frustratedRN

greg was the stud of the unit. he was young and very attractive. he had a wonderful personality and the female patients adored him. the frequent fliers would ask for him then they would giggle like school girls about how "cute " and "precious" he wa...

i cant even imagine monitored beds on our unit. holy heck!

i guess its taken for granted that the diploma schools arent a big source of new nurses these days. lol never meant to imply you were old ! happy birthday :)

its hard for me to understand why people cant disagree on a topic without making it personal. some arguments will never be "won" or "lost" and in the big scheme of things, does it really matter?

This isn't about patient care, it isn't about whether you are an ADN or a diploma nurse, this isn't about whose a better nurse, ~yes it is. if you asking if we should "raise the standards" to a BSN then you are insinuating that ADN and diploma are s...

PRN i too hope you benefit from your lawsuits. that really is crap. i was in a car accident many years ago. i had broken my femur in 4 places and crushed my arm. i was pregnant at the time and in a body cast. after the baby was born i had a plate p...

last week i strained the muscles in my back and neck while lifting a patient. i didnt even know i had hurt myself until i woke up the next afternoon with a knot in my back and a lump in my neck. the back has resolved itself but my neck is still messe...

nights are probably better for you just coming off orientation. i wouldnt worry about the sleep part because you will fit that in. of course you will probably feel like crap for a while but you will get in a groove. the night shift gives you more f...

dude, i already work at west penn...im going to try to private message you if i can

how on earth would you propose nclex to reflect your education? i thought nclex was for competency and your DEGREE was a reflection of your education. thats absolutely right that doctors let it be known how much schooling they have, but that has not...

you honestly think that by increasing education requirements for entry will add repspect to our profession? you are taking for granted that the general public is aware of the nursing requirements. these are the same people who think that every male i...

much rather have somebody writing down what time i hung an antibiotic than screaming at me when i come in the room....what time was her last dose???? is this one late??????? or worse yet blaming me for something some other blonde nurse did or said. t...

if the resident is over 95 and all he has is hep c...thats pretty cool in this day and age. the only smart thing is to treat everyone like they have everything. niles...your wet theory takes all the fun out of sex lol

my questions would be whats the difference in education (course wise)between the BSN and the ADN? what is the student really learning in those two extra years? what do you learn in clinical for the BSN that is different from the ADN or diploma for th...

in the back of my mind i keep the thought that this is probably the only thing they can do for their loved one. seeing that aunt marge has a pillow might be the very last thing they can do for her. it may seem stupid to us but its not to them. so fa...

woo2 i was most amused by your question tho i can see how the visitors werent, you made them look stupid, which of course they are.

a few days ago i hurt my back at work. ive been on bedrest since and today i had to travel back to the emergency room to be reevaluated. its either a muscle or a disc and in both cases theres not much to do other than treat the pain and wait for it ...

lol i guess you can look at somebody IF you arent drilling holes into them with your eyes...lol i still cant get over him acting like that. i cant even be pissed anymore...its too crazy. i did talk to the president of the eckerd branch stores yester...

thank you so much nursekrn....that was so nice of you to gather those for me. thanks thanks thanks :) gotta go....letters to write

it was eckerd pharmacy in springdale. geez i didnt know that pharmacists got to pick the scripts they want to fill especially based on race...wow tomorrow im making some calls. i have honestly never heard of any person working with the public acting...

going rate here on the street i hear, is 10 bucks a piece for the percs. isnt that assinine? im not saying the pharmacist shouldnt have been careful...im just saying once i was there and he knew who i was he should have just filled it. then i woulda ...

"They get the dirty work, while the RN's give them orders" just wondering which part of our glamorous job not considered dirty work that they seem to be wanting. is it the respect we get from our patients, the administartion, patients and the cna's...

we get the overflow from the entire hospital. if there are no open beds on that unit they come to ours. likewise, if the person doesnt really fit into a catagory we get those too. weve been getting a lot of psych patients lately much to my dismay. we...

sorry tracey, i have no idea what that entails. sure would like to know tho.....let us know how it goes and whats involved. good luck!

bout a month ago i had a pt starting on trazadone. i did all of the teaching regarding the meds and had pharmacy send up some pamphlets. i gave them to him to read first and this guy was just mesmerized with the priaprism side effect. i explained a...