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I carry alcohol wipes report sheet PDA scissors calculator....I have needed this quick in code blue situations & been the only one with one on me. 3 pens (1 red) yellow highlighter pen light (pupils, see iv pumps @ night) watch on wrist tape bandaids stethscope around neck Braden scale small version I have a pocket organizer most of these things fit into. I bought it for less than 10$ at a scrub shop

PUT THE BED UP!! Dont be in to big of a hurry. We new nurses try to do it all, deligate!!! I wish you the best of luck!

I have only been a nurse since June of 06 in that short period of time I have "bulge" at L4-5 that started in March 07. Then on 8-1-07 after working 4 12 hour shifts in a row I awoke with horrible pain radiating down my right leg. I went to the ER 12 hours later and the ER doc did an ajustment without any diagnostic testing. I then lost sensation and developed foot drop in that right foot. I did then have an MRI which showed large herniation, compresing the nerve root at L5-S1. I seen a neurosurgeon on 8-15 and had a diskectomy on the 17th. I really only have seen slight improvement so far. I am sippose to return to work on a busy unit the 24th of this month but I don't see how i will be able to keep up. I am still on percocet which I will not be able to work on. My employer when I reported this as a work injury (HR people) what how did it happen, what time, etc... I wish they could come out to a busy unit for just one day and see what it is that we do. I have yet to hear from the workmans comp except for my initial statement..... My situation is far from yours and I wish you the best........

We did not learn the pledge but we did read it from paper at our pinning ceremony. I graduated in May 2006