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I don't have enough life-span to read all the comments. I suggest you evaluate what your priorities are. The saying is find what you love and do that. I found that I loved being outdoors and bicycling. The degree to work with those two loves is u...

[quote= Write those down! I have seen colleagues unable to work because they forgot one. Needless to say, that doesn't go over well. Don't "write them down" on paper, though. I made an excel sheet for mine, and even on that I leave a few blank spac...

I find those "parking lot" debriefing sessions after work are helpful. We would sometimes be out there for a half-hour or more, just talking away about home, family, and maybe a patient or two, or the latest new policy to appear. Also, some of my c...

I'm happy to say NCLEX wasn't even invented when I graduated! :thankya:

This is a terrible situation to be in, for sure. I don't envy you. I agree with Lamazeteacher, but this is hard to do (keep calm) when you are a newer nurse. I would go to the manager, maybe the director, for back up. I would also remind them th...

Agree with all of the above. Then add 1 year of Med-Surg before going into ICU, please! Lots to learn first, like charting, assessing, passing meds and watching for results/reactions, interventions, teaching, organizational skills and speaking with...

I sure wouldn't want to be working in that kind of situation! It's great that a specialty has been learned, but aren't there limits somewhere? Should my patient's and my safety be pitted against someone else's common sense? I'm sorry that there ha...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-good-samaritan19-2008dec19,0,4033454.story this just scares me. if you stop to help someone in california, and they are injured as a result of your help, you can be sued! it's just a matter of time before thi...

excessive use of force. well, back in detroit here many years ago, a man who was fleeing arrest was finally caught, and it took 6 or 8 officers to wrestle him to the ground. he ended up with a broken leg. he successfully sued the city for excessiv...

Kevin, have you done your year of med-surg yet? It's really important to do this before going into such a technical specialty like ICU. BTW, have you thought of a larger city? I love Phoenix, but live in Michigan. Want to go back as soon as I can ...

This board is very interesting to me. I am picking up that a lot of the discussions involve professionalism. I'm sensing that the younger nurses haven't really "got it" yet. Professionalism is about what the job requires, not what you require for ...

I'd like to say "call 'em on it" but that could be hazardous to your career! Show them the articles I posted and ask their opinion.

One more: http://www.schoolnurse.com/med_info/Fingernails_infection.html

Hair hanging down is hair that will need to be pushed back, out of the way. Having it up already preempts that need. Hair that has to be pushed back means that hands have to be cleansed, repeatedly. Not doing so would definitely be an ID risk. A...

I don't see a problem if they are already awake. But, are they on a schedule, and then awakened if they are asleep? That would be wrong. We do baths at night at the LTAC (long term acute care) I work at occasionally. Most of the patients are unawa...

whoops! Sorry. Late night!

You are "proud" of cutting your son? Hmmm......

Why is everyone else responsible for the children of the irresponsible?

All is not what it appears to be. Here are two more articles on circumcision and AIDS. sue http://www.noharmm.org/spreadAIDS.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_he_me/aids_circumcision

Most of ER medicine is done by algorithms, that is, established paths of care. So, much of report can be shorthand: "The patient in bed 3 is here for asthma and is on NMT#3 and has had solumedrol ivp." By the algorithm, you would know that the NMT is...

INFJ mostly ER, where quick, intuitive decisions are needed.

The company I just had some association with this year totally misrepresented me to prospective hospitals. I have over 15 years ER experience, but my last job was in a clinic, so they listed me as a clinic nurse, even though that was less than 18 m...

My resume is so detailed that I have even included addresses and phone numbers along with everything else. I asked them who's resume they were reading. I'm still steaming...but looking at other agencies now.

I refused to take the job because they wanted me to take a test. Here's my personality: I'm old, cranky, and have a bad attitude. That's what makes me "me". The bad attitude is over the usual overwork and underpay, understaffing, lack of potty br...

My recruiter told me everything up front except the hourly rate, apparently. I also would receive minimal travel expense coverage. Flying is expensive, and leasing a car is out of this world! Plus, when I found out the hourly rate, it was almost 2...