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Reminds me of the time I had a guy fall out of his wheelchair in a dining room and while we're trying to examine him and help him up, another guy is yelling at me because I hadn't given him (whatever it was) yet. And guy #2 was pretty mentally compe...

Two quite-different answers: 1) As many on here have responded to others who didn't like whatever types of nursing they've done, there are many different types of nursing, which can be wildly different. Maybe you need to still try another type or t...

That is VERY true. I was a programmer for a long time, and even though at times I was underpaid, I made more money the last 10 years doing that than I have in my 5.5+ years as a nurse so far. But although there are pros/cons to just about everythin...

First things first: study math in high school, and graduate. But as far as math and nursing, generally speaking, you don't need to be a super math whiz. Yes, sometimes you do need to calculate something, but it's not what I call 'higher math'.

Is there a cash payment involved? :^) OK, apparently not, so I'm only going to answer the first question, about empowerment: one thing I like about nursing is that although management, corporations, infection control, etc. will make you do things y...

S'brilliant, Cap'n - because y'see, by definition, the tachynon flow - which means non-tacky, i.e. "it won't stick", will keep the infernal cling-on from stickin' to our vents. Implementing your orders as we speak, cap'n!

"Ach, Cap'n - the ship's engines can't handle it!! The cling-on is blockin' the intake vents! What should we do? Reverse thrusters to throw the cling-on off our backs?" (Scotty)

Yeah, if you uh, 'rip' right next to the vent, maybe we won't need to put your room on airborne precautions. :^)

Glad you're still venting, DaveyDo. It's healthy, y'know...

At least 2 people have said that ageism is 'alive and well' - having possibly been victim of it myself when trying to look for my first nursing job, I'd say it's 'alive and stupid'. I'd recommend that you try some 'alternative' jobs as others have ...

You've got to come up with your own reasons. They're probably often similar, but sometimes not, for nurses. Both in nursing school and while actually working as a nurse, I've had to think about & adjust my reasons.

Well I didn't know it was official, geez ... but as I said, I love green and red, and have lived in NM twice for a total of 13+ years, so I know my chile pretty much. And yes, it would be great in cornbread ... I've put jalapeno slices in cornbread,...

I'd say 'unbelievable!', but where I live - let me tell you first, that as a local radio station jokes, the Official Question of New Mexico is "Red or green?" (chile - on enchiladas, breakfast burritos, and lots of other things) - a local place is ac...

SPICY. I live in southern NM and 'Flamin' Hot Cheetos' are VERY popular here. I heard of a similar story - I'm almost wondering if this is becoming an 'urban legend' or whether it's just happening often :^) ... but what I heard was that a young wom...

"My DON spent 5 of it calling my phone, texting me, threatening me on how this would require disciplinary action and how it showed how unreliable I am. Despite everything I had done, all the shifts I had filled..... she wrote me up for calling out. S...

You'll get faster, as others have said. 24 is a lot without a med tech, though. And watch out re: there 'only' being 14 on the rehab unit - that might help re: passing meds, but they're likely higher acuity over there too.

At a contract programming job in Dallas. Came out of the bathroom and another programmer said 'Did you hear? A plane hit into the World Trade Center in New York!'. Because of course none of us would've imagined what happened, I thought it was prob...

You're not a failure. You're new, you're not being given enough help (you should have 3 CNA's instead of 2, and I don't know what a TMA is that you mention), you didn't get enough orientation (neither did I in my first job)... but I get it re: you f...

I know there are some like those you describe, but when I worked at a LTC/Rehab I worked my *** off. Rarely sitting, no smoke breaks (besides the fact that that would kill me at this point), and gave patients the most/best care I could give 'em give...

Check out allrecipes.com. I've got a bunch of great cookbooks, and I need to get back to them, but for the last few years I've been kind of addicted to allrecipes. Sometimes I'll look at 2-3 similar ones and pick and choose ingredients, but at leas...

I feel for ya. It happens to all of us. I have almost too-happy patients and family members sometimes, and rarely have angry/unhappy ones, but once in a while it doesn't matter WHAT you do, you're bad/wrong/incompetent/? in their eyes.

They're not equal in terms of education and pay. I view myself as a bit of a subordinate to doctors - and NP's - yet I also think they should treat us with respect. Many do, some don't.

I'm not spring chicken myself. But your story makes me a little sad for her. Not just that she's not pulling her weight at work, but that she seems to not have enough (or any?) passions at home. I've seen/heard this over and over during my life. ...

I feel for you. We all occasionally have the very difficult patient and/or family member(s). I like the hybrid term - helicopter/tiger mom - hybrids are always more unpredictable, you know. :^)

That was a big problem for me - being an asthmatic and being super-sensitive to smoke - at my previous LTC/rehab facility. Mgt. at first had a 'too bad' (for employees) attitude about it, then changed to a 'no one can be forced to take the smokers o...