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I know it stands for Progressive Care Unit most of times, and probably equivalent of a stepdown unit? I thought that cardiac nurses can relate to PCU also, so I will post here. So I got an interview next week at PCU, and am trying to figure out exac...

I ponder about this all the time. If you are a RN now by this point, you know you don't make that much, but still most of us admit that "well, still among our friends, I make decent money." Are we? I have been a nurse now about year and half, and I r...

Hello ladies and gentlemen! quick question here about job offers. since I got an offer through the phone, I now need to give two weeks notice, but I remember someone say "don't quit until you have a written offer". After I did the interview, I got an...

I agree with JMCP. Be aware, I made mistake of choosing ms over icu as a GN just to learn the "stepping stone" and jesus how hard it was to get out of it and get ER position. Go to the ER if u want ER.

I carried my stethoscope when I first started my job on the floor. I was being the "good new nurse" and did head-toe assx, check for PERRLA on a regardless of patient's neurostatus, checked for 4 points pulses, auscultated for breath sounds, APETM, e...

nights. why? no admin=better life. for some reason, the night crew always have been really awesome people... and quite peculiar too. but really, unless you work at fancy suburbs, there's going to be plethora of patients even at night because people d...

there's loads of topics on this on the forum, i suggest using search engine, but if you're like me and just want simple answers, this is what I found and did: I got NSO, $108/yr is a price of joke, so yeah I say get it.

people say nursing has good foundation and job security for one with family, but I say do something else, there are other jobs that can provide as much if not better with less education and stress/bs. my buddy took few weeks course and got a job in o...

Hi, I am really wishing to move from bedside to somewhat enjoyable specialty. I like ER but I am burnt out and would like to do something different than regular MS floors. From what I have observed as a student during my clinicals back in the day and...

Haha no one is starting controversy. I'm not talking about trauma situation, I'm talking about your everyday sob, cp, abd pain, etc etc. I get what you are saying. But so what if pt wheezes or has rales? Does you knowing this or charting it really ha...

Hey all, merry soon coming holidays, hope you are working hard for present monies :) I have been working as night nurse since my graduation yr and half ago and I must say life hasn't been all that great. I have been hating my job, apathetic at work a...

No its literal. I don't walk in and tell them hi I'm your nurse, by the way I hate my employer and this hospital, but if they ask, I tell them honestly. However the fact that I hate my employer doesn't affect the effort of my job, because I like my ...

When patients ask me "do you like nursing?" or "do you like what you do?" my exact word is "No". They ask me why and I tell them that I don't mind the work but health care is full of crooks and that I work for crooks so I hate what I do. I have no ...

I loled pretty hard at esme and houtx. Texas.

We get nothing... Well 7 interns for better staffing I guess. I got half a dollar raise... Half a flipping dollar. No wonder why everyone moves q 2yrs, and that's what I'm doing as well. And also why I'm going for NP.

Thanks everyone for your inputs so far. In fact, I decided to continue doing nights shift but NEVER EVER do 4 nights a week ever again. I have been doing lots of 4/wk lately and those weeks literally kill me, but I can withstand 3/wk. I wouldn't sign...

guess what happens when $ and greed is introduced to integrity of healthcare? thanks nixon (or was it nixon? anyways...)

Hola to all and welcome to December. Call it a socioeconomic, or demographics, patient population, or clientele, I am one of those who believes that education and socioenomics are the biggest factors in how patient and family members will behave, whi...

Great at doing tasks and helping out at critical situations like code blue or stroke. Not so good at other "undesirable nursing tasks" like cleaning pt, transporting cuz they are PARAMEDICS. I kind of get feel them though, they been doing "field doc...

At our system flat pool/resource gets paid twice the department rn base pay. Ya twice.

"real learning begins when you are on your own." couldn't agree more... You will feel the same

I got 3 months coming from little over 1 yr ms background. Not to scare you but ms experience is mostly useless at ER, therefore i am glad you didn't waste too much time before having the privilege of working in ER! until 3rd month, i got overwhelmed...

some of colleagues think it's probably easy gig where you sit most of the time at infirmary and do minor things like shots, dressings, etc but due the hostile environment in which inmates would likely get some severe trauma, I am sure correctional nu...

usually after graduation, if you are lucky you get straight into specialties like ER, ICU, OR, L&D, NICU, NCC, CCU, PACU, etc, etc, but there are some specialties that are unlikely to hire new grads, such as cath lab, research nurse, case managem...

do you refer to face-to-face comm or over the phone or both? I noticed that the doc-to-nurse interaction was a world of difference in the ER compared to the floor. A lot of them are called by first name, we joke around, keep things really light like ...