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There is a big difference between telling the truth without sugar coating things, while being respectful, and being downright disrespectful and mean. I too am chunky, after I lost about 200 pounds of fat, I gained back 50 pounds of muscle, and have t...

DisneybearRN, most who have "been there done that" have done just that, been threw the low paying positions just to get the experience and their foot in the door of that sought after position. No different than Dr's who do volunteer work in programs ...

I'm wondering, the program is "residency" training, so, and forgive my question here, but, does this mean they will provide housing and meals, in addition to the training, and this wage? If so, then adding it all up, it'd be fair.

All over again, I feel you missunderstand my post, I'm looking for guidance on how to deal with a friend who has BPD, I've not had much experience with this in all my nursing career or life in general, and don't know which aproach is best to "be the...

Cherybaby, What is best from your friends? How is it more effective or positive for your friends to be supportive of you and your BPD, and or now drug addiction? I have a friend who has BPD, and it's something new to me, and I don't know much except ...

Even as remote and rural as some of the places I worked in Appalachia TN, and in New York State, I never had to put anything in my mouth to obtain a sputum specimen. Either the pt coughed it up first thing in the morning prior to eating breakfast, or...

If you have doubts about being in Nursing, then you should leave, but I'd suggest finishing your studies and get your degree/license/registry so you have it in case after exploring other options you find that the time just wasn't right at this time.

So, what's the difference? An RN who is asked to help out by toasting the bread so the toast isn't soggy from being covered in a steam box, or an RN who doesn't know how to do the job she's trained for? Let me explain my "vent"... A friend of mine ...

Being "nitpicky" Hmmmm. Experience has taught me, yes, being nitpicky in nursing is a requirement. Good pt care is all about details. And being nitpicky is being detail oriented. And if my 20+ years of experience has afforded me the luxury of being a...

No matter how you were taught or do, over/under, remember no matter if the bed is made occupied or unocupied, you DON"T want any, repeat ANY wrinkles whatsoever, I've seen how in a very short period of time, less than an hour, a simple wrinkle in any...

We all get many, sometimes too many to be able to pick just one complement. Some of mine: When I was in nursing school, on my L&D rotation, I cared for this lady who's delivery was "difficult" all I did was stand there and hold her hand. About th...

livelaughlove09, no they don't hire CNA's either, and there were about three nurses just sitting at the nurses station that particular day, complaining at how slow the unit was for the past week! The nurse/pt ratio was 1 nurse, 5 patients. As an LPN,...

When I'm a patient in the Hospital, the last thing I want is a new grad to come at me with a needle to either inject me, or start an IV, and not have had any experience. Save it if you are ranting that you did 100 sticks on the trainer arm perfectly....

Way back when dinasors roamed the earth, is when I took my training. But I do remember when we were being taught bed baths. YES, we did bathe each other. To the ones who are disgusted with it, how well do you GIVE a bed bath? Or do you quickly swipe ...

Speaking as an LPN, and who has been in charge of orienting new nurses, that's NURSES, RN's, LPN's, BSNRN's, all sorts of alphabet soup behind names, an experienced LPN can very competently orient any new nurse to the unit to which they are experienc...

Wait a minute, you are only 28 and are burntout already? Yikes, what's it gonna be for you in 30 years?

BurntoutRN, don't be so surprised to see people who are in their 60's or even older still working. There are many reasons why, for me, I'm planning to keep on working into my 70's, I have to, my long term financial budget doesn't allow me to retire a...

The bottom line is, all of us have given experiences of area's that are least stressful for us, area's we've worked in, or are working in at present. All area's of nursing have their stressful moments, their drawbacks, and what is stressful for one, ...

Streamline2010, how do we start a lobby? I'm looking at another 20+ years to work, I'm 52 now, and know I won't be able to afford to retire, so will work till I can't anymore. Don't know what I'd do if I were forced to retire, won't be able to afford...

Maybe, loosing this simple bit of formality, is part of the crux of the downfall of the US society as a whole. Look at countries that are surpassing the US, what do they do differently? What I can see is, they have the gentile politeness we've opted ...

Here is another anecdote from my past that may help put things in perspective for when students are out in the real world... When I first started in nursing, I worked in a small rural Apalachia hospital, one of the Dr.s was a neighbor of mine, my fam...

Most any position has it's stressful moments, but in my experience the two least stressfull areas are, 1) Private duty, only one patient, get to know them as family, no buzzers going off, no Dr rounds to contend with, lots of other pros, however, doe...

When I first started in nursing, I'd sign my first initial, last name and my full title, then another nurse started working in the same facility as me, and had similar last name and same first initial, and same title, so it became policy in that faci...

Even though I'm an older nurse, I don't call instructors by their first names, even if they are younger than me, giving the respect to their title, unless they tell me to call them by their first name.

I was taught and do this way: roll the dirty linen as tight as you can get it without squeezing anything out of it, if you know what I mean. Then put an incontinent pad or blue chux pad around the dirty linens. Then the clean linen roll goes under, t...