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I have been HIT RN for about 5 years now and when one of my long term patients had a long awaited lung transplant, I sent her cookies. When another pts mother suddenly passed away I bought her lunch. I dont really care what the agency says...its just being human! If it is against policy no one has to know.......its nothing more than showing your compassion.

Has anyone done intralipid infusions for infertility? I can not seem to find much info. Allergic reactions? Complications? Rate of infusion for 500ml? Are infusion balls or eclipse pums used? Thanks.

Shame on anyone for "ranking" any aspect of nursing! A school nurse is "low" until it is your child hurt at school and needs immediate attention. An LTC nurse is "low" until it is your parent or loved on with Alzheimers and they dont recognize you anymore and there is a medical issue...you are to close to be objective. A psych nure is "low" until its your teen in trouble with drugs or depression.......Did anyone sail through all areas of the NCLEX and nursing school and think these areas were foolish or a breeze? ALL areas of nursing require a set of skills that are unique and until us nurses acknowledge it among ourselves we all look like fools! Be proud of your profession and stand up for all areas! I LOVE rehab nursing. I have spent 5 years in oncology, 12 in cardiac step down and 2 in med/surg. REhab tops all of them. There is GREAT satisfaction to seeing pts fianlly walk out on their own or move a limb or speak and swallow on their own. Familys can be a real challenge as some pts are with you for weeks. It is easy to treat and shove the pt on to another facility.....esp when dressing changes dont occur or showers or you put a cath in and pull it prior to discharge to save yourself work. Cant tell you how many times I have seen that! WE ALL WORK at or jobs

yes the powers that be LOVE contrition

Make your life easy....start withNJ first. It has been my observation that all our BON wants is sucking up to and contrition....they seem to get off on the power play. They are much more reasonable when they have control.

It is absolutely not true that you can not move out of the state while in the program in NJ. Having just finished the NJ BON RAMP myself and having gone to a variety of peer meetings throughout my area....there are a number of fellow nurses who had left NJ and gone to other states, continued in the other states recovery program and returned to NJs RAMP. My only words of advise is to KEEP ALL CO0RESPONDENCE AND GET PERMISSION IN WRITING!!! That seems to have been the downfall of everyone who have been trapped in the RAMP mess. Good Luck