eriksoln BSN, RN

I see a lot of posts by LTC nurses about how bad the conditions are. I see some too who say they are happy with where they are, but not nearly as many. I've come to the conclusion that I don't get along with night shift. In my current position at a...

I remember having this debate with other students while I was in school. I have seen nothing during my time practicing nursing to change my mind about the issue. Now, with the recession bringing out the true colors of nurses and everyone around the...

OK. Everyone has read a complaint about short staffing and what not on here. Unless this is your first time on the site and this is the very first thread you have ever opened, you've seen it. I too balk at the staffing levels admin. expects us to ...

Funny. A friend of mine went from school to ICU, sited patient ratio and "more respect from management" for it. He lasted about 7 months and is out of nursing now. Last I hear, he became a counselor at a youth group home. The thing about crash car...

I remember one of my clinical instructors talking about how the old idea of nurses who could go anywhere and do everything is slipping away. More acute patients, more technical equipment, deeper/more complex rules and policies, more complex treatmen...

It wasn't an unsafe assignment though.........it just wansn't comfortable for you. There is an ocean of difference between "unsafe" and "comfort". Your complaints fell into the "I am not comfortable" zone, not the unsafe zone. What were they askin...

That, in effect, is the decision you have to make. If you feel it is unsafe.............you must make the call and stand your ground. Hospital supervisors and admin. are not going to watch out for your license for you, and if something happens, the...

These actually are GOOD night shift M/S numbers. Many facilities will have you take 12. Not a few............many. My facility goes up to 8, with the option of stretching it to 10 in the case of emergencies (happens, eh, about 5 times a month). A...

Well. You said "cancelled my contract" which leads me to believe you are a travel nurse. Truth is, as a travel nurse, you have to go "above and beyond" on a daily basis. I could tell you some stories from my days in the business that would make you...

Had to do it at a place I travel nursed at. Some days, you LOVE it, others you HATE it. The thing that decides which it will be that day: Who you are taking over for. If you are taking over for chicken little who never stops running around in circ...

Better that than the song that came to my mind.

Elthia. I glanced at your screen name, thought it said "Elvira" and now I have this song stuck in my head: Hmmm, wonder if that CD is on sale at Borders.

Its 20% this and 80%...........I've always thought they looked silly. Just do. Can't define why I think Vanilla tastes better than chocolate. I've always thought lab coats were silly though.

I worked at Tacoma General for 7 months, lived in "University Place" while there. Then I worked at Virginia Mason for 2 months, living directly in downtown Seattle. I'm guessing I want to go out there after I get my BSN.

Ah. I know how you feel. I miss WA. I was only there 10 months but never wanted to leave. I still think some day I will go back.

A home video rental place near me went out of business (to this day wondering why, they were so busy) and they hired an outside company to do their liquidation. There were little discounts here and there to be found at first, but nothing to excitin...

aaaahhhhh X-TX-RN OK What part of Texas? I drove through the northern part of it once, coming back to PA.

I can't figure out x-t-x though. I thought it meant "RN Extern"......then I saw your experience.

What does your screen name mean anyway? I can't figure it out.

LOL. When I lived in Hawaii, those long, drawn out secretive handshakes were THE THING. Me and my friends tried to get into it, but realized just simply saying "Hello" saved a lot of time. That and...........eh, I couldn't remember the steps so it...

Very odd. Do people really act that way? Is it considered "cool" somewhere? >_> If it is, I do it all the time. For the most part though, they look like...........well...........

Oh, dang. Eh, you are not going to believe me but that was supposed to say: "I be good now." How fitting........that the typo...............eh, well.

I'll just sing a song: "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I'm just gonna eat worms."

OK. I be good not. Promise.

Ewwww. Kinda ties into my..............why Florence Nightingale is a Fail article I'm still brewing up.