nervousnurse ASN

A bank teller who DESPERATELY wanted to be a nurse! I was beyond THRILLED when I finalllllly got into nursing school!

I'm so sorry about your sister! I always enjoy your cartoons and sense of humor. ?

I used to work on a very busy rehab unit like this, and seriously---NOT seeing any of my patients the entire shift is a nightmare I have once in a while. When I wake up, I'm sooo happy it wasn't real! I have dreams/ nightmares like that about every ...

I haven't worked in NICU for 18 years, yet last night, I had one of those verrrrrry long, detailed dreams about it. (I call dreams like this "epic movie dreams" and I'm surprised I didn't have a big barrel of popcorn in my bed when I woke up!) The th...

WOWWW !!!!!!!!!! I can barely imagine doctors smoking in a lounge, or a patient puffing away in their room....but for them to SHARE one seems kinda.....intimate. I wonder if they knew eachother ?!?!

I'm sorry I miss the bedside and wish I could've worked longer, too! (and p.s.....I like your avatar; I only recognize her because hubby is a huge Star Trek fan)

Me toooo !!!!

I'm a natural night owl and worked nights for many years and LOVED it. I felt bad for my coworkers who did NOT like nights, and only worked them because they HAD to. I'm not working currently; but I still love to be up at night! I have more energy,...

I would have LOVED this shift if it had been offered where I worked !!!! :) I loved night shift and was FINE until 7am for many years. But it got to the point where around 4 am, I felt HORRRRIBLE---I used to call it "a SICK kind of tired."

I always enjoy your posts! :) P.S. I googled "NETY", and sure enough, google brought me to an archived post from here! HOW did we survive before the internetS? :)

it's nice to hear from my fellow night owls. :) I am practically useless during the day; but around 9:00 tonight, I started making spaghetti sauce, scrubbed my kitchen and now onto scrub the bathrooms!

A sweet elderly patient said I was the kindest, most thorough nurse and asked if I could be his nurse every night.

I'm sending you many (( hugs ))!!!

Wow....I'm sorry for ALL that you're dealing with !!! Sending you many ((( hugs ))))

Have any of you seen the show "Derek?" (it streams on Netflix). It is a verrry sweet, funny, sometimes sad show about a very small nursing home in England. Ricky Gervais created/ wrote/ stars in it. I just love the elderly and used to volunteer/ wo...

I didn't think smoking was allowed at ANY health-care facilities anymore, including in one's private vehicle. Where do they go to smoke?

Hi, I'd like to know what everyones' favorite site(s) are for online CEUs? There are soooo many, I'd like to narrow it down. Thanks!

Ugh, I have the recurrent nightmare of not knowing a patient was assigned to me, too! I worked NICU many years ago, and have had many dreams where I take care of the babies in my house. One nightmare no one has mentioned yet is about SCHOOL----I'm ...

I'm sorry for all that you're going through! Please try not to be so hard on yourself; as everyone else said--we have ALL made mistakes. You were treated VERY harshly! I'm sending you lots of (( hugs )), and since you mentioned prayer, I sent one...

((( hugs ))) I'm sorry for all you've been through! Hopefully, you can stay in this job longer and get a more stable work history. You can do it !!!! :)

With vaping / e-cigs being so popular now, I'm curious---do hospitals and other healthcare facilities allow this in designated areas? I used to "survive" my shifts with nictotine gum! I was SO thankful for that gum----but the more stressful the sh...

I totally agree with those who said go ahead and apply for that other job, and try to keep current in nursing with a PRN position! Best of both worlds! Once you figure out IF it was nursing that was the main cause of your depression, you'll be able...

I don't have any experience or knowledge of how they might be able to accommodate you, but just wanted to send (( hugs )). Even without depression and anxiety; ROTATING would be SO hard! I'm happy for you that this is your DREAM JOB; I worked in NI...

Hi, I just wanted to send you (( hugs )) and I'm SO happy you found a therapist. I'm sure moving to a new city just made things harder! I hope you can stop being so hard on yourself---as you said "ashamed and a hypocrite"----you have NOTHING to be ...

Wow!!! It's so awesome that you did so much, but also---obviously very difficult !!! I'm sending up prayers for you that your mind will be at ease, the boy and his family, and LOTS of ((( hugs ))))!!!