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Hello. So I have been a nurse for 1 1/2 years. I have had some pt's with NG tubes. Recentely however I had one that was a salem sump NG tube. It was set up to suction and orders were to flush with 30 ml q 4 hours. Is this the correct nursing pro...

Hi All! I work every weekend night shift. I feel like every weekend or at least many of them I leave sick. This past weekend I literally felt a chest cold coming on thru the night shift, and by morning totally lost my voice, coughing. I know worki...

Thanks everyone for comments. I do not get enough sleep and I know this is a factor. I also do not excercise enough. I have tons of excuses like I have a two year old keeping me busy,,, but I know its what I need to do. Just things I have to work...

Hi nurse friends! This post is for me and symptoms I have been having and can't figure out. Was hoping for ideas or maybe someone has or knows someone with these symptoms. In the last 4 months or so I have had 4 "attacks" where I suddenley get upset...

I used to do 3 12 hour night shifts..tried all different arrangements of shifts to see what worked best. Usually ended up do 3 in a row twice a month and then the other weeks breaking them up. It would take me days to feel rested. The next day I l...

Hi all, I have been a nurse since May 08. No one at my facility where I work ever really mentions CEU's. I see that they offer a credit here and there for some lectures/classes, but other than that I don't hear about it. I know it is state regulat...

Thanks for the replies. Honestly at some point I was planning to go back to school. I do feel right now I would be going to relieve the "pressure". I don't want my hospital holding it over my head that I don't have my BSN and feeling like my job i...

Hi All.... So I have an Associates, and I am starting to feel a little pressure to get my BSN. Seems like more and more hospitals are now only hiring nurses with their BSN's. Not looking forward to going back to school but I also want to be the bes...

Thanks so much for your reply. Yes I did turn it to continous first but the contents were kinda thick so it wasn't sucking it up there.....

Hello, I am about to accept a weekend position job. I want it b/c I have a 18mth old and would love to stay home as much as possible consistently with him. I currently work 3 12 hour night shifts on a Tele floor. I am tired all the time, and I ha...

Hello, I am a new nurse on a Telemetry floor. Just trying to get used to the beeping, and wires, etc. I am shaky with the rhytmns and obviously this is a huge part of the job. Does anyone have any book suggestions, or studyguides to help me better...

Thank you so much for all the advice! On my floor we all carry beepers of which our patients are assigned to. Every time they go above limits, irregular rhythm, etc the beeper goes off. I never seem to know what I am looking at. A pocket book would b...

Hi All,, I don't want to get to personal, but for those of you that are ok with sharing some info, would you mind telling me what the range of hourly pay is around your neck of the woods? I hear many different amounts and I am just curious if the pa...

Hello all, Well I recently passed the boards(wow never want to do that again) and now I am need of a job. All thru school was told nurses are in demand bla bla..now it kinda seems like that is still the case but landing a job is a lot harder than I...

thanks for responding to those that have..I know it is a bit personal but it helps me to know what to expect. there is a huge diff depending on where you live. bottom line = nurses should make more money

how long did it take to hear back? when did you send resumes out? and lastly are you a GN? Congrats by the way! I hope you get the NICU job too,,that would be such an amazing place to start.

totally agree with you- you would think that the 2 years experience you have as LVN would qualify for something. I know..we were told all thru school we would be in such demand..even getting sign on bonuses!!!! yeah right. And the other thing to k...

crazystudent- yes i know what u mean...we have to just start working and getting experience one way or the other. today i went on an interview for home health care and tomorrow i am going on an interview for mentally challenged residents. both jobs...

i am in the same boat....this is getting to be crazy. i really don't think i can do anymore... i did all hospitals in my areas online applications mailed my resume to attn of each nurse recruiter personally dropped off resume and i have been callin...

I guess I could try that,,but my schools clinicals were never really long..,.we would spend the most time in med/surg but I can't say I got to know the nurses/staff really well b/c just when we would kinda start to, we would have to move on. Unfortu...

RN28MD- Ok so today I tried called and asked for the nurse recruitor- got her voicemail several times. I left a message but found myself not really knowing what I wanted to say. I basically said I was trying to follow up with my applications and wo...

Thank you to everyone who is respondng and giving their advice. :wink2:

Anyone fail with 75 questions?? I know this really doesn't answer or prove anything as far as NCLEX,,I just want to know..maybe it will ease my mind just a little or confirm my fears that I failed. Just curious??

Yup still NOTHING! What happen to the days of "sign on bonus" when they were begging for nurses!!?!?? I know the economy is bad and job hunting in general is on the slumps but you would think healthcare is an exception. It also seems like the hospit...

I passed and I don't believe it,,,really I keep refreshing my computer screen to see if the words are still there....are these unoffical results really accurate???? I know I should just relax and just be happy,,I just can't believe it. I had myself ...