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As a man I think it's about an 8 out of 10 on the "please dear God kill me" scale...... Going in and coming out......

Wow sounds like you are being expected to work as an experience cardiac nurse from day 1 and any mistake you make rather than being a teaching moment is an excuse for a write up. I would just keep my head down and get some cardiac experience and then...

I've had kidney stones and I can't even begin to describe the pain. I've never had to experience childbirth, but I've heard they are the closest thing to the pain of childbirth a man can go through. So I can understand the woman being out of her head...

No matter what medical field you go into, you're going to have some butterflies in the beginning when working in healthcare with people. People are unpredictable and your clinical skills are almost non-existent. It's going to be nerve wracking and sc...

Well if it's union good luck to them firing you for it or anything else!

We have a similar rule at the VA I am at, but if we are required to stay they must pay us for our entire time at the facility. When the Carolinas and Georgia had the major ice storm a couple years ago they gave us cots and blankets and asked some of ...

Report it anonymously, but like someone else said, anonymous reporting likely doesn't even yield and investigation. I left the private sector because I got sick of the constant entitlement attitudes. When I was seeing the 4th generation on welfare wh...

Screw em! It's your life! I've experienced this when changing jobs before. In the end you have to look out for you. If they are friends they will congratulate, hell if they are just decent human beings who happen to be co-workers they will congratula...

They can apply for tuition reimbursement to pursue their RN. Many hospitals have this not just the VA. You just have to be able to juggle your schedule and school. Just like you can get your BSN while working as an RN. And no not all RN's in the VA h...

Sorry didn't see it. Carry on.

The previous hospitals I worked at had 401k's with matching contributions. I currently work in the VA system and we pretty much have a glorified 401k with matching up to a certain percentage. Only a small amount of employees who were employed startin...

I have both the vivofit2 by Garmin and the FitBit Charge HR. I like that the vivofit2 is waterproof and doesn't need recharged for a year, but I don't like the software interface as well as the FitBit. The fitBit has better software and interfaces wi...

She will most likely face termination. Accessing the computer system using someone else's credentials is usually grounds for termination in most facilities. Add to the fact that she used it to commit fraud for CEU's and most likely all parties involv...

You misunderstood. Have a minor procedure done. Use said procedure as reason to get FMLA. Use downtime to heal and enjoy new grandkids.

Why not just FMLA them for something? It's the law. You don't ruffle feathers, they can't do much to you, and you can always come back if you want, but in the meantime you could burn your PTO and sick time and if you decide to come back great, if not...

I would stick out your residency and get your vesting. You are building good nursing experience. I read through this and I have to ask, are you an AD RN or BSN? If you are an AD RN and they hired BSN's I can see that being a reason. It's great you'v...

Actually 31 as an officer is not old. The cut off is 38 for most branches for direct commissioned medical officers. You also wouldn't be joining the Marines, you would be joining the Navy and most likely attached to a Marine unit. Like I said talk to...

As an audiologist I will say "JUST SAY NO!" Cerumen can contain blood and pass pathogens just like other bodily fluids. Let's say Nancy has herpes and borrows your scope and you have an open sore in your ear canal and forget to wipe the scope ear bud...

Go speak with a military recruiter. You can join as a general medical officer most likely. You can do a few years and then with that on your record you can probably match with a residency. All the while being an MD. You will hate being an RN with an ...

Ah Cleveland Clinic. Where you're expected to take a lower salary than the other hospitals in the area, be treated like crap, and all the while being gracious you work for the awesomeness that is the Cleveland Clinic. Go work in a different facility....

During the entire stay an attending or hospitalist never visited this patient and asked about the dressing change? I mean if other nurses commented how it looked then I would think someone would have said something to the rounding physician for an or...

People close to death, especially those with low O2 levels often times talk to dead relatives as another person said. Very common. I've also had patients ask who a certain person was in their room and when describe the person it sounds like someone d...

If I were allowed to carry concealed (I work in a federal facility so it's never going to happen!) in an active shooter situation I would either try and flee the building or depending on if the shooter is close huddle in my office barricaded and if h...

That will be next to impossible to do. Medical school is one of the most demanding time sucks of any major. Nursing school can be done while working. Trust me I was doing it rather easily. Medical school or PA school? snow ball's chance in heck.

Not sure how you train or how much you shoot, but I can tell you from personal experience in several leagues and clubs where I did tactical competition shooting, that hitting a head shot on something moving is very difficult in competition let alone ...