speaking of "the purple pill" on my m/s floor it seems everyone who gets a room gets a protonix every am. this is insane. my patients will say " i don't get gerd or heartburn" i offer for them to...
I work 3- 12's in a row now( thur, fri, sat nights 7p-7a). I have worked an 8 and 2-12's for 5 years (always in a row) and 2 months ago my hosp went to all 12's. I really do luv the 4 days off, and...
As a new grad, my first night shift ( had done days for 2 m. solo). We had 19 pt (full house for us) 2 RN's: me & a per diem nrs!! I can't remember if we had a nurse's aide on that night or not I...
I have no experience with unions (other than my ex-husband belonging to one many moons ago). The idea is tempting....I think it could only help our small hospital to bring the nurses together. Admin...
Dear ErikaMarie, I have been out of nrs school 5 years. I have one huge regret....not borrowing more money. Initially I worked full time waitressing at night, class/clinicals during the day. I was a...
miss_anneRN replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor
One night off, my hubby & I were out to a local watering hole. I saw a guy that looked familiar but couldn't place a name with the face. My hubby jokingly suggested to the stranger to drop his...
miss_anneRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School
Hi Praiser, ( i think I deleted my first post before it posted! hopefully you don't get this twice!) I am not a school nurse. I precepted with one for my peds rotation (I was shocked how many...
lorster i agree with you, i have tried to help problem solve issues (staffing, wound care, fall risk, co-worker behavior) on group commities. i have not seen chages despite our unit's efforts. the...