Just depends where you work. 72 hrs. is full time. It is 3 shifts per week, 12 hrs. each shift. As far as the weekends, that is entirely up to the place of employment. When the employer is doing their...
I worked 3-11 for about 15 years total. I loved it, but it doesn't seem to work if you have a family. When I was younger, I found myself sleeping more, but less as I aged. You sort of have to make...
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I used to do pre ops for a pediatric surgery unit. One of the questions I asked if the pt. was young enough was "Do you feed your baby table foods?" One day, as I was asking the questions, I got the...
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Many years ago, I got pulled to an OB unit. When I got ready to chart, I opened up this particular chart and low and behold this is what I read from the previous nurse: "lady partsl packing out, Dr....
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When I was a student nurse, we had a general surgeon who would always write an order to "dress bid and prn". A fellow student in my class had a patient of this surgeon's one day. She had this patient...
I was sick for the first year also! I worked on a large pediatric unit and it was not unusual for us to get 10-15 admissions in a single shift. Most of those were gastroenteritis and that is what I...