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What do you do? Its just pulled out enough to see the cuff. Surgery recommended to come out but didn't seem firm as patient still needed treatment. Attending says okay to keep but don't know if its bc Dacron cuff is trivial or if they don't unders...

Hello all! Ive been a nurse for about 3 years now working in the same unit where I started as a new grad. I've recently taken an educator role, however, my concern is that clinically I'm not super confident. I've done well in all my pt assignments t...

what are some job positions for someonewith a nursing degree and an MBA? share you experience.

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not that i'm very beautiful to start with but I've noticed that my skin is constantly breaking out and I have huge dark eye circles that never go away. I never had this before doing nights. I get the same number of hours of sleep during the day and ...

I am a new grad RN that started in October. Overall people on the floor have been supportive. But I'm having trouble with some of the assistants. I work on an oncology floor so weights and I/O are important. alot of the times they will chart numbers ...

how difficult is it to get into NICU or ICU in general after becoming a regular floor nurse? Do they always prefer new grads over floor nurses? I've heard that because the idea is that its easier to train than to retrain. Please let me know your t...

I work the night shift, I had a patient that was admitted at 5, the nurse on days noted all the orders and told me he needed blood and plts. I look at the mar and noticed no premeds for plts. I asked the nurse about it and she said "yeah no pre-meds,...

i will be applying for grad school in the next few months and am strongly considering nursing admin and leadership.. my question is, at my hospital we have nursing managers and above that is DON and i assume it is like this in all hospitals. what ar...

sorry if this sounds dumb, but i will get my RN license soon but do not plan on being an RN for a few months. Is it illegal to continue in a CNA position because I have my RN license?

when is an adequate amount of time that has past before I should ask my manager for a letter of recommendation. I work the night shift.

sorry i should have mentioned that it was for grad school. i'm not really leaving.

Thanks for all your responses. I'm greatful to have this place where i can seek the advice of experienced nurses since I hate to bring these things up in the workplace and became part of the gossip i've witnessed before. I have another question. Wou...

i make 60 a year base. I want to put in overtime but keep getting cancelled. we don't have a shortage of nursing in my hospital. btw, i'm a new grad at 7 months now and have recieved a raise of about 3,000 a year annually. goodluck it can happen. its...

what bothered me most was that even after I said "i'm just letting you know, if you don't think thats a problem then thats fine" she kept saying it "i don't know what you think its an issue, its not an issue, the bp did not drop". Like she made a poi...

its not so much the fact that she questioned my judgement but the way she said it was degrading as though it was SO outrageous that I was at all concerned about the bp. Next time will be out of line for me to document "informed oncoming day nurse of...

do you think my concern was valid, or am i just being paranoid?

how do you react to people who always say "nurses make so much money". Or I always get this "you can afford that comeon thats like a day's salary" Seriously i don't know how to respond to these comments or remarks. People don't seem to realize that I...

1. sure I can get your new tubing for the plts you just walked into the patient room with cause you're in isolation. you need something else just as i get up to get what you asked? sure, I'll get your dilaudid syringe too, just give me moment to che...

I graduated school this past summer and have been working for seven months now. I am applying to grad school in the fall for 2009. my senior year of college I thought I was going to grad school right away and had two of my third year instructors writ...

I'm 22 and yes most of these comments come from people who are in grad school or people who are making less than I. I don't mind talking about my salary, I just get frustrated when people think that a comfortable salary means luxury. I have a friend...

Yes, I feel like just because I don't make minimum wage, people think I can't have financial constraints. Sometimes I feel like saying "we don't make that much" but that just comes off sound quasi-modest and fake. I can't just say "we really don't ma...

I am a new nurse and have been getting pressure from other nurses to join the union. They're targeting the newbies as they have told us repeatedly. Personally, I don't really know where I stand with the union and am not ready to make a decision yet....

my doctor prescribed claritin 10 mg two times a day. I always thought claritin was only supposed to be 10 mg once daily. Is this a safe dosage?