but if they can answer call bells and free a nurse for med passes or other duties that's a great thing. From a cost point of view, they are probably half the cost of a nurse and greatly reduce the stress o...

Yep enjoy the wine. Some pt's have a "Holiday Inn" mentality where you are there to serve them and some pt's don't. You and I have had both and and we will have again..

I spent 22 years in the Army and 9 of those as a recruiter. I'm now an RN. The ROTC path is a great choice. If not, get your 4 yr degree then go in as an officer. You will get more experience and meet the best people as a military RN! Good luck!

After being a med-serg RN for over a year now, I find my assessment skills come in handy for identifying sepsis and other cardiac issues that other RNs have missed.

Rude, unprofessional 'professionals' exist in every field. Get used to it...unfortunately. it does sound like a baby abduction to me as well. I would go to a supervisor and report the incident for the breach of policy.

Chill I had the worst 2 days of my life after NCLEX...second guessed every freeking answer an was too scared to try to reapply . Sitting with the wife at the YMCA after a workout and checked on my phone after paying a fee. I cried like a baby fo...

Ummm Male here. 75 and pass first time.

She is a proven fool

Started RN school at 50 got multiple job offers at 52 no worries

I made a med error. Not only was I embarrassed because I caused a error-ed (med was prepared wrong and wasn't given), but the charge nurse made the error "announcement" while the nurse supervisor and the DON and two other nurses, were huddled around...

STOP!!! You passed! Congratulations! I had exact same experience and passed! Good luck on your career.

Being on both sides of the fence, I've had the "God complex" attitude from ER nurses directed at me personally. They lighten up when I tell them I'm also a Med-Serg RN but that attitude can come anyone. It doesn't matter the profession... bad attit...

Went to nursing school at 50 years old! Started my first Med-Surg job at a small hospital 5 months ago. You got this. Just bring your running shoes to work because it can get busy but options are endless for different types of nursing. PS I al...

Having owned a successful business and been an employer (10-25 employees) and now an employee (I've been an RN for only 4 months), the two most important factors to job satisfaction are: What you do and who you work for/with. Money and benefits are ...

WOW! I could have written that post! I've been an RN for three months and am so glad you posted your thoughts. I also work at a very small med-surg floor and find myself asking experienced nurses lots of questions and have never been given grief f...

Nice job on both! IN EMS, no neck pain or shoulder pain means no backboard (unless you're the only survivor in a multi-fatality MVA then consider mechanism of injury). I'm actually interviewing for a school nurse job on Tuesday as a substitute. I ...

I've only been a RN for 3 months and have made 2 errors. Missed a scheduled eye drop once and didn't give a scheduled, oral medications to a pt being discharged to home. Spoke with my manager about it and she said she had made more than one error. On...

So. I'm the only male nurse on a 25 bed med-surg ward and I get along with almost everyone except ONE nurse. I've only been a RN for 11 weeks and she was my preceptor. She has no patience and while she was precepting me, she'd often be short tempered...

well.... I actually know here husband. LOL not gossip.

Correct..and I love learning new things and I think that is evident to most of the staff there.

the top three reasons people stay in a job is because they: 1) like what they do and find their work meaningful. 2) enjoy the people they work with 3) benefits and money. I, like you, want a job where I enjoy going to work and the people we work ...