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Some nurses that bullied me and were let go from my old department d/t neglecting patients went to the BON and stated that I failed to protect a patient by letting her out of restraints. First, I am so disheartened that people who perpetuate lateral ...

When I graduated I didn't make a big deal because it was a second degree. But a friend (not that close) is graduating from nursing school next week and I want to get her something that would be a good graduation present. I'd like to keep it relativel...

I am somewhat new to nursing. Have been doing it for a year. The first med/surg floor I worked was very much like what your situation now is like. My decision was to apply for a different unit where I wasn't being abused. This treatment should not be...

I did social work with abused women.

There's this older gentleman at work who is a CNA. When you ask for help moving or feeding the patients, he constantly states, "I'm just the CNA." I don't know where this comes from and it ticks me off because he always says this. He also wears a whi...

This is ridiculous because a)you are NOT a student anymore and b)you have your own damn license and not just anyone can acheive that. When this happened to me, I talked to my preceptor. We tried it again but she finally understood that it was her no...

I always tell fellow staff that Protonix should be in the hospital water system....HAHAHAHA:lol2:

Boy there are lots of scenarios in our world. Doctors and ER folks have "ER", MD's have "Scrubs"-so I think we should have a TV show. Maybe a show about life in an acute care med-surg nursing unit, we see everyone for alot-even got a couple of pregn...

IMO, the doctor spends a small (10-15min) amt. of time with their patient. The nurse assigned to a group of patients often ends up noticing the intricacies of the pt's physical condition and notifies the doctor accordingly. I also think that we nurse...

Do you think Bush is looking to win the war on poo???????

I am on Wellbutrin, an anti-depressant Approx. 65% of the nurses on my unit have stated that they are taking an anti-depressant, some in combo. w/therapy. It is not that we hate nursing. It is that the emotional situations/interactions that are pre...

I know exactly where you are. I am an 2004 grad, almost 7mo. in acute med-surg. I HAD to go part-time after 6 months. But it has been a good choice because I can call the shots now. The staffing office calls every day I don't work so I can have the k...

That's what I'm talking about!!! We deal with such extremes of the emotional spectrum and the stories on the show would be amazing. I think there is alot of quirky, amusing things that we have to work with-there's where your comedy could come from. O...

I agree! I have spoken with several seasoned nurses and fresh from nursing school nurses who agree it is nothing like it was or presented to us in clinicals or school. I have worked in several places too.........those I speak with agree...you JUST HA...

I went to Linfield (TWICE! got a BS and a BSN) and it's not that great. After graduating and working, you meet the nursing instructors for other schools. One finds out that Linfield gets only about half the med-surg experience compared to other schoo...

Hallo, I have been a RN/ BSN since May,2004. I currently work at Providence St.Vincent on the 7th floor (Dialysis/Renal/Psych/you name it we get it). I graduated with my 2nd degree (my first is Behavioral Sciences) from Linfield. My first love is psy...

you are so f----------- right on! when i worked nights recently, patients would always be like "are you busy tonight?" or "were you just sitting around?" and me, the person who sometimes talks without thought, goes, "yeah, all we nurses do is hang ou...

I have only been a nurse for a year. In that time, I worked in L and D for two months(never having done clinicals in OB, never should have been there), psych nursing (liked it but needed med-surg) and have been in med-surg for 7 months. Med-surg is c...

I am so disenchanted and frustrated by my new job. I feel that after a month, I need to quit and forget that I was ever here. It is labor and delivery and I hate everything about it. The preceptors are pooey, I doubt my ability to ever successfully m...

I graduated in June and did psych nursing at a state hospital. I'm finding that most nurses that work here tell me that a few years in med-surg is good, so I've decided that in addition to working this job PT, I am going to apply for a new grad inter...

I graduated in June and did psych nursing at a state hospital. I'm finding that most nurses that work here tell me that a few years in med-surg is good, so I've decided that in addition to working this job PT, I am going to apply for a new grad inter...

Hey thanks for the postings. I went back to work yesterday and it was very awkward. However, after speaking with a previous intern, I realized it may be my experience with my preceptor that is making me hate the job. I spoke with the nurse manager, a...

I am interning as a labor and delivery nurse and am making $22/hr w/o diff.

My two cent is this-I studied like a madwoman for several hours a day, including mostly taking tests out of Mosby.Lippincott and Kaplan. I studied on campus and a former professor told me to, "focus on the strategy that you know (I don't know if your...

I start L&D 7/19. It was a big fluke. They were accepting 8 new grads with a BSN so I applied on a whim. And me and the NM hit it off and I was hired! I was excited-she seemed like she would be a great manager. OH! Recovering STILL from boards tw...