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I just found out I am pregnant. Does anybody know what types of patients I should not be assigned to take care of?

Yeah, someone told me that the other day as well, and that is why more patients are having their foleys removed earlier, but it is so much more than a foley that could potential cause an infection and it is about staffing, i was just thinking about that last night when i was working too short, no aid, 2 nurses wilth needy patients all night. nursing is a hard job and unfortunately there are not that many people willing to do that kind of work. It is the pt that suffers unfortunately.

Yes thank you that does help. That is exactly what someone else told me about being careful, that the inmates will play on your weakness. That does scare me though. I do have some other concerns, i will pm you. ANybody else have any experiences working in a prison?

Hi, I am interested in possibly persuing correctional nursing, that is nursing in a correctional institution. I am skeptical about how it would be to work in a prison on a day to day basis with convicted felons. Anybody have any experience working in correctional nursing and if so how was the experience? Would you recommend it? I heard the pay is beyond good, but of course if it is kaos on a day to day basis it would hardly be worth it.

Cut your losses and move forward, i agree i don't think they will take you back. Sometimes management tries to sugar coat the real problem by minimizing it to you, and then next thing you know you're fired when you didn't think there was a problem.

Well in that situation, the doctor was upset about basically something that was beyond my control, something another dr had failed to write in the progress notes and yet was trying to jump down my throat about something that happened 2 days ago when i was not there. But overall, in most situations the dr's are just plain rude most of the time. I don't say anything to them, I just walk away really pissed off and if i do say something they just come back with another sarcastic rude comment you know. I don't who they think they are, they put on their pants as someone mentioned one leg at a time as well, and they would be lost if it was not for the nurse taken care of their pt's. This goes on all the time and most dr do have their ways to go about certain things and they are not trying to take the time to even hear what a nurse has to say. I did not sign up for this, this makes my job even more stressful.

Okay u asked for an honest opinion, here goes. As a Rn i am required to do a lot of transferring, lifting etc. Before i got hired on, they ask you up front if you are able to lift a certain amount of pounds, and if not i doubt you will be hired for the position. it is a requirement for the job and if you are found to have lied about having a back injury on your application, and later on discovered that you do have a back injury, you can be terminated on the spot. I hate to say this but i don't think it would be in your best interest to continue with nursing, with the back problems that you have. You will not be able to handle the lifting requirement and being on your feet most of the time. Cut your losses now and try find something in healthcare that is less physically demanding and hopefully some of the course that you have already taken will transfer over into another area. Look at the positive, better you found out now than to have invested all that time and energy in something you can't handle later on. Good luck 2 u

Hi, I am still in my first year of nursing. I have 3 more months til my year is up, and one of my biggest complaints is having to put up with rude dr. i mean, nursing is stressful by itself especially on the floor that i work, vascular/renal stepdown unit. I just recently started the nightshift as well. One day last week a doctor(resident) got smart with me when i was only doing my job and it really ticked me off. are we nurses suppose to just sit there like a sitting duck and take this kind of treatment. i was really upset, all i could do is walk off not responding to his comment and find other things that i could be doing. Of course the same dr. needed my assitance some minutes later. This happens a lot and is one of the reasons why i don't think i will be renewing my employment after my year is up. This was not in my job description nor did anyone tell me that it would be like this once i started. Where would the physician be if there were not nurses, where would the patients be, ( i hate to think) Yet we are suppose to sit there and take this type of treatment. How do you handle a rude dr. What is the best way to handle this situation? I have 3 more months of this and then, i am gone. And i have to ask myself, they wonder why there is a nursing shortage. I didnt come into this profession to be abused. How do you handle a rude dr, i would really like to hear some suggestions or advice on this topic.

My year will be here nov. 12. can't wait, i am already starting to look for other jobs, but wanted to have that solid year of exp on my resume for negotiation. i also wanted to be np, but after seeing the reality of nursing, it is disheartening, a lot of stress. if only i could take care of patients without the other havic that goes on. they sure didn't teach me that in nursing school. i don't think that i will stay in the hospital setting either because of the stress. still want to be in healthcare but not in the hospital setting, moving on to bigger and hopefully better things.

I agree with every post up here,once i started to agree to come in 1-2 times they assumed that i would do it all the times. that is when i had to put my foot down, i learned my lesson the first time i signed up for an extra shift. had the heaviest patient load, 1 patient, going down hill stressed out the entire shift, a billion orders from this one dr. after that day, i haven't yet done an extra shift, never answer my phone, look at my caller id and laugh when i see their number. do not return messages. and if i do answer i have no problem saying no. i have learned that you have to look out for your best interest, health, etc. working all the time is not good for your mental or physical health in the long run. do not feel guilty about saying no, if you don't look out for u, who else will,, you see that they are not by the way you were treated once you got there. No is my favorite word, i don't even know why they bother calling me still, i say no before they even have the chance to ask and do feel guilty about a thing, for what?

I finished up my 2nd up degree and i had to pay out of pocket, thank goodnes i had a decent paying job, i had to move back with my parents to do so though. i could not get any more loans until i paid down a significant amount which i didn't have so i did not qualify. it worked out though as that's 10,000 + money that i do not have to pay back.

To be honest, I didn't have one ounce of experience coming out of RN school i too am a second career changer. My expectations of my first nursing job interview were that i too would be asked a lot of question, scenarios, clinical experience, etc. Well let me tell you none of that happened. When I went for my job interview 7 mo. ago it was so informal. I didn't get any pt care scenario questions like i was expecting. To be truly honest it was like talking to an old friend. I was myself and I just felt comfortable with the person that interviewed me. After i left the interview I was shocked it hadn't been anything that i had expected. Well I am on the job now, and I feel that maybe they were so excited and desperate for RN's that almost everyone who interviews will get the job if they liked what they saw. Just be yourself, show your personality, humor, etc. I don't think you will have a problem @ the interview.

I agree with the post that said if you are looking for a sign that this is not a good co. to work for, this is it! Your employer is respon. for testing you and the client. I do not recommend you going on your own and doing this outside of your employer because it is a job related injury, glad to hear that you filled out an incident report because this is import. if something should come of this. You have proof of the incident and your employer would have to take care of you, should something happen. You have to protect yourself in these situtations. demand that they take care of this TODAY, it is their responsibility. I think you should consider taking employment elsewhere i would not want to work for a co. that would consider costs over the health of an employee.

Hi! I currently live in VA, i am a new graduate. I have been thinking about moving to the MD area for a while still thinking, currently working in va. I just wanted to know about the job market in this area and who is the top employer in the area as far as hospitals, organizations, etc. What's the pay like, etc. Thanks for your help

Yeah, I did the accelerated program and boy it was accelerated I think the whole time which was 18 month we only had 1 week off the entire time. If i had the time i would have opted for the longer time b/t semesters but i had a deadline to meet. Good luck!