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Not that uncommon where I work, I'd say at least half of our "cyclical vomiting syndrome" patients end up with this diagnosis from the ER docs. It does have some easily identifiable characteristics (eg resolves with bath/shower, and of course histor...

The other day I was starting an IV in a rather large vein. I'm a one-shot single motion kind of gal so I stuck the patient, saw flash advanced and occluded, only to realize the patient was bleeding from the site and there was no catheter to be seen. ...

OP, you really did need to give those meds when he asked for them, or you needed to call the doc and get the order changed if you felt that the patient's behaviour was unsafe (although I would be trying to lose the Demerol, not the lortab. That being...

I went to school with people completing the RPN to RN program. When I was in school the second year of the program was exactly the same as the after degree RN program. That was a while ago, I recommend you research further on the u of a website or co...

In my opinion, my breaks (paid or unpaid) are my time, and if I want to sleep then I will sleep. Sleeping in patient care areas or outside of my break is, of course, unacceptable. It seems both counterproductive and overreaching for an employer to h...

My favorite is the one-uppers. "Wow, your hysterectomy sounds like a total horror show, and 3 surgeries in one year? Wow, you have suffered so much! I would love to hear more about it when we are done shocking your son's heart"