jennjen512

Hi everyone. I have been a nurse for over 7 years and for the past year I have debated getting out of the profession for good. I had just finished the week long hospital orientation for a new job and was to start clinical orientation Sunday. Between ...

I will also add that I have went back to school to finish the MSN degree that I never finished at the urging of one of the cardiologists that I work with. The stress of bedside was just too much for me and have one patient at a time works much bette...

I had been struggling with not wanting to bedside for a long, long while. I have been an icu nurse for 8 years and just could not do it any longer. My family suggested to try travel nursing so I didn't have to deal with the politics. That was no help...

Just got a job teaching medical assistant and cna students. I am working on my masters degree and have always wanted to teach. I know this isn't an ideal position but I think it would be good experience since I want to eventually teach full time. Has...

When I first became a nure I did truly like it but I don't know if I have changed or the job itself has changed or maybe even both. This was not a purely emotional decision. I have been wanting to quit for about a year now and kept letting myself get...

Sorry, medical advice is against the terms of service. You need to see your physician or nurse practitioner. I feel certain as soon as a moderator sees this post it will be closed.

Call the BON tomorrow and ask them. They will be able to tell you exactly what they mean by that question. I peronally would answer yes and then offer explanation. They may require documentation from a physician or psychiatrist that you are not curre...

I am not, by any means, saying that bankruptcy should be a first option. I tried everything to pay the debt but it simply wasn't possible. My situation was a bit extreme. My ex-husband ran up my credit cards without my knowledge and even opend some c...

I filed bankruptcy last year and it was discharged last July. I have not had any problems with getting a job at all. I am a travel nurse working with a few different agencies and none of them or the hospitals have mentioned it. I have also been able ...

I work at a facility in South Florida and these patients are 1:1 through the entire cooling and rewarming process. That is approximately 36 hours.

The facility in which I work considers 6 or more abscences in a rolling calendar year to be excessive. If you reach 6 abscences you are demoted on the clinical ladder, ie RN II to RN I. I really don't know what happens if you are an RN I because I ca...

37. Do not show up in the office with a sob story about how you can't afford your meds while carring a Chanel purse and wearing Polo jeans. How about don't spend you money on that stuff and buy your meds?!

I admit I occasionally text at work, but I always excuse myself to the breakroom when I do so. I have also been known to send a text to a doc that says "Call me in CCU when you get a sec, no rush" Then again we know our docs really well and have thei...

I live in Southern Alabama and I have only worked 30 hours in the last 2 weeks. I luckily have a little holiday pay coming, but I am still nervous about how bad this check is gonna look!

Hello Everyone! I have been a nurse for 6 years now and I recently applied for a transfer from the CVICU as a staff nurse to the position of blood bank transfusion safety director. I have an interview on Monday for the position. I am looking for guid...

My hospital also has a strict no cell phone policy and I also use my phone as a PDA and calculator. I have had a manager come to me and say, "You know we can't text at work." When I told her that I was using my phone to look up a medication she repli...

I have heard the same thing. It really hasn't been an issue for me because I work in CVICU and we want our patients to wake up, but MICU is a different story.

There are no techs in the CCU where I work either. We do have a secretary most of the time, but she spends most of her time goofing off. She has been there forever and that is not going to change. Luckily, the nurses work great as a team and help eac...

how long have you been a nurse? 5 years from which kind of educational program did you graduate? lpn, adn, diploma, or bsn how long ago did you graduate? bsn in 2004 have you returned to school for an advanced degree? currently working on msn in cns...

My facility only puts RN on there. Most of the nurses get around that by adding certification pins to the badge. I have 3 pins on mine right now-BSN, CCRN, and CMC. I am hoping to add CSC to it soon.

I would review common drips (amiodarone, cardizem, Natrecor, Neosynephrine, Nipride, Epinephrine, Lidocaine, Lasix, Diprivan, etc), pacemakers (permanent and temporary), ventilators, central line care, cardiac rhythms, hemodynamics (including PAP, CV...

If my pay were lowered that drastically I would leave nursing for a job that is less stressful and has much less responsibilities than being a nurse. I take care of very ill patients in the ICU and I would not want that kind of stress if I could go t...

The patho book we used in the spring semester this year was Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children by McCance and Huether. There is a study guide that goes with it but I never used it. I personally didn't find patho to...

I am currently in my 3rd semester at UAB in the Adult/Gerontology NP program and I love it. I tried USA's NP program and dropped 3 times out of frustration on not getting answers to my questions. I can call or email UAB instructors and I get a respon...

When the nurse giving report says "I'm sorry to give you this patient."