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Oh, yes, we know them. The throngs of visitors, family members, and guests who flock to comfort our patients. This is just for fun. See if you can name some of our favorite guests. The good Samaritan who brings your post-surgical NPO except ice patie...

It's terrible, but true. In school, we had research groups of six, and two of us did everything. Not saying others didn't contribute, but the two of us liked getting things done early. Other group members had children and that complicated things, sch...

You are absolutely right. Thank you for the insight and the article.

OK, OK. OP, you're right. Not your job. The benefit to the patient's well-being is supported scientifically. One tidbit: "An interesting bit of science attached to this ethnocentric and geocentric evolution of prayer comes out of Duke University Med...

I heard there's good money in welding. You shouldn't be a mortician. Live families and all, and contempt for the dead. Maybe a bounty hunter. Or mathematician.

My name is Unnamed-Respiratory-Therapist. I happened upon a tribe of healthcare providers in a peculiar state. I am documenting this to document it later on a supercool computer program that is completely inefficient and outdated. I don't know when ...

Be polite. Be professional. People have a lot of feelings. Most don't make sense to me. However strange those feelings may be, we live in a society that encourages people to report those feelings. I don't know why feeling-sharing is a thing, but so m...

Of all the problems with my crazy job, I never once thought, "You know what would enhance my patient's safety... yellow gowns." This knowledge is beyond my comprehension. I would've stupidly asked for more nurses and support staff, better equipment, ...

I agree, you build up a tolerance!

I am in a world of shame. I must've been in the accelerated COB class. I've been here three years, which is no kind of street cred! You guys left me with THEM, the new ones with big ol hearts and feelings. I feel like the King of the Cuckoos.

Yes. I started IV's on fellow nursing students, too. I mean, in class the instructors emphasized empathy and understanding what a patient is going through during a procedure. We were given kits and IV NS and were told that IV skills are important for...

I have fun with it. In my sweetest Southern drawl, "Oh hon, you don't want to hug me. I just treated my neighbor for head lice." That fixes it forever. Bonus: you get to watch the person itch all day. I mean, there's respectfully asserting your feeli...

I had the meanest nurse ever for my trainer at my first job. I mean, she didn't even care if I was nervous about calling the doctor at 2 a.m.-- "Just call the **** doctor, girl!" She never sugar-coated anything! If I did something incorrectly, that C...

I clock in, I am "X", RN. Problems at home? Shut it off. Angry at a coworker? Shut it off. My personal feelings about religion? NOT RELEVANT, SHUT IT OFF.

You have choices. You can either confront him with "OK, you seem pissed at me, and I don't know why, but I'm tired of this so let me know and we'll go from there." Or use those therapeutic communication techniques if you need to, but those never work...

From working as a floor nurse, I heard that about psych nursing... From all the people who said they would never go into psych nursing. Every kind of specialty has it's own good and bad qualities. Of course, I have heard the same about floor nurses f...

OP, I'm a woman who doesn't hate you. Your question about what professionalism means is kind of philosophical, and means different things to every single person. I know there's a dictionary definition, and I know I could dissect every word you wrote,...

I can't do this editing thing well on my phone but I do see you want a pet, not a service animal that goes with you all the times you're out. If you're going to be sad or angry or anxious there's a good chance your critter won't be there because work...

Where exactly are you going to work with a service... any animal? I think you should try other avenues, like medication and therapy. With a pet, where in the hospital could you have a part- or full-time job as a nurse with a dog, service or no? And o...

I have anxiety and yes, it can be done. But yes, it will be uncomfortable at times. This is only my experience but the following really made me question my ability to be a good nurse: skills testing, talking to patients, asking a particularly irritat...

Welcome to the frantic, funny, fantastic world of a soon-to-be-a-nurse! I specialized in ortho for several years. But be careful committing to a specialty until you have some clinical experience. I only say that because I loved ortho, but it wasn't m...

It's going to be OK... I just wrote an article on my experiences as a student/new grad nurse. I was ridiculous. You care enough to worry, and that's worth a lot.

LOVE this. I am from the South, and yep, a lot of people just double speak automatically. For Southerners, it's like saying "Bless you" after someone sneezes. I think that patients usually know when we're crazy-busy, because we run in sweating and SO...

"Mr. Smith... I know you said you don't get confused... Problem is, you replaced your old light bulb with a boiled egg."

This wasn't meant to offend! I understand how my humor may fall flat for some people. Best of luck to you in all your future endeavors.