Hi Sue! I am a Monitor Tech at the hospital that I work at and I am not a nurse (I am in nursing school, but I am the exception rather than the rule). We monitor most of the units in the hospital and...
My sister and I were at Walmart in the electronics section and all of a sudden, the TV flipped to the shot of the Towers being hit by a plane. We couldn't believe it! I worked 3-11 that night (I was...
I am a Cardiac Monior Tech so I deal with most of the UC's in the hospital and you know when you talk to them whether you will have a good or bad night! They are the hub of the unit! I dread hearing...
pipersjo replied to Corvette Guy's topic in Nursing Career
Thank you very much for the reminder! I will be graduating nursing in May and have seen SOOOOO many nurses in clinicals and in my everyday work experience that just walk in and TELL the patient what...
pipersjo replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Arizona Nursing
Someone mentioned brown recluse spiders a couple of posts back and I sympathize! I was bitten on each leg (2 different times!) and the first time my leg swelled up and the RN that took care of me told...
Don't break up with him just over Nursing school! I work 32 hrs/wk, am a full time student, and my bf works 2 jobs 60-70 hrs/wk. We have problems, but we work through them. I don't know that we...
I don't post very often, but when I saw this board I had to post. The first story I have is the man that decided an economy size shampoo bottle need to go in his butt. He had to have it surgically...
pipersjo replied to nursewannabee's topic in General Nursing
I just found this thread and decided to resurrect it just to add one thing to it. I do not believe that CNA experience should be mandatory, but I do think that it would be helpful to have some...