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So I worked f/t nights on tele floor before i had my lo. I knew it would be hard to return and was not sure if i would. WEll my maternity leave is almost over and i have asked for per diem work. I told my hubby yesterday that they had said ok. Well h...

Hi, So I just found out I'm pregnant. I currently work per diem for my hospital in there float pool. On Monday I plan on calling HR to see what will have when I leave to have my baby. I also have a good relationship with my manger but was wondering I...

Yes I do realize I won't be paid but worry they won't hold my position.

So i have now seen this two times. One was someone else patient and then it happened to me. I had a confused pt who right before the start of my shift pull out his foley. After i got report i went to check on him and he was covered in blood. So I cle...

So i have now lost 2 stethoscopes, and decided to treat myself to a cardiology 3. I need i unique i d tag so this cant happen again! Any ideas to make mine stand out?

So I have been a tele nurse now for 3 years. Last year becoming per diem after family care issues. I try my best everyday I am there to take the best care I can of my patients. However, I Feel it's a lossing battle and I am becoming burnt and dishear...

So I am now on my second year on a tele step down unit. After having my second son i went to perdiem status. I work about once a week day shift. I love that i get to stay home with my boys! But the other day i started to question if i was working eno...

So I believe i work on one of the hardest floors of the hospital. We are always in need of staFF and have a high turn over rate. I started this job about 2YRS Ago. I had my son aftER A year and now have been working per- diem ever since. I usually wo...

I work in a busy tele floor now on days and been here over 1 year. I am per diem after maternity leave. I am starting to think I should quit. They have stopped using acuity for patients and it feels in safe . I feel very overwhelmed and scared I may...

Hi, I worked on a step down tele floor night for over a year. I just went out on maternity leave to have my second child. My plan was to go back per diem nights! Well i went back the other night and now am re thinking everything. I felt like crap go...

So i worked on a tele floor for over a year and just had my second child. I tired to go back to nights but its not working out and need to do whats best for him right now. But i am scared to quit, what if i never get another job? I would take maybe ...

That sounds great! I would love to that ob home health...hmm did she have ob experience?

So I just returned from maternity and went back as perdiem nights. It's not gonna work, I asked about days n nogo for now. How much notice do I have to give? I am having trouble getting child care for nights.

I read in my handbook just now that it must equal the amount of vacation u qualify for. I would be 4 weeks, I don't think I can do that... What are my rights? I don't know if I can do 4 oh boy

I read in my handbook just now that it must equal the amount of vacation u qualify for. I would be 4 weeks, I don't think I can do that... What are my rights?

I think he just anxious over the baby being so small. He worried he won't know what to do with him. I really appreciate ur comments and it's made me feel a bit better. I not sure exactly why I thought I was the only one who did this. I don't want to...

Hi, I have no one too ask for adv on how to go about this. But I just had my 2nd child n I am not able to return to work full time. I would like to stay on my unit. For another year and would like to do prn possibly on Fridays nights! my baby is now ...

well now i am nervous ..=( I am calling in the am!

I was a full time staff Rn nights. Been there over a year just b4?I left.

I am always so careful when i give pain meds... just so paranoid about overdose and respiratory depression. The other day i had a 68 yr old female pt who was 2 days post op after a hip fx. she had very bad copd and had many respiratory meds she took ...

Thank you for clarifying

Hi, I work full time right now on a tele unit. I have been there a year and its nuts, we have lost 6 rns in like 4 weeks! Anyway i am going to be going out on maternity leave at the end of July. I know right now that i just wont be able to pull off...

The charge nurse didnt take her patients because she had 6! this is a tele floor and we usually have 4 pts each and we all started with 5! I had taken 2 of her patients which gave me 7! I realize that i made a mistake being so wrapped up in anger tha...

SO I work on really busy tele unit and i work nights. OuR unit is tuff, a lot of the nurses leave and we just lost 6 nurses between day and nights!!!!!! So we are short staffed for this month. We are all pretty new on nights, and i am about a year. ...

I really thank all of you for your inpuT! I feel badly that i let my emotions get to me and cloud what i should have done!