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I am leaving next Friday for camp, and our pysch counselor won't be there this year. Any advice on how to best deal (besides calling mom or dad, which does not work) with homesickness since this will now fall into the hands of the already busy nursi...

Or send them out?

Help, I just started a new ER position and having much difficulty with the role transition. I am still a fairly new nurse with 2 years Med/Surg and needed a change, and some new learning experiences. An ER position at another hospital was offered t...

I am currently on an orientation committee for my OR, and was wondering if anyone would be willing to share with me their experiences with their OR training, what worked, what didn't, and what their hospital utilizes in their training, ex. AORN train...

I am looking for advice from experience OR nurses. I am a 2 year med/surg nurse interested in switching to an OR setting. Of my many concerns, I worry that as a type 2 diabetic that I might get myself into a room and not be able to help myself if I...

I would like to hear from other camp nurses how they handle staff medications. I had a lot of staff last year that were keeping their own meds, despite our requirement to turn them in. I have read on the camp assoc site where we should be keeping t...

Any suggestions on what to do with the rest of the girls in the bunk?

Thanks for all of the replies. It has given me something to think about for sure. Thanks, Kathie

Can anyone offer advice to a fairly new nurse who is having difficulty managing her diabetes since she became a nurse? I have almost been forced to work nights, where I constantly forget to test, eat right, and take my medications as prescribed. O...

I am fast approaching 41, it is a fast growing community hosp ER. NO traumas at this time. The nurse/patient ratio is 1 to 4, but I am having difficulty with 2 and 3. Especially when they slam me with them back to back. I seem to be unable to t...

Wow, I wonder what camp you work at. I have been at a weight loss camp for the past two summers and we have absolutely NO computer access in the infirmary, except for those who bring laptops, then no printers. If you find anything I would be inter...

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Hi, I am Kathie, the newly appointed charge camp RN at Camp Pocono trails in PA. I am "shipping" off to camp next Friday. I am a new nurse (0nly 2 years experience) and I am very nervous about this assignment. I will have 3 other nurses and an EMT ...

I am a fairly new nurse (almost 2 years), and for the most part I really like nursing. But I am getting so frustrated with management that I am close to quitting altogether. I work nights, 7p to 7a, in a small hospital on a med/surg floor. We get mo...

It just seems that if we are in such demand, that we should be treated better as employees. I work at a summer camp and although the work is hard, they treat me SO nice. Because they know they need me in order to run this camp. I think hospitals n...

My inventory has tons of bottles of calamine. Has anyone had a real use for this stuff? I know my mom used to want to put it on my poison ivy, but that was ridiculously not helpful. Thanks, Kat RN

You'll love Murfreesboro. Nice town. Nice state. Went to school in nearby Cannon county and would give my eye teeth to move back, but husband is in the Navy. Maybe after retirement....anyway...Smyrna, Nashville are not too far, shouldn't have any...

I worked at the new image weight loss camp last year and am going back again this year. It was hard work, but my daughter absolutely loved it and it was all that bad. I am sure there are better camps out there, but this is a good camp to try as...

I will be the camp charge nurse (for the first time) at new image camp in the Poconos. I will have my laptop with me, so I can check in. Thanks, Kathryn