NorthStar

I just read on MSN.com that one thing men to steer away from in women...is to stay away from a relationship with a nurse. "After a long 12 hour shift, there isn't much time left for love and caring at home". I don't know about the rest of you, but I'...

In some countries, it is just a "given" that the family's come in and do the actual "hands-on" care of the patient. The nurses pass the meds and do the education with the families. Now, that is heaven on earth.....where people are caring for people...

I passed out at the sight of blood for a long time. When I started nursing school, I nearly passed out watching an IV being started. Don't worry, just keep moving forward. The best thing I can tell you is to work in the hospital as a CNA or someth...

This really happened to me when I was triage nurse in the ER...I asked the patient what brought him to the ER. His response was..."Whenever I get out in the cold weather, my nipples get hard and erect and ache a little bit"

Believe it or not, I found my brother on this site....he's an RN in another country!

Quote from barefootlady: Sick is fever, nausea,vomiting, diarrhea, splitting HA, and severe weakness. Sick is not trip to Sam's. But agree that sometimes a mental health day might be required. Too bad my mental health is no longer top priority. I dis...

It's easy to give/receive compliments and lay them on heavy when you are around a person at work for an extended period of time. Often we are with our co-workers greater amounts of time than we are with our own spouses/significant others. After a w...

Calling in sick is just that. I think that it hits nurses extra hard because we are difficult and expensive to replace. I've actually seen it where a hospital had to transfer all their patients on one floor to another because one nurse called in. ...

I think it revolves around 2 different things. First being that you are acutely aware of "signs and symptoms" of diseases etc., and you begin to become psychologically physically aware. Second is that you are afraid because you've seen the human asp...

Sounds to me also like cyclic vomiting syndrome. My daughter did the same thing for about 5 years before I FINALLY got a diagnosis from a pediatric gastroenterologist. Dx. CVS

Apply for some leave without pay to "recover from some emotional upsets", then start your new job and tell them as long as you are not on your old job, you don't have any emotional upsets.

There have been a lot of studies on night shift workers. A lot of nurses go into adrenal exhaustion related to increased cortisol levels, and decreased thyroid levels. Weight gain and depression, depending on your age will most likely be a result u...

I'm assuming that you had to spend time away from you child to get your BSN?

I think the original thread was overall talking about day to day staffing, not a contract assignment. There is a difference between per-diem locally in which you can be cancelled. The contractual agreements are also different.

Just food for thought. Ask the agency to have the hospital guarantee them the shift for you. If they can't guarantee it, then by all means, don't guarantee them that you won't take the first shift that comes along elsewhere. A lot of agencies will...

You mentioned that you are a new nurse. You are also human. It's completely understandable that you would begin to feel some attraction for someone that you are with most of the time. I think it's often the case that when we are one on one with so...

Just food for thought: I've seen it where the patient was verbally and physically assaulted and was escorted by the law out of the ER.....then later to find that they had a severe case of viral meningitis. To hear some more stories...go to http://w...

Hi,.......want to give you some hope and reassurance. I've been through what you've been through. My patient was HCV positive. I ended up testing positive after 8 weeks, but then after a few more months, I tested negative. The doc told me that my...

A lot of hospitals/facilities will tolerate MD behavior simply for financial reasons. There is something that I want to throw out there. Ever notice that physicians will back each other up NO MATTER WHAT? Even if they don't like each other, dissagr...

I think that it's very difficult trying to juggle a married relationship and children along with working 12 hour night shifts and taking call. An ER doc told me some time ago that his ex wife had BPD, (borderline personality disorder). He said that...

My most dreaded orders from MD's are ones written in the emergency room. Example: Feed patient, clean pt.'s feet and then do trial ambulation while recording O2 sat's, and then send patient home with x-ray's and make appt for CT scan in one week......

Sitka Alaska hospital where I am do mostly routine surgeries. Most of the extensive surgeries are flown out to Anchorage. I will check with the surgery dept. here. I'm sure they send their instruments out for repair. ....to answer your question.....

Keeping you and your boyfriend in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us posted.

Hi Randy, I'm an RN in Sitka Alaska, and I've worked in East Texas also. The most common place where surgical instruments get repairs done in most facilities is (believe it or not) in Germany. I know of an RN from East Texas that actually moved to ...

Hi, I've started my own agency and have learned quite a bit in the last 5 years....e-mail me if u want more info.