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I can have you out in the amount of time it takes me to print your paperwork, however to the pt it feels like it took hours, because the darn residents tell the pts on their 0600 rounds they are being discharged but forget to mention that the attendi...

1. Ohio 2. 1 year 3. Hospital - med/surg 4. $24.15 5. 7pm-12a - $5, 12a-7a - $5.50, weekends $2.50, double on holidays 6. No

I love nursing students, love having them on the floor, love having them work with me to take care of my pts.

we just changed and our charge is not to have pts except for weekend nights (cause I guess people aren't sick at night??) They claim our ratios are 4-5 but it's really 5-6 and management has been hinting that it could go up to 7. We are a med/surg,...

Yes! Pepper the Cat, totally agree, I will work a crazy stressed day shift any day over working nights, any day.

I work day shift and 95% of the time I leave right on time. The people on our floor that don't are the ones that are constantly talking about their families, their vacations, exclaiming loudly to everyone how busy they are. If they would just shut ...

Then the pt needs to request to be listed as confidential and they can proceed to inform those certain people what room, etc.

I work full time at a hospital (3-12s), graduated last year, then hourly pay was $23.15 (Ohio) now it's $23.50, I also work casual at a hospice agency ($25/hr). I just tell the casual position the days I'm available after I get my hospital schedule....

We have computers in all the rooms, but I don't like to do bedside charting because I feel like I'm only looking at the computer and am ignoring the patient. I rarely stay past my shift, so for me it's not a time issue to do it in the room or an hou...

Our patients can't call long distance either but depending on the situation we might let them use our portable phones that we carry. But really it hardly ever comes up, most people bring their cell phones.

This is my second career and I'm loving it, there are definitely days though where I wonder what the heck I did to myself but overall it's a love. I like the variety of the job, I like how everyday, even every hour is different, I like seeing people...

Where i work, ER and PACU often do this to us, some days they even call report early, but then the patient doesn't show up until 5 minutes before shift change or after, so we're in the same boat. Thankfully, we haven't had any bad outcomes. Often t...

"Unhook me from that IV pole, I feel like a damn pin cushion" - IV heroin drug user with multiple admissions for cellulitis

I just finished orientation and it meant a lot to me when, while expressing my worry about being on my own, one of the other nurses said to me, "honey, you're never alone, we're all here to help." that really made my day and helped. I agree with ev...

I went back to become a nurse because I always wanted to be one. My family pushed me towards management for many reasons and I enjoyed running social service programs for 12 years, but I still wanted to be a nurse. It was also getting to the point ...

Maybe a 1 day of lab. Why do you ask?

My second job is as a sitter, it amazes me the comments I get from staff. Ask for a break to run to the restroom and I get eye rolls, forget asking for a lunch break, you'd think I asked for them to stand on their head. My favorite is when they com...

Love nursing school, almost finished with my BSN and it has been an incredible ride. Some days are rough but overall it's been awesome. I think we need more people saying how fun and great nursing school is, less of people whining in every post and...

Mine was a vent patient that kept pulling out her tube and desatting. My instructor, stuck me in the room and said, I"ll be back to show you how a vent works and didn't come back for 3 hours. She had a g-tube, which I had never experienced, and of ...

You are on the right track, convert your weight to kg and convert mg to g. Once you get that done I like to use the formula Desired amt/amt on hand * volume If you can break down your math on a post and show what answer you came up with the others...

Is there a point to this post that I am missing?

I make freezer meals before every semester so we don't have to eat out

You should enjoy your time off and relax

Yes!! I should have added that too, I would not have survived my 3rd year if it hadn't been for my friends in nursing school. And sleep, sleep is a must.

It varies at each school, my last 3 years has been nothing like what tomigirl just said. I very rarely read any of the books, I study the notes. I get A's on most tests, but some B's too. I think it's been fun, it has been alot of work, but still ...