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Back in mid-December to mid-January I had what I thought was a strange cold. I had a cough that was productive with an expectorant but only minimal nasal drainage or congestion. It would get better for a few days, then come back bad again for 4 or ...

I wouldn't listen to Mayor Bill. He's the genius who was telling everyone to go to concerts and theaters and parades and festivals on March 13.

Hi, I am giving my resignation to my current employer this evening which is to be effective immediately. I cannot give them 2 weeks notice due to concerns about protecting my license. I work in dementia care assisted living and due to some shady ac...

I'm not worried about ever reapplying there and I'm frankly not worried about what she might say about me. My work history prior to her is rock solid. The bottom line is that I feel my license is in undue jeopardy under current conditions and that ...

I have been a psych nurse for 6 years and did some traveling for a while. At my current job in Indiana (which is a permanent job, not travel), they have a practice that I'm not comfortable with and I can't seem to find anything definitive to confirm...

Yep. You're right. I mean, yes, the doc's name always goes on the order form in the morning, but that's NOT the way it's to be done. Just to clarify, in case it hasn't been to this point, I personally NEVER do this. When a referral comes to me I d...

Elkpark: Your first paragraph above is exactly right. When patients come overnight, the admission orders (PRNs, vitals, labs, home meds, etc.) aren't gotten until morning. That itself isn't generally a problem and isn't uncommon. The problem is ...

Thanks Davey. But what are those appropriate outside agencies? And the write-up really just pissed me off more than anything. My DON said if I'm not comfortable bringing in a pt without talking to doc, that's fine. But the administrative people a...

Perhaps you, too, should step away from your high horse and get some perspective. Quit pretending you know everything. A great number of teens - particularly younger teens, get on the transgender train for various reasons. One that I see most ofte...

Okay, I work on a psych unit. So I come into work tonight and we have a new "read and sign" instructing us to always put "yes" when our assessment form asks if the patient is interested in smoking cessation, smoking counseling, FDA approved smoking ...

Essentially what this is is management pressing us to fudge the data for them to help the unit meet Core Measures metrics on smoking cessation and I've decided along with a couple others not to do it. If they want to threaten discipline, we'll have ...

I'm a psych nurse. Last night when attempting to do a reassessment on a borderline patient, she flipped me off and walked away. So I charted the following: "When this RN attempted to initiate a conversation for reassessment, the pt displayed the...

I'm wondering how many are in the exact same conundrum I currently am. I graduated an RN in May 2010 and got my license in July 2010. I still haven't been able to get a hospital job in my area (by that, I mean a good 150 mile radius). In early 2010...

Yep. That's pretty much where I'm at. Except you have a few more months of experience on me. You should be able to claim a year's experience in peds and qualify for about any peds job soon enough.

Yeah, we're definitely going back to WI anyway when we get our tax return. (Unless somewhere around here hires me in the next 3 months or so.) We lived in Green Bay for 8 years and we've been away for 6 years and miss it dearly. Between Green Bay,...

Yeah, my supervisor told me the same things. When the mom removed me from her case, my supervisor said I did nothing wrong and said, "Welcome to home health care." I explained to the mom that it is not within my legal scope of practice to modify pr...

You misunderstood me. I never said I wouldn't take an LTC job. Only that it would not be in my long-term plans. I'll do what I have to, but if I get an LTC job, I'm still going to jump ship to the first hospital that will hire me to get the experi...

Well, I do have one very small ace in the hole that gives me some more longevity than the 6 months. I have a B.A. in Behavioral Science (essentially a psychology degree that doesn't qualify for advancement to a master's program in psych). Technical...

Beast Master RN: I know some think hospital work is overrated, but I need to get hospital experience. I won't be working LTC on a long-term basis. My goal is to work in pediatrics, ER or OR, possibly an RNFA. Yeah right.

I would say much of it depends on the prison. I suspect the experience would be much different in a supermax prison than a minimum security facility.

I barely studied. I pretty much just crammed my lab values and took about 2 hours to quickly skim over the Evolve/Reach book. I passed with 75 questions. Just to let you know, no matter how well you do, you'll feel like you did poorly. That's jus...

I have a bike. I only ride it on the open highway, country roads or around town. (I live in a town of 3800 people). If I have to drive anywhere I could run into heavy stop and go traffic, the bike stays home.

People get just as messed up driving cars too.

Okay, I'm in my 3rd semester of the RN program in my school and I'm very concerned about a certain other student (whom I know previously) who is also in the program this year. To put it simply, she has Munchhausen by Proxy (actual diagnosis.) She h...

Okay, I know many are about to jump on here and say, "NO!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!" but first, hear me out. First, let me be clear that I have NOT acted unprofessionally in any way in this situation. Now, let me give you the scenario: I'm a 24 yo single m...