futurenicunurse2008

Could you tell this to my hospital. We do medical detoxes on my dual diagnosis unit. We are not monitored and I have had patients come up to the unit in DT's. Their BAC will be 0 and they are stumbling around with no idea where they are. Hallucinatin...

[Another example is charting "patient was turned q2h" when they were turned maybe twice in the shift. Another big one is entering in a CIWA assessment for a sleeping patient. I'm sure there are lot of excellent nurses out there who wake their patient...

Can someone pass the popcorn please

I graduated from an ADN program in 2008. Should all of my credits still be good and able to transfer to a BSN program?

"my cna" is lazy what do I do?

I am right there with you after years of being told i was "depressed" I finally had a doc suggest FM. nsaids and alternative medicine is how I treat there are days I hurt so bad I can barely move. it sux ((hugs))

mine is always about charting.lol im forever charting and doing admissions with lots of charting

I am pro-choice but this article makes me sad I respect her right to choose but it feels wrong. Maybe she should have thought of these things before impregnating herself,especially when she had older children. I guess it felt very selfish to me. Its ...

I think its up to each person and depends on where you live. Where I live 20 is pretty much what all the new grads make. Ive been an RN for 2 yrs and without my night differential only make 22. So its all relative I make fairly decent pay for where I...

the program involves alot of self teaching and it is hard because of the accelerated pace but its doable. I graduated there with my RN in Sept 2008, passed my boards the first try and have had no issues finding work. Hope this helps:)

I know some are going to think Im crazy but I hate the hours at my job I work 3pm to 11:30pm 5 days a week. A lot of people have said they envy the hours I wish I had my 12's back . I work in a detox unit and even though it's not what I originally wa...

I agree I am not trying to be a nasty person and I understand making mistakes but there is such a thing as personal responsibility and thinking about the consequences of your actions. I see this sort of thing alot in our out pt program (im an addicti...

personally I dont see the problem with the language as long as it is on breaks. However the thing that bothers me is the cliquiness (sp) thing. I see this everywhere regardless of nationality. There always seems to be those one or two nurses that are...

Seriously lets not argue we all can admit that there are lazy people in the job place PERIOD regardless of title. I have had cna's ignore call lights and not turn patients when I am extremely busy and overwhelmed (i worked on a stepdown unit for awhi...

I would love to be a patient whisperer lol. So even the worst withdraw detox patient who is freaking out pacing the room I can just walk in and instant calm :)

it may not even be what you think... Hate to say but there are politics in nursing. I had 3 different interviews with a position once and then they ended up going with a close friend of the NP that worked on that unit. Come to find out she didnt even...

Ok heres my thing and I may be jumping the gun here but cant help it... I just got hired at a local hospital in the addiction recovery unit where lies much of my experience, however as you can tell by my screen name I have always wanted neonatal. I r...

This is usually I am as well I feel a sense of loyalty plus training a new nurse is not cheap....Its so hard though to imagine walking away from what Ive always felt Ive wanted to do.......I have to admit insurance will play a factor in this I have a...

I currently work on a very busy, very stressfull stepdown unit. While it is not my dream job, I feel like I have learned alot and developed my skills. However, I am worn out. The hospital is having budget issues so we are now taking more pt with less...

I had a patient just yesterday tell me that "I dont care if you have other pt and theyre calling you how dare you leave me in pain" it had only been 15 min and when I apologized he said "dont stand there apologizing just get me my damn pain meds" min...

My hubby gets annoyed with me when I put out all the mistakes on tv medical shows....(shocking a flat line is my biggest pet peeve)

actually the start is now 20.80 for new rn and the bonus is 500 up front then 1000 every 6months for 2yrs i just started last december and this is what it is for me

Ive been working 7 months now and I have to say what you said is so true I have actually had pt 2 and 3 and so true about families.....funny post:yeah:

I was talking with my preceptor about a pt we were caring for who is a full code although in his condition it would be more torture than helpful (that is another story in itself lets just say hes one of those train wreck pt you cant cure you can only...