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My best and favorite years in nursing took place in teaching hospitals. Rarely were interns a "problem". Once in awhile someone would have a horrible personality and ',sad to say,they happened to be nurses before med school. Go figure!

LOL..When the next new grad comes along.

s-t-r-e-t-c-h daily and often. Dance! (out of curiosity, are there any other nurse/bellydancers out there?) Breathe conciously everyday at least once avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible!! keep away from fast food water water water

Not only is it unprofessional it is ILLEGAL. They absolutely violated that woman's right to privacy. According to HIPPA, only the government is allowed to do that!

My team has 21 beds. I keep my own clipboard which I use like the now-defunct kardex so that I am up to date on orders/condition changes/etc. I check as I go and write notes to myself on this and sign out/off everything on the MAR/TAR as I do it. Most assessment can be done while interacting with patients, but one needs to be present in the moment with them and acctually pay attention to what they say and do and how they present. The number ONE problem with time is actually the "help" I have.... aides on cell phones, hiding out in rooms, gone off the unit, refusing assignments,resenting being asked to do anything,insisting they are :grown: and can't be directed to do other than what they want to do at that moment. I end up having to empty dirty trashcans, reposition people, etc,etc while my aides are sitting around "waiting for meal carts to come up" ordering food eating or just generally hanging out. Sadly,more gets done when there is understaffing that fully staffed because then its celebration time. Management is blind to it, throw out write-ups,refuse to have a proper orientation. The administer advised me that the best way I could help was to "stop bitching". As for the "real" work? It does get faster as you go along, get to know people and how they like to be cared for. The difficulty does indeed come from management and corporate consultants. At least that's where I work. I hope that isn't how it is everywhere. But after about 10 years of being banished to LTC from the hospitals, I'm afraid this place isn't much of an exception.

I was a sickly child in and out of hospitals. The nurses were always kind and made me feel good. I always knew that is what I wanted to do too. (well, after I realized sainthood wasn't going to pan out )

it is one of the vital signs after all;)