Brotherbob BSN, RN

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.

Mean nurses and nursing students with that attitude are a shame to the profession. You will be a wonderful nurse, and you will realize that your life experience and this birth defect can open doors with patients that perfect skin, smooth teeth and at...

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. ...

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 ...

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 c...

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 woul...

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 ...

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

The problem is when a JW child needs blood or a blood product in order to survive. The doc has the right to order blood against the parents will but the situations can be really complicated and heartbreaking. How do you tackle this?

A coworker assisted a doc suturing a small wound. She fainted and her head landed face down right in the wound. Surprised patient. So far I have not threw up, and not passed out either, but I don´t like when travellers from Africa bring their intest...

I love to able to bring some kind of stability and order to the chaos of a shocked traumatized patient. To stabilize, take care of ABC. I love the constant change and the contrast between the slow shifts and the intense ones when everything happens t...

I think that a to strict work environment where an exellent nurse do not get a second chance can be unproductive. The nurses become nervous and more mistakes are made. We are dealing with death and life every single day. There is a lot of responsibil...

This nurse would probably never make that mistake again. That is one good reason to keep her. We need to take care of each other.

Let the one who has never made a mistake throw the first stone.

Yes, I would do it again. Sure it is stressful and management can be crap. But what I always have wanted with my life is to make a difference, to help. As a nurse I do that every day and it gives me a lot in return. I have worked in different areas b...

The first year is not easy for anyone. To do your best is all that you can do. Keep going. The key to success is to take these bad experiences and learn from them, like you did. The other key is to be able to move on. Think of all the good things you...

I love my job