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Yes, I frequently dream about work. Some are funny, some frusterating, and most often all are stressful! I also have sleep terrors since starting working in the ED 3 years ago. Sometimes, I wake up to hear my self shouting in my sweet boyfriend's arm...

that is unsafe and if i would be looking for another ED job somewhere else. as a new grad myself i can understand what u are going through. the max patient load i have had though is 7 at one time in the ED and i felt unsafe. there are other EDs out t...

1. I became a nurse so that I could use my brains and heart to help people and get payed at the same time! 2. My education was an excelerated RN program that I finished in a little over two years. It was very stressful for me. I took at least 17 cred...

All of the above and All are very competitive positions all require you to have a minimum of 2-5 years of in hospital ICU or ER nursing experience. And all want you to be a team player. I've researched this quite a bit cause its my career goal. Good ...

Okay! Be confident Develop a thick skin if you don't have one already, you will need it Take care of yourself and finally "IF NOTHING ELSE STAY CALM" Good luck Have fun!

Yes happy EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK! We got pizza from the doc's, good pizza not the cardboard stuff. Free cute little pocket travel CPR masks, and a giant colorful poster celebrating ER Nurses week in the back corner by the break room where none of the ...

No, you are right. I am a new nurse and things like this bug me too! I worked my rear end off to become a nurse. I earned that title. There is no shame in being a EMT paramedic. If that is what you are than you are not a nurse period. You worked hard...

I agree alot of it is cultural. My family drilled into my head respect, honor, dignity, and the code,"love your neighbor as yourself." As a result of this training, this emersion of accepptance, nonpredjeduceness and love I have always thought of mys...

yes! graduated in april and am still saying duh!! my coworkers tell me "don't beat yourself up so much!" but i still find myself feeling much like duh new blond nurse!

What does it mean to be a nurse... Being a nurse means being able to see aspects of the human nature few other people are priviledged to see And being able to help those people through those hard confusing times Even if it doesn't feel like you are m...

I have the latest one. Since I passed the class i no longer need it. I think mine is copywrited 2007 just took the class in august. Send me a PM if you are interested let me know and ill mail it to you!!

I saw a lady in church this morning in scrubs. She looked clean, professional, and sharp so I am assuming she is a nurse! I think she was hitting a worship service before going to work. I didn't get a chance to talk to her so who knows. I didn't find...

Its up to you really. I would focus on becoming an critical care RN first cause thats what you will have to be first for at least 2 years before CRNA schools will even accept you. You can still make very good $$ doing that. I guess I would discourag...

I like this personal thread! Great idea. I always, always take a nice long shower before work. I am paranoid about being clean for work. I must confess I don't shower right away when I come home, but I always change out of my dirty scrubs right away....

Aww Tazzi, From your posts you seen to be a put together RN, girl!! (((((hugs))))) going your way. Is there any way you can take a temp. sabatical from life while you are waiting for results? Like how about checking yourself into a motel with some g...

10/10, but I am a new nurse, and I am passionate about the area I work in, Emergency. There is something oddly invigorating about helping to dance the fragile line between life and death that overshadows the more ordinary and exhausting aspects of em...

Nice dig! I could just let this slide......but that comment brings out the evil ER nurse in me! I do know how to spell, however typing is another story. Whooooppss i madeee aaa speillling mictak wundir how i made it throg nerzing scul. Hmmm whoes bei...

wait i have a feeling im going to get flamed so i guess ill go down in flames! I want you all to realize I am in no way condoning what happened to that poor pt. Its horrible, pathetic, and just plain sad. However I don't think we know the real story....

Sorry for the spelling errors in the above post. I really do know how to spell.

Not. We have a incredably frequent flyer . She came in one day with an MI. Due to use NOT throwing away our assessment skills and not judging her even though she sometimes comes in 2x a wk and in lower income etc.-We listened to her AND SAVED HER LIV...

okay two posts in a row. Perhaps we as ED nurses should learn spanish. Too many of out patients do not understand english and this presents a major barrier to safe and effective care. I do not get the comments regarding the poor not recieving appropr...

I am sorry but i really take offense to the comments regarding ER nurses. Someone blatently said,"ER nurses could because they are judgemental." As an ED nurse i am really disturbed by that comment. That would never ever ever ever happen in the busy ...

First of all congrats with landing such a cool job! The things you are seeing and learning now are going to help you be a really great nurse in the long run. I think some of the anxiety will dissipate once you are more "used to" your new work envirom...

Pain is 100% what the patient says, and under no circumstances should a nurse withhold a pain medication order. However the nurse should be aware that confused people exist who do abuse the system. One case stands out in my mind. The young man presen...

wow, that made me cry.....guess im sentimental. Powerful stuff. thanks for sharing