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So, I'm having a great time at camp, I love the campers, the staff, the whole experience. I do NOT, however, love the nurse that is here on my days off (Saturday, Sunday, Monday). I came in last week after being off to find crates full of medications...

So I was terminated from my position in May...I had two jobs, so while it was awful - I haven't had any problems with pay or anything (thank goodness!). What I'm curious about - I found a great opportunity for a school nurse (I'm a peds RN)...but wha...

It had nothing to do with the actual job - I was termination for unprofessionalism with coworkers. Unfortunatly, like you - I didn' tmuch get along with the weak management - and although I wasn't the only one involved in the conversation, I was the ...

So here's the story. I've been a RN for almost four years - I have some great friends at work, and on Sunday we got on the conversation of how I had recently gotten my nipple pierced. They wanted to know how it was, so I told them. One of the people ...

Thanks...anyone else? This is really stressing me out...

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Hello! My name is Charity, I've been a peds nurse for 3 years and am going to camp this summer for the first time. (Very excited!) I do have one concern - apparently our camp physician (whom I have not yet met, but will do so on the 30th) has decided...

Thanks for the reply. Actually, this camp is not run very well at ALL! When I requested a lock box and a safe area for the controlled meds, all I was answered with was, "Well, the nurse is in here and when she isn't, the door is closed.". Um, no. GR....

Any Philly nurses? I'm seriously thinking of relocating and Einstien contacted me about working in their trauma ER. Any thoughts/good apartment complexes? Thanks!

Anyone work here? I've got a friend moving in Ky and I've been looking at perhaps relocating there and working at eith UKMC or the Children's hospital- ideally in the ICU. Any suggestions? Or other hospitals that are around the Patchen Place apartmen...

I inadvertantly gave 0.5 of a Lortab regular strength to a patient. The order was 0.5 of a extra strength. I followed my error with an incident report, and now my standing in med administration is in jeopardy. (We have strict rules on errors.) I was ...

That I absolutely hate nursing. I'm 21 years old and burnt out. I can't stand the thought of dealing with patients anymore. *sigh*

I gave a little post-op girl Zofran last week for nausea. She'd never had it before, and shortly after getting it, developed hives. As I was turning to call the doc, he walked in and started screaming at me (in front of the girl's parents) about what...

Thanks. I appreciate that - I've been looking into other options outside of the hospital. I worked in one hospital for a year (float, where I got all the experience I have except the Peds), and now I've been at my current hospital (Peds hospital) sin...

THANK YOU!!!!! I am NOT a new nurse - I think people are forgetting that. I graduated and began working in April 2005 - It's been two years that I've been a floor nurse. I've lived alone and worked since the age of 16. I dont' believe ANYONE should b...

Thanks for those of you who gave me support. I can't BELIEVE that 95% of the people responding to this say "There's no way you can be burned out..." or "work part time"... or "New grad, new grad..." Read the original post, people. I've been a nurse (...

I've been a floor nurse for two years. I've done pediatrics, ortho, med-surgh, rehab, and ICU. I just am NOT happy and don't even want to think about floor nursing. *sigh* I'd LOVE to work ER - in fact, peds ER would be ideal. But unfortunatly, no ...

I read these posts a million times and hadn't ever really had anything concrete happen to me until last night. I'm a float nurse in a little hospital, and lately have been spending my evenings on our Geri-Psych Unit. It was once a long term care unit...

*hug* How scary for you...

Recently (as in, two days ago) our hospital set into practice a new system for the ER giving the floor report. Apparently, the ER is going to just fax up a report sheet and send the patient up, which leaves the floor nurses completely oblivious to th...

Last night at work we had 2 RNs and 2 LPNs for 28 patients. It's not bad at night, but I can't imagine having such a poor ratio on 3-11.

Our hospital handles it this way: Our report is taped for the next shift to listen to. That in turn leaves an entire shift of nurses on the floor to care for patients, tie loose ends, etc. When an admission comes at change of shift, the leaving shift...

I'm a huge GA fan - haven't missed an epi. That said, I have absolutely no problem with the Nurse's Blog - who cares? It's something stupid and made up to help people who missed and episode catch up. There's also the "Joe the Bartender" blog - the ba...

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I'm 20 years old - I went to nursing school right out of high school. It's a lot of responsibility, but let me tell you - as an RN, I can say I'm glad I went that route. Yes, it might be a shorter path to an LPN diploma, but just think of it this way...