I am sympathetic to your frustration and there's lots of comments from all sorts of angles. I went from adult trauma to my dream of NICU. Not right away and not without frustration. So I want to...
Everything is relative, and sometimes when we aren't where we thought we would be in our master plan's time table, we feel old. (then we look back later and think I was SO young and SO gorgeous!! But...
Our facility requires employee health to plant and read. Its "policy". I have noticed anytime there has been some sort of issue, new hospital policy has been issued. There are all kinds of legal and...
Don't forget the most important thing at stake is the health of the patient, especially if its a baby who can't speak their concerns. That isn't chastisement, I was bullyed on my first unit so bad...
I agree LTC will help you with patient care, time management, and med administration that are similar to a hospital's. LTC can be affiliated with hospitals, or at least have a hospital they send...
No PMFB-RN, I am not quoting you in particular --that is why i did not cite your post in a quote box-- but put quotes only around the idiom. ( Just like I did with the other idiom: "wanted it".) I...
I am a NICU nurse. (I too did research on this topic for a school presentation, but received a totally different impression than mentioned above, impressions however are irrelevant) I work in a...
Someone once told me: "Just because people are starving in other countries, doesn't mean we don't get hungry." The intensity or gravity of our problems may pale by comparision to our patients, but...
My heart goes out to you. Do not doubt yourself! Find a support group for family of cancer patients. It will give you a place to share what you are dealing with. There may be some practical tips...
CONGRATS on getting into Nursing School!! That took work. Don't be scared by the thought of algebra. Something that helped us is to realize we use it every day. If there is a sale and it says take...