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  1. Preadmission Testing RN's

    I have been a preadmission testing nurse for one year now and am interested in hearing where other preadmission testing RN's are working and what they are
  2. I am DONE!!!!!!

    I replied to this thread back in March of 08! I wasn't happy so I made a change. I now have a job that is about 90% phone work, 10% interaction with patients. I love what I do and am still a nurse....
  3. Persistent Nurse Recruiters?

    I have seen posters on this site worried that they won't be able to find jobs once they graduate and you all have persistent recruiters after you??? What do you stand to lose if you go to the...
  4. Brother and Sister born on the same day

    I feel sorry for the kids involved. Unfortunately in our society this is happening more frequently. I am disturbed by some of the judgemental comments on this post. Do we know that these women are...
  5. I think every nurse who has worked in LTC has had days like this, I know I have. They only bring you closer to burnout:banghead:. I just finished a 5 year stint of LTC craziness. I swore I would...
  6. I yelled at another nurse.

    Okay, you blew up. Yes, there were other ways to handle it. But, the burning question is......?Did she really leave you as the only nurse in the whole building???? If she did, thank God nothing...
  7. My Med cart is a magnet, how about yours?

    I get a kick out this every time I work. I have one resident who is a retired nurse with dementia and I swear she is on me like white on rice! She follows me around as I do my med pass until I tell...
  8. I am DONE!!!!!!

    Wow. And I thought I was the only one who felt this way.....Just this week! I have been in my LTC position for about 6 years..... 6 Looooong years and I am actively looking for another nursing...
  9. Caffeine and shifts

    Ironically, I couldn't stand coffee until I started working as a nurse......I can even drink the stuff while driving home from work and go straight to sleep! Several Tim Horton's restaurant workers...
  10. are you treated as a patient or nurse???

    When I come across nurses, or anyone in the medical field, I treat them the same as I would anyone else! When I go to appointments I don't tell people I'm a nurse, unless they think I don't know...
  11. My first job was on a busy tele unit ( I swore in school that I would Neverever work tele!). Once orientation was over, it finally hit me that I am nurse, responsible for a group of sick patients! I...
  12. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    My 2 year old was hospitalized with pneumonia and being the nurse that I am, would try to help out by "fixing" the alarms after they would beep forever because the nurses were busy. Some nurses...
  13. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    I definately agree with Rapheal..... Yall gone make lose my mind, up in here, up in here yall gone make me act a fool, up in here , up in
  14. Preadmission Testing RN's

    No, it is not stress free, contrary to popular belief. I had a Dr. tell me one day that I was "just playing nurse". IT is a different type of
  15. Preadmission Testing RN's

    I only had about 2 years experience when I started, due to job burnout! Thank God I found it, it helped me not to leave the nursing
  16. Preadmission Testing RN's

    We have a lot of standing orders from surgeon's which makes our job easier, but even though we have these, we still call about 2-3 offices a day for orders on patients we will see where the office...
  17. Preadmission Testing RN's

    The one on one with patients is the best part of the job. I give them 100% during the appointment and this really helps with how they view the hospital. We are the first nurses these patients see...
  18. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    I only have experience as a floor nurse receiving pt's from the er, and yes, we can be rude at times. My pet peeves are: 1. Receiving er's left and right before shift change 2. Receiving er's left...
  19. Preadmission Testing RN's

    I've heard our same day nurses aren't interested in doing pat, while I'm not interested in working sameday preop, so just doing pat is fine with me. As for pacu, those nurses just do that only. I'm...
  20. Bossy Unit Clerks

    If you don't get along with your unit coordinator, your day can and will be hell. I have been fortunate to have wonderful unit coordinators who always help me out tremendously! When I was a new...
  21. Burnout after only 10 months...is that possible???

    I swear to God....in 98 first rn job on tele, you sure you don't work at my facility??? Nursing has many wonderful oppurtunities, I finally found an area I love! You need to seriously find a job that...
  22. Preadmission Testing RN's

    Okay, no one has responded since 2001??? Am I the only nurse on this website doing this type of
  23. two year RN degree programs

    I just had to add my 2 cents worth! I feel most ADN programs prepare nurses better for the hospital because they don't have to worry about all the other extra classes BSN students have to take(more...
  24. Temps

    what about tympanic temperatures? Any one know if it is a degree higher or lower than oral
  25. RNs Intubating???

    I thought I heard from my acls instructor that with the new guidelines, they won't be teaching nurses to intubate