alem-tsahai

We get as many as we get, meaning it can be as few as 5, and on a particularly bad night up to 12+ EACH! Completely unsafe, and the pt load depends on how busy the ED is as well as staffing. This is a level 1 trauma ED in NYC. Whoever posted that wo...

It depends on what you want to do with your nursing career. If you eventually want to get into something like public health, become an NP or work somewhere internationally, then having PC experience can only help you career wise. Even if you "just" w...

Never say never. Once upon a time I thought the SAME THING, "I'll never default on my loans". Then life happened and through no fault on my part my loans defaulted. It was a true complete total mess that took me YEARS to undo. Life happens, sometime...

You aren't being discriminated against. You haven't provided any examples of possible discrimination against you. The others are being racist with their constant stereotyping though. You probably are being a little thin-skinned, but so are they! At ...

Wow, that's about the dumbest reason I've heard for being suspended in a long time. I'm very sorry to hear about that. Your DON is an idiot, and you need to start looking for a new job ASAP rather than worrrying about whether your DON will fire you o...

OP Wait the extra year and go to Charity instead. You sound so much like me when I was deciding between getting a cheaper ADN vs expensive BSN, and like you I chose the BSN route because I didn't want to wait any longer. I was also your age, 30, when...

@kids, perfect post response! very rational, well thought out and sensitive. You have completely captured the reality of what's going on behind the scenes in your typical ED. To the OP, I hope everything is ok. I'm sorry you were hit with so many he...

^^ great info suanna! I've seen beta blockers given to pts on positive inotropes plenty of times. It never made sense to me either, and no one was ever able to adequately explain it to me either. I worked on a Burn ICU when this was done (also MICU)...

OP, I'm sorry you had to witness that. Ugh, I would have embarrassed the crap out of her if anything. Absolutely trifling. And yeah I would have tipped off the school if I could. But the posters who are advising you to let karma/God do it's thing?? ...

nope. My gig suits me just fine...:)

Huh??I'm sorry but since when did being treated with respect get to be considered "entitled"??

Like some of the others posted, it seems like you've already answered your own question. Hey, nursing isn't for everyone and at the end of the day it's just a job, not a calling, so don't be too upset that it doesn't agree with you. Although, being a...

At my old job the protocol was an 18g. This was at a small community hospital and they were absolutely inflexible about that rule. It was very annoying, since the majority of our patients were from nursing homes. At my new gig, a large level one tr...

Plenty of ancillary staff around to take vitals, do urine dips, and toilet patients as needed so you can get your bloodwork and charting completed in a timely manner. Really that would be all I need... well, better nurse:patient ratios too...:)

Congratulations legzRN!!!!!!!:)

In the case of both recent storms I gave myself plenty of time to get to work. I drove VERY slowly during the blizzard a few weeks ago, which was downright scary and don't think I could ever do again. But yeah, we're expected to figure out a way to ...

I've worked med-surg, ICU and currently work ED. All I can say is that medsurg stressed me out in a way that the ED never could, mainly because of crazy demanding family members. Demanding family members will work you out and test your patience to t...

I agree 100% with the above poster. CCRN was definitely the harder of the two, but the Gasparis videos helped tremendously. Still, that is one test I would never want to re-take again. I was mentally fried after taking that exam!

OP, You've got some major tunnel vision going. Do you think you're going to be young forever, and that the current technology we're enjoying will not evolve in the next 40 years? Do you really think you'll be able to keep up with technology well into...

Happy Holidays everyone!! OP, I hope you give that lousy co-worker of yours the side-eye every time you pass her by. That was a nasty move on her part, ugh! For those who believe posting on FB while ill is an incredibly laborious task, get real. It ...

Congrats to you! I'm hoping to do the same dance in a year or so. :) Enjoy!!

I'm sorry, did I miss something? Was a post deleted? Because I don't see anyone being rude. Not even short. To the OP, you will have to call. NYS BON is not always the most efficient, and sometimes they will outright lose your paperwork.

WOOOOOW!! So nowadays anyone can "supervise" nurses??? A flippin secretary? a bookkeeper? are you kidding me???!! What the heck did we go to school for then? Thank God you are leaving that place. Your supervisor/DON should be ashamed of him/herself f...

Ask your preceptor to stop with the yelling and public displays of humiliation (in a tactful way, of course). You're not her scapegoat. If she gives you the "huh?" expression, and says something to the effect that she doesn't know what you're talking...

Hi there. I am sorry you are having trouble finding a job in the international health field. It is hard, with or without PC/MSF exp. I remember when I was living in DC working in an int'l public health organization (before I became a nurse), there we...