weekend warrior BSN, RN

I hated it at first, and there was resistance to it when it first came, like anything else but I love it now. We're on the CIMS system and it's pretty easy to find things. When I get consults writing their notes in the paper chart ( because they don'...

Hey, you are not alone. The ER in my opinion is one of the most challenging places to work in terms of conflict and confrontation. I worked there for 6 yrs, and yes like another poster said, the sense of entitlement is there. Yes, I realize the wait...

hello I was diagnosed recently after having 2 m/c and an ectopic with a unicornuate uterus. I went on to have another ectopic in the rudimentary horn and had that side taken out . I am ttcing no 2, (I already have a healthy 2 yr old son ) who went t...

I recently was a pt when I had to have emergency abdominal surgery. I can tell you the things that went RIGHT in which being exposed was not a concern of mine. I was given a gown and blanket to keep warm while waiting to be taken into the operating r...

We don't get a bonus. Sometimes they give you a christmas meal if you happen to be working on christmas.

OMG, I am so sorry for you loss nd deb.. My heart breaks for you. I wish you strength to get you through this. After the loss of a child at work, it certainly is difficult. Especially I find, if the pt is close in age to my own son. Many times, my ...

I too think that working in 10 different ERs and having the same terrible experience with nursing in general is too much of a coincidence. Sure there are crotchety nurses out there at least one really bad one in every unit. But on a whole? Not likel...

No, not a great idea to do this, but yes it can be done. But most of the time I find it doesn't work. If the s/l is fairly new and hasn't had anything running in it , sometimes you will get blood return back using a tourniquet. But if there is diffi...

I am in Toronto and I don't see any racial discrimination and have many filipino coworkers. In the countries that do not have the same employee/human rights as we do in North America , you may want to do some research. I know that my friend has work...

That is an excellent reference for PICU nursing! Good Luck !!!!!

I wholeheartedly agree! I worked in the ER for 6 yrs and am now in the ICU. I know that in the ER you get critically ill pts, of course you do as well as everything else the cat dragged in. But it is not an ICU, It is not meant to care for critical c...

I'm sorry about your neice's son, I'm glad he is recovering! That does seem strange, I've been in peds for over 13 yrs and I've only seen 2 cases myself. Granted both very severe cases needing to be in the ICU for months while on the vent until the p...

These are all so freaking funny! LMAO here! I worked in a pediatric ER for over 6 yrs and I had to leave eventually because it got to the point where all this stuff would happen in one shift on a regular basis! Funny to read but not funny to go throu...

There is no way that I would be able to work fulltime that's for sure. So I work part time, do every other weekend and the nights that I do work throughout the week , my husband can stay home in the morning while I sleep for a few hours . Sometimes h...

Hope someone can shed some light on this. I was given a shot of meth for an ectopic pregnancy, my OB suggested 6 months, but all the literature I've read says 3 months to wait to try to get pregnant again. What are your patients being told and why? c...

OMG! How old are those wound care nurses? They sound like immature spoiled brats to me! Good riddance for sure! Who cares what they say, they are just showing their immaturity, and they dont' deserve to be allowed to use your office. At least you do...

I agree it probably is from coughing while he was vented. They will go away on their own. Glad your son is better!

Hello! I've worked in pediatrics for 13 yrs now, since I graduated. I love working with kids, and the one thing any nurse will say is.. I can't work with adults, and visa versa... I can't work with kids! I've never worked with adults, other than in ...

I worked in the ER of a major pediatric hospital for 6 yrs, and quite frankly, that's why I left. Abusive, irrational, rude parents, worse than these in the OP . Yes, I have children, and yes, my level of empathy is different post children, but tha...

I think this post gives a little taste of this alpha male " I am paramedic hear me roar " attitude ... I appreciate that there are medics out there that would do this kind of thing, I also appreciate the nurses and doctors that use their skills to k...

;) From time to time, I do get this too, though I am hardly 22 ! I'm 36 and have been at my hospital for 13 yrs! But I get the half scared, half exasperated " oh great, I've got a newbie " look sometimes. They too usually start with some probing ...

If there are people that don't understand the benefits of breastfeeding then focus on educating, not making those that chose to formula feed for valid reasons like they are abusing their child. Why don't they put their efforts into making breast feed...

You have to take your temp after at least 4 consecutive hours of uninterrupted sleep. So when you work nights, after you wake up in the afternoon take your temp, I found it was pretty similar to when I would take it in the mornings after a night's sl...

Interesting thread... :) I work in an all RN hospital, for some reason they decided that it would be better because of the acuity of our pts that an all RN staff would be better over 15 yrs ago or so. I believe that RNAs ( that's what they were call...

They are clueless on how to carry it out. I don't know why the health minister said that, or even if he KNEW he was going to say that. I can make a true guarantee... that is not going to happen. I have a friend that works for the mnistry of Health. S...