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Just listened to a dialysis patient, mind you I'm not a dialysis nurse, share a remedy she received from another patient for restless leg. She digs a hole in her garden, buries her legs in the soil part way, Rests there for up to 20 minutes. Then can sleep there after!! This is something you may want to suggest for this troubling commonality. Please let me know if anyone ever heard of such a wild idea as this! Thank you! Reason for the season? Jesus death burial and resurrection, the gospel, by which we are saved by trusting in his finished work at the cross.??⚘

Today, 26 of November, twenty-fourteen--I was surprised to find no "nurse breaks quarantine" thread when I looked it up, thinking it would be a hot topic. I am glad I eventually have found the thread rather than start a thread on a theme already covered. I think that when a nurse's action potentially threatens the public safety that it is imperative for that nurse to abide by the rules. When you are an ambassador for all nurses, as on TV in this case, your best behavior and professionalism reflects on all of us. IMHO she appears selfish, arrogant, and a tad juvenile. Not a good role model for anybody.

I have trouble with the above post. Main reason, I never complained immediately to management or supervisors of managers on the floor. I found it best to take the person aside and tell them what has been bothering me lately. Course with a condescender, you may run into denial of behavior. Future write ups are in order. But that's ok, you said your piece. Nothing worse than being the one pulled into the manager's office with a litany of complaints you never heard anyone complain about on the floor on a write up sheet. Pretty sheety, pardon the French. Oh, and since she's new, she may be entirely unaware of her unprofessional behavior!

Hurray! You're whole again! Well, it appears nursing philosophy (or I might call it the healing art) assisted you in the enabling of yourself to seek a better way after reviewing your state of affairs! Fine to see you took the steps to improve your life. Perhaps giving up on immune compromising vaccines would perhaps help as well. I know... I know these boards have lit up several times regarding this topic. So don't go there

This is just so lovingly compassionate. Florence Nightengale could not have stated it any better! When your gut tells you to do something, even if it may appear counter nursing culture, do it anyway! Especially if it's for the good of the patient. You have my highest esteem for you act with conscience.

What gets me riled is having just one of those nuts complain to management regarding your care and you could find yourself hitting the pavement the next week.

Is this a halloween thread? Seriously though, I agree the stench of a dying patient is sometimes unbearable. Breathing through one's mouth when in the room helps. Don't care for masks, I prefer patients to see my person. The use of plenty of air freshener outside the room helps too. Leaving the door closed, often times considered rude. But works wonders for staff moral. I commend you for visiting her even if she wasn't assigned to you, Bravo! Tip: if you have vicks vaporub....rub a small amount under your nose periodically during your shift! May numb your upper lip but will keep your gag reflex in check!

I called the hospital to talk to the nurse recruiter yesterday and she said "We only hire BSNs since we are a magnet hospital and all of the Adns on staff are busy working towards their bachelors." Oh well, sorry news for us Adns.

There's always a balance of patients who die or get worse and those who are seen by you the nurse making fantastic recoveries. To see a patient who was on the brink of death living life again is most rewarding indeed. Deaths are an unpleasant reality, some deaths are less pleasant than others. Nursing is a tough demanding field, yet the rewards outweigh the depressing incidences that one can face on a daily basis. Remember, as a nurse you define your work. That's the creative aspect to nursing. No one can really teach you how to be the best nurse you can possibly be. The best nurse is molded by trial and error, self reflection and perseverance. Taking vacations, visiting with friends outside of work, exercising, and planning a healthy diet-- all can deter one from becoming depressed. Pharmaceuticals would be last on my list of deterrents. Never discount the counsel and advice from other nurses regarding patient care: this to me is nursing's greatest strength.

Sorry. If I have a kindly old lady who greets me with my first name and shares her life stories; Well, I will be more apt to give her better care than the grumpy, loud-mouthed meth addict down the hall who is refusing care!!!

The link above does lead to a job requirement BSN posting. However... I'm sorry to disagree. I have looked at some other postings from this hospital and the descriptions do not specifically state a requirement of having earned a BSN to apply. Please look into this more fully! But I may not be looking for the same work as you at this facility! PS, I looked under cardiology and endoscopy and no mention of BSN requirement!

When you return to your shift be an ass when she gives report to you. Interrupt, walk away inappropriately, demand she answer a question you'll know she'll cover in report, turn around to look at someone else as she's giving you eye contact! All of these things have been done to me too! I hate it!! Perhaps giving her a taste of her own medicine will do her some good! PS. I really don't recommend this! I feel for you, really I do! Being a newby, you really don't have a lot to lean on, and treading on toes can lead to termination. So, be assertive and let her know you're on to her game!

One element that can help is to include various elements of the job requirement described by the employer in your resume. Some computer programs select candidates whose resumes have these job descriptors in their resumes/applications. Good luck! I also heard that OHSU has a weed-out computer program that works by this principle.

If they didn't receive anything, I'd share some of the loot!

First of all get ACLS under your belt, secondly keep applying to hospitals, thirdly seriously consider a job in California, Bakersfield! Registered Nurse - Telemetry San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield, CA Full time Night shift