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I am working in a unit with only one regular tech in our shift who is efficient and hardworking, but she has a hell of an attitude. I am barely new to the unit but I think I can't take it anymore. I've discussed about it with my other colleagues wh...

I guess that will always be the scenario for a floor nurse anywhere you go. If I were you, since you just started in nursing, I would just wait until I had a whole year experience in that unit then I'll go and try my luck in other nursing specialty a...

I work 12 hr shift and we usually have 30 mins break (breakfast) and 1 hr lunchbreak. The facility were I work is pretty good about it. I always take those breaks because it's deducted on my pay sheet anyway. There's no way that I can manage to work...

You just have to choose the lesser evil.... the aggravating stress in an understaffed Med/Surg floor but when your shift is done, you're done. Homecare Nursing is interesting, you see how people live, you take care of them until they fully recover. ...

Kona2; I think if you're not happy with your work you should leave it. I don't think that a vacation (no matter how long) is what you need.. yes, you'll be refreshed but when you go back to your floor..it's still the same. Floor Nursing Craps will a...

The reason these unfair treatment are going on and on is because we also let it happen. Imagine working a 12 hr shift working like a dog, running here and there, taking care of pt's beyond your safety load, assuming the responsibilities of CNA's, S...

As you said the position you're applying for doesn't have vacancies quite often, so I would take my chances and give it a try. If you didn't get the position, then at least you know you've tried. And I strongly agree with the previous post.. life is...

I would prefer to have an all RN staff and just keep the ratio1:4 or 1:5, I could give more care, assess my pts. better, keep track of their I&O's V/S, etc..etc.. rather than have auxilliary help and take care of 10-12 pts. Anyway with a heavier...

12 hr shift for me. I save gas, uniform and get more days off especially when I go on leave, I could attach more days off to it stretching it for like a week more. I can't imagine myself working 5x a wk anymore, it's like having no days off at all.

I never left my unit on time. My shift ends at 19:30, I always finish my assignments on time but the thing that's holding us all to stay over past 8pm is the giving of report. Only the charge nurse will give report for the entire unit (24 beds) while...

VERY WELL SAID!!! MAYBE IF THE CITIZENS HERE ARE WILLING TO DO THE JOBS THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE, EMPLOYERS WOULDN'T HAVE TO HIRE THE UNDOCUMENTED ONES.

I'm interested in working around the Manhattan area but my concern is the parkings. I heard that some nurses are just taking the train? Anyone reading this post have an idea how possible is that? I wonder how far away are the walks from the train...

Our Pharmacy is very efficient. We usually send our missing meds by computer and we only call them when the missing meds did not arrive in the unit at all (which is seldom). They are reliable too, in sending the STAT meds.

I use a white NIKE sneakers. They're very comfy and I can stand on my feet for 12 hrs without discomfort.

When the Unit Secretary is sick and no Techs showed up for the day. And the supervisor can't give you one because "NO ONE'S SCHEDULED FOR THE DAY". And once you survived that day....Then that would be a clue to the management that it's okay ...the ...

White Plains, NY is a metropolitan area 20 miles north of Manhattan. Im a psych nurse working in a prestigious hosp. with 8 yrs experience getting paid 32.60/hr base. Recently the hospital increased the minimum pay of newly hired RNs w/no exp to $58,...

White Plains, NY is a metropolitan area 20 miles north of Manhattan. Im a psych nurse working in a prestigious hosp. with 8 yrs experience getting paid 32.60/hr base. Recently the hospital increased the minimum pay of newly hired RNs w/no exp to $58,...

After finishing my BSN I became an international flight attendant for 9 yrs.. before I even started working as a nurse. You can private e-mail me for more specific questions.

Although this matter has been discussed in this BB a lot of times, I would recommend you go where your heart and interest is. It's true that you'll benefit a lot from a year in Med Surg floor..but with the current short staffing, less orientation tim...

There would be days when I have 8 to 10 pts. to care of with only one CNA for 30 pts, when I have to pick-up the phone because everyone's turning deaf when there's no secretary...when I have to search for the pt's charts (because it has scattered all...

I would take it as a warning. Same thing happened to me and true enough...what my NM told me about the nurses' issue who left the unit are all true. It turned out that most of the nurses who stayed on that unit are the very seasoned one who has the...

I do agree with DAYRAY'S comment 100%...I'd rather have my seasoned colleague perceive me as a new grad (I've only been a nurse for barely 2 yrs).. at least when I handled things efficiently, they'll think..she's a smart new grad.... rather than have...

I'm thinking of moving out of M/S after doing it for 1yr and thinking of doing OR or Maternity Nursing. I've read the OR threads and learned a lot about the stress and rewards of working in that area. I know that every nursing areas has different c...

TELEMETRY/CCU and to make things worst make it a Geriatric Unit....Yes!! our pt's average age is 80's. Imagine working with really sick old patients, where you often get a lot of TOTAL CARE pts. Where you have to be more watchful because a lot of th...

black,greenish discharges fron the NG Tube, pts with bad breaths who wouldn't even be bothered brushing their teeth even when you insist ... poops i can handle, but pt's private parts down there that smells like old urine or poops that sticked to the...