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I put it in for a search on google, and the only place it could be found is right here, they suggested diaphoretic, could he have been asking if you were sweating? Next time I would suggest you just ask at the time. Good luck...

Benefits are worth their weight in gold. You are looking at a job that you want. Your salary will go up, but even if it doesn't I bet you get at least double time and a half for holidays worked, meaning time and a half for working the day, and another day off. I retired after thirty five years and have a great retirement, take option 1. I don't know what your living situation is, but is the $23 more than you have been living on? My mother worked for the state, and she had the best insurance available. Are you unionized? I hope so. It really gives you a lot of job security. I paid almost $800 for COBRA for health insurance until I was 65. I don't know what state you are in, but those benefits are definitely worth more than you friends are getting in the salary difference. Go for it...it is the job you always wanted. Best of luck, let us know what you decide.

Honestly I don't understand why you would be nervous about anyone but your current manager being upset by you applying to two other departments. Obviously you want out of your current position. Assuming all things are equal, salary, shift preference, etc. you just need to decide which job you want. I would think about it this way, unless there is a seniority policy at your hospital, they have the choice of offering you the position, or interviewing more applicants. Were you offered t he job in MICU? Until you are facing the choice of both, I wouldn't think that you had to tell them. I hope you get the one that will make you happiest. I retired from the ED a year ago. I thought I had the best job in America, I hope whichever you choose, you feel that way too. Good luck. Let us know which you chose.

I've been retired after 35 years at my local hospital, working as an LPN. I graduated from nursing school in 1976. I had been accepted into three RN programs, one a hospital school, the others Associate degree programs. I choose to be an LPN because I wanted to do direct patient care, and I did, and I loved every minute of it, well, most of them anyway. The RNs I worked with were for the most part just fine, especially after we had worked together for a while. I think we just had to develop a trust, and then things worked. The letters after your name do matter, but the care we give doesn't come from there, it comes from your heart. Make no mistake, LPNs are often looked down on be peers and patients, but if you are doing what you love, and doing it well, in most cases. If not, pack up and move on. There is someplace that is just waiting for your talent.