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Ever know someone who has a major crush on a doctor? Then you have to be extra nice to all the doctors so it's not so obvious that your so nice to your crush doctor. Then your co-workers name 6 other doctors that they think you have a crush on! So...

Gompers - That's it - it's the Click. I might go 4 weeks without really getting to talk to him, then either we have a 5-10 minute personal conversation or I get one his patients that I can discuss with him - and the clicks just keep clicking...*sigh...

Baby Chainus - you hit the nail right on the head. Tweety - you're right, I should wear make up and do my hair and loose weight for myself or at least my husband - but sometimes a girl just needs a little inspiration.

Wow, this is a scary story. We also team, everyone wants their assignments per region. (I'll take the first 3 rooms, you take the next 3 rooms). I always struggle, especially because maybe the LPN had these pts for 2 days, and wants to keep them, ...

Oh, sometimes if you can leave the tubing in her mailbox, help gather her supplies, help her organize, etc... This is a judgement call - walk into the patient's room, hit the call light - tell the patient the orders - when she comes in - tell her the...

Ahh, our night shift has a nasty habit of writing up every med error or incident they find. I used to take it personal - but bottom line - you are more careful when you are being held accountable. You document that you told sillynurse. Then before...

Hmmm... I used to be an EMT and everytime I stepped into the ER all I ever heard was whining. I thought - yeow - I would never want to be a nurse! But I am a nurse and I love my job. Where I work, you can tell cheese whine verses drowning in whi...

Hey, thanks for the advice so far. I'm not going to leave it off - I'm a better nurse after working there just because I did do the nurse administrator side - I've walked a mile in their shoes. I tell you what - I will not tolerate working somewhere...

Almost 5 years ago when I was an LPN I worked at a nursing home. It was a bad nursing home. I was given a desk job and joined the nursing administration team when I started to complain. They thought I could motivate my peers to do the right thing ...

Planning to move to Fayetteville, NC. Any advice noce places to work - bad places to work? Pay scale? Pt workload? How are the ICU's? If I stayed where I am now I would love to work ICU, but I know not all ICU's are created equally.

I only work 24hr/week so I like to work three 8's. I would miss my kids too much to work 12's. Unless I had to go full time maybe I would do 12's. But my husband travels so I need to have daycare. Daycare closes at 6PM. Most 12's work until 7PM....

I was working in ER and had to start an IV on a four year old. I'm a float nurse so I can easily beg out and have someone else do it. But I like to get different experiences, so I always try if I think I can. I also have a four year old at home an...

I am so clueless on what to write in my resume or even how to set it up - all those resumes programs don't seem to fit nursing. help! PS Who do you pick as your references - your manager or your best friend? Or the NP you know?

i love being a nurse. i am really growing with my career, always learning something new. when i worked in an office there just was not so many learning opportunities. not only do i have dozens of classes i can take each month, i get paid to take c...

Kwelnurse - Right on - that's what I'm saying. There's a lot of squeaky wheels out there. It doesn't mean everything's bad. To the person considering to be a nurse. If you don't want to hear it - just walk away from the gossip team and the gripe ...

My mother was a CNA for about 6 months when she first graduated high school. She always discouraged nursing. I never even considered nursing until I went to an open house at nursing school with a friend, because her car broke down - so I drove her...

When I started on a busy surgical floor I worked 3-11:30 and got out around 2AM every time. Even after my extended orientation was finished I got out average of 0130. Then one day a co-worker who had been on the floor for 5 years was still there wh...

In our hospital the OB nurse manager is a Saint. She has schedules posted 8 weeks in advance, it's real nice to work there. I know tons of nurses who transferred to OB, maybe half of them stay. It's not for every one. Anyway, usually post-partum i...

I am a float nurse in my hospital. We recently opened a PICU. It's 4 PICU beds, 2 swing beds that can swing to PICU or IMCU or back to general peds. The last time I floated there they had 3 patients, 2 PICU nurses and me. - no unit clerk. They h...

OK, My husband is the little sympathy person, even though I'm the nurse. I was getting more and more short of breathe walking stairs and even walking down a short hallway at work. Then I had a coughing spell at home at 0400. For some reason I wen...

I worked 3-11 for 4 years, but because my husband was taking a job with lots of travel I had to go to days so I could put the kids in Daycare. Luckily there was a dayshift position open. I was petrified that I would really get bowled over on Days -...

roud123, Maybe I'm the only one, but I LOVE BEING A NURSE! I know tons of nurses who work 4 days a week and take home more money than their husbands. I love the satisfaction of caring for people. I love the open doors I have such as travel nursing...

I did office work for 5 years before becoming a nurse. I could not have made a better move. I love being a nurse. I learn something new everyday. I float in my hospital I work med/surg floors, post partum, peds, Neuro ICU, MS ICU, CCU, Pediatric ...