sammy75

I've been an RN for 11 years, all in adult. Started out med/surg, went to ICU for 7 years and currently in PACU. I have applied multiple times for our level 3 NICU, have emailed the manager and nurse recruiter but still no interview. I'm excited to l...

Thank you all for all of your comments and suggestions. I shadowed one day last month and have an interview this week!! I’m so nervous!!!!!!

We have been doing hourly rounding for about a year now....HATE IT! The CNAs do odd hours, RNs/LPNs do even hours. We have a bedside flowsheet hanging on the wall of the pts room to document on every time you do your rounds. However, I work nights an...

I drive about 40-45 miles one-way (about an hour give or take a few). I live in the middle of nowhere and wouldn't trade it for the world. I know the gas prices are killing me but in order for me to keep my sanity I have to live in the middle of my 1...

:chuckle I love this!!! FUNNY!!

You have Central Baptist, St. Joseph (Main and East), UK, UK Samaritan, the VA and then smaller hospitals in surrounding communities that are currently being bought up by St. Joseph and UK. As far as safe areas to live I think the area around Nichola...

OK first of all I want to apologize for my rambling......so here goes (I'll try to make this short). I work in Med/Surg @ a large hospital. In the last year this hospital has obtained numerous smaller hospitals in the region, all of which took the ma...

Thank you so much for all of the different opinions. I don't want to stay in my med/surg job because I hate it. I've hated it for a year. I only stayed in it is to get my year of med/surg experience and then move on to something else. I still haven't...

Hey all! I graduated from Morehead State ADN in May 2007. I work @ St. Joseph in Lexington on a med/surg floor. I just accepted a position in ICU and will be transferring in a couple of months

I was 31 when I graduated in May '07

Hi all! So I've been been out of school for 1 year and working on a Med/Surg floor. I recently interviewed for an ICU position @ a different hospital. I was just wondering if it is really a good idea to move from Med/Surg to ICU w/ just 1 year experi...

SusanNC I totally know where you are coming from. I have had numerous "frequent fliers" who have flat out told me they are just there for their pain meds. Of course these are the same people who are constantly going downstairs to smoke, swap stories ...

I have only been a nurse for 1 year and I am already so sick of listening to the drug seekers & non-compliant patients tell me how to do my job. "Oh no, I can't take Lortab 7.5s because they don't work for me. I need at least 2 of Dilaudid"...yea...

I always have a sense of dread when going back to work after a few days off. Mine mostly stems around who my co-workers are for the night, not the pts. Yes, I have a copy of the schedule at home but it get changed so much and then you have people cal...

I live in KY and we have to do 120 hours w/ a preceptor before we can set a date to take boards. I faxed my paperwork into the state board @ 0730 when I got off work and my ATT was in my email @ 1030........3 hours later.....LOL!! I guess they really...

I have been an EMT for 1 year now but the pay is so lousy. I am not able to quit my current job (customer service) to get a job in EMS because I can't afford to. I work 3rd shift and go to school part time (pre-nursing) during the days so I don't hav...

I am a pre-nursing student. I am currently in A&P1. I feel like I will never make it through it. I feel like everything is entirely over my head, I've never had a class this intense before. How can I study effectively and actually remember this s...

Thanks for the advice....hopefully it will work!!

I got my EMT certification in Jan 2000 and thought about working as an ER Tech while i was going to nursing school but I'm glad I read this board before I made that move. There seems to be a lot of hositility between nurses and EMT/Paramedics. The on...