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I am glad to see these. I can't think of a thing I would add. You have listed them very well. I also do all these practices. Even though case management can feel overwhelming at times when you have more cases than usual, it is a wonderful job for hel...

Posters, She is new to the profession. She is asking a question based on her observations. The question shows she is worried and probably scared. She is probably asking herself has she wasted all that money taking prerequisites and nursing school tui...

I have embroidered and sew by hand for 40 years. In all that time, I have accidentally stuck my fingers many times. There is a sting when the needle goes in, but then it doesn't hurt. Make sure you have the right size needle for the vein, then get yo...

The family members are the ones who will live with their end-of-life decisions they made for their loved ones who were not able to make those decisions themselves. They will remember the rest of their lives what they decided and they will question th...

On my Ortho unit, we clocked out for lunch and in like we were supposed to, but didn't leave the floor or actually sit down in the break room to eat for longer than 5 mins.

I'll take natural body odors and regular odors anytime over the stomach-turning air deodorizers. The air deodorizers also have particulates which disperse in the air, so they aren't healthy for some people.

I like the Maya Angelou quote. Thanks.

Two things to consider. First, if the patient is in severe pain, they will not be yelling and cussing. My very experienced nurse aunt told me that the quiet ones with severe injuries or pain were the ones you had to be aware of, not the loud ones bec...

Hollybobs has some good points. If your patient is scared, angry or very stressed, you must calm down. Speak in a lower calm tone and have slower movements. Don't slow down just don't have jerky quick movements. The patient in pain is physiologically...

Nurses worry about serious stuff enough. Sometimes nurses just wanna have fun. This thread is funny.

I love this thread. I'm laughing. Everyone is so witty. We were scared like this in nursing school. What a pity.

This kind of advice is what new grads need when looking for jobs. It would be nice if nursing schools education included these tips for nursing students.

I don't know how to get the status quo changed. Hope we can. I quit nursing after 4 months and went back to my old career. My former employer was overjoyed to have me back. I had wanted to be a nurse since I was a little girl, gave it up in college b...

BUT if that someone is your orientor and you are totally new, it is unnerving to be told "I already told you where that is." Or something else catty or to be bawled out in front of other nurses because you didn't give report exactly right the first t...

I haven't read all the comments, but the first few. Okay everyone, she wasn't whining about the work. She was saying that her preceptor was criticizing everything she did. She is trying. In case you all don't remember what the orientation was like, a...

I so agree with Not A Hat Person. In my senior clinical, I had a wonderful RN, but I did not get to plan for a patient one whole shift. I could have practiced on how I would care for a patient, and he could have checked everything I had written down ...

When I was a youngster, as the oldest child in the family, I had to clean up our two cats' messes while they were learning about litter box. That was my mom's directive if we wanted the cats. There is no way I ever got used to the smell, but this is...

"And honestly, there does come a time where you need to stop asking "permission" before every single thing you do." posted by Wooh. Yes, I agree Wooh, and the orienting nurse needs to tell the new nurse that she no longer needs permission to do what ...

Well, as I stated in my original post, if the hospitals or organizations who employ nurses offer incentives and training to the vets, perhaps some things might change in their behaviors to new grads and colleagues. Or if the hospitals/organizations w...

I think this "eating their young" is a description for what some experienced nurses do to their orientees because the experienced nurses are like new first time parents who feel that what the newbie does on the floor is a reflection on the experience...

When you are talking to anyone about her treatment of you, DO NOT mention being verbally abused or any words approaching abused. Such a place as a hostile workplace does exist, and there are laws against it. Verbal abuse could contribute to hostile ...

I quit nursing and don't know if I will ever go back because of my age - 50+. Nursing was my second career after I retired from my first one. I had wanted to be a nurse since I was first in college, but changed areas of degree. At 50+ I was accepted ...

I was in the middle of an orientation when a unit I wanted to work for called me for an interview. I told them I was being oriented to another unit. So I finished orientation, worked and wasn't a good fit. Should have set up an interview with the ...

As others have said, be friendly but study alone when that works best for you. At my school, the instructors would not allow us to work on graded assignments alone. We had to be in a group. If you are having a hard time finding a partner, tell the...

I agree wholeheartedly that teamwork needs to be taught. It can also happen as a side effect of any school activity when there are teams. And girls aren't the only ones who need to be taught and experience team work. Not all guys know how to work ...