DizzyLizzyNurse

Same here. My counselor told me actually to keep some of that stuff (pizza is my favorite) in the house so it becomes less "forbidden." Part of my problem is my parents put me on my first diet at 13 and have (trying to help, not meaning to hurt) na...

Just wanted to point out some of us only have cell phones. I don't have a land line. Your NM was totally out of line. But make sure your husband is prepared next time the calls in because you KNOW the NM will be calling and harrassing him to come i...

When I was on a cruise 6 months ago, I met a CNM at my dinner table. She had gone through school, gotten her BSN and went right for the CNM without any bedside experience. She never worked as an RN. She said she had some catching up to do with the...

I too suffer from this. My mother was a drug addicted alcoholic who abandoned her family. She had custody of me and my siblings for a little while and that was when I first learned how comforting and numbing eating large amounts of food can be. I ...

Um yeah. I'm pretty sure I'd dump someone if they tried to make me put Purell on my lips. Yuck!

Whoa.

This is how my old job was. My new job pays for the 13 hours, but you have to take PTO in the spring for the missing hour.

Uh I've never been pregnant or in labor but I became an RN to work in L&D. I'm just waiting for my chance. According to you, I shouldn't be in L&D until after I've given birth? I've never been in a nursing home, but I've worked in a couple....

Yeah I had 43 by myself at night. Just regular LTC, not the vent unit. I hope to never work in LTC again. It's still amazing to be able to do everything I'm supposed to. Nope. You definitely want everything in writing!!!

Realistic - I went to school originally to be an elementary school teacher, but I dropped out, became a CNA and the rest is history. Whimsicle: I'd love to get paid to travel, write about traveling, have a hobby farm where I can magically afford eve...

That kind of patient load is normal in LTC. Although when I worked on a LTC vent unit we only had vent patients and each RN had 5 pts apiece. 2 CNAs and an RT. Now of course that was what was promised. I had many days where I was on the only nurs...

Do you keep a similar sleep schedule all the time; or do you try to switch back on your days off? Keeping the same schedule is best. That's how I feel if I work days. It's funny huh?

I've said this myself. Man is it good to work at a decent hospital. We are union. The place I worked at before (part of the same system) was in a horrible section of town and had signs up reminding patients and visitors that it is a felony in this st...

Exactly. Just because you are a nurse doesn't mean you know what to do with someone injured so extensively. Some people think a nurse is a nurse is a nurse, which is NOT true. You did the best you could do with your current knowledge. At least th...

My place of employment does this too. Winter holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Summer holidays - Labor Day, 4th of July, and Memorial Day. We have to work one summer holiday and one winter holiday. This year I will be working Christ...

What do you do as part of a bereavement team?

I've almost passed out once. I was in LPN school and went to see the morgue (field trip? lol). My grandfather had just died in another hospital. All I could think about was him being in a morgue. Then the smell got to me. I saw stars, the room s...

I would only rewrite them if the original notes were kept AND you wrote today's date and started your note with on 11/5/2011 at 2305 (or whatever time and date the original notes were from). Don't let it look like the new notes are the originals.

I did LTC for 10 years. Obviously I saw a lot of death and as someone else said, a lot of times in LTC it's a blessing. Now I work in med surge. My floor specializes in oncology and has a few hospice rooms so I do see death or dying a lot at work ...

Did you know going into nursing that most nursing jobs have a certain amount of stress that goes with it? It is totally normal to be stressed and anxious for AT LEAST the first few months on the job. I've been at my current job for 6 months and I j...

We do have people who make sexual jokes with each other, but ONLY to people who are ok with it and never in front of patients or anything like that. I wouldn't let what your bf says keep you from nursing. And if it does happen, you would learn to s...

I worked 8 hour shifts 5 nights a week while in school and I HATED it. I was one of those rare birds who liked 3-11. Now that I'm 12 hour shifts, I LOVE working the 3 nights a week. Working 5 days a week I felt like I was always at work. Plus I l...

Exactly.

Hmm...feeling inspired now!

I'm glad you were able to talk to them. I hope it helps.