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No judgment on the specific nurse involved in this story, but when I read the "feel-good" headlines about the Boston Marathon bombing victim marrying a nurse who cared for him, I didn't feel good. Love is grand and I wish them well, but I wish the ...

I'm relieved to hear that.

"You may think it should be, but it's not, anyway. :)" I don't necessarily think it should be. But employers will look at that. Even if "it isn't their concern". That's what I mean, redhead98. We are probably pretty much in agreement on whether...

"Why do "fools" use their real names on Facebook? I don't think there's any other option on Facebook.

"Uhhhh unless I drive for my job, why is this my employer's concern? I agree people who drive drunk are @#$@#$holes but it has nothing to do with whether one can scrape oneself out of bed on Monday and come to work." It is your employer's concern...

I don't feel it's safe to say "the only thing and RN has over (an LPN) is more money". I've met LPN's that were great and RN's that were not. And vice versa. At a certain level of care, nursing requires more knowledge. Some of that is going to ...

I haven't worked OB, but I've had kids, and I watch TV. So I'm qualified to render an opinion of questionable value. And I do realize you didn't ask for advice, just wanted to know if they'd let you finish orientation. But you're here in the Forum,...

"C" may equal "RN". But passing the NCLEX is just the start of a nursing career. If your base is shaky, you're gonna have a harder time actually doing the work. This is not like some liberal arts degrees where it's not so crucial in your future ca...

Orientation costs them something. I don't see why they'd let you finish it if you're not going to give them something back for it. Now, if you love the people and the place, think hard before you quit just to preserve hypothetical future opportuni...

No. C is not "the new A".

New rule at work. I think it was created by someone who has never provided patient care. I'm finding it extremely difficult to implement. I find it hard to organize my thoughts when I don't have the chart in front of me, and to say everything in a...

What do I love about nursing? I work with interesting people that I like and who make me a better person, and my work is different every day. (Some of that may be specific to my workplace!) I will admit I'm not so crazy about the achy feet.

Thanks, Esme12.

yes. And don't list where you work or details that make your workplace identifiable.

well, a little venting is okay. But it's probably better to approach this from a problem-solving viewpoint. For example, are you telling me there is NO WAY to resolve the blood glucose checking problem? Maybe the person passing the trays can be res...

Find a career counselor. Not a shill for a private college that wants to sign you up. I mean, someone who can discuss your background and interests with you and help you consider options. There might be something you haven't heard of and we haven'...

No one has to deactivate facebook to keep their jobs. If it weren't a FB post causing her to lose her job, it would have played out some other way, because she was right in the thick of misbehavior with staff regarding patients. It was a matter of ...

by healing soul : i finally left nursing after working for several years as a cna. honey, i don't mean to pick on you, but what you left was being a cna. it's not nursing. it's not right for you to say you "left nursing". you were never in it. bu...

I would have strongly urged you to set up a plan before quitting. Giving in to an impulse to just quit, with no notice, makes me wonder if there's something else going on. Have you been screened for depression or ADD or something else that could be...

We now have a comprehensive holiday schedule on a three-year rotation. It includes Super Bowl Sunday, Halloween, thanksgiving eve, easter eve, etc. Any "holiday" that is hard to staff. We know three years running which shifts we're going to be on....

I am sure I'll get into the swing of it eventually. I'm not a dinosaur. I can do this. I will keep repeating this to myself.

"Speaking freely" is out of the question. I need to achieve "speaking intelligently" and it's a work in progress:rolleyes:

THAT GUY was not serious in his initial post. Nor was he serious in his subsequent post in which he stated he was serious, a/e/b the googly eyes smiley.

In my facility, if you apply to transfer to another position within the facility or system, your current manager can veto it. So applying to HR might get you exactly nowhere. If the current manager says the person is "essential", or some other keyw...

I am all in favor of a bedside assessment together at change of shift, and of course some "report" information will go with that. I just don't see how I can do report as a performance in front of the family. That's what it would have to be, a perfo...