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You must work ER then :)

Labor and Delivery! or OBGYN. I was getting A's and B's until my LPN class rotated to OB.

Haha.. the only nurse I know that swears constantly is this charge nurse in a TCU at my old hospital. She used to intimidate the hell out of the nurses to the point the victimized nurses would cry only to have the same charge nurse apologize to them and cry along with them

Amen :)

Well...duh you're working in the ER.btw, I WANT TO WORK IN THE ER!!!!!!!!!

Just remember that if the pt is asymptomatic, that "one time " 3 beat V-tach doesn't mean squat.

Not only that, you have to tell the teletech to configure the tele computer for transport. Otherwise, when the patient's in the elavator, the tele computer will be alarming the whole time and it will start printing strips like crazy. This is only if the box is going with the pt of course.

I strapped on a telemetry box on myself one time and tapped it until a v-tach occured. The tech jumped out of his chair screaming to the nurse ha-ha.

I was a telemetry tech for 2 years. My *** got big just sitting on that damn computer chair all night. Not only that, I needed SCD's on my legs to keep them circulating Yeah, being a monitor tech is cool. You do get plenty of reading. I've read dozens of school books waiting for a R-on-T to occur. Of course, you have to deal with the jealous nurses who ran around like chickens without heads while you sat there getting a tan from that monitor.

I don't know why I'm still in this profession. I was happy being a unit clerk on my med surg ward.

My vote's for swing shift with am shift a close second. Nights is the dullest shift. I've worked in SNF, Long Term, Medical Surgical, and Intensive Care for 14 years, so that's my experience with those 3 shifts. Keep in mind that I've never worked 12 hour shift as a licensed nurse.

Yeah, and all your patients are asleep in bed. That means no ADL's, hardly any meds (hopefully all your Restorils have been passed), not as much call lights, no meal trays, no absurd amount of phone calls, and so on. You also don't have visitors bugging you or JCAHO/State harrasing you on NOC. You don't need staffing at night. I've worked nights for years, so I know what I'm talking about.Here's a typical night scenario: Arrive at 11 pm and get report/count. Pass meds at 12-1 am Go sleep/chart at the nurses station. Others surf the net or flirt with the cute healthcare worker Struggle to wake up at 5 am and pass your 6 am meds. Give report at 7 am Go home.

Yesterday, I had one resident who past on around dinner time and I had to watch her only friend/family in the whole world breakdown at her bedside. And just before my shift ended, I had one resident fall so bad, she landed on the back of her skull. I've witnessed a thousand patients/residents fall, but that was the worst fall I've ever seen. Anyway, I made sure the CNA's didn't move her until I was sure she didn't have any fractures. Thank god there was no bleeding or CSF leaking out. Her pupils were unequal and non-reactive and she sustained a swollen knot on the back of her head. She didn't complain of pain, but then again she's in her ##'s. O2 sat was low RA despite me coaching her to breath deeply. What sucks is that she's an alert fall precaution resident who's stubborn and set in her ways. She refuses to use her FWW and likes to wonder around the hallways and the nurses station. Anyway, I called the on-call doctor and gave him my assessments. I ended the shift transporting her to the ED at a nearby hospital. :uhoh21: :angryfire

The pain scale should just be from 1 to 3 with 1 being mild and 3 being severe. What's the freaking difference between 6 and 7 ?

Don't do it! don't be an officer, stay with the enlisted.