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I love my job, and feel that on most days, I make a difference for the pts/families that I care for. Lately, though, I am getting more and more annoyed with difficult pts--those who complain about every little thing, and pts who are strictly drug se...

I've been a med-surg nurse for 3 years, and I love my job. However I am so frustrated almost everyday because I feel like I always have loose ends at the end of my shift and find I have missed little things, nothing major. When it comes time to giv...

Just dropping to say hi...I am a relatively new RN having graduated 2 years ago. I just finished two years on a Med-Surg floor, and making a transition to post-partum nursing in 1 week. I am both excited and nervous about making this change. Glad I f...

I am a new grad starting f/t med-surg job in two weeks. I am currently a unit coordinator at the same hospital where I will be working as an rn. Here's my problem...I was recently counseled by my immediate supervisor for having four absences w/ in 5 ...

Thanks for the positive spin...I'm just so angry and frustrated right now... A unit coordinator is a unit secretary--ancillary, non-clinical staff. R

Love wacky names--when I was working in the business world, I had a client whose name was Kitty Peed!!

I am getting ready to graduate, and in the process of applying for a nursing position. I have noticed that many hospitals have day/night rotations. I'm trying to figure out how to manage the kids, if I work 'til 7:30 am, and my husband has to leave f...

Yeah, for me, just last week, it was the Pyxis...could my instructor have made me feel any more stupid?? I could feel the tears just brimming, and for the first time asked myself "why am I doing this?" and I am graduating in May!!! Yikes...most da...

Hi, Yes,I have worked as a unit coordinator on a maternity unit for 3 years and am in my second year of nursing school. I have found my job to be somewhat of an education in and of itself regarding terminology, labs and diagnostic testing and even ...

i'm starting my first clinical rotation in the fall...not sure what to expect. but what really has me worried is the spring rotation in ob/maternity nursing because it will be done at the hospital where i work as a unit coordinator on the ob/materni...

hi... i just ordered my uniform for fall, and i am soooooooooo excited!!! so no, you are not the only one who feels like that!! what i really can't wait for is buying my first stethescope!!! i'm still waiting for the shock of actually being accept...

mine is making errors...drugs, dosages...i'm afraid of not being focused and missing something that would cause harm to a patient. that...and the grossness factor...i work on a maternity unit in a clerical position and am not involved in clinical p...

i am 37, married 13 years, have a 9 yo daughter, 7 yo son... finishing pre-reqs, starting clinical in the fall. i am in an adn program, with plans to continue with bsn/msn...would love, love, love to be a cnm or np in womens' health, but feel that it...

but had to go back to work b/c my husband is unable to work due to depression, on disability, but we need benefits... my family is supportive, not necessarily helpful, though. ...my kids are 7 and 9...the three of them depend on me for everything. ...

and continuing to work as well...will have a week off in august, will probably do day trips, go to nh for a few days... trying not to get stressed out, my kids aren't too happy about my schedule, not alot of down time, but they know it is for a good ...

i am interested in joining, but not sure if i really need to...looks like it offers great resources/info (much like this site), also thinking it would be good to be part of a professional organization. would be interested in hearing from other nursin...

i am starting my first clinical in september, will graduate spring 2006!!!

i would love to start out working on a gyn med/surge floor, then eventually move to l & d...there's a part of me that really wants to be a cnm or womens' health np...sometimes i feel like it is just too late to get into that...who knows...i never...

i'm rose, married 13 years, mum to 2 children 7 and 9. i am starting a & p next week, and starting my first clinical in september. have been plugging away at prereqs for awhile now...so grateful to have gotten accepted into the program. if all go...

I've been working full-time while taking prereqs...until micro, i had a 4.0...i start the nursing program in the fall, and i have to work full-time for benefits. my husband suffers from depression and cannot work. i am scared to death that work will ...