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It seems like most NS have the basic Med/Surg and then they throw in OB/Peds. OB/Peds is a specialty area, right? Why do they include one specialty and not any others? How come you don't see an ED rotation, or a critical care rotation? We only ge...

I'm gonna get a RN tattoo on my scapula tomorrow. I want to add something to it but I'm not sure what I should get. I thought about an EKG line or the first aid cross. Does anybody have any ideas? Have you seen any cool medical symbol tattoos?

I didn't go to either one. I hauled myself to class & clinicals for 2 years & I wasn't making another trip to the school for anything. Plus I hate ceremonies. I put in the hard work, so I felt like I earned the right not to participate. ...

Wow, harsh! I didn't think the OP came off as arrogant & selfish at all. Just giving an honest opinion about their motivation. As a nurse you'll encounter a lot of patients who have opinions & values that differ vastly from your own. Do ...

In my area, nurses make a better salary than most. With the economy & the job market as it is, we all ought to be grateful to have a job. Period.

My new employer offers something called PILOPTO or Pay In Lieu Of Paid Time Off. Has anyone else had any experience with this at their workplace? Instead of accruying(sp?) PTO with each paycheck, you receive a differential added on to your hourly wa...

Nope, never worked in housekeeping or "environmental services", whatever they've renamed it these days. However, I did make friends with this little old lady who cleaned the E/D when I worked there. She worked her fanny off & always had a big sm...

I didn't care much for having my husband (ex now!) working as a LPN at the local nursing home. Apparently, being surrounded by mostly female coworkers was just more than he could handle & still behave himself. 15 years as a cop, working with a...

One of the 1st things we were told yesterday in orientation was that the RN behind our name wouldn't be what got us hired or kept us in a job. The head of HR said they've got rid of many nurses, all who had excellent clinical skills, because of thei...

I don't like all the "____ week"s that my hospital always had. I never expected a party & a gift for doing a job that I was hired to do. They paid me for my time & offered me insurance - that's all the compensation that I agreed to when I...

I don't think the type of insurance you're offered will have anything to do with the job title of nurse or any level of certification you achieve. It will all be a matter of what insurance company a facility offers. Every place of employment will ...

I just finished my ASN & it wasn't that hard at all. I was lucky enough not to have to work full-time, so that helped a bunch. I got just as much sleep as I ever did before, studied way less than I did for pre-reqs, & had plenty of free time...

I was told a lot of horror stories before starting NS. Most of them were just a bunch of crap. We were told that they'd lock the doors at the start of class & if you were late you'd be left standing in the hall - not once did anyone ever get loc...

I had 2 PPD's done at a hospital where I was working PRN & when I went in for my pre-employment phys at another hospital, they wouldn't use my 2 PPD's. I'd only had them done about 1 month prior, but I was told it was part of the employment proce...

Moonshine probably should be a no no. They don't call it rotgut for nothin! Seriously, probably shouldn't mix anything with ETOH, but when you drink everyday........

I was taught in NS that (for Indiana) it's only illegal to 'sign off' on things as a RN if you aren't. It isn't illegal to call yourself a nurse if you're, say, a MA. The instructor who told my class this had sat on the BON for 2 terms & I gues...

For headaches: I mix one packet of Goodys Headache Powder in a shot glass (or more if you prefer) of moonshine. A variation is opening up a Midrin capsule & adding the powder to the previous mix. I suppose any hard liquor might work if you're no...

I wish I'd have gotten my divorce before NS. I was constantly juggling court dates & lawyer appointments around class & clinicals. At one point, I'd missed most of my alloted hours early in the semester & that made me pretty nervous. I'...

I'm just PRN right now, but the majority of my class works FT. 30 of our 40 are already LPN's & therefore have been working as nurses for years. They weren't going to quit their jobs just for 2 semesters of NS. Several of our 'straight-RN' st...

I wouldn't even notice if someone missed class. I don't even know the names of most of the others in my lecture class. After all there's 40 of 'em! I'm a little closer to my clinical group because there are only 10 of us. I'm a big supporter of mi...

OK, so I'm not a guy, but I'm curious. I'm getting ready to start NS in Jan. I'm thinking I would prefer a guy lab partner to a female. It's been my experience from poking and prodding my husband that's it's easier to find landmarks and thus hear ...

I had an instructor tell me to go get a script for anti-anxiety 1st semester. My hands would shake whenever she started criticizing me in front of my patient. Go figure, huh? I didn't tell her her I was already taking Klonopin. I've taken 1 mg a...

I'm in my last semester. I'd have to say 1st semester was the hardest anxiety-wise. They were trying to weed people out, so I always felt like they were just waiting for the smallest screw-up. My GPA really took a hit 1st semester, also. I was use...

1. I love to feel needed. 2. Job stability 3. I'm broke!

Be creative! I've hypothesized on possible scenarios that could happen if I've got a patient who didn't give me much material to work with. As long as you explain to the instructor that it's only your hypothesis - not just you making up stuff. At...