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  1. How far do you drive for work?

    regularRN replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in General Nursing

    I drive three miles... my longest commute was ten miles. The drive time to work is good for listening to the news on the radio. The drive home - lots of loud music and me singing very badly to...

  2. PLEASE HELP I need Brutal Honesty!!!!

    regularRN replied to Wyllowdaemon's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster - when I went back to work after raising my child, even eight hour shifts were exhausting and I am 130lb - feet hurt, legs hurt, back hurt, arms ached... etc. etc. After...

  3. Nurses: If jobs were equally abundant in America, where would you most want to work?

    regularRN replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in California... I wouldn't relocate

  4. Medication Error..total sadface : (

    regularRN replied to NightNurse876's topic in General Nursing

    0.5 mg of ativan makes no difference to anyone, and half the time neither does two mgs! I'm wondering why the omnicell/pyxis/etc. didn't alert you as to the correct

  5. Questions

    regularRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    When did you start your first nursing job, what year? 1987 What unit/type of facility did you start on? Cardiac/tele How long was your orientation? I worked there for the last three months of my RN...

  6. Followed MD Order--Now Do I Look Incompetent?

    regularRN replied to LaurenBoog's topic in General Nursing

    You actually did a great job - the MD ordered the transfer, not you. I'm wondering exactly why the nurse educator is involved... shouldn't she be teaching somewhere else in a classroom? Step down...

  7. What do you think about my pay cut?

    regularRN replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

    double post -

  8. What do you think about my pay cut?

    regularRN replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP hasn't signed a new contract, being as the conversation took place in the parking lot - do the management have a leg to stand on? Although I'm sure this wouldn't happen, because the OP is...

  9. Nurses really aren't the smartest people

    regularRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter didn't breast feed until three weeks after she was born (she was three weeks early)... there was no way she could suck. I pumped and bottle fed her with my milk until she figured it out,...

  10. drug testing in school

    regularRN replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really get this post - as a student or as an RN, drug testing is common place. Prescribed drugs with evidence of a prescription is a different matter, but recreational drugs... well, think...

  11. One night shift nurse and one day shift husband...

    regularRN replied to JStollRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work nights... when I was much younger, and my husband has always worked days. I remember I really liked it when he came home after work in the evening whilst I was still asleep in bed and...

  12. Please, Any advice or opinion is helpful!

    regularRN replied to guy with a dream's topic in General Nursing

    It is actually in the interests of the staffing office and pts to schedule you for consecutive shifts... so two 12 hrs or even three in a row is

  13. inappropriate work attire

    regularRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get this post at all... but as a nurse, I have been exposed to the human body such that all and anyone can dress in any manner that suits them. It's all just human flesh...

  14. How often do you do dosage calculation?

    regularRN replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    No two ways about this question... I always do the math, even if it has been done for me - each and every time, regardless... I also ask my colleagues, including the pharmacist to check my...

  15. how does JCHAO Patient safety goals prevent medication errors?

    regularRN replied to sginformatics's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... I'm thinking a double dose of insulin and the patient was conscious such that they could report the

  16. List of most commonly prescibed meds, please

    regularRN replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    Morphine Morphine Morphine and

  17. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    regularRN replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Duh? Advanced education has nothing to do with

  18. Over worked ER Nurses

    regularRN replied to Code_VSA's topic in Emergency

    EmergencyNrse - I worry about your future

  19. how to remedy this situation?

    regularRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Yeap - six years equates to a seasoned nurse. Congratulations! I'm guessing your "student" is feeling insecure and also embarrassed because she has been a nurse for longer but is less experienced...

  20. Please tell me I'm not crazy...

    regularRN replied to mrf0609's topic in General Nursing

    No piece of cake... either way, but no job surely sucks a whole lot more. So whilst the pay errs on the lower side, in my experience hospital compensation quickly improves after a few months of...

  21. If you go to the ER or doctor's office, do you tell them you're a nurse?

    regularRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    They always seem to

  22. Can an RN be fired for being immunocompromised?

    regularRN replied to lexy3227's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is that this policy is extremely harsh. Where I work, one can call in sick up to six times a year, but even then special cases are treated sympathetically. Especially as sick time is...

  23. Do you use an IV with no blood return??

    regularRN replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    Usually I will ask for the IV team RN to evaluate the access, because I do not want to pump Vanco into the surrounding tissues - and yes, we all know Vanco should be administered via a central line,...

  24. What would you do? or what should you do?

    regularRN replied to Lammy01's topic in General Nursing

    Even if a pt is DNR, I still call RRT for a serious change in condition, unless they are on comfort care/hospice... so, not a "code" as such, but just for another opinion on the pt. and extra input as...

  25. Arriving early and not clocking in

    regularRN replied to soxfan80's topic in General Nursing

    I show up at work at least 15 minutes before my shift starts because that gives me an opportunity to meet the other nurses I'll be working with on that particular shift, to chit-chat with my...