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I need to get in shape!! My husband and I were just watching an infomercial for Turbo Jam. Their clients that have used it has had wonderul results - 6-pack abs, down many dress sizes, inches, weight. My husband (who is a sucker for infomercials) h...

Hi ~ I don't know if you are working there now as this thread is a few months old, but I worked there as a traveler around 4 yrs ago. I liked RIH because it was a teaching hospital and the interns were extremely hands on and very helpful and I felt...

I can't remember when work was so bad. It feels like things are just going so wrong that I don't even want to go in anymore. It first started a couple weeks ago, during the night shift, when my CNA (who had 2 pts more than I did) and I had a fallin...

I went to a wedding that weekend in Boston and took a flight back to North Carolina on Monday September 10th, just in time for my 7pm-7am shift at the hospital. I came home exhausted after my shift and slept all day. When I woke up, the phone was r...

I totally freaked out at work the other day. It was extremely inappropriate and uncalled for. I am embarassed to go to work. The other morning, right during our 8am med pass ~ including all the insulins ~ the janitors were waxing the floors which ...

Hi! I am from MA also! One of my most favorite places while I was a Travel Nurse was in Wilmington, NC. Beautiful, beautiful place.

I totally agree. That is how it is in the real world. Also when I give the pt. their pills I say each one and what it is for. It is so easy to make a mistake. Remember the 5 rights!

I know, it is so hard to talk to someone about their weight. If the weight is due to overeating, it is so hard to change their weighs (oops, ways). Seriously though, if I have a pt. who is asking a lot of questions as to why they have diabetes, hea...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I ended up getting canceled the next day (nothing to do with the outburst ~ hopefully...). Today I went into work to drop a few things off and I had my adorable baby boy which made everyone smile, so hopefully i...

Oops. I thought it was gen. nsg. forum.

Well, yeah, I am exactly like that too, but since my show the other day, I am going to have to remember that it is not the janitors fault, but that floor polisher machine. Oh, Boy. Not looking forward to tomorrow.:imbar :

If a pt is groggy then I will gently tell them that I am going to be repositioning them. While changing their position I tell them to take a nice, deep cough. If the I.S. is there then I will have them use that a few times. While they are in the m...

Hee Hee! :rotfl:

Wow...I didn't even notice your thread until after I posted mine (I freaked out). I understand...

I was just reading the reminiscing thread and one of the posts was stating something about how the nurses had to stand up when a DR. walked into the nursing station. Welll...Get this. We have a brand new nursing unit with a nursing station. The n...

I have oftened wondered--what is more important, sleep or exercise? I too would wake up early, exhausted, to exercise. I was losing sleep, but still exercised. Now, I wished I only had the desire to exercise. Actually, that is what I am supposed ...

It is interesting that sometimes mental disorders become more prevalent following a pregnancy. I feel that every mom or mom-to-be should be screened to see if they are at risk for ppd, especially since it can lead to pp psychosis. As to why some dad...

In my 12 yrs. I have never done that, nor do I ever expect someone else to give what I have drawn up. Noone has ever asked me to either b/c it is just something that you don't do.

One of my first jobs was working on a geri-psych unit. I found it to be very challenging to say the least. Definitely not a walk in the park. As for this boy, it sounds as if he is not going to end his torturing ways anytime soon. I hope that some...

If a pt. had asked me for a pain medication and then I left to prepare it (which at times could take 5mins or more) then go to the pt's room to find the pt. sleeping, I would gently shake the pt's shoulder and say "Ms. jj, I have your pain medication...

How would the way that someone else looks affect you? I feel that I look more professional when I have make-up on. It is just a part of getting ready for work. It is pretty tempting but I bet a lot of us could just grab some wrinkled scrubs and thr...

Yes! I read that book in the fifth grade ~ way too young to be reading that stuff ~ and since then I freak when I wake up at that time, which happens quite frequently. I blame that book on my insomnia.

That is a good idea. I am in agreement that "kid-themed" scrubs should be saved for pedi.

And regarding computers, we have a hard enough time getting ours to be serviced let alone the pt's.

I can't imagine this! I think it is ridiculous. Many people feel that the hospital is a glorified hotel as it is.