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Zookeeper3, KTWLPN, JB2007, all excellent posts. Makes me feel like I'm not alone (sniff) Thanks.:heartbeat

um.... no offense Travis but until you walk at least one 12 hour shift in her shoes, please don't say catchy little phases, they really don't help. I have never met a nurse in Med Surg that wasn't stressed, the demands on nurses these days are inhuma...

Kyrshamarks, I have been talking to people about this very job for I swear 15 years now. I was unable to email you but would love love love to talk to you. If you are able could you please pm me? I would really like to find out more information. Than...

Absolutely, the job situation here in Northeast Florida is terrible, all the nurses I know are holding on to their jobs with both hands. Being sent home early or being canceled are very common., The general public thinks nursing jobs are all over the...

Yeah its all that and we were told "Its passing the light of knowledge" onto others. Congrats and good luck!

Actually you have just learned two valuable lessons, 1) Always read the material they give you even if you think you know the info as they always throw in some off the wall stuff, and 2) Don't go around telling random nurses about your failures, just...

Sorry but::barf01: :barf01: Slimey crawly things is were I draw the line.

Make sure you are set up in a nice quiet room with no distractions. ie... no kids, husbands, ringing doorbells, dogs barking. etc...... if you have call waiting, temp disable it, nothing worse then an incoming call when you are trying to sound semi-i...

I work in a vent dependent 60 some bed hospital, that I would say maybe 60% of our patients are not on tele. Is there some kind of protocal I am unaware of? Seriously? When I have asked about this I am told that they have pulse ox on, and it will al...

Most of the time I work 3-12's (7p-7a) sometimes I pick up an extra 12. Its definaltly a butt kicker but the money is sweet :)

OMG this is MY story! I recently went PRN for financial reasons ($8 an hour raise) thinking no problem with healthcare I will just get personal insurance thru BCBS, well yea they said they would insure me but not my husband due to his DDD. Great, so...

Sorry this happened to you but believe me I've had my share of racial comments also. I live down here in the deep south and actually had a African American patient refuse me as her nurse stating that "a cracker has no idea of how to take care of a si...

I also love 12 hour shifts BUT I found I personally can not work more than 2 in a row or I start to get grouchy and burned out. I am lucky to work at a facility that allows me to self schedule. My co-workers sometimes make fun of me (calling me a wus...

With the attitude you have just displayed, you will be FINE. Accepting criticism with grace and gratitude are hard traits to master but you have them down pat. You will be done soon. Remember: "This too shall pass" Good Luck to you and your classmate...

Ok its been exactly 7 days since I went to the dentist to have a temp tooth fitted. Since then I have been battling the WORST cold I have ever had. Nose will not stop running, throat hurts to swallow, ears popping. So..... Did I pick this up from: A)...

I have to say Im not really surprised at all. I have always enjoyed reading your posts, you come across as very upbeat and professional. Good luck to you !

Wow, really sorry to hear that. It is hard dealing with things like this esp being a new nurse. Don't aplogize for having normal human emotions I have cried many a tear over pts and outcomes, life is strange, bittersweet. Hang in there, and if you ne...

I,m a redhead and definatly a bleeder. Does anyone have any scientific data r/t this subject?

Ok guys my 2 years is up next month and the truth of the matter is: it has NOT gotten better for me. Yeah I can handle things better now but still HATE what I am doing. I tried Home health (too much paper work and I felt my hands were tied as I could...

I always thought clinicals were the "easy" part of nursing school. Please believe me when I tell you they are not going to just put a needle in your hand and say "go get em". Someone will be at your side at all times until you feel comfortable, by th...

Sticky notes. Lots and lots of sticky notes. They are all over my computer by the end of my shift but so far I have not forgotten anything critical. Yes.. I too am a airhead but thats usually because I have 2 million things running thru my head. (ma...

Not sure of the milage but it takes approx an hour each way. Been doing this for almost 2 years now, 5 days a week. Kinda getting old. Always on the look out for new opportunities.

I work with the most awesome CNA there is. We are always teamed together on the hardest pod on my floor. (were all the max x2 people, tube feedings, confused "out of it" patients go) I told my nurse manager the only way I would stay on that pod day a...

SJRCC is actually in Clay County not St Johns. I also live in Middleburg please feel free to PM me:)

PILL PUSHER!!! just kidding. yeah.. accurate assessment of pt, education, and of course the patient advocate with the MD.