By-a-thred, RN ADN

Verbal "policy changes from administration" without an email from administration telling NOC's/weekend staff about the changes then getting reprimanded for not following the "new policy". MY policy is if you don't send it to me in an email, I can ign...

Pre-pouring is safer in many ways when you are in a correctional setting. It can be done in the med room away from distractions and if you need to get something from the pharmacy you can with minimal disruption. When you are out doing cell to cell pa...

I cannot believe that this conversation continues on to this day. My mother graduated with her ADN in 1971 and the question was "Do we get rid of the LPN's and force everyone to be an RN?" Almost 50 years later the question remains and the nursing sh...

I've been in nursing for almost 30 years, and most of that time it's been on night shift. I have worked the other shifts (days, eves, 12 day) and EVERY TIME I'm sorry I gave up my night shift. The secret to being a successful night shift worker is to...

My personal favorite is the nurse that does the check in, the ER, surgery and M/S rounds. Now THAT'S a busy nurse! SMH

You are not safe to work in your current mental condition. Do what ever you can to take care of yourself as to NOT get worse before you start your new position. Take your PTO, get a doctors note for time off or just quit. You are at a greater risk fo...

The world is becoming full of people claiming to be offended when in actuality they are trying to present themselves as special. If you have to be told that "White Christmas" refers to a Christmas (a December holiday) with snow then you are LOOKING f...

$500 is nominal? I got $200 and was grateful for every last dollar. I also love my job, so this was TRUELY a bonus.

The headline for this story should be "Woman dies from not following the directions" but I guess that doesn't sound sensational enough.

They won't "run just fine" but your butt isn't the one on the chopping block if you make a mistake because of exhaustion. It's well past time for hospitals, nursing home, etc. to understand that the more they take advantage of their staff the higher ...

"Well I disagree. You took this job knowing about your commute. You must of known about the lack of time between shifts. You've created this mess, now you have to deal with it. If I was your employer and I found out you were calling in sick because o...

Sounds to me like someone is trying to sell you 2 additional years of student loans. "They" have been saying this since my MOTHER graduated with her ADN in 1970. As long as there is a need for BEDSIDE nurses, they will always use ADN's, LPN's and CNA...

Sounds like a classic case of "If a little is good, a lot is better".

"But than where do you draw the line?" When it involves your license.

Good question. I learned so much more in my LPN program than I did in the LPN-RN program. The bridge program didn't even have a pharm course "because they didn't have time to fit it it"!!!

LPN courses give much better floor training than BSN programs. When someone enters an accelerated BSN program, it's usually to get OFF the floor not ON.

And liquids.

Have you ever considered correctional or psychiatric nursing? These fields are not the "glam" jobs that the ED and OR appear to be, but if you like to talk to your patients these areas of nursing are well suited to your strengths. Home care may be an...

That Title 19 box being filled out is a dead give away.

So true! Several years ago I was pulled from nights for an entire week to teach the computer system in use at my facility to all the employees because ADMINISTRATION HAD NO CLUE HOW TO USE IT! This was back in the DOS days, but it still makes me laug...

Every BON exists to protect the PUBLIC not nurses and to do that they need to make money. I had an old (20+ years) "no contest" on my record for shop lifting. I had been through several background checks to work as a correctional nurse and it never w...

"I was told I could do a Performance Improvement Plan but that I would definitely not be able to perform to the standards that would be set." Setting up an employee for failure...sounds like toxic, old school administration tactics at work here. I t...