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Good luck on your upcoming NCLEX and new job...I hope you have a wonderful career. I think oncology is one of those fields that require a special kind of person. I am afraid I would be too depressed if worked that all the time. I work in a preop/reco...

Conjured up the same image for me, oneofthegoodguys! LOL.... But, on a serious note, I have noticed among ppl...patients as well as general population that there seems to be a 'stigma' attached to being labeled MRSA. I get the feeling ppl think they ...

Have you ever thought of trying PACU?...you usually do have some call....but if you work in a large enough facility with a larger staff then it rotates and isn't that often.. I am part time.....and work in a small facility...do call about one night e...

I have heard that ND is really booming as far as jobs of all kinds are concerned, I heard their unemployment is about 3% or something.....

I am hoping to start a travel assignment about Nov 1st. We have an RV, a 39' bounder, that we bought with the intention of using to winter in warm places. Hoping to get an assignment in a smaller facility PACU/SDS which is what my most recent experi...

I have been ill recently with a sinus/resp infection. I worked last week Thur-Friday, was on call for Saturday then was scheduled for work M-Wed. Managed to get thru the call day Saturday...Found someone to cover my shift for Monday. Was still pretty...

Upon further thought, I have realized that maybe the charge nurse just told the supervisor that I was sick and 'had to go home'. If we go in and work at least four hours, it doesn't count against us. But, I had just clocked in, and then was told I sh...

I was in a similar position, as I had been PRN in SDS/Dismissal for about the past 9 or so years, while running a seasonal business. I have returned to working 24-32 hours/week in the SDS/PACU. My main reason for doing this is to get up to speed with...

My daughter's friend is a DH, as of last year. She first worked as DA, and went to school while she was working. So, once she graduated she already had the job. I have suggested this career to a few ppl lately, and got the 'Ewww...I couldn't stand b...

Where I previously worked I did. Anything after 3pm during the weekdays I got shift dif and also for OT. I think that is a federal labor law, if you work more than 40 hrs they have to pay you OT. At least that is what I was told when I asked about it...

I agree with IIg....that is an excellent way to handle the situation. Hope it all works out well for you!

First of all.....I would never think it would be ok to ask a person to lie for you, even if that person were a close friend. But to ask someone that you are 'not too close' to would, first of all, just be plain wrong, and secondly, good give your for...

This happened to me once: where I worked we did 12hr shifts, but for holidays we each worked an 8 hr shift, like for Christmas it would either be christmas eve, day or evening. I was scheduled to work Christmas night, which was fine, since we did all...

Ok, I work in a very fast paced sameday surgery center. We have a good bit of autonomy in this area, but I still like to have doc orders for d/cing meds etc. Well, here is what happened today and is totally not a big deal, but just kind of made me fe...

Ok, I have had to deal with this in the past. I worked on a floor that was very similar to what yours sounds like. They would always give us that crap about clocking out. But, I never did get written up and was often having to stay late, just because...

Thanks for the input everyone. That was exactly what I thought, and as I even told the pt. I was 99.99% sure he wanted the macrobid to replace the bactrim, but, since I am not the doc, I HAD to verify. I am all about CYA!

I think OP meant that she tested her own 02 sat and it was also in the 80's? and not likely that all the residents she checked would be in the 80's? At least that is how I read it. I agree that it is best to carry your own insurance.

I don't consider it to be dishonorable to join the army to get money for college. Many people do that. The army (or whatever branch) gets their 'pound of flesh' by the required service after the schooling is done. Just my opinion.

When I am discharging a pt and they hug me and tell me what a difference I made in their hospital experience! this has happened several times.

I have made a few med errors in the course of 16 yrs of nursing...but one of the things I did that bothered me most was one morning, on a busy med-surg floor, rushing trying to stay 'on top of things'....had 6 or 7 pts and was primary care, no nurse ...

I worked a medical stepdown unit, basically med-surg, several years ago. ACLS was optional, but the hospital would pay for it if we decided to do it. I chose to do it. I only stayed on that unit for about 2 years, but I think we had about 4-5 codes d...

I had never heard of this til about a year ago. I, too, laughed when I first heard the doc tell me to try it on a pt. I was told it is a 'surefire' fix for an impaction. It wasn't very effective but this was a very extreme case of impacted stool. Too...

I think the employer should also be reported. If she is running a home health agency, and suggests that you 'up the O2' to make a pt pass out, and that is her only suggestion for offering you a safe working environment, well, pts AND employees are at...

Just finished PALS a few weeks ago, and it was CPR.....get AED set up......even if it is right at the bedside it has to be opened, turned on, and if it is right at bedside possibly another person to set up while you begin CPR. I guess it just does de...

Where I used to work, they had a 'volunteer' program for community activities. But, it impacted your raise, in that if you didn't volunteer you wouldn't get the 'max' raise. I was only PRN, and lived hour and fifteen minutes from hospital, and on one...