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I've done CPR twice, in my life. Both times, I didn't think about it, or decide what to do, I just started and kept going. Adrenaline and training kicks in and you don't think about it. Both times I was exhausted when finally relieved. Better to d...

I guess it depends on what office and where it is, plus your own personal experience. I worked out of a Maxim office for 10 years. They always had work for me, and pay could be negotiable, if you were unhappy. I moved last year and hoped to transf...

I've met more bad CNAs than good ones, recently. It seems they are there for the paycheck and for nothing else. Some are barely trained, like the one who left VS on my cart, with 1 patient having a temp. of 107 (2 hours later). I asked the CNA (sa...

I was 37 when I decided to enter nursing. Never regretted it.

As an agency nurse for the past 19 years, I can tell you that it has its "ups and downs". You're basically in business for yourself. You can accept or turn down assignments as you wish. Some places you may want to promote yourself, in the hopes of...

I took both LPN training and RN training. I'm sorry, but taking socialogy, psychology, a foreign language perhaps, and English Comp. for an associate degree doesn't qualify as superior to an LPN with 22 years experience. I remained an LPN because t...

I've been a nurse now, going on 21 years. I'm 59 shortly. Of course there are days when you want to just give it all up and get a nice desk job somewhere, pushing papers, and not having someone's life in your hands. But, whenever I'm on duty, work...

McGrawNut, I don't believe that the Hannah Harrison bldg. is still around. The school is now named: Harrison Center for Career Education. (Sorry, Hannah). It's located on G Street NW. At one time, I was the treasurer of the Alumi Association, but ...

I have had a Garmin now for the past 2 years. They are really a necessity when doing agency work and HH visits. I just moved into a new city and I would have been lost without it directing to the new office, patients and back home again. Well wort...

I checked. 100,000 could be prevented, according to a campaign. Antibiotics aren't effective as before too. Can't blame that on nurses. Again, I doubt all those deaths are caused by nurses. Oh, I'm sure it is, when it comes to campaigns and money...

Edc1951...I wasn't insinuating about med techs and LPNs (LVNs). It is just convenient for the ANA and other organizations to immediately blame them to advance their own agendas. I know excellent techs and LPNs. But, if there is a problem, it seems ...

I really can't accept the story that U.S. nurses "kill" 100K patients every year. If we did we would have Congressional committees, people watching us like hawks, more and more regulations and the doing away of med techs and LPNs. This would be a p...

A sign: "Nurse Quiet Room. No work related conversations, please."

2.5 patients? I've been a nurse now going on 21 years. Gee, I better get on the bandwagon. I haven't even started to meet my quota! Oh, the shame of it all...

After looking at the mess Canada, England and Europe have with their socialized medicine, I hope my patients never have to go through such disaster. That's all we need over "free enterprise", more government control... When you let the market work,...

FYI...for those supporting UHC.... http://www.freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php (not a sermon, just a thought)

I haven't heard about very many Americans going to India for surgery. Try England. Oh, if Americans were going there, you could guarantee that CNN, NBC, MSNBC would be all over that story. This site might help: http://socglory.blogspot.com/ If Can...

So we have the "entitled generation" coming into nursing with all sorts of ideas for better work places and better patient care... Gee, now I wonder where I heard that before? Hmm. Same question my mother (RN) said to me. Many of them think we "o...

If you have been following healthcare in Canada, England and Australia, etc., you would notice how it is overburdened, politically correct and failing. Brits are heading to India to get their operations now...less wait time. MRIs are now at least 8...

I've never turned down an assignment, once I've shown up, in all the years of agency work. Some had me pretty overwhelmed sometimes, but I've gotten through. There are 2 places that I won't go back to work, simply because the staff "used" me in ord...

Well, for some reason, I didn't show up for work, I would be glad if someone, even a police officer, showed up to check on me. It shows they care about me.

I've been with agencies full time since 1991, except for 3 years with Hospice. Keeping in contact with 2 agencies works well. Many times if 1 agency is slow, the other can pick up the slack. Sometimes, I can pick up a contract that will last a fe...

Some people haven't taken a serious look at socialized healthcare in other countries. I guess they assume, somehow, it's going to be different here. Nothing like having a bunch of politicians, looking for votes and power, and bureaucrats, intereste...

It's a product of our society these days. "It's your fault, never mine". Instant gratification. I said years ago, that some people don't see white lab coats and scrubs, they see dollar signs.

I worked as a medic in a homeless shelter of 1800 people. After being encouraged to pursuing a nursing career, I won a scholarship to school.