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Oh bless your heart, I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers.

I would have called security immediately. He went too far on that one....

We are doing this at my hospital also. They sent us an email saying that the stop time needs to be clicked off in a reasonable amount of time. Let's see, in the midst of all the emergencies, I suppose I'm supposed to stand there and watch each med dr...

When I worked night shift, day shift was much worse off in terms of the work, but I felt like a walking zombie all the time. My eyes felt like I had sand in them, all I did was sleep, I had no life and I was very cranky. After personally experiencing...

I have never in my life seen so many cockroaches in a place of business! I work in a huge and OLD hospital and I have seen cockroaches in the halls, locker room, stairwell, medication room and everywhere else. I have been in the middle of conversatio...

Nope, not if there are roaches in it. If I come across a picture of one online I start bawling. It is a true fear and I don't care to see them..... I get enough of them at work. We get alot of homeless patients and I have no doubt they bring most of ...

I am ecstatic to read your amazing news! Having someone close to me suffering with leukemia has really opened my eyes, and supporting research to find a cure for this cancer is something that is near and dear to my heart. Bless your heart and your so...

Meg, You will never know if you can make it if you don't try it. The emergency department is not for everyone but it is meant for alot of us, and the only way you will know what your niche is is if you step forward and just do it! Don't let it scare ...

I know it! I don't get the whole food thing. As soon as these patients get to the treatment area it's "nurse, I haven't eaten in 3 days." I'm thinking so? That's my problem how? Are you here for the food or the actual abdominal pain that you are comp...

Brand new nurses have to go through a six month orientation, they spend one day a week in class and the other three days on the floor. Seasoned nurses get about 4-8 weeks.

To echo others, it depends on what kind of student you are. I did not work while going to nursing school, nor did I have children, but I was still stressed and overwhelmed at times. I admire those who's gone through nursing school with children and a...

I get alot of seizure patients where I work and while most of them are real, there are a few people who fake them. I once had a patient who came in with seizures, whose husband babied her.... every little thing he would come and get me. Anyway, I wit...

As long as you have life, it is never too late to do anything you want to do. Good luck!

Hi! I was diagnosed with mild carpal tunnel to my right hand with a ncv. Nothing peripherally wrong showed up on my left hand and my right foot which I normally experience pins and needles there too.

Now why would I want to do that? If I have a difficult patient in the ED, I want them to be seen quickly so they can get out of there so I don't have to deal with them. I deal with some very rude patients where I work, but I do not take it personal o...

I am crossing my fingers and hoping that I do not have MS, but I am being worked up to rule it out. The tingling and slight numbness drive me mad especially when I feel the tingles creeping up my left hand when I'm at work; it makes my hand very weak...

My mother had a stroke a couple of days after I was born and had spent a month or so in the hospital. She told me that one day during her hospital stay, she had to use the bedpan and told the CNA this. The CNA gave her a dirty look and walked out of ...

That is not true at all where I've worked at. The LPNs had their own set of patients and did everything that RNs did, with a few exceptions. Where I work now, the LPNs get the 7 set of hard patients that we get. Techs?? Where?

Kanani, Yes, unfortunately I do know where you are coming from. I am half black and half white, however, I consider myself black, and when asked I say that I'm black. Thankfully, I do not have that problem right now because the hospital I work at has...

^^^ She said it all!

I'll give you a pro about using fax reports, we no longer have to wait minutes to get the nurse on the line. We just find out who will be receiving the patient and fax the report.

Exactly, no one has to know your business.

I started out working on a post surgical/ortho floor, stayed there for 9 months and then left. Now I'm working in the ED.

I work in a post surgical unit, and unfornately, it's not rare to have 9 patients at night.

^^ Sounds like the CC I just graduated from....