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i went to school in fla and right after i started nsg school my ex left and took all the money and closed the bank accts....they had a displaced homemaker program in fla and it payed for all my school and books and such..if not for that program i don...

I have signed up with an agency to do prn work in california from lousiana a week or two every month. I have talked to some other people that say i can go on staff in a northern california hospital and do self scheduling 12 to 16 hr shifts and this w...

we also just changed to navy uniforms...new CEO ...same old problems... short staffed...cutting hours....total upheavel....but we all are in uniform now....there are 6 shades of navy...we all never match the tops pants and coats.... we can't even wea...

having worked in a few places in the country, i have never been asked about my graduation from a community college....the only thing anyone ever asked for was my nursing license....when you have your RN the how and where is not important....i have me...

This may sound crazy but for a year my foot was so painful ...i dragged around everywhere in pain....i started using muzino running shoes and i swear the day i started to wear the shoes my foot had no pain as long as i had the shoes on....after a fe...

i think there are days when we have good patients and bad families and days with bad patients and good families..... and really bad.... is bad patient...bad family.....it is the days with good patient and good families that are so refreshing.....we h...

nurse lou good luck on the job hunt....my manager decided after all the fuss to keep our new grad on days for a month to give her a bit of experience before putting her on nights....this is a dangerous world out there for nurses...we work so hard for...

in a 6 bed icu that usually has 4-6 patients.... we work 2 nurses most nights and can have the unit fill before morning...the manager has a new grad...just passed boards and wants to put her as a second nurse on nights...i am scared...and question th...

i just need some help with a management decision to place a new grad in our unit on the night shift.... we have a small unit only 6 beds...we usually work two nurses alone on the the night shift...we have been short handed and the manager hired a new...

thanks for the input.....that was my suggestion...to keep her on days as a second nurse for a month when the manager was there so she could see her work and be there for a bad day, as a extra pair of hands...that is something we on nights do not have...

management decision on new grad permalink i just need some help with a management decision to place a new grad in our unit on the night shift.... we have a small unit only 6 beds...we usually work two nurses alone on the the night shift...we have be...

i spoke to ER yesterday....they would not agree to hold 2 patients if we filled up...so we would have to handle all 6 beds with the new grad if we were busy......i have to say last night was a night from $$#@... just what we are all afraid of....we h...

That is something to think about....i know the ER would have a cow if we held patients...but....you are correct....6 patients is to dangerous even with 2 experienced nurses.....i am already looking for a new icu job....this may just be a reason to go...

i have to say that when the unit has 6 patients they staff us with three nurses...but....the problem is that when your shift starts at 7 pm and there are 4 patients in the unit and two nurses, anything can happen.....the codes on m/s, the direct admi...

the first thing i did was express my concern to our manager....i also gave what i thought was an answer ...that she remain on days for few months as the second nurse where she would be able to get extra help from management while she was refining he...

both my husband and i take lessons....it is a stress reducer....and we have so much fun...after a week of saving lives...LOL.... we love dancing and crusing...we find we can practice and then dance everynight of the cruise... i thought ballroom was j...

these are hard times for those of us in the trenches....we deal with violent patients ,violent and mean families and a board of nursing that holds nurses to a nonreality based standard.....we work hard everyday in the most extreme situations..... and...

This is a scary story...my husband and i are both nurses...he in the ER and i am in the ICU.... there was a night that they had a confused and combative patient in the ER... i took 5 people to hold her down for a L.P...... positive for meningitis.......

i have been absent from this site because of all the things going on.... first you all must know....the BON is not a nurses friend.....they will twist and manipulate anything to make the case against a nurse stick....when they are thru with you, you ...

Sheilagh....addiction to anything is cunning...no one ever sets out on that lonley path.. the bottom we hit is emotional, physical and spiritual.... the climb out is a day by day thing of always trying to do the next right thing... be grateful for ea...

this has been a struggle.... my husband decided to fight till the end ...what ever the outcome we will still be ok.... they still tried to pressure him to admit guilt....the last offer almost made him give in...but when is all said and done, he can l...

thanks for the reply....i can see from your posts that there is life after being brought before the board.....it just seems as if the world has stopped and we can't breathe.... the fear is gripping and physical..... i wonder if you all have any stori...

thanks for the reply timothy.....i never knew it was such a threat to go in front of the board....i now have the nsg insurance, but for my husband it is to late for that....i encourage any nurse reading this to take heed and aquire insurance....our a...

thanks for the warm thoughts......yes my husband has a right to go before the board and fight for his license.....but he has to prove to them he did not use excessive force to handle the combative and confused patient ...the board stated "the allegat...

fighting the board is a scary thing....they suspended my husbands nursing license with an anon call about how he handled a confused and combative patient during restraint placement... the board of nursing never even spoke with him...they just suspend...