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I remember what its like! Here's a good one... You'll have to decide which type of ethical situation it is though... I work weekends, and I've noticed that so much stuff stays on hold over those two days. We get a lot of admissions who sit until ...

21 beds, 5 RNs, 1 floating charge and we're supposed to have 3 but end up with usually just 2 techs... 1 on nights. Ratios with nurses stays pretty much the same between night and day shift. I also can't believe some of these ratios! When I'm ju...

By far my favorite population is the pleasantly confused, 80 - 90 yo... I know crazy. Especially because I work on a med-surg tele unit. The old ladies are always the sweetest... I can usually connect with them quickly and they are so cooperative a...

Noone ever suggested that we didn't know what you were going through... We're all in this together for the best interest of our patients...

Wow, that definitely puts things in perspective... I'm so sorry that happened to you. And it is very helpful here. I'll remember that story when I get into a position like that again. I called my manager today and had a conversation I never had th...

I think that in hospitals, these nurses that are our managers are so detached from what we do now... Our educators are the same. I've read a lot of posts on all nurses about it.. thank goodness for this site. Seems like a lot of nurses like us qui...

I have known a change is in order for a while now... I'm a sh*t or get off the bucket sort of girl... but this has held me working under stressful circumstances... the last two months of changes has just about broken everyone. Not sure if addressin...

I work at a med surg/tele unit. We use portable "tabs" monitors and bed alarms on anyone that's confused or doesn't follow instructions (75%+ of our patient census right now) and the bed alarms are mandated at night. If there's a fall, that's the fir...

I took ACLS about six months after I graduated... I wish I would've done it sooner... The things that I took from that class are not the drugs, etc but more that I knew what I could do as a new nurse as soon as things started turning bad... I felt s...

Good luck, make allies as soon as your start with students as focused as you are... they'll get you through the tough times when you're neck deep in clinical worksheets and tests! Just remember, it will be over before you know it...

Ok, quick follow up about my super nurse, "large and in charge"... She was admitted to the hospital with TIA symptoms! Should be out tomorrow and she's ok, but man, I feel bad. Looks like she's been at the other end of burn out that I would never li...

Haha, be careful, all the class I graduated with started getting crazy this time last year when the results were coming in, and hearing of smart people failing/ or so in so passing, it was so much unnecessary worry... Me and my nursing school buddy w...

This is long... but its so nice to be here with other nurses of all experience levels getting value from this site like me... I've been on the tele step down med/surg floor as an RN for almost a year now... about to hit my anniversary and I still hav...

I remember your anxiety and dread of telling everyone I had failed! I had already prepared my speech... but of course I passed, I worked my tail off for two years in school! I think I did buy the test results for that extra money and checked the ...

Wow, thanks for that awesome nursing story!

TTC's nursing program was tougher than my BA - double major. I cried when I studied for a week and got a B... accept it that they are have no GPA or acceptance requirements besides those pre-reqs and passing the classes. They are tough, you'll lear...

Ahh... I feel so much better now that I've written that out! :oornt: Thanks again for this threat. :oornt:

My super nurse is digging that grave, and I'm feeling like a passive aggressive who wants to get rid of animosity... but its getting worse each week with my SN, large in charge as I've affectionately nicknamed her... She'd be sitting at the nursing s...

Wow! Good post! Any recommendations on when to start back to school after getting ADN? Wait a while or go back within a year or two of experience? Any particular type of RN work that's good while going ADN-RN? I've been on the floor for a year a...

I'm a night shift nurse as well, and there's a whole thread on here about stats of poor health with our shift! I just try to get out and walk at the beach or at a park, absorb some Vit-D too and try to not feel like a vampire.

Ha, good one... I've had all three of these problems plus more with JP drains... big thing is the fluid is causing pain... Had to trouble shoot and learned the hard way after my first time with a patient like this... The JP drain if intact, properly...

I'm really surprised you got reprimanded. The LPN should be held accountable for not reporting that... it appears to me that they conveniently forgot... which has actually happened to me too, but I mentioned it to the charge RN. We've had so many fa...

Wow! AWESOME! Allnurses is wonderful, this is the first time I've been really able to vent about my SN!! It felt good!! And instead of fighting back, a treaty is impossible? I really just want to get along and work as a team... lol... but you kno...

Our nursing supervisor doesn't really do much besides take care of staffing for the next shift... I think he's sleeping in his office until 2a. My 3rd night off orientation, my large and in charge helped unload my new admit (my first heparin drip) w...

Haha, I was just starting to get a little comfortable at six months, but I don't know about your floors, our patients have just gotten really really SICK. And we just lost staffing budget... So I'm back to feeling like I did my first few months! S...