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I really need some advice. I have two dogs (beagles) and I wonder if anyone else has dogs and works 12 hour shifts. I do the night shift, right now the dogs stay with my boyfriend but if that were to no longer be an option ~ I would feel cruel le...

A friend of mine recently passed her NCLEX and insisted it was a LOT to do with prioritizing, only problem is in all three of my review books there is very little on the matter. Is most of that info just gut instinct after what you learn in school, o...

A friend of mine just got out of her NCLEX (with 85 questions) and she KEPT getting precautionary measure questions relating to patients with influenza. (She swears it was around 8 questions!!) We both cannot find any of the answers in any of our bo...

Sorry if this question was already discussed I tried to do a search but came up with nothing. Pt started on a new med, lisinopril. I printed up some new med teaching info and noticed no advil, aleve, ibuprofen under the instructions. I looked into a...

Hi friends! I have been a floor nurse for the past three years on a telemetry unit and have been doing charge nurse for the past 5 months one night a week. I really do enjoy doing it and believe that I am capable but I am have an issue adjusting. W...

I agree with the pp. I'm still no IV expert but the only way I felt comfortable doing them was to volunteer to try everyone (within reason) Practice is the only thing that will make pefect.

My hospital gets around calling it overtime because it isn't added to the end of our scheduled shift...(way to get around the law passed in IL several years ago) But...every month we are scheduled an 8 hour shift in addition to our FT hours (that is ...

...I really appriciate your closing statement!!!! So funny! Made me laugh while trying to stay awake at 5am......... thanks

We use ultrafiltration at my hospital but not very often. Forget about peripheral access, beeps way too much. In fact it beeps a lot when hooked up to a central line as well. All the ultrafiltration central line caths are inserted at the bedside and ...

So... I have been out of school now for about a year and a half.(ADN) I've been on the fence for about the last 6 months about going back to school (online, phoenix possibly) for a bachelors. ( my job has an awesome tuition reimbursment program) I ...

you should do fine. 90% of the stuff I know and use on a daily basis I learned here on the unit during preceptorship and while having been on my own for a year now . Nursing school tidbits help every now and then but I think you should be fine, a yea...

....Lovebeagles, please understand my dogs are my babies. I would never want to give them up, let alone consider beagle rescues. On my days off we spend four hours a day at the dog park, they are far from neglected and I would rather quit work then t...

...patients who complain about everything under the sun to the nurse, then as soon as the doctor walks in the room they have nothing to say... ...the pt's who talk about everything under the sun, and don't get the hint when you start inching towards ...

Just wanted to share a quick related story....I'm rounding out my first year in nursing and there was one nurse in particular who (20+ years experience) gave all the new grads a hard time. She'd roll her eyes during report and thorw her arms in the a...

My hospital had things planned all week...... a majority of which got canned when JACHO showed up...... What a way to ruin the celebration!!!!

On that note.....what does "dh" mean, see it here all the time....no clue... know it has something to do with husband maybe???? thanks

I sleep normal hours on my days off, go to bed around 8pm though. If I work one night then work the following I take 2 benedryl and sleep from about 9am-4pm. If I have the next night off I come home and nap for an hour or two then go to sleep normall...

What happens when a DNI status pt gets intubated? I know they don't just pull it out but does anyone have experience with the ramifications after the fact?? Thanks

I know at my work, all RN's fill in as PCT's because we are super short on PCT's. As long as they pay me my RN salary which is almost three times that of a new PCT, then I am more than willing to help out and it is kind of a nice reprieve. I don't kn...

I gave them a copy of chicken soup for the nurses soul and wrote a cute note in the front cover, with the date and what not, I included a gift receipt because I figured that to be a common gift for a nurse, but I see now that it probably wasn't so sm...

Welcome..... I sent you a private message..... Goodluck!

Great, what an exciting feeling......How did the administration go? What was your time frame, did you have to call Dr. before or was it protocol/standing order? Good for you!!!!

Wow, such an interesting topic, and so many point of views! I love it! Had I been in this situation, I probably would have just made a comment to the staff member right when she said that, what kind of comment I don't know..... I wonder what would ha...

I too tried to stay awake the night before my first night shift, and then sleep the whole day and it didn't work.(I still have trouble sleeping during the day. By the way, thanks for the tips all you night shifters!!) I recommend sleeping regular the...

Oh man....my flu shot hurt for a week, and I felt run down and kinda sick for a few days too, I remember this is why I refused the flu vac in the past and why i'll do it again next year! I am a big baby though. I received the Hep b Vacs about 10 year...