We've got a couple of nurses who are either veterans of ER or did a short stint there. They've all come to PACU to get away from the hell that is ER. Or so they tell me. Seems
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. Here in the other side of the world, things also seem quite bleak. The hospital I worked for managed to ween potentially 100+ new graduate positions down to 40....
The cattiness has been well documented in this profession. And I don't think I've met a nurse who hasn't been a victim of horizontal bullying at some point in time. That being said, women are not cut...
Assuming that the patient hasn't turned for the worst over your mistake, I agree that you should take it as a learning experience and leave it there. There's no need to lose sleep over the incident....
I'm a new grad... And how much am I getting paid? Less than I'm worth. Approximately $21.00 an hour. That being said, I'm at the other side of the world compared to most of
I know how you feel. I'm still completing my first year of nursing too. And considering I got good grades at uni and aced the board exam (we don't do NCLEX in my part of the world) I thought I could...
Tylerdurden replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing
(only read the first page then skipped straight to the last) So... we young male nurses are jerks huh?!? Them's fightin' words ^_^ I dispute that comment about us being lazy. As far as I can see, we...
Tylerdurden replied to All4Seasons's topic in PACU
Currently that's the system we are using in my PACU. As far as I've seen, a 10-hour-shift system works well, as the shifts generally override one another. This bodes well for my team during the...