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Do any of you feel that you've been working in your current position/field for so long,your almost scared to try anything new because your sooo comfortable where you are at? I feel that sometimes. Ive been doing floor nuring now for 5 years...now gra...

If you want to be an RN ,I feel that you should go straight for it. I'm a Rn but I used to be a LPN.I went into the transition class also. It was almost like going to nursing school twice..... Depending on how long the med aide class is...if it isnt ...

Ok ..did ok last night at work had cucumbers,tomatoes and pickled okra for dinner but 20 min later i was starving.I did grab some graham crackers that held me over til i got home, which have more calories than I would like but I think I did good beca...

Im going to start using the gym,since I do have a gym membership.I work nights and have 3 kids so it is hard to go to the gym but Im going to try and make it a priority.Im going to try to go 2-3xs a week.Im also going to eat healthier and stop eating...

I know how you feel. It seems like management pushes pt care, always thinking of the pt but when it comes to the nurses thay can care less. I called in one for close family member was very sick in the hospital and we as the family were going to talk ...

I can remeber when I was in nursing school and the first day of orientation. My instructor, which was an awesome instructor, told us that everything thing else in our lives will have to take the back seat, including our family and our jobs. She said ...

I worked as a CNA Before I was a RN and while I was in nursing school.The pay is low but you will get used to working with patients and feeling comfortable with patients. If you work in a hospital or a nursing home,you will probably have a job there ...

My dad had a massive cva a month ago. He is in pcu. He sleeps 95% of the time.When he is awake is does reconized family because he smiles.He has atrach and peg.He can't talk right now because of the trach...but he has tried to by moving his mouth to ...

His morphine is only prn and they haven't even been giving it to him. I asked if the md could order toradol sch...and it worked for a while but he couldn't keep getting it because of the damage it could cause. I asked he could order ultram and have i...

He hasn't been getting any morphine, it is prn and the nurses haven't been giving him any. I understand that when he sleeps it is the brains healing and I try not to disturb him when he is alseep...but im just concerned because he is sleeping so much...

Please post a support group..ive tried and i couldnt find any.

His morphine is prn and he hasnt been getting it.

Zookeeper you are so right. I cant turn him and move him like he needs to be only because i cant stand to see him in pain. I can even stand to watch him being lifted in the hoyer lift from the bed to the chair..but i feel like i need to be ther to ma...

The only other pain med/anxiety med he has it morphine in which i don't want him to have it because it will sedate him more.What do you think about maybe small dose xanax or do you think it would further sedate him. Before this happened he never took...

I need some advice on what to do about family issues, My dad had a massive cva 2 wks ago. He is in icu..has a trach and peg placed last Fri. From my understanding he is going good from a medical standpoint.He is flacid on rt side.He trys to talk but ...

Thank all of you for the advice!!

I work dayshift and have for over 4 yrs now on a surg floor. I have tried nights and at first loved then but after several months started to hating to go to work.I was ok once I got there and actually loved the people I worked with but it was almost ...

Thank you all for all the comments.I wanted to just add that the position is flex-meaning I would be working all over the hospital except in the er or icu. I would can tons of experience. I'm hoping maybe eventually I could move to days but there is ...

S.C. is $20 to $23HR.

Has anyone worked night shift just because of the money...not because you are a night person and if so how did you adjust your lifestyle?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking about going to a flex nurse at night.Alot more money.Tha problem is last time I did nights I didn't adjust to it.I wanted to sleep all the time.I didn't have a problem staying up while at work but I was a...

ok..I'm gonna try nights again. I worked night shift for about 3mths and honestly couldn't adjust.I wanted to sleep all the time.I felt like I was sleeping my life away.I dreaded going to work although once I was there I was fine. So I switched back ...

I don't know what to do. I work on surg floor and have been for a couple of years now. I'm so burnt out...I did some part time work in the ed thinking I would like it and I did at first until my preceptor came down on me about by "time management" no...

Does it seem that nurses in the ER are more for teamwork and working together than nurses on the floor? I work part time in the er and have also done floor nursing, it seems the nurses in the ER are closer knit and help each other out more then those...

I finally make a move to the er,only prn.There were no full time openings for now so I took a prn and I'm gonna still stay fulltime on the floor.I figured I'd try to work 1 shift a week in the ED.I was told by a nurse that works in the ed that is har...