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Like Sarah, we use the Mars on the computer. When I first started working, my "preferences" weren't set up correctly, so all the times were jumbled.... a kind nurse reset my page so that the meds pop up in correct order. If your Mar is computer gen...

Focus on bettering yourself and don't let them win. Unfortunately, some people mistake kindness for weakness, so just keep your chin up, be yourself, and flush the rest. It's not worth your emotional energy. And come here to vent! It's the best pl...

Too funny, OP! If only!

The lack of orientation time tells us that this hospital has a "sink or swim" mentality with its staff ~ are you up for that? It will be an incredible amount of stress, at least until you get your bearings. It is probably doable but only if you hav...

Forgot to add hepatic encephalopathy to the list.... that seems to be a common one as well.

I work on a straight medical floor, so the only post-surg pts we get are ones who have had less invasive procedures ~ I&D's, scopes, biopsies, that kind of thing. But I'll answer you the best I can. We get a lot of pneumonia, COPD, sepsis, UTI,...

Oh. My. Gosh. ~ TittytatRN. (2nd paragraph) That is just horrible.

If just the talk of you going to school is about to "end your relationship", things might be worse for you than you realize. I don't think there is any point on you trying to "explain to him that nursing is such a great career to get into"; if this ...

And I almost choked on my coffee reading this...... so sad but funny.

I think you answered your question already..... unfortunately, the economy dictated to many of us what area to "choose"; it was chosen for us. It's just the reality right now. It is what it is, but it won't always be. I think the point is just to ...

No, it doesn't bother me. As long as she can put patients to sleep safely, why do I care? As an aside, I don't think bedside nurses have an exclusive knowledge of what "nursing really is". There are tons of different kinds of nurses and I'm sure th...

Same for me...... hospital jobs had dried up and I needed/wanted to work. I liked my ped HH job but it certainly was nerve-wracking at times.

The ratio sounds ok but the length of orientation sounds pretty short to me. I recently transferred to a medical floor and my orientation is 6 weeks, with more time if I feel I need it (or less if I don't). This, after 1 year of pediatric home heal...

Wow. There are no words; nothing in the world justifies what that nurse did. Sorry you had to hear it. If it were a co-worker, I would have confronted them. I understand your hesitation to do so as a student, though....the shock of it probably pa...

Soooooo many good posts so far. I love what Lennonninja said....watch the CNAs/techs and see what you can learn from them; they are invaluable when it comes to patient care and once you become a nurse, you cannot live without them!!!! Also, I would ...

Oh. My. God. Take your license and run far, far away.

You know, you should feel great about becoming a nurse. Congratulations. Screw the rest and let them complain. We all did what we could do just to get through school, including you, so the idea of you apologizing is ludicrous to me. All skills tak...

Well, the chest pains alone would keep me away from the old job. How long have you been at the new one? Perhaps you just need to give it more time to adjust?

Schedule-wise, we get ours about 2 weeks ahead of the following month. I work a combination of 7-3, 11-7 or 3-11 (I'm fairly new so I don't have a good schedule yet). So in reality, you will know your days off, but where I work there is "late stay"...

Not just pagers....but the doctor's cell phones as well. Gah.

The only thing students can observe in our OR is ECT's.

Well........... I can really only give you my opinion as a mother of twins (mine are much older now). I found the toddler years to be the most energy-draining time of all. I would probably have failed if I had attempted something like anesthesia sc...

Happy Birthday!! 25 ~ you're still a baby! Hope you have a fun day. :) I heart allnurses, too. :)

Wow, it is soooooooooooooo unfair what they are doing to you! Not to mention unsafe to you and your patients. Unbelievable!!!! Please *do* get out before something really bad happens..... you do NOT want to be the one holding the bag. Stuff like ...

Good on you, OP. There have been a lot of new nurse horror stories posted, but yours takes the cake. You deserve better!!!!!!