After being asked if my mil's sore toe was gout and if my fil really needed to have knee surgery, I finally told him "I take care of little babies, not big ones." Haven't been asked anything else in...
This is why whenever I have a patient who's parents will need to be doing any kind of "nursing" care at home, I take the time to teach. It can be as simple as talking through the steps as a procedure...
I'm due in May. I'd really rather not be that one in a million obestrical emergency. I also don't want to be tethered down. I'm more than happy to compromise with a SL. I know I'm relatively low...
I'm a Navy wife. I met my husband just after my first year of school. My husband didn't want to marry until I graduated and at least had a job and he made HM2, so luckily I didn't have to put...
I'm in San Diego and work at Rady Children's. I would say look at them and Sharp Mary Birch first. Children's also staffs a couple of other hospitals' NICUs too. Scripps Encinitas and UCSD? I was...
About that recruiter . . . listen to what he has to say and then ask questions of friends in the military. Recruiters have been known to whisper sweet nothings in your ear. It probably won't be so...
Dutchgirl, I don't think your question was out of line, but your explanation was. We all have not only the right, but the responsibility to ask questions of our healthcare providers. If you only...
Breaks are our responsibility. Management is in their office mostly oblivious to what's going on on the floor. When it starts getting close to 1200, I'll ask my co-workers what time they like to go...
Am I happy with what I make? Yes. Would I like to make more? Yes. Would I do it for less? No. You don't need to state salary as a reason for your career choice during the interview, but job...
I have a close friend who's in a similar situation with her mother. It was very apparant when we were in middle school that her mom's an alcoholic, but things have just gone down the toilet in the...
Before you decide you should look around to see what the job opportunities are for LVNs. I know at my hospital here in SD we don't have LVNs. Do you have the opportunity to pursue a BSN now? State...
After my c-section last year I was instructed not to drive for four weeks. Everyone who came into my room kept saying that I was the best looking c-section they've seen. (And believe me, with the...