rosieseattle RN

I worked in a hospital clinic years ago, and grabbed the next patients chart to come back. I went out in the Lobby, looked at the name and said..."Holy Makeral"

I've had the same problem. I have had a New Mexico license for a long time and actually walked into the board of nursing, got a receipt for my renewal and was told that they only post online for renewals. No longer do they send you anything through...

Oh my gosh! You are an amazing young woman and you have done more than I have done in 25 years of nursing in America. God bless you and may you continue to help all of those mothers and babies in the years to come!

If you google around long enough, you will see the the CEO of Kalispell Hospital has a salary of almost half a million dollars a year. Does that answer your question? She makes more than most of the doctors. A lot of the admin that is on staff is ...

I would say, "I'll leave you alone, but I'd like to grab my lunch and try to find a place to sit down and eat.....space is tight and my lunchbreak time is ticking".

I worked in the ER at St. Clare's in 2004. I had a 12 week summer assignment there through an agency. It's a very busy ER with your normal stuff coming through. Of all the emergency rooms I've worked in my entire nursing career, I enjoyed this one...

Not totally defending the travel agencies, but you need to understand that it would benefit you to learn the truth about the pay the way that the agencies explain it. First off, any time that you take a travel contract that is over 50 miles from you...

How many years have you been an RN? You will find as you gain years of experience, what is valuable/not valuable for morale....especially in the ER. Sometimes the most qualified charge nurses do not set priorities for themselves, much less the rest...

Hi, I'm sending you a PM......be sure to check!

You bet it's over. Take it from someone who has almost died twice in the ER, primarily by being blown off by the RN in the ER.

Julie, A mistake was made, there is not need for continued shame and guilt. Everything is going to work out with time. Be kind to yourself, forgive yourself and with each day that goes by, find something to be thankful for. Things could have been ...

I think perhaps we should also remember that if it were not for our patients, we wouldn't have a job. I also think that some of you might feel somewhat different if you ended up being the patient in the ER. Sometimes, it is only a "gut feeling" of ...

I got mine at ARMC (Albuquerque Regional Hospital) formerly St. Joe's. They hold classes frequently and are quick to get you in and out! Good luck.

I have heard a rumor that there is an agency in Florida, that is hiring nurses for 13 week contracts in Kuwait for 250 thousand dollars. Anybody out there know anything?

Go to work when you're ill and think that you'll be able to leave early if you get really sick. Never put your job before your faith/family. Never connect a contaminted IV tubing connector to the patient. Never think you're indespensible. Never take ...

If you have to work with her, and you have to keep your job, try saying this the next time she yells: "It does not matter who you think you are, but nothing warrants you verbally abusing me". Then, tell her to "stop it immediately". Say that over a...

One thing you might learn first and foremost in nursing is that your value does not revolve around being overweight, unkept or with a child from a loser. That may be your circumstances at this time, but that is not WHO YOU ARE. Comparing yourself t...

I'm a seasoned nurse (22 years) and took an assignment through an agency to work at a small hospital in Labor and Delivery. Have been working here off and on all summer long. Well, lately the night nurse that alternates my shifts was brought to day...

thank you all for your concern and advice. I ended up writing the whole mess up and giving it to the DON, under the direction of the OB nurse manager. Come to find out, *Amy has said even more stuff, and also went to the OB/GYN doctor complaining a...

40 y/o male, winter time...comes to the ER triage nurse wanting to be seen. States, "When I get cold, my nipples get hard"

My advice to you is: Go to work at the mother hospital and tell them that you want to work PD in the Rehab unit.....if you can't beat em....join em

Don't allow somebody else to steal your dream. Chances are, you will outlast that person at your job anyway. Take your mind off of the problem and put in on your dream of becoming a nurse and why you are there to begin with. By doing this, you wil...

Let's face it. How many of us are going to last an extended period of time, working 12 hours shifts, night shifts, etc. Some medical experts are convinced that night nurses are more at risk for breast cancer. Think about the way that facilities tr...

Where does the laboratory employee get off at releasing your information to begin with? The problem is not your friend making the phone call, the problem is the response she got from the facility that you entrusted to keep your records confidential....

Yes! I can't tell you for how many years I've seen it work sooo well to have a laboring patient in a completely flat position (for a while) during pushing. It works very well, and helps the head to descend under the pubic bone. I've also seen wher...