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Work there a year for the experience and then you'll be in a position to decide about ICU. Or quit/transfer to ED, if that's your preference. Think of it as something you did for your resume. If you stay in nursing it'll be just another episode th...

I am so sorry. I think she was saying goodbye to you, judging by some of the content of her conversation with you and she had decided. To repeat, she made her mind up to complete suicide and she did it. She was in pain and wanted to be out of the ...

Wish the JW's would realize nobody particularly LIKES or WANTS to give blood. Someone must tell them it's personally rewarding for us, judging by the way they act. Administering blood is a pain.

Ha! I have had identical dreams! Or maybe more like night terrors. I've both forgotten to give report and had the preceeding nurse forget to give me report. Usually it was not a problem and I read the record. Sometimes if I had a question I calle...

How is he even a nurse? Where is the caring component?

I retired from a community hospital in CT about 18 months ago. Your comment has me very curious! I think this very much reflects the working environment - obviously, people are bailing because they're not happy in this place. Get-the-experience, g...

Statute of limitations coming up, I'm guessing. She probably feels like "It's now or never."

Whoa - my first thought is that this resident is using propofol. Why did he get you the propofol and spike the bottle? Simply to be "helpful? If he removed it from Pyxis or whatever he created a digital trail. And, he just shot himself in the foo...

[h=1]Says it all:Mayo Clinic: Privately insured patients to get priority over Medicaid, Medicare patients[/h]https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/15/mayo-insurance-medicare-medcaid/

Regarding "way of sexual pleasuring with the mouth"...I stopped here & could read no further! LOL "Something Something Cunnilingus?" To google I go! Thnx for the laugh!

What about FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)? If her doctor agrees and does the paperwork, there's nothing an employer can do, as it is federal law. They can decline to grant it, which means she wouldn't be paid for it, BUT they could not fire her fo...

I totally understand your feelings. Kudos to you for not become bogged down in the perception of yourself as a "failure" and finding a new profession which will be more rewarding, especially more $$$! I retired from nursing last year and haven't mi...

His statement says more about HIM than it does about you. He'll be sick sometime & discover the truth.

This is crazy! i got a dui 21 yrs ago in CT & it never impacted my job at all. It was my first and only offense & I got a work permit to drive to and from work, had to go to ETOH Education on Saturday & got my license restored after 3 mo...

I have always read employers will seek to prove nurses did not follow policy, thus relieving the employer of responsibility. Is this untrue?

I commend you on the positive attitude toward this patient. I've said many times "There's a good reason nurses don't carry guns on the job because I would have used it!" I've had patients like this (but not quite this bad!) and sometimes I think we...

Certain areas always have openings, particularly for experienced RN's. But these positions are often ED or ICU7P-7A, or Day/Night Flex, for example. But these types of positions are burnout jobs and it's difficult to keep them filled. There really...

This sounds like PTSD. And this is only what he was willing to talk about. I am sorry he didn't seek help because help is available.

"I popped a knee back in and handed out 2 shirts to cover side boob today." And that's just coworkers!

And that's just coworkers!

I used to work with an ED MD who stole food. She had issues stemming from childhood abuse, I think, but still, it was ridiculous. She was also rather squeamish so after having one too many lunches stolen I made the announcement I was henceforth spi...

I absolutely understand what you are saying. I just retired from my One Day Surgery position and the peace and quiet is heavenly! I used to "pretend" alot and tell myself I was an actor in a role. It was very draining the last few years. And I ha...

So glad I'm done with this profession, which is being ruined and corrupted by greed and "customer satisfaction." If there is ever an uptick in the economy nurses will leave in droves. The pendulum WILL swing the other way - it's only a matter of tim...

Dear AAC.271: I think I know the spirit in which you commented and I wish others hadn't been so quick to jump on you. I'm 62 and just retired. I'm a little long in the tooth myself but sometimes I had to just go ahead and do ******** even though it ...

Just retired from nursing and this type of abusive corporate healthcare. So glad, so glad, so glad. 34 years of intimidation, bullying and only devolution in status of nurses. And then we're told how "respected" we are and given a pen and cupcakes ...