lovescapeRN

I'm really sad guys.. I interviewed and got a verbal offer from this hospital a month ago. So took me about an entire month to do all the screening/background checks/drug test, physical. Mind you their physical test I had to run, check my heart rate ...

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its really nuts. really really nuts.

Oh they made me do 1 lift, 2 pull push test. I got 40's on the pull push test,which only measures strength, not to test for hidden back injuries.. No job neither if u failed this strength test. It just makes me sad that most nurses probably risk thei...

thank you for your comment, you're very kind.

:eek:thank you for your comment regarding bsn not wanting to change bed sheets/bed baths. please re-read your second paragraph and rethink what u just said. *smacks head*

..... =/ but i dont even have any back injuries! i'm just petite! it makes me wonder, a lot of facilities are promoting nurses to not use their backs, encourage use of lift teams, equipments... so does that mean that this facility probably will make ...

thank you guys for the reply. i explained the situation to my landlord and she sympathize for me..and she might help me out with the deposit.. perhaps finding a hospital that has a union is important.. because with a union, i doubt they let this slip...

thanks for the good laugh. my first laugh of the day. i didnt even realize they were trying to eliminate all those conditions!

I wasn't informed until I did my own research. I feel like I wasted a lot of time/ energy/ money..

i had to pull the weights up, then walk backwards with them, and walk forward with them. each test required me to do 10,20,30,40lbs. the minute your body "jerks' a little, the physical therapist considered it unsafe. this is for a med surg position.....

i feel the exact same way. sometimes its so overwhelming that i don't take breaks/ eat, which then i will end being weak - not a good idea! i also feel like everything needs to be done. sometimes everything just hits.. like for me the other day was l...

i have encountered a patient who initially came in for just shoulder pain from falls. after 3 days, this patient was doing good, aaox4, i was about to discharge him. but for some reason they decided to keep him just for pain management. Then after th...

i dont know where it actually went wrong, i was actually involved in the care in the beginning, and just recently i had this patient again 3 weeks later. this guy is severely obese, reluctant to walk much. i remember it was an extremely back breaking...

CALIFORNIA!!!!! near beautiful beverly hills, hollywood, beaches, and sunny sun all day everyday. :) love love love my job :)

that is very unhealthy to switch back and forth like that! can the people who deal with the schedules be any smarter than to burn nurses out like.. that?! i'm sorry to hear its a bad situation, usually unions keep stuff like this from happening.

6 is A LOT for stepdown. are you sure??? I'm on a cardiac stepdown & im a new grad with 8 week orientation. and the ratio is 2:1 or 3:1 normally. 4:1 if they are stable. My usual load consist of 1 vent, a lot of MI, CHF, pneumonia.. yesterday i h...

EMAIL is the best way. papers will get lost in the shuffle easy. I say DO IT. but a lot of times they might say, Oh... how did you know my name???? Is there any significant event going on with the unit/ hospital? A new project that's coming up? Some...

unemployment for possibly 1-2 years. OR a good paying job with a strong possibility to transfer internally. but hey, MS is like that everywhere.. alot of units are horror stories. but we gotta all start somewhere grim. its what you make of it. u kno...

I was in a spinal cord injury unit, where a lot of patients cannot control their bowel/ urine. Every shift, we have to glove up, do digital stimulation. Basically insert with 2 fingers with a silver bullet up the there, wait... wait.. then go back an...

i heard some ppl got hired in RWC- Kaiser as new grads very recently. i wonder why they would even pick external over internal. that is strangee!!!! i know its kinda unfair to those whos been told to wait, and the opportunity never comes. i would j...

dont mind what the other poster said.... thats mean... you're smart for coming here for advice. if i knew this while i was in my last year in nursing school, i've been more prepared for the real world. but reality is, it is very hard.. i went through...

it sounds like you're in it now because you've already invested $$ and time. like you said, you wouldn't do it if you can do it all over. BUT.... wait you didnt even start working yet! if you're complaining this much, it can make your life a living h...

i LOVE postpartum. the parents buy nurses food, bring nurses flowers. patients give me hugs. wowow

i did psych.. psych has its own mental stress though. its a whole different beast. you can have a manic person screaming and shouting in your ears over and over the entire shift. it got old for me real fast. i would study whats a 5150, 5250, what are...