Brotherbob

If I had not been a nurse might have worked at sea, or news photography.

No, I am treated with respect. When I was a new nurse without experience it happened sometimes.

Spending time on this site is one of the ways I practice my english. The vast majority of movies and tv shows are in english too and I regulary meet people that only speak english . Otherwise reading books and magazines really widens the vocabulary. I still make many mistakes, but I understand others and I can get my point across. I am loosing my german fast and that is sad. Most germans speak english better than I speak german and I do not have time to read much in the german language anymore. Once in a while I meet a non english speaking german patient, and I am really struggling to communicate. My advice is to, if possible, spend time with people that speaks the language, otherwise read books and magazines or watch movies (without subtitles) that are really interesting to you. My experience is that to become fluent I have to have som basic knowledge of the language and then live in that environment and be forced to use the language for at least 3-4 month. To stay fluent I have to use it a few times every month, either read or speak. Slang can be difficult to understand, but normally the ones using slang can make an effort to talk better if they see that you don´t get it.

And I totally agree with you. I am happy to make friends, wherever I can.

Is it not possible to have fun and be professional? I have worked in places where nurses went to work only for the money, and now I avoid those places. Labor camps. People that like what they do tend to have fun together, the shifts fly by and I the patients get good care by a happy nurse. Nothing wrong with wanting to work in a place where the staff are social.:)

Brilliant!!!:)

We used to give Buprenex sublingual.

As others have said, it comes with territory. We have snow covered roads for almost six month a year, and midwinter the snow can be up to 6 ft deep. We are expected to get to work in all conditions, but everybody is understanding if those with long commutes are late now and then. We have a excellent organization that plows the roads, highways "never" get shut down. I am understanding that someone not used to iwinter conditions are worried about driving. My advice is to drive careful, and use steel studded tyres, everybody uses them in the winter. 4WD, ABS breaking and antispin helps, but quality studded tires are the most important.

Without knowledge of history we´re dangerous, doomed to repeat past mistakes.

We often hang by gravity and yes I pinch, otherwise the med is backing up in the tubing and filling up the chamber (or whatever that is called) where you see the drops and you can´t see how fast the fluid is running.

It would be to cross a line, but we sometimes do. I would give it anonymously.

Early 06.45-16.00 Late 12.00-21.15 Long 09.00-21.00 Night 21.00-07.15, 16.00-24.00 Sweden

It is also a cultural difference. We use first names always, in school, in hospital, everywhere, and it has been that way as long as I can remember. To the extent that if I adressed a teacher, MD or a pat. as Mr/Mrs X after we been introduced it would sound weird. I am all for showing respect, but have to find other ways to do it.

If I did not watch my mouth and this happened to me I´d call it even. Hitting someone is not acceptable but I would not report it. I would however have a talk with the person. Communication is a much better way to solve the problem. I have worked at sea and can´t imagine myself telling the officer somebody punched my back when I was rude!!! Unless the punch sent me flying over a table or something.

Punches in the back hurts, and so do sarcasm. Maybe call it even??