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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 doing!!!

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. SO don't give up on nursing, as I said before th...

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 interview?? Who knows, maybe they have a day position fo...

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 on welfare? I can only hope that these women will...

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 never work as a LTC floor nurse ever again. All I...

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 went wrong. I would not have jeapordized my license ...

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 her she is "off the clock now" and to go "home and...

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 position. I have come to the conclusion that no matter ...

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 in my area know exactly what I want when I pull up!...

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 anything, then I'll mention it! My pet peeve is famil...

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 was so stressed out my first year of nursing. I ...

ANCC offers certification for RN's. Test is very expensive though. I thought about getting certified for my own benefit, but like another post mentioned, would employers really pay any extra for this? Especially in LTC where everything seems to ...

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 didn't have a problem with me doing this. One nurse to...

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 here.......(DMX)

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 stress

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 profession

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 staff is to fax over orders. These surgeon's office...

Julie, once you find a nursing job you love, the spark will ignite once again! This is a wonderful place to vent and destress. Good Luck.

doing preadmission testing is also a low stress area. Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers have these departments, but nurses usually work these for years and they are hard to get into.

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 in the hospital and it is our job to make them feel...

sbic56 Senior Member Registered: Jun 2002 Location: Posts: 212 (Post# 49) Youda Yup, IDing yourself as such in that case was a good thing! Also a VERY good thing you knew what you were doing, cuz that nurse was an idiot. My peeve is when the f...

I live in columbus ohio and the hospital I work at starts RN's at 17.85/hr. Where are you working and what do the RN's get???? Just wondering.

Nanna nurse said it best, what possessed her to do that??? Some people take a little more time than others to provide excellent nurse care, I can honestly see a new grad doing this. Please, I hope you corrected her so that she does not make that mis...

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 and right after shift change 3. Receiving an er w...

What else did your Dr. tell you? Sounds like sciatic nerve pain to me. Any numbness and tingling radiating down the posterior leg? What did the x ray show??? When you find out please keep us updated.