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  1. Accused of sleeping

    cdthorste posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a private duty peds nurse who primarily does night shifts. While I've managed to stay awake at work, I occasionally feel a need to just close my eyes for about 5 seconds at a time when they get...

  2. New Grad: How can I get experience if nobody will give me a chance?

    cdthorste replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    It was hell for me to find my first nursing job. I did everything suggested in nurse beth's response. And more. Started applying and networking from the very first day of nursing school. I...

  3. Getting back into the clinical game

    cdthorste posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a fairly new nurse- about three years' experience. But all my work experience has been non-clinical: in home health and research. I currently work in private duty pediatrics. Any advice about how...

  4. My husband doesn't want me on ALLNURSES

    cdthorste replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    His great concern for her life is her being one of thousands of anonymous posters. As long as no one gives patient identifiers out....or makes themselves identifiable to employers...what's the...

  5. Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    cdthorste replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Your story is similar to mine. Even back then, it was obvious to me that my managers were untrustworthy. I just wanted to tough it out....just because. For the principle of the thing. Getting...

  6. Disrespectful ad against nurses on Craigslist

    cdthorste replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. I probably would have been treated better as a busser than I was at my first nursing job out of school. happy ending--my current job treats me

  7. Accused of sleeping

    cdthorste replied to cdthorste's topic in General Nursing

    My agency actually does like me a lot. So I have that going for me. They also tend to err on the side of retaining nurses, as opposed to thinning the herds like some facilities do. So it's not them...

  8. I maybe in trouble, HIPPA Violation

    cdthorste replied to ms.amy03's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Geez Louise. Another student called you up, said "everyone is talking about you," then ratted you out to the school? while I agree that the post was inappropriate, it sounds like the other students...

  9. I was happy once. Then I became a nurse

    cdthorste replied to ebart03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get out of your current job and find some temporary work as a private duty nurse. That's what I did, and the flexibility is wonderful. You can choose your schedule, the patients you work with, and the...

  10. The Middle Wife

    cdthorste replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    YES!!!! midwives need to put a baby-shaped light on their cars, like the pizza

  11. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    cdthorste replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    it's probably mandatory because the hospital knows what a huge lawsuit could be waiting for them if something bad happens. if a nurse passes a flu virus onto an immunocompromised patient.....the...

  12. Night shifters - ever experience this?

    cdthorste replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, that takes me back to my year as a night worker at a mental hospital. the work itself was fascinating, but the schedule just crushed me. if you really can't get enough rest, then i think leaving...