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Hello everyone! I noticed that there are several nurses posting here who have worked both in the U.K. and U.S. I was curious about the differences in practice that a staff nurse would see. For example, the differences in ancillary staff. Do U.K. hos...

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Stewart/Colbert 2012!

Aw man, just leave it alone! I agree with you to a degree but who cares if people pray, meditate, use introspection, or say to themselves "The Dude Abides" as long as it settles them and helps them proceed successfully throughout their day? Be it G...

Hey five_marshalls, We're in the same boat (somewhat). I'm completing my package for fully qualified med/surg (active duty) and the deadline is 27 Sept for submission to the board. The "Fully Qualified" board I believe meets sometime at the end of ...

If your pump cassette has a piggyback clave, after you've primed the line take a 10cc flush and squirt out the contents and attach it to the piggyback clave (keeping things sterile with swabs of course) and backprime the air out of it. If this doesn...

I've gotten the ball rolling with my recruiter to join the Nurse Corps and I've got a few questions that you esteemed allnurses folks might have answers to. The recruiters, bless their hearts, don't always have the most current or accurate data. -...

Thanks for the info. Yep, got my BSN last year. Right now, I have 1+ years of full time Med/Surg experience. And personally, I would feel more comfortable with another solid year before looking to go into an ICU program. My recruiter seems to th...

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Excellent topic. I too am about 9 months into my nursing career and luckily I've had two previous stressful occupations that taught me some hard-learned lessons. I try to evaluate each shift by asking myself these questions as I head home: -Did I ...

Hey folks, I'm a former cop who will be graduating in May with my BSN. I've been putting together my resume and I'm curious if anyone knows some good bullets to convert police experience to good nursing qualities. I'm also prior military so any sug...

Ok...way off topic...but dude, I love your screen name. Such a great SNL skit... Sorry for the interruption...

Freaking hilarious! Ruby Vee, I get the frustration, but is anyone making you visit this website? Are mouse-clicks that hard to pull off? "HELP ME" posts are never well thought out and, for the most part, obnoxious. This is a FREE public forum that...

L&M refers to a Leadership and Management course. I'm in my last semester and this course allows us to work with a nurse manager to see the ins and outs of management within a unit. I think some schools call it a Capstone course. The reason I ...

Out of curiosity, for those of you who have landed a New Grad OR job, what was your background/experience? Did you do your L & M/Summer internship in an OR? I've gotta say...I'm a little jealous! Congrats!

Actuall post-op/ortho DOES interest me as well as OR. I loved my clinical rotations in both of those units. At this point, I'll take just about anything other than OB. Got any openings for a not-so-green new grad?

I'd get sprayed with OC once a day and twice on Sunday rather than get hit with that Taser again...but I really like spicey foods so that maybe why it didn't bother me that bad. I still shudder when I imagine that clicking/popping sound.... When I wa...

Sadly, my handwriting is pretty crappy. I have to really concentrate when in a time crunch. Not only using the taser, but getting shot with the taser! Those who were certified to carry a taser had to get shot in the back with one. I recommend avoi...

*sigh* People over 65 are usually on Medicare. People over 65 should be thinking about living wills/advanced directives and talking with their doctors about any questions they have. Medicare = government provided health insurance. Doctor's time = mon...

Cherrybreeze, My thoughts go out to you and your family. Your aunt was extremely lucky to have you there in her last days. BTW...you have excellent prose. Very well written. All the best to you.

These sound excellent. Thank you so much.

Hello, I'm curious as to what nurses do for retirement options. Do any hopsitals offer pensions? Do most hospitals offer 401ks? TSPs? I've been weighing the options of going back into the military as a nurse because the pension/healthcare benefit...

5,000 bucks an hour, free cocktails on your 1 hour lunch break, soft yet inspirational music when you walk into a patient's room, and doctors who give monthly speeches touting your exemplary achievements. And you thought memorizing the muscles of the...

I've tried to read way more than I post, so forgive me for yet another "New Grad OR" post. Thus far (graduate in May with my BSN) the only clinical rotation/nursing practice that has really gripped me has been the perioperative environment (pre, intr...

Thanks for your comments. You're right. I've witnessed so many ******* contests from the type AA folks I know how to slough them off and pull the gist from their rants. I guess I'm more of a type AB. Some things absolutely need to be controlled ...