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I hope my coworkers eat ME if I ever turn into that kind of holier than thou ccu nurse.

i hope my coworkers shoot me if i EVER turn into that!

you will have to take prerequisite classes and you can take those part-time but once you are in the program it is full time.

Sounds sweet! You will never get all weekends and holidays off as a new nurse. You likely will start out on nights or weekends. The pay might be better though, 25.00 an hour to start at least if you work in a hospital, less in a nursing home. You have to decide if you want to work on humans or animals. If you were burned out before it could be a problem. We need nurses so I dont want to discourage you, but that deal is sweet and wont be found in nursing.

Maybe nursing home work is something you should steer clear of and find a med-surg postition in a hospital. Yea, it is sad and what you are feeling is normal. Nursing home work is something not everyone can do. Also, if you couldn't hear lung sounds maybe they were diminished. Plus, you have only done it twice! It takes practice and when there is a teacher breathing down you neck sometimes its easy to lose it and forget everything. Just pretend she isnt there and dont let her intimidate you. Some of them are good at that. Relax! even though its hard when your with a teacher.

you have a great attitude and are admirably assertive!

So you are saying you have zero tolerance for what they do not their disease. I think they should get a chance to prove themselves after they have owned it and be able to keep their license. If they keep screwing up time after time then I can see taking it for good.

Addiction is a disease. Do you have zero tolerance for all your sick patients?

I only share what I don't have to hide. Everyone has things that should be saved for meetings. Smart gianna!

right on granny!

Hi. I am an RN and facing the NMP. I sign contracts and get my license back after only about 5 months of losing it. I will get it back feb 21st. I have never diverted though, not even an aspirin, but understand how easy it would be and how quickly the fear would fade after doing it once. Why? Because I am an addict and we understand each other when it comes to addiction. I just thank God I never let myself go to that temptation, but it was easy for me because I am not a pill person. I like them but its not my drug of choice. There was a period of time before I was a nurse that I had ten years clean and sober. I became a nurse during that period, then my son became addicted and i lost it. It took a couple dui"s and a possession of thc with the nursing board on my ass before I would get it. I am clean and sober today and am looking forward to going back to work after struggling hard financially. Sometimes that is what we need to GET IT! I can say I feel so good today. I still want to get high somedays but nothing in the world replaces the good feeling of being clean and sober and WANTING to be C&S. You fellow addicts know what I am talking about. This is a disease and dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Those who try to say you dont deserve your license back do not understand because they havent been in our shoes or dealt with addiction. If any of you would like to share your experience with the NMP I would love to hear it. Take care and do whatever it takes to stay C&S. Willing to share recovery ANYTIME! (privately)

can a student write up a doc??????????

write her up. if she is leaving confused pts on the commode alone that is a danger to the pt. thats what nm's want is documentation.

you can refuse the assignment because you need med-surg training for at least a year before going into a specialty like that.