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Been a nurse almost 20 years now and am seriosly considering going back to school to be a librarian--imagine all the peace and quiet, no medicare,medicaid, or insurance companies to deal with and if someone gets loud or uruly, you can sshhh themm and ask them to leave. I live in a rural are and after all these years in nursing am making only slightly more than $20 an hour--the sad part is, nurses with less experience make quite a bit less than that!

Yes, I usually take a flu shot. Been a nurse 20 years and have taken it about every year after having a bad case my second year of nursing. Four years ago I was working in a nursing home (Mds cordinator) and decided not to take it when one of the patients died the day after receiving it. I know, I know it wasn' t the vaccine,but one of the employees also took it--she was fine the day she took it and the next day she called in and sounded like death warmed over. So I thought, I've not had the flu for years--THINK I will just pass on this one. So of course I had the flu that February, with strep throat and bronchitis at the same time. Thought I was going to die! Then that fall, we were late getting our vaccine-were supposed to get it the first week of December.Guess what? On Thanksgiving weekend me AND my three year old daughter both came down with the flu. And yes,I have signed up at work for the vaccine this year. I seriosly considered not taking it,but I work a lot on the swing bed unit and if I take the flu, I will expose the patients to it. So if we get it, Iwill take it. And if we don't get any vaccine, I'll just have to have the flu.

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Tears in my eyes!!

[that's a good one! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: quote=franemtnurse] the smiths had no children and decided to use a proxy father to start their family. on the day the proxy father was to arrive, mr.smith kissed his wife and said, "i'm off. the man should be here soon." half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer rang the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. "good morning madam. you don't know me but i've come to...." "oh, no need to explain. i've been expecting you," mrs. smith cut in. "really?" the photographer asked. "well, good! i've made a specialty of babies." "that's what my husband and i had hoped. please come in and have a seat. just where do we start?" asked mrs. smith, blushing. "leave everything to me. i usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch and perhaps a couple on the bed. sometimes the living room floor is fun too; you can really spread out." "bathtub, living room floor? no wonder it didn't work for harry and me." "well, madam, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. but if we try several different positions and i shoot from six or seven angles, i'm sure you'll be pleased with the results." "i hope we can get this over with quickly," gasped mrs. smith. "madam, in my line of work, a man must take his time. i'd love to be in and out in five minutes, but you'd be disappointed with that, i'm sure." "don't i know!!" mrs. smith exclaimed. the photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "this was done on the top of a bus in downtown london." "oh my god!!" mrs. smith exclaimed, tugging at her handkerchief. "and these twins turned out exceptionally well when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with." the photographer handed mrs. smith the picture. "she was difficult ?" asked mrs. smith. "yes, i'm afraid so. i finally had to take her to hyde park to get the job done right. people were crowding around four and five deep, pushing to get a good look." "four and five deep?" asked mrs. smith, eyes widened in amazement. "yes", the photographer said. "and for more than three hours too. the mother was constantly squealing and yelling. i could hardly concentrate. then darkness approached and i began to rush my shots. finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, i just packed it all in." mrs. smith leaned forward. "you mean they actually chewed on your, eh......equipment?" "that's right. well madam, if you're ready, i'll set up my tripod so that we can get to work." "tripod??", mrs. smith looked extremely worried now. "oh yes, i have to use a tripod to rest my canon on. it's much too big for me to hold while i'm getting ready for action. madam? madam?..... good lord, she's fainted!!"

Is this young for one to be diagnosed with bipolar? I, too, have a son with it,but he was diagnosed at age 15--pretty normal until about a year before, started getting agitated and mouthing a lot.

i live in a small town in kentucky but i think we are fairly well staffed and manage to retain our staff.the night shift is usually same patient ratio or only 1 nurse down from days. the floor nurses usually have 5-7 pts. and a med nurse. its our pay and benefits that stink! i have almost 20 years experience and do not even make 21 per hour! the reason we do retain our nurses, is there is no where else to work unless you drive 35-50 miles. and our doctors are good to work with.