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Ok, I strongly dislike it when 17 year olds come in at 2:30 AM looking for a pregnancy test...hello? Drugstore? And i dislike it even worse when they come back positive. And when they bring the baby daddy with them. Blech!:argue:

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I have been at a hospital before where the critical care nurses got an extra differential.

I have never been able to work in tennis shoes without pain, and I'm a runner and am used to tennis shoes. I wear Dansko's and think they are awesome. It takes a few shifts for them to break in and actually be comfortable, but after that initial few ...

Hi Everyone, My name is Andrea and in 1 1/2 weeks, I start a new path in my career. I am leaving the ED (adult and peds, but I usually do the peds) to go to our local Children's Hospital's PICU! It's only recently started to hit me that I am about t...

That was my thought! Sounds horrible! But I also thought that perhaps they were picking between several qualified candidates and had to make a tough call. I'm sorry that you didn't get the job though. Good luck on your next interview!

I second Nashville, TN! I grew up there, great hospitals and climate! Knoxville TN has a lower cost of living and has beautiful mountains nearby, though. Nashville has plenty to do (and you don't have to like country music).

The pre-test is way harder than the actual test, so if you see that you're struggling, just use that opportunity to refamiliarize yourself with the rhythms, and then you should be fine. You mainly need to know VT/VF, asystole, etc. The hardest one to...

I didn't see much of a change in my social life, I just kept up with all my classes during the week, did all my reading before class, and studied sat/sun afternoons if needed. I had Friday/Saturday nights with no problem. And I worked during school a...

I am married to a 1st year general surgery resident, and I would NEVER want to do what he's doing. He gets paged all the time, gets up at 3 am just to get home at 7 or 8 pm. He's exhausted. When he finishes residency it will get some better, but stil...

I don't know specifics for Maryland and Illinois, but I hold licenses in 2 states right now. I work and live in Tennessee but do a summer camp in West Virginia in the summers. So i think if you get an Illinois license, your Maryland license will be a...

When I moved from Nashville to Memphis, I had never heard of an INT. I didn't know what they were talking about. I had always said Saline Lock. And that was the same state!

I graduated from LSON and enjoyed it. I think everybody's experience may differ slightly based on clinical instructors, past healthcare experience, etc. I had previous experience so I never felt "thrown to the wolves"! Clinicals start right away but ...

I have never heard of anything like this.

I graduated from Nursing School in December, but had a job lined up by October, so I graduated knowing where I would go. I was a nurse intern on the unit before I applied. 9 people applied for 2 spots, so it wasn't a given that I would get the job. I...

Lately I have been going running after my shifts, cause it's too hot any other time! I only do about 3 miles after work, I'm usually pretty worn out.

At this point if my father was able to dress himself, i can imagine he would be quite embarrassed if I helped him get dressed. I get embarrassed if i accidentally see him in his underwear, much less naked. Not all family dynamics are the same. Now I ...

Make sure your resume doesn't have any typos or grammatical errors.

I do kids, so I usually give them a nickname

In my area once you have adult health clinical under your belt you can be a nurse intern, which pays well here. Usually $14-$16 per hour. With shift diffs I was making $18! As a new grad at the same hospital my base pay was $20. So it was really good...

you never know what you'll want to do in the future. If you have the time and money now, do it. I doubt you'll regret it.

If it's going to be a couple of hours, I let the oncoming nurse give report. I'm talking about what usually happens, when the bed is requested after everything has been done and admission orders have been written. Half of the time I have everything r...

"Extreme Pain" as a triage complaint. It's like they're trying to sound dramatic.

This sounds like a bad situation. Talk to your manager. (By the way, 5 weeks on the floor is not enough time to learn to manage so many patients!)

It's organized chaos, it just seems disorganized! To the OP, In my ER most full time employees work 3 12's which is 36 hours a week. That's full time for them. PRN employees sign up for what shifts they want, and fill in with 4, 8, or 12 hour shifts...