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Could any of you please recommend a book/source that is mainly CEN practice test questions? I found when I studied for NCLEX that reading out of the book did me absolutely no good, but doing repeated practice tests and then reviewing what I missed o...

It's been a while since I've been on an interview and I have a few coming up and I was just wondering if open toe shoes are a bad idea to wear to the interview? I will be interviewing for ICU and ER positions. My instinct is close toe, but I have a ...

Thanks everyone! I decided to go conservative (which is my instinct anyway) and actually found a really cute pair of flats at Target that I can wear just randomly after the interview also. Thanks for the feedback though!

Hi all, I'm going to keep this as brief as possible but I was hoping I could get some advice/feedback. I am an ER nurse that has cross trained to work in the pre-op/PACU in our little rural hospital. Tomorrow I am scheduled to be the first nurse (i...

I just wanted to follow up and thank you for all of your responses. Unfortunately the surgery went as scheduled, and instead of being able to distance myself from the situation I was in fact the primary nurse for both before and after surgery (until...

Hi all, My husband and I are looking at moving to DFW in the near future and I'm just starting the adventure of looking at hospitals in the area. I have about 5 years of ICU/ER experience but have been working in a state that has few choices for whe...

Thanks so much for the info TexeCuter! That's exactly what I was sort of hoping for-a bit of a run down on some of the hospitals. :) I'm definitely looking forward to getting into a higher acuity setting again with a bit of technology surrounding m...

Thanks for these! I've listened to Dr. Guy's and am always looking for more. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Commuter! It's actually a huge relief to hear that unions don't really exist there. I'm currently in a union hospital and it has been way more challenging than I could have imagined and I'm looking forward to getting out of that culture. ...

saving this thread-thanks! :)

Also if you know which (if any) are union I would appreciate that info as well. Thanks!

I will try to make this as brief as possible. Last week I helped take care of a patient that we have had behavior problems with in the past. He and his wife both have numerous incidents within both our facility and a neighboring facility-in fact th...

Oh, and this actually happened in a surgical area. The threat was against a hospitalist, and the way the family found out was the surgeon went and told them directly before the pt even went to surgery (because the threat delayed the surgery), which ...

Thanks for all the responses-that was my initial thought but I wasn't sure I should proceed with the police report until I did something else. I'm going to go by work today and contact corporate to see what they told our QC person, but honestly I th...

A big part of nursing is education-a BIG part. I cannot think of one area of nursing that does not include teaching/educating patients and family members. It may not be the traditional standing in a classroom sense, but I can tell you I educate eve...

First of all, congratulations! I worked in ER throughout the last 6 months of my pregnancy and really was able to do it without too much difficulty. I worked in a very "rough" ER with lots of very physically violent pts that were frequent fliers, s...

I am having some issues with one of our doctors in the ER and I'm not quite sure how to handle it and was wondering if you all could give me some feedback. This doctor is not someone I trust AT ALL. He is a notorious gossip (we work in a small hos...

I would love to do flight nursing, and there are some really great opportunities around me for that but I am worried I wouldn't be able to do it since I get motion sick occasionally. I used to be worse as a kid and have grown out of some, but when I...

My husband and I are looking at relocating to the east bay area (from out of state) and I am starting to do some research on local hospitals and was wondering what experiences you all have had with the different hospitals. Anything you can tell me w...

My husband has interviewed in Livermore, we are thinking of living somewhere around Pleasanton. Where we live will sort of depend on where I get a job, but ideally we would like to split the commute if possible. Livermore to Pleasanton is about a 2...

I started my career in a CVICU and because of location had to move to a hospital closer to home that does not offer ICU so now I do ER and I must say that I LOVE/LOVED being a CVICU nurse! It really is my passion, and I miss it every day. I loved t...

The last hospital I worked at gave all the nurses a subscription to Pearls Review online and I found a lot of their information helpful when I was designing a class for intro to rhythms. I thought it did a really great job of explaining from the gro...

Does anyone know if/where I can get a replacement BLS card? I'm not sure where mine is. I carry my ACLS card with me, thinking it would be enough (since you can't get ACLS without BLS) but I start a new job soon and they want my actual BLS card-my ...

I am just wondering if I should list one of my previous co-workers as a reference, or if I should stick just to supervisors? Right now I have a house sup from the most recent hospital I worked at, a manager and nurse educator from the one before tha...

I actually think working nights works BETTER for my family, because I'm gone at night while they are sleeping like you said. The way we work it is I usually work Sunday and Monday nights (I'm only part time), so Sunday I nap with my 1 1/2 year old,...