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i am currently rotating shifts...12 hr. days for 5 weeks, then nights for 5 weeks. another nurse on my unit had requested to rotate because her husband rotates and she needed to be oposite of him, for childcare purposes. my boss asked if i would ro...

same here, anytime I cry, my eyes get puffy and red...my whole face gets red...I, too, am fair-skinned...:)

just gonna say hey y'all to all the folks out there!!! merry christmas and happy holidays and all that jazz....i am still working in LR at childrens, but have postponed the return to school for now...moved, changed jobs, returned to my previous job.....

I like taking care of chronic vent kids. :)

:) I would not be offended....I was raised missionary baptist and would prefer this religion to others, but, in the event that I should leave this world through death, I would not be offended that someone cared enough about my life and death to offer...

I too watch the show for the drama, and try not to pick out the stuff that's wrong....I did watch and, as usual, liked the episode. its entertainment...its not ment to be "real" or it would be on the discovery chanel. :)

:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire No, I wont work overtime for straight pay...you would have to be crazy...I love my job and all, but I dont think nurses get paid enough on straight pay, and now he's taking away our OT, and, yes, I blame Bush...I u...

I can completely relate to your story. Please don't give up on nursing. You chose this profession because....I'm sure you had a reason. It couldn't have been the money, b/c I haven't met a nurse yet, that had a limo,and lives like J.Lo....so, I'm g...

It depends on you really. I drive ~2.5 hours...~165 miles to work. But, I love my job and I only work weekends. I tried to work closer, but found that I liked the drive more than I liked the other jobs....not that I really liked the drive, it was j...

Originally Posted by butterphlyrn Nursing is the smartest thing I have ever done. I,also,LOVE this statement, ..... I love my job and couldn't ever imagine doing anything else...except maybe, being a nursing instructor....but that would be later dow...

It's true, some nurses eat their young...this happened to me shortly after I graduated from nursing school. I did have a couple of nurses stand up for me. I was too "green" to really realize that the nurse yelling at me was just trying to cover his...

I once had a doc ask me to "turn-off the vent" so he could hear heart sounds. I guess the patient's breathing wasn't as important as his heart sounds.......the RT sitting beside me offered to bag the patient so the doc could thoroughly assess the he...

I have has PALS--pediatric advanced life support, guess its the same thing...really liked it. The first class was 2 days long...8 hour days. We went over information on first line drugs to give if a kid is coding....we also went over tubing a kid. An...

its been my experience that a small hospital may offer more support and help develope a basic knowledge of general peds prob....rsv/ pneumonia/ bug bites/tummy aches, etc.. but a larger hospital will give u more experience on syndromes, anomialies, e...

I have also seen Enough......he was the last of three, mom said he was enough.... have also seen Jarule...like the rapper....and Heaven Lee....her mom's name was Angel!!!!!!!

I work at a childrens hospital, we had twins...orangejello and lemonjello.....pronounced or-ange-elo and le-mon-gelo..... :chuckle

I love peds...have since school... was quite anxious when I first got out of school.....small hospital, leaving 7 peds to 1 RN and a tech......incidently I didnt stay there long. Not b/c of the patients or the ratio, but since I was new, they didnt ...

I was taught to practice on a straw...a drinking straw.....it gives you the "pop"......good tip for 1st timers......lots of good info.....

i used to be grossed out by mucous....in nsg school, my first trach experience was a man in mid 40's with a VERY forceful cough. i opened the door, he coughed, i ducked, and mucous splattered against the door, just above my head....but now i work wit...

i emptied a jp drain.......i was a tech for the hospital that i had clinicals in and had worked on that floor regularly.......they claimed i went "beyond my realm" and that i was a danger to patients......they tried to kick me out....i fought back an...

its been my experience that all family denies such incidents, so confronting him will not help the situation.....it quite possibly will only increase hostillity between ur family and the inlaws.......we have lots of abused children as pts, they alway...

yep----we have had goodies to eat every day this week, special gift bags, and a few CE oppertunities every other day............happy nurses day/week to all!!!!!!!

nurses leaving the shift and not restocking the necessary supplies...nothing worse than walking into a huge poop-feast and no diapers, no wipes, etc......or a respiratory pt. that needs suction, coughing huge snot bubbles out of their mouth, nose, an...

ive seen an article where ng was place in an adult and the woman was post op nasal surgery...u gueessed it, the ng went into the cranial area, and the nurse completed a feed, i cant remember, but i think the lady later died...terrible thing.....i thi...

hope everyone is doing well.....havent been here in a while, so nice to "meet" all the new names.....am going back to school in the fall....uca, i guess. have friends/family in conway/russelville/fortsmith/greenwood....should i go on? i think i have ...