bigmona

I'm in the weekend program at work, and work every single weekened. I only work Sat & Sun, so I am considered part time. We have 4 weekenders on my unit, and as a result, the rest of the regular staff only end up having to work maybe 1 weekend ...

You make a whole lot of assumptions here, most of which are wrong, and then you judge me for it? Like I said before, I'm part time. No benefits. Everyone else is self schedule and works when they want. My schedule is filled in for me and I am the o...

I don't have a choice right now to not work the weekends given the circumstances I'm in. I appreciate the constructive replies. All I was asking for was some perspective (not attitude) and many of you gave it to me. Thanks.

Sure. When I have a full patient assignment, I'm in charge, we have no unit clerk OR nursing assistant, and no staffing coordinator, but somehow I'm expected to successfully and safely carry out all the duties of the aforementioned positions for...w...

I'm a female, first born, with an alcoholic dad.

It sounds like you're an excellent teamworker and I'd love to have a coworker like you. I believe you're doing everything a charge nurse *should* be doing. If some people aren't as hardworking and feel like you're making them look bad, that's on th...

the previous poster is right. You'll most likely have to get a bunch of pre-req's out of the way before you even set foot in nursing school. Maybe you can start out by taking online classes while working part-time once you have your baby. See how ...

GI lab/endoscopy unit is definitely not stressful... paperwork, putting in some IVs, checking a few sets of vitals. EASY compared to ICU.

yes, I drink it. My whole life perspective changed 3 years ago when my father died young, suddenly and unexpectedly. I did some soul searching, some reading, and came across Brian Weiss's book Many Lives, Many Masters. I always believed (from a y...

I know the alphabet and basic words in ASL and have only had to use signing once with a patient in my 4 years as a nurse. I think it depends on where you live, though. Some areas have a larger Deaf community. I know that people who are deaf or ha...

We have a 2 patient/1 nurse ratio in our MICU (rarely sometimes 3:1). We've been having some debate/issues in my unit lately about when a patient needs to be put in a 1:1 nurse/patient assignment. Just curious what you do in your unit? Do you have...

The literature shows that taking BP via a lower extremity does run higher than when you take it in an upper extremity. I have certainly found this to be the case in my own practice. Came in once to work and had a patient on a nicardipine gtt that w...

I'm sorry if this thread isn't appropriate here, feel free to move it to another forum. I just couldn't find another suitable place to put it. I'm curious what other new moms who are nurses do at work who are still breastfeeding. How often do you g...

I appreciate all your replies! my hospital does not have OB so no lactation consultant or pumps I can use, and my state does not have a law protecting breastfeeding mothers in the workplace. I try to cut my lunches really short since I do take up o...

one night i had spent a good part of my shift attempting to do everything possible to make a vented post-op patient comfortable. finally, when he was starting to settle a bit, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and mouthed "thank you" around his...

Being pregnant has completely renewed my interest in pursuing midwifery for several reasons. It's why I went into nursing school in the first place. However, since graduation, I've only worked telemetry/progressive care (one year) and have been in ...

I'm going to apply to penn's CNM program and was wondering if you could answer a question for me.. I plan on working as long as I can going through the program (I would be doing it part time) and noticed the website says you can't work when you're on...

UPenn specifically. They don't specify this on their admissions website (at least that I can find).

yeah, absolutely i can relate. and many other nurses i know think this way, too. after a while i have learned to laugh at myself with whatever new thing i diagnose myself with, but i'm still not immune to an occasional meltdown where i'll try to co...

Just curious how you give IV dilantin in your facility? The drug guide I looked in says you can administer 50 mg IV push over 2-4 mins and that you need a filter if you're going to infuse it. The vials themselves say "for IV (No Infusion) or IM use...

Has anyone worked rotating shifts while pregnant? How did you feel doing it? I recently found out I'm expecting (yay!) but have to rotate b/w days and nights every few weeks. I'm a little worried about it-- it's already somewhat difficult on my bo...

i'll never forget one little old lady i cared for in nursing school... as a student we were responsible for assisting with ADLs. all this woman wanted was her hair washed, and the whole time she'd been in the hospital, no one had done it for her. a...

we almost always have at least one, sometimes 2. they help us with turns, restock supply carts, get blood products, etc. thank god they're around, it's a huge help!

I wouldn't necessarily want to make everyone a nurse, but I would *love* to have everyone shadow a nurse just for a few hours to see everything we really do and put up with.