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You have 4 yrs of med-surg experience - use that to your benefit. There are tons of other positions that you can investigate and your nursing experience is key. There are other departments within the facility. Go talk to HR and see what is available....

What a beautiful article. I work in an in-patient hospice center. I am constantly surprised as to how much I love working there. My goal is to not only give my patients care and peace, but also support the families. I have been privileged to support ...

Congrats on your new position. I have been PRN at an inpatient Hospice for a year now, and have had to bounce back and forth between all three shifts. I try to take a nap around 9pm for about 30 mins. It gives me a short time to rest and get my head ...

I work at an acute care hospice facility, so my situation will be different from those out in the field. We are a 16-bed inpatient center and we utlilize LPNs. There is always an RN on also to pronounce. The LPNs do everything except pronounce.

My heart goes out to those whose husbands can't see how hard they have it. Thankfully, my husband was an old batchelor when we married, so he has experience taking care of himself. When I was working 12's, my trick was to call him when I was leavin...

You need to remember that the nursing boards test for minimum competency. There were students in my class (way back in '94) who took ACLS thinking it would help them with the boards. NOPE!!! If you paid attention in class and can use some common s...

Ruby - please keep the stories coming. I love reading them. When I graduated in 1994, we moved immediately from Boston to Atlanta. I took my board in GA. I had trouble getting a job as HR was going to hire from known schools. I thought Northeaste...

I had to call a MD once and was chewed out by him. It was only around 11:30pm which isn't too late by night shift standards. His patient was "circling the drain" and I was on my way to ICU with her. Figured I'd get some orders just to make the tra...

OK - here come my general questions. I live in GA and my youngest just started kindergarten. I left the hospital when she was born, so haven't worked in a (paid) professional capacity in 5 yrs. I've volunteered to be the nurse for the cub scout ca...

I worked a few years back with a complete jerk in the PACU. We were on call together on Thanksgiving evening. A head bleed was in the OR. "Mr Wonderful" went back into the OR, as the surgery was starting to ask the surgeon just how long this case ...

Way back when, while on the med-surg floor, I had a patient 'circling the drain'. She needed to go the the unit - quickly. I called her surgeon at 11:15pm (which I didn't think was that bad) and was promptly chewed out by him for having the gall to...

Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do with my 15 yr old text books (besides using them to build forts for my kids!). We cleaned out bookcases today and I've got a pile. Was going to throw them out, but didn't know if there was another use for...

Quickbeam - I'm with you. I think I've opened my textbooks maybe 3 or 4 times since graduation. I did keep the pathophys. and the maternal child texts. I figure most of what I would need will be available on the internet - and will be more up to d...

Was wondering if anyone had any ideas for props, activities, etc for a middle-school career day. I have been asked by a neighbor to help her with her talk on nursing. She did this last year, and said the kids were not interested at all. She figure...

Thank you ladies for these great ideas. My friend did the presentation and had the kids looking for good veins on another kid's arms. Appreciate your help.

I chose all colors including white - I get very washed out in white or pale colors. I've had people come up to me and suggest that I get a physical 'cuz I get so pale, especially in the winter. The hospital I used to work at had different colors...

4. If you are a volunteer, and it is your first day, and you utter the "Q" word, you will have objects thrown at you. happy initiation! - Oh My Word!!! I remember the first time I ever uttered the "Q" word. I was about thrown out of the unit. I w...

How about nursing informatics as an option.

Bright Moon - good luck finding a nursing position that doesn't require standing. My advice would be to wear the most comfortable shoes. For me it was the Birkenstocks - only ones that helped with my plantar facitiis. Also, I was treated by an "or...

Wow, I forgot about SAD. We moved to GA from MA about 11 yrs ago, and I'm now on a serious campaign to get my husband to transfer back up to New England. I did suffer from SAD when up north, but I'm burnt out on the congestion and traffic of the At...

When I was in nursing school, I was convinced my cat had "kitty colitis". The vet fit him in his schedule. Ended up the cat had hookworm and the vet told me to leave the nursing books to the patients, and leave the cat to him! :selfbonk: this wa...

When I graduated from nursing school, my husband asked me if I was going to leave him for a doc. I quickly said "No way! There are too many docs in my family." I'd have a problem not being on the top of the priority list. I have had a few crushes ...

Wow! Glad to read that I'm not the only one who has made a mistake or two. I've always known that, but you always feel so alone when you do make a mistake. One way I have tried to prevent a medication calculation error is to double check my math n...

I friend of mine just moved to the Monroe area and is working at St. Mary's. She loves it there and she felt it was a nicer place to work than Athens General. Same sentiment from another friend who started working at Athens General and found she di...

My son is 4-1/2 and our ped. had us switch to low-fat milk after age 2. I do agree that children need to watch their food intake. It is so easy to stop and get a burger or order chicken nuggets at a restaurant, that his fat intake is probable much h...