RNtigerEMT

:yeah:So true. I worked a tele floor right out of school, and loved it. The variety, the never ending admits/discharges, the calm in the chaos. You have to find your moment, they do exist. Well said, and should be a must read for any nurse considerin...

Ok, here goes. I have had my RN for 5 years, worked med/surg, telemetry. ED, and am currently working rehab as a a traveling nurse. I was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2001, and am scheduled to have a hysterectomy on May 21. I am terrified. I know,...

Thanks again everyone. I think I figured out what you mean about not doign school work. had a bad couple days, missed a day and a half of work due to pain related to this whole mess. I couldn't even log onto to the computer until yesterday evening. C...

Thanks everyone. I will definately have to check out the website. I am trying to deal with my emotions prior to going in. I really don't like going to the doctor, and surgery scares me to death. I have had 5 children, one stillbirth, and had a tubal ...

Thanks, have already discussed HRT, had not thought about gertting the patch in OR. Great idea. I will probably end up having to have the TAH. I probably know more about endo than most PCPs. Its gotten really bad, my gyn agrees, but also agreed to tr...

Thank you. As another survivor, I know how hard it is to share your story. I still deal with trust issues, but am gradually getting better. Sometimes I have to wonder, does the recovery road ever end?

I am fully prepared to pay my own way. I don't ask the govt to pay for any of my choices. As a nurse, EMTand biker, I've seen what can happen without a helmet. Again, I feel its a matter of choice, but every one is welcome to their opinion. I don't t...

I usually wear a helmet. However there are times when I don't. I believe in helmets, I just don't feel that anyone else,(unless I'm a passenger, then the rider can) has the right to tell me I have to wear one. I also disagree with the mandatory seatb...

I, too, live in a fairly rural area, but foreign language speakers are becoming more common, and not just Spanish speakers. My story- working in a small very southern part of Ohio, almost WVa, had a pt (10 or 12 yo) and his mother come in twice in 2...

Have taken care of many nurses (active and retired), very few problems. Most of the time was able to learn something from them. The older retired nurses with dementia were the worst though, they would regress and try to take care of the roommate, rep...

Seems to be universal about not knowing I had pt/pts, no assessments done, no meds passed, end of shift. My husband hates the ones where I hear calllights/IV pumps, cause I end up yelling at him to shut off the pump/call light because I can't do eve...

Ummmmmm,lets see. My husband wears my scrubs after I replace them with new. He thinks they are comfortable. Granted, he rarely wears them out of the house, but will occasionally run up the street to the corner store real quick in them. I am currentl...

OK, not in a nurse's position in the ED, but at least its still in emergency medicine. Interviewed today and got hired for an EMT-Basic position with one of the local providers.!!!! Start Monday 7a-7p. Will not hear about the position in Canton until...

Thanks. I'm hoping for some good hands-on experiences. This particular service is a very busy one, the only one in the county for the time being. I am familair withthem as they served the hospital I worked at previously. The are using the new (at lea...

I can feel that!!! This was before I started nursing school, but was on midnights at a local factory (ugh!) There was a local restaurant that catered to night shift workers. I could go in at 0730-0800 and get a steak and potato meal, and a beer. I lo...

I can't really pinpoint when I decided that nursing was what I wanted to do. I remember wanting to be a vet/horse trainer when I was very young. My mother was a nurse, died in a car crash coming home from a home nursing visit. I was supposed to have ...

I started 12hr night shifts right out of school myself,( after my orientation period that is) and continued to work nights unitl I was laid off in November 06. Thats when I gained my weight. As far as eating, our cafeteria was open from 0100-0400, so...

Interviewed Thursday 5/31 with HR and floor manager. Had a peer interview tonight with staff from the floor. Thursdays interview went great, tonights went good, I think. Did a job shadow Thirsday and tonight both with two different nurses. Thursdays ...

Am interviewing there next week. Anybody on here familiar with the facilty? It is at least an hour away from me, so I don't know too much about it, other than what I got from the website. Just looking for some basic info, any advice would be apprecia...

I have a peer interview tonight. Am wondering what your opinions are as to attire. Would it be acceptable to wear a uniform (scrubs) in for this? I have scrubs that match the unit dresscode, and was wondering if it would be acceptable. Thanks.

Normally not a question I would even have to ask, but this a a peer interview, with staff from the floor. I had my interview with HR and the manager last Thursday. And ended up doing job shadowing afterwards in my dress clothes and heels.

I came up 77N from Cambridge. Thanks for the offer, but I know where I'm going now, and won't make the same mistake twice. After Thursday, I'm really looking forward to starting there, when I get the call. Am fairly sure I've got the position, just d...

PLease don't "get used to it". I have many times faced a Dr down who was yelling, swearing, being plain disprespectful. If you went off on one of your subordiantes, or equals the way Drs think they can go off on nurses, you would be fired. Almost wen...

This is probaly the wrong area to post this, but just wanted to let ya'll know I have an interview next week in Canton at Mercy Medical Center. It's not in the ED, but on a telemetry , which is where I worked before. Am so looking forward to working ...

My interview went great!!!!!!!!! I go back Monday for a peer interview, met at least 2 of the people I'll be talking with today while I was job shadowing. made for a long day though, doing the job shadow. Interview at 1330 with HR, 1430 interviewed w...