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SMART lady, you are! I injured my lower back at an early age (24) slipped while cleaning a shower and herniated the L4-L5 and into S1 discs. Instead of running to surgery, my Chiropractor/Ortho MD hospitalized me for 8 weeks, in 35# of pelvic tractio...

Sorta like us WOMEN who got pegged as nutty or druggies when we had HORMONAL MIGRAINES every moknth...with PVCs. Once I got pregnent, at age 39, never had them again. Now, all kinds of treatments for migraines.Lucky for me, I stopped being the medica...

This is my first-hand understanding of what the 'deal' is with ALL the NC hospitals as of this time, at least in the Charlotte vicinity: they are mandating ALL RNs that do not have a BSN, to get it IMMEDIATELY or look for a 'demotion' in job. They wa...

I always try NOT to tell, but it depends on many factors. If I'm the patient, I'm an impossible stick (and have let RN/techs stick me up to 13 times before I insisted Anesthesia be called~WON'T DO THAT AGAIN). If the situation or family member ill wa...

WE are living in the age of DEGREED programs.Save yourself the hassle down the road, even if you are now a RN and call the BOARD governing that specialty in your state and GET THE FULLEST degree to enhance your RN now and be done with it. It only tak...

Just when you think you've heard it all, something else comes along!!! That ADMIN came and told you that and apologized to him is just NOT right! People just never stop blowing my mind! (we need THAT lil' icon...a mind being blown~he!he!

I have worked in an office and have NEVER seen the doctors sign anything off as to a MA's advice. In NC, I don't know what the rules are on this, but I have listened to the MAs talk or advise while waiting in the waiting room and some of their interp...

Just MY opinion, as kids are who they will be by I think age 5~you need to be a stay at home mom til they get into school. After that, go for it! Nursing is one of the fields wide open to what you can do and what hours you want to do it. I was fortun...

Honest to God...I hope that I am dead before this happens. No joke...this would be a sad day and I'm a Boomer getting ready to probably be on the receiving end of this mess! #1. I'll be continuing to take good care of my body. and #2. I'll be keeping...

If it was me...I'd be looking for a new place to work ASAP, new grad or not. It's obvious from your witnessing the Charge nurse in it too. Learn this early>>>follow chain of command...pretty much no matter what. And keep notes at home of wha...

I heard that LPNs were being phased out in 1970...in Miami, FL...and it's yet to happen! IMHO>>>do not waste your precious school time on either one...go and get your RN. You will end up redoing a lot of what you have already done ESP IF you...

I hear what you say and I know all about patient ratios and how busy things can get...I'm a lifetime ER RN, and was a ER Tech in HS, and a PARAMEDIC for 17yrs. I must say that 1hr check and sign thing looks great on paper, but is a huge waste of dry ...

For me...I have NEVER wanted to be in administration at all. I make that known when I change jobs. I am a "worker bee". I will do charge, but not all the time. I absolutely love to precept new nurses and EMTs...BRING THEM TO ME!!!:redbeathe:redbeathe...

In these days of "I'm a Phoenix" advanced learning, it matters not where you went to school. In 40 yrs I have never been asked where I went to school or what kind of grades I made. When you are checked out they check you via your license # and name v...

Absolutely do not beat yourself up for leaving...my eyes were made WIDE OPEN when I went to level 1 Trauma Center which also is a teaching hospital. Med students are taught the "7 minute rule". It's dictated by insurance companies and Medicare/Medica...

In 1989 I had a woman come in c/o abd pain...I put her in the room and a trauma came in...diagonal to her room, so she could see why I left and see me RUNNING back and forth to obtain 2 bags of warmed fluids at a time. The kid was 20 yrs old, helping...

BRAVO for your honesty! I, too, think that this hotel mentality has gone waaaay over to the other side of insanity! I've done surveys...in many ERs and asked about people going elsewhere if they didn't like the treatment and for the most part...98% a...

There are many companies out there that you can learn Botox and dermal fillers at, ALL very expensive. I have no current knowledge about them, but have seen them make promises that sound too good to be true, so I am wondering what KIND of injectors t...

I was out in Arlington, TX last Fall and spent my whole internship in Arlington. If that is a true offer, I say TAKE THAT BALL AND RUN WITH IT!!!! (caps meant as screaming). Medical Center of Arlington was not a bad place and certainly not any worse ...

I bet that IS quite a combo to do at the same time. My suggestion...relax, take one chapter or one day or one test at a time. Find some time during the day, even for 30 min, for YOU...and if possible do some kind of meditation or yoga. Think of all t...

WOW...thanks for the kudos. I hated to post such a negative, but I have learned and I check things out 10 ways to Sunday. It will not deter me! I am one who dusts my butt off and keeps moving forward. I take what I learned from that woman and move pa...

Chemistry because I'd not had it in HS...I was an athlete. Luckily, the instructor made cool examples in class like Fluorosene that CSI use to find blood and we made "Goop" too. I just took one test at a time. It was WAAAY harder than nursing school,...

For thekid, I hate to be the one to come and rain on your parade, but I AM currently transitioning from ER RN of 38yrs to aesthetics and will share with you what I have found out. I began wanting to do permanent makeup and knew being a RN I'd be able...