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I think that DH should make good money. I'm not sure it should be so much more than nursing BUT, teeth just gross me out. I could never work in a job where I had to scrape people's teeth and the smell....(where's that puking smiley?) Just doing oral...

Very interesting post. I have often thought that a majority of nurses are trying to heal something in their own past while in the profession of helping others.

I agree with the majority on this one. It makes me mad when management expects you to treat one person better than another and on top of that, the pt gets the idea that everyone is going to wait on them hand and foot. I especially love it when I foll...

Congratulations and Best Wishes to you! :balloons: You are in for one heck of a ride and in the end it will all be worth it! Keep us posted about your progress and good luck!

Get a lawyer. Fast.

I reviewed my class notes and the text books before the NCLEX and I finished about 1000-1500 questions from two different review books concentrating on my areas of weakness (pharm, peds). I had 75 questions and passed the first time. You should use y...

I work in ICU and I love it. I like the fact that I can spend time with my patients and help educate them about their condition. Once in a while I will take care of a terminal patient and the family and the feeling that I might have helped in some sm...

Congratulations!

I learned a lot about myself during nursing school. I was always pretty patient but sometimes that translated into being a doormat. Now I am more self confident and I know how to set limits and say no. I have also learned not to take everything so pe...

To answer your question, YES! I learned a lot about myself during nursing school. I was always pretty patient but sometimes that translated into being a doormat. Now I am more self confident and I know how to set limits and say no. I have also learne...

Kevin, I am so sorry to hear that you and your mom have had to go through so much. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Congratulations! I hope things continue to go well for you! Keep us updated!

Congratulations!!!!!!!

I went straight into ICU/CCU and my orientation was 12 months. My first preceptor thought that it was "unfortunate" that I missed out on M/S experience so she put me in PCU for the first 4 weeks. I had 6 pts each day and and a massive headache at the...

Cassinia, I was going to write a post very similar to yours, I totally agree! Unless its a documentary made by another nurse, this is another jab at nurses/nursing. When these types of shows are made the intention is to get ratings, so its hard to t...

I am so sorry to hear that this is happening to you. Call your surgeon and tell him that you are in pain and that you were sent home without adequate pain medication. He might call in a RX to your local pharmacy and you could get someone to pick it u...

I don't get a critical care differential...wish I did.

oops! That 5.98% under "other" is mine. I read the questions wrong, thinking that the only place that Lovenox should be injected is in the lovehandles. I actually asked this question once before on this forum and thats the answer I got from all thes...

Funny, just about every transfer that I get in CCU from a LTC facility comes with paperwork that is filled out by an LPN who caught the problem and reported it. ...and yet they manage to accomplish all this and then some. Every single day for every...

I liked Carol Hathaway from ER (in the beginning of the series, before she went to med school and hooked up with Doug Ross)

I'm sure that you did just fine! If you had an 87% going into the final, you will probably score somewhere around that area. I won't tell you to relax, because I know its almost impossible. Keep us posted!

CONGRATULATIONS! Enjoy every minute of your success!

We have around the clock tech help and they are wonderful. Most of them know what we need and stay one step ahead of us all day. They know what time to get glucochecks, look at the schedule as to what time pts are expected to have tests: ekgs, echos ...

I also gained 20 lbs during nursing school and sadly, in the last 2 years as a nurse, I have gained 15 more. I thought for sure that I would lose it all when I started working and became more active again, but then I work 12 hour nightshifts, so some...

I had a patient that was a DNR after a major head bleed. Almost two hours post mortum, he was 106 tympanic.