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Our dress code was recently changed to allow only scrub jackets to be worn. I work night shift and a lot of us would typically wear zip up sweaters/jackets (not hoodies) because it gets so cold at night. We even turn the heat up to the 80s but it doe...

Great idea. I'm going to email my manager about it. Thanks!

The dresscode also says no fleece jackets... BUT since this is a scrub/scrub company, I wonder if I could get away with that lol.

I work nights and currently have a 45 min to one hour commute each way. Needless to say, by my 3rd or 4th shift I'm exhausted and that drive is hell. I've nodded off a couple of times driving on the interstate, pulling over immediately afterwards so ...

Do you guys think they would accept a reference from a coworker who is not a charge? There is only one person who's been there a while who I trust not to say anything, and she doesn't do charge.

Thank you everyone!

I've been reading and noticed nurses writing that they would call a dr and ask if they can hold a med due to low bp or low hr, and write that as an order, and then get parameters for future med administration. Is this something that we have to do for...

I usually just hold the 2x2 over the IV site when I'm removing it... and if for some reason you get a couple drops of blood on the patient, no big deal. Just wipe it off.

I had a pt who had scheduled 20mg oxycontin q8, along with PRN narcs q6 and q4. Her normal blood pressure ran low 100s. For a few days before I had her she was mid 90s. I work night shift and the night I got her, she had been maintaining SBP of 87, 8...

I only called my mgr so I know what to do in the future and discuss how it can impact me legally. My charge nurse didn't give me a clear answer either way, the day shift charge who was coming on didn't think it was a good idea. My manager said next t...

Also: is my license at risk if something happens to the patient and I followed MD orders? Or am I more likely to get fired/lose my license for NOT following MD orders (and the SAME order from multiple MDS, at that) bc I felt it wasn't safe?? Thanks!

PP's answer is what I would go with as that's how I've seen coumadin ordered, alternating doses/days BUT I would call the MD and clarify.

I wear my hair down, and it's a little past shoulder length BUT I put it up before walking into the room to do an assessment, pass meds, etc. If it's a patient on any type of isolation, my hair goes up before entering the room regardless of what I'm ...

Herecomestrouble, I kind of doubt the OP actually read what was on that site, otherwise she wouldn't have posted it... what you quoted shows the ignorance of whoever wrote the "information" on that website.

I honestly don't care if my medical provider has tattoos, does or does not wear makeup, or what their hair looks like as long as they are COMPETENT. And as far as a nurse having her hair down... I'm sure the first time she gets bodily fluids in it, s...

I've had back issues since a car accident a few years ago. I wear Asics to work and absolutely love them. The most comfortable shoes, no back pain, I wear them w/ knee high compression socks and have no leg pain, either.

I'm a new nurse, started working on a telemetry floor in March of this year. We do take overflow and literally about once a week, I have a patient with a history of drug abuse who is requesting dilaudid every two hours like clockwork. I came into nur...

I had several days in PICU while in school and I did not have any patients that made me cry. The only patient I cried over in NICU was one that had been born at only 23 weeks and seeing a baby like that was more of a shock to me than anything. I do k...

I'm a new grad and just accepted a night position on a med/surg tele floor. I start orientation in a couple of weeks, then I have a 4 week preceptorship on a learning floor, and then my 3 month (?) orientation to the tele floor I'll be working on. Ca...

I accepted a position on a telemetry unit because I feel I need to have stronger cardiac skills before I go to the ICU, but if you are comfortable with your knowledge base, then go straight into ICU.

Oh wow, I'm in for a ride. I'm a new grad starting on a tele unit in two weeks!

What is a "zoll"?

I was able to do my preceptorship in the ICU, BUT I had to get approval from the ICU director and get them to email the coordinator of the nursing program, as well as recommendations from my clinical instructor and Adult II classroom instructor.. If ...

We usually throw in $5 each and end up with a $50 gift card for the clinical instructor.

Don't be so hard on yourself! I froze up so many times when I should've offered patients an explanation, and my nurse had to jump in and answer. ALSO, something that made me feel really stupid, Dr came in and was putting in a subclavian PICC and aske...