rubynrse ADN, RN

I understand that. Not sure what accountability would be held against me while working behind the desk. I guess the ground rules would have to be set ahead of time assuming they would hire an RN for that position. For example I would ask to not re...

I have thought about this also. There were times when I was just so tired of being responsible. Tired of being given jobs without the right tools and then chastised for not getting it done. I don't think I'd go so far as being a CNA, bless their h...

Unfortunately throughout my long career as a nurse in many different venues and through many decades I've found that management, especially middle management, want things to run smoothly. This includes keeping the employees with a more high-strung p...

Forget the food and items stolen. These are the people we work with. What does that say about those people? If they steal food and items, or if they let food rot in the fridge, what in heaven's name do they do other places? What do their homes lo...

I had 3 jobs my first 3 years after school. I found what I was good at and learned to love it as I had success after success and took lots of classes, seminars, in-services to hone my skills. Then, after having 31 years of nursing under my belt, I ...

I got it right awaySororAKS, ADN, RN. That word sums it up. Says it all. It IS a complete sentence within itself.

I didn't either. When I was a brand new nurse I even hit the iliac crest giving IM PCN. I wanted to crawl under the linoleum. I got better. But even now, after some 40 odd years of nursing I still hate hurting people. I apologize ahead of time a...

Doesn't matter who said what when, but I would love my answers to be: "Shut up" "No" "Go away, let me do my job" "You do it" "Are you stupid?" "I give up" "What's the matter with you?" "Speak English" "Never mind, do what you want - you will anyway" ...

What a relief to finally hear someone describe out loud how I feel and who I am. I smiled reading this. Thanks.

I would absolutely not take the shift. It is unsafe for patients and for you and your license. This is a disaster waiting to happen and you will feel the wheels of the bus in no time flat. As they say in drug classes for kids - Just Say No!

I love Geriatrics, especially working with memory impaired. They are not predictable and there are always seminars, CEUs, in-services that are teaching new and updated information. Neuro will always be on the cutting edge of finding out new things....

Yay for Diploma graduates!!!!! Spent my first year in psych, then went to Med-Surg Charge Nurse second year. Had 4 year grads working for me!

I'm glad you're away from the bedside, DeeBuzz. Maybe you should find a different career altogether. You are really jaded and cynical. I'm hoping it's just a response to incidents and you will be able to have a happier and more gentle personality ...

I think from what I've read is that it's legal to record someone as long as there is at least one person in the room who knows that a recording is happening. JMHO

I am not submitting a quote from your post as I would have to quote all of it. It has been my experience (nursing 40+ years) that every where I've worked the atmosphere is the same. The "good" nurses - the ones who come in early, stay late, cross t...

I work white, pantsuits and dresses, white hose, my pin, my cap. I was so proud. 8 hour shifts. Cardex - we wrote in pencil the info on patients and when a symptom/treatment/medication was D/C'd we erased it!!!!!!!!!! We sat down and gave fa...

"I'm ON my period". How can a woman be ON a period. You can be having one, beginning one, ending one, suffering from, (maybe more), but you can't be ON it.

Expired. No, milk expires, patients do not! Mixing and mispronouncing dysphasia & dysphagia. Not using the words: SOB & dyspnea, correctly. Mucus! Not only do I dislike the word, I just can't "do" it. I'll clean up poop, blood,...

I've always been "asleep" when inserted. Coming out??? AHHHH, OOOOWWWWW, EEEEKKKKK, So I can just imagine going in!! It burned and stung and my muscles spasmed clamping my urethra shut which made it worse. I have inserted many, many and remov...

I'm a hospice nurse. My beliefs and values have changed over the years guided by the changes I've made in my career choices, friends, family, spirituality, and aging. I used to believe save everyone, do everything so life can be preserved. I now b...

That's a very personal thing. How desperate is one for a job? It's also not how far as in how many miles, but it's how long as in how many minutes does it take to get there. Do you travel once there? I live in Atlanta. My job is 16 miles away bu...

I'm so glad you wrote this article. I have been thinking about getting one of the medical alert systems. I recently fell in my backyard and fractured my R ankle. Luckily it was the tibia. I landed on my L ankle which sprained. I laid there a bit...

One woman's humble opinion: I'm old-fashioned in many ways, but this is one of my big bugaboos. I have been a Geriatric nurse sine the beginning of time (not really, but it seems like it has been) in one fashion or another. Back in the early '90s I...

I have been trying to review the threads and answer my own questions. But, I am confused about a couple of things. In order to get my CHPN do I actually need to take classes, or is it more of a self-study then take the exam type of thing? I have g...