BlackMurse1

+1, You can always learn from every event, it didn't kill you, now get stronger from it!

I currently work in a Level I Trauma Tertiary Care facility on the Surgical ICU. We have 2 LPN's who work on the unit and they are a great help. After we complete the initial assessment, the LPN's pretty much take over. They are also a great help wit...

I dont think there is a single field or speciality in nursing that does not test our patience with our patients

There has not been a single week that has gone by while on the floor where someone did not call me doctor. I think its so funny. One time a Year three Resident came to the floor to assess a really agitated/confused patient. The resident was at the be...

Hey, Welcome to the site, When I first started I used to have one of those really popular Mo-hawks, mine was more of a V tapper that faded to the back. Most of the staff and patients love it. I have also had a completely shaved head but now, I sport ...

What state/that region do you work in??

OP- I think you need to look at nursing as an investment, you will be able to pay that loan back and over time gain so much more. Depending on your effort and location you should do okay with that amount of debt. I strongly recommend you look up sala...

I currently work on an Acute Medicine Floor with great staff, a great nurse manager and heavy patient assignment. I am very much content with what I do and where I work at. I am now engaged to be married and will soon be taking care of my ailing fath...

Its and art form that all RN's become better at with practice,keep it short sweet and to the point. Follow your call HO parameters and SBAR

I love the floor I work on so its no issue, with the traveling, I balance life out with exercise and reading. I don't burn my self out because I take the two week breaks, sometimes I take 4 if I need more mental health days.

It is very possible to make 100K a year, it depends on 3 things 1. Willingness to work close to 50 hours a week or more 2. Diversifying your workload 3. Living in a an area with s significant base pay rate. I am in the process of making 86,000 yr...

I have to go work at my other job by "enter name here" said they would be glad to cover

I am from Brooklyn Nyc and currently work in Rochester NY. It’s a city of about 1.3 Mil (Brooklyn has 3 Mil people). There are 4 huge medical facilities and new grads make 23.50 an hour. The cost of living is pretty good I used to live in a 760sq ft ...

At the hospital I currently work at, you can refuse for personal and religious belief or if you are unable to tolerate the vaccine i.e. allergies to eggs. But, you have to wear a mask with any and all patient contact. I for one think it's ridiculous ...

Is it possible for you to move to another state or city to find employment?

Sorry to be the one to break it to you but Mariahlily is right on the money. I also was born and raised in Nyc and it was my dream to come back after earning my nursing degree in 2012 to work in the city, earn $33-38/hr and live the life that I left...

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should nip it right now before his words turn to actions. From what Ive seen on my floor, I frequently hear female nurses vent and gripe about how uncomfortable it is to deal with a sexual aggressive patient. We had on man with frontotemporal dem...

Horrible solution, sounds like an ethics consult should be contacted

Its tough but my advice would be to work the extra shift, its more money in your pocket. Besides do you want to give that NM more ammo to fire at you. Dont burn bridges even if you see the smoke.

I graduated with 3, 40 somethings and 2, 50 somethings, with the right grades, effort and discipline you should be fine. I firmly believe that 62+ is the iffy age simply because of the risks the Health Care Facility would assume comes with that age.

Get it in writing, we all learned this in nursing school If it wasn't written down, it never happened.

MAN.... , good riddens to bad times

That was grossly inappropriate, its the NM job to get coverage, there a plenty of options from floating other nurses, to calling others off shift for OT. The fact that your husband went in was also a poor choice, a law suit for negligence could be ma...

Overall people can make arguments for both. To me the shifts always depend on two things, the staff working along side you and the type of patient population. I work at a large metropolitan hospital and we are able to schedule ourselves for 6 week ti...