Flo. BSN, RN

I hated acute care. I now work in developmental disabilities and I love it. There are day programs, schools and residential programs that hire nurses. I find the work much more enjoyable.

That sounds horrible. Who would you turn to if you have a question at night or get overwhelmed? You need a more supportive environment for your first job.

I legit get sick more than once a year. I would think working in healthcare, you would be more understanding regarding illness.

c-diff

I left nursing. For me, nursing was a nightmare. I had wonderful managers and supportive coworkers but the pressure of the job was just too much. I hated the feeling of being pulled in a million different directions at all times and the constant need...

I too received several marriage proposals. The most memorable belonged to a man that had broken almost all the bones in his legs when he got the bright idea to stand on top of his trailer during a tornado. I cared for him for about a week with no pro...

I love nike free. After trying about 15 different shoes my first year of nursing they are the best. The worst was dansko.

I was walking by a post ops room when I heard the pt tell our new surgeon that she needed to use the bed pan. The surgeon told the pt one moment and pops his head out of the room. I fully expected him to ask me to help the pt but what he asked inste...

I work in a spec ed school now and one of our kids has a bad case of c-diff. Accoridng to school policy she should be at home but thanks to school politics and a note from the infectious control doc she is at school. And its a mess. We don't have the...

'm sorry that you got stuck and it stinks that your facility does not support you in a safe and healthy manner. Does your facility have sharps containers at the bedside? Is she writing you up for using the scoop method or doing the scoop method inco...

We currently have a surplus of nurses. If we limit our entry routes perhaps we could control our ranks more, decrease the surplus and use that as leverage to better the working conditions for nurses. Right now there are just too many nurses vying for...

To reiterate what others have said, there is no nursing shortage. Why not write about nursing burnout,retention rates, safe staffing, JCHAO or HCAPS? Those are issues that effect nursing leadership more than the nonexistent nursing shortage.

Yes. Get out of healthcare while you still can.

At my facility it is the responsibility of the nurse who took the call from lab to record it in the chart and record what actions were taken. Frequently that action is that primary RN was notified. I don't call the MD unless the primary requests it. ...

I'm sorta like that except I care about food. So on my days off I sleep and eat.

Peri wipes all the way.

I think it is a right. How can you value one person's life higher than anothers simply based on their ability to pay a bill? I find for profit health care to be sickening.

Know how to get help fast if your patient goes bad.

I misread the bedside o2 machine. I thought my pts o2 sats was in the 60s. I pull out a non rebreather and was cranking the o2 when a physical therapist comes by and just points at the machine. I was looking at HR! His o2 sat was really 99% I was so ...

I was a huge nerd. Top 5% of my class. I was an even bigger nerd in nursing school because someone's life might depend on me knowing that info.

Sounds good to me.

That sounds like a sweet gig. Why do you want to leave?

Check you local board of nursing website, you may not qualify.

If you are lucky enough to be in excellent health be aware of the fact that some of your coworkers are not. They may not have discussed their health problems with you. If management is aware and not acting on it, then let it go. It is managements du...

No. I went into nursing so excited to help people and make a difference in the world. Well reality hit and its sucks. The first year was full of sleepless nights worrying did I make a mistake or miss something that will end up killing a patient. I f...