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You need to get a new job! This literally blows me away that professionals adults are acting like this! Just for an example - We have 6 assignments, each nurse has 5 patients MAX (usually only 4). We try to keep 2 trauma rooms open for traumas, but e...

The worst is when you have a pt with great veins....and TELL THEM THAT....and then miss!

Oh - i forgot to add some stuff! Do you have order sets that you can order? If an abd pain is coming in i will order a bunch of things to get the pt going so during the first quick hello i'll get a line put in and labs done, ask the pt to give a uri...

1) Speed: Go in and say hi to your pt, QUICK focused assessment. Wait for the orders then go back in and do EVERYTHING. IV, meds, fluids...etc at the same time. 2) Delegating: Just speak up and when you know something is coming in tell the techs wha...

Just wondering what you guys would have done, and if you think i overreacted?! He is 2 years old and pretty verbal. Has a ? allergy to Tuna so we have an Epi Pen jr for this. Yesterday he jumped on a bee hive that was under the ground and started sc...

Thanks guys - def not looking for medical advice =) I agree its a fine line between momma and nurse!

Starting in the ED in a few weeks, and i was wondering what supplies you carry on you daily. I have a pen light and a stethescope, what else do i need! =)

I'm starting in the ER in a few weeks and was told that i would need to be there a year to get my TNCC. I guess every place is different. I would think it would be worth it to just hang out and soak in as much as possible for the next 6 months and th...

I just accepted a new position within my company, a transfer. I interviewed when i was 14 weeks, so i was just entering my 2nd trimester and really was JUST telling people. I also was told by several people not to mention it at the interview. I got...

No she hasnt, i asked. She told me that i legally didnt have to tell them. grrr. No one wants a lawsuit! haha. I just dont want to **** anyone off and address it the best way possible.

Yes - but after 2 years out of school i finally feel like I have my opportunity! Worked outpatient for 2 years doing no clinical skills at all. Phone traige. It SUCKED. I have applied for thousands for positions and have only had a few interviews. Fi...

I'm kinda scared! I've been out of school 2 years and have only been able to get jobs in the outpatient setting doing phone triage...and it kills me! I've continued to apply to everything inpatient and have never (before now) even been called in for ...

Great advice backpacking! Thank you for the tips! so......I GOT THE JOB!!!! I CANNOT believe it! I have been waiting 2 years for this; to feel like an actual nurse and to use clinical skills! I have a 12-20 week (depending on what i need) orientation...

Her choice, her life. I know a woman who was 41 at the time who reduced from 3 to 1...and that baby was then born at 27 weeks. If she had 3 she would have lost them all weeks earlier no doubt.

Thanks guys! Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for an amazing preceptor!

I have a girlfriend who graduated with my 12/09 who still doesnt have a job either. She is planning on doing some flu clinics this year to try and at least keep up with some clinical skills. She's still working at a sub shop. =(

Totally doomed. I've been out 18 months and am still in an outpatient office setting doing NOTHING clinical. My office is affiliated with a hospital and when i tried to transfer to a floor i was told that they do not hire nurses to inpatient floors w...

oooh ooohh!!! I know i KNOW!!!

i'm having a really really bad day and feeling like i will never be able to break in to nursing and find a job i will enjoy. i am 18 months out of school, with my bsn, and took a job at the pediatrics office i had worked at during school. i wanted a...

New grad - 20/hr in Mass (the pay scale was 20-24/hr) and i know nurses with 20+ years of experince were only making 24. 1 year of experince 19/hr in NH. Just waiting for that one year mark to get into the hospital.

Exactly - A girlfriend of mine basically lost her ER CNA job because they couldnt hire a new grad, had no open RN positions, and couldnt keep her on once she had her license because it would be a conflict of interest. She found another RN job, worked...

haha no! I applied to every facility in a 50 mile radius!

just a word of warning - ob office is not the same as ob in-patient (obviously). if you really want to go into l&d, then look for a med/surg lpn position. it is so much easier to go from one hospital floor to another, than it is from an outpatien...

i'm 18 months out of school and i just feel so darn disheartened. first, i couldn't find a hospital job so i just stayed at the pediatrics office i had been working at as an ma. the whole time i was there i was looking for something *better*. more c...