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In the hospital where I used to work, we had a nurse who called in sick. The manager said he did not believe her and she needed to come in and threatened her job. During her shift, she fainted and fell. She ended up being admitted in the same hospita...

I love this site and I am usually a silent stalker of articles and posts on this site. However, this time, I cannot believe the amount of bad advice for this new nurse that I am reading. Let me give you my advice, which might be bad, but in my 10 yea...

This is more about me than the patient. When I started working as a new nurse, maybe 8-10 years ago, I called the doctor for a patient who was very nauseous. She said to given the patient promethazine PR. I had no idea what PR meant, but I didn't wan...

Let me give you some advice that has worked for me: overwhelm them with your knowledge. When a patient looks uncomfortable with me due to something or other, I overwhelm them with knowledge. When they ask a simple question, I answer in such detail t...

I worked in a very busy ER. After wheeling the last of my four patients to the parking lot, I always return to the ER with four brand-new patients who need IVs, labs, urine, EKG, not to mention history and assessments with documentation. Then we get ...

The most recent annoyance was several weeks ago when the physical therapist called me and said that the patient's BP and pulse went up when she was trying to get the patient up. Should she put the patient back in bed and what was my name so she can p...

You know what, there are a lot of techs where I work who said that they dropped out of nursing school because the teacher hated them. Always thought this was bull because I had a teacher who did not like me. I actually thought that she's gonna fail m...

"My father ran out of his BP pills, so he hasn't taken it in two months." I understand, I said, as the Doctor told you, his troponin is high, which is indicative of some cardiac damage. I was thinking to myself, you didn't bother to refill your fathe...

Actually, I am trying for an internal transfer right now. I want to move from med-tele to ER. If it doesn't come through, I would have to quit. Of 8 the people they hired in Aug 2011 for my unit, I am the only one left. Everybody else went to another...

I had a blind patient a couple of weeks ago. I gave him the nurse's call button and told him not to get up without calling me. I moved his finger to the big red button on the control. He said, "Oh I see, this one said nurse, this one said TV." He cou...

Wow, 8 times?!! Obviously, you are not unintelligent, judging by your work history and your long paragraphs. What I can attribute it to, I'm thinking, is the fact that you didn't learn how to think like a nurse. Your nursing school or teachers presum...

Broadway, I think you need to find someone to take a look at your resume. I am surprise that not one out of 500 resumes had a bite. With as much experience as you have, intuitive knowledge that you accumulated does not just go away, and the practical...

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but this thread is hilarious.

oooo I got one: Why do you want to know how much the jobs pays? You shouldn't be a nurse for the money. You should work just because you love it...

Hi, I have applied and I think my application is complete. I went to the open house in February and a lot of clinical managers gave everyone their cards with phone number and email address on them. I know this sounds stupid, but I don't know what to ...

Congratulations!! Great job. Austin looks like such a great place to live. I know you will enjoy living there and working there for more than two years. I didn't apply for the NICU because neonatals scared of the beejesus out of me. I know you'll d...

Hi MissPamela19, did you ever meet with Maxim? What was the deal there? What hospital were they willing to work you and for how long? Any training offered? Any information will be most helpful and appreciated. Thanks.

Dang, if the bed also gives shots and change briefs, you're all set.

I haven't gotten a call or interview. You're lucky to even get an interview. My application still says "routed." I think it's because I don't live in Texas. I've kind of put my life on hold because of this program. I live in an efficiency so I don't ...

The good thing about nursing is that there are so many different kinds of nursing, and the hours are so flexible. If you can get through nursing school, you can definitely get a job somewhere that will not be too difficult. Home health for instance.

So basically she should get a UTI from not having time to pee, break her back from lifting people, fail out of school from being bone tired, just because she is a CNA? I don't really understand how other nurses who have supposedly been in the same si...

Nursing school is hard because you kind of have to change your way of thinking. Memorizing facts is not that hard and most people can do it, but you can't just regurgitate those facts like you could have in other disciplines. I have to say that most ...

Hi, I am so happy for you. It's great to get one job as a new RN... but TWO! I think that you should definitely take the neuro job. I am speaking out of some experience. I have been a practical nurse for two years. Instead of taking the low-paying ho...

Hello, I love this site, and I have been using it since I started nursing school but I just sign on this month. I have been looking for a job for about two months now, and if I hear "need one year experience" one more time, I am going to need medical...

YOU are a goddess among women, Zoey. I applied to Paraquad, two hours later, they called me for a job with very good pay. I am so happy. I wish I could send you a fruit basket, because I can actually afford it now. Thank you so much. You can cross me...