sameasalways ASN, RN

it seems like I have noticed the same thing..I was looking at Charlottesville area and Hampton area near Langley AFB.

Hi! I have always been interested in psychology. I was originally going to be a social worker prior to having my second son in 1998. AFter he was old enough to get into school I decided to complete my education in nursing instead, and suffice it to s...

I have been working for a about 14 months on the busiest floor in the hospital (does everyone say that? haha) where I started as a new graduate. When we first started (I had another new nurse start at the same time), we were not leaving until around...

Thank you so much for your feedback everyone..because people who are not nurses don't understand. I still consider myself "new" and have lots to learn..as a patient a few times in the past I always respected the nurse because I knew she saw me way m...

You really made me feel better. I think my managers email freaked me out a little. It's scary in today's economy :-( I really never wanted to have to rush in a pt's room and try to evade their questions or concerns and I don't want to do things ...

oh okay...thanks (WDL/WNL..I had only said WNL before). The Meditech system doesn't have a box to check for WNL/WDL...but you can click "recal" and every box will be checked that the nurse before you checked. The problem is that the nurse before yo...

Hi, I have a sheet that I have all the basic pt info on and I have to document prn meds given and as soon as i give it I write the time given that way I can redocument that the pain was taken care of within the 60 minutes of giving it.. from 7-3 I us...

Wow I FEEL stupid but what is "WDL"? We use Medi-tech and I wonder how similar it is to EPIC documentation systems?

We were taught to refer to them as "clients" but also upon being hired you are given a psychological test of some sort and some of the questions and some of the questions when hired or in interviews (I interviewed at a lot of places) were regarding "...

Any ideas on schools in these area for middle school/high school age kids? They are more into academics and music/art than sports. Thanks!

You guyz have been SOOO helpful!! Thank you so much it was exactly the type of information I needed! I appreciate it!!!

Is Fairfax near Hampton/Norfolk? What hospitals would you recommend? So far I have heard that Cox high school is the best nearby...I am not sure if it is affordable though! Thanks you guyz!!

I was told by the secretary where I work that the Dr who recommended me to the OR is an **ss and that he yells at nurses down the hall and things like that. She told me that he is only nice to the skinny nurses. Now I am wondering if maybe he has t...

I am considering becoming a hospice nurse. I have been working med/surg for one year now. (I graduated last year). I did a clinical rotation at a hospice facility here in town while doing nursing school and that is when I fell in love with it. Al...

Hi, I don't work at a psych facility so I know some of what I say probably is going to sound silly. I work on a surgical floor and we get the post/op patients and some medical patients. When we have someone on "seizure precautions", the things that...

Hi, I have been working on a Med/Surg floor for the past year after getting my associate's degree in nursing. We are basically the only floor in the hospital that gets the post-op patients. But we also get regular medical and neuro patients. I nev...

I understand and you don't have to apologize. personally I wouldn't feel confident about my skills in six months in the OR anyway...I know this because as a new nurse I wasn't completely confident in six months. Actually there is always something ...

I am probably going to move in 6 to 9 months. I have applied for a job in a specialty area and it is likely that I am an excellent candidate. However I worry that due to the fact that I will probably be moving in 6 to 9 months, perhaps it would no...

Thanks all of you! I think the only thing that concerns me at this point regarding that job is that there is a possibility I will be moving after about 6-9 months. I am concerned how that would affect my ability to find a job somewhere else? Also ...

Wow I am really happy for you! I am considering going into the OR and all of thse issues you bring up are of concern to me as well. I hope I can do as well as you if i get hired!

I may be moving after one year from now, and I have been working on the med/surg floor in the hospital for the past year. I really hate it, but I think I am doing a good job...although my priorities are patient safety and quality care rather than ti...

Hi Canes girl, thanks I know my biggest fear is failure. My only concern is like I said I think I have a tendency to hyperfocus sometimes..and by that I mean that when I am doing something that needs done, an atomic bomb could go off and I wouldn't ...

I don't know what suction you are talking about but I wish I had one for my car when my teenage boys are gassy.

Hi guyz, I appreciate your feedback on this it is helpful to me. The secretary is obese, not morbidly but yes she is obese. I get along well with the ancillary staff and I always have I don't care what someone's weight is, ect but yes she is. I know ...

Thanks! I have often heard of them for new hires to a facility if the facility pays for the move, and also for new grads, but had not heard of it happening within a facility to a different specialty! I will update when I hear more :)