rachelita

We were having a discussion at work where one nurse stated she always hung her RN work ID from her rear view mirror in case she got pulled over. She said once the law enforcement officer saw that she was an RN, he/she would not ticket her. Another nu...

When I lost my baby, one of my nurses cried with me. I was not offended at all. On the contrary, I was moved and comforted by her caring. She was a great nurse.

I am so grateful for this. I lost a baby at 27 weeks. It was heartbreaking. However, I had excellent, caring nurses who did all they could to help me. I was so thankful to be able to hold my baby and take home her ohotos and keepsakes. One thing: e...

me days I come off of a nursing shift feeling like a total moron. I guess that is what happens when you try a new specialty. Hopefully my coworkers and managers will not judge me to be an idiot and will understand that I am teachable. I just need to ...

I knew I wanted to be a nurse ever since I was 3 years old and saw Nurse Dixie on the old Emergency TV show from the 70's. She was beautiful and smart and wore the cool white cap :) It took me until I was 33, though, to get my RN, but when I became a...

Absolutely right on!

While floating to the Gynecology floor a few weeks ago, I met a very sweet, well meaning early twenty something looking ADN student. She came out of a patient’s room and asked me in an exasperated tone “We don’t have have sanitary napkins, do we ?” I...

Congratulations!!!!!

How about : Wake up with the best"

I need some opinions. The other night I was helping out in PACU. (I am usually in ER or Preop, but occasionally go to PACU when needed) I was asked by another nurse to transport her patient upstairs. The patient was early 30's female, very nice, alwa...

Check out University of Cincinnati too.

$2.75 hourly to be on call, time and a half if called in, no minimum time. Florida Someone told me their CPA said that they could write off their cell phone bill as a business expense since it was used while on call...no idea if this is true or not.

I appreciate all the replies to my post. I was totally not trying to do anything stalkerish or creepy. I usually do not have the opportunity to just chat with a patient. And this patient was my age, had a child with the same name as mine, and was wor...

Where I work it is no longer Nurse's Week. It is now called "Hospital Week" I guess we are not special enough for our own week anymore. We do get free pizza and ice cream, however, which sounds tasty.

Do you still have to do all the the triage paperwork/computer work plus your usual initial assessment paperwork/computer input? I guess yo do, at least list of meds, history etc. When we have triaged in the room, it was very time consuming because we...

Here are a few more classics: "Sik" a personal favorite "Bleeding from rough sex" "Private" usually involving an object in an unusual place or a possible STD, often accompanied by "please do not call my home number" "A$@hole keeps fal...

I have low thyroid and used to see an endocrinologist who would make me come in for a visit to get my lab slip then come back for another visit to see if my med dose had to be changed. It made no sense, so now I see a pcp who can handle it, much bett...

Don't foget about the crack pipes hidden in the socks or underwear:uhoh3:

I say Live and let live. As long as you take care of your patients, act professionally and don't flash your privates, there should not be an issue :) I know some older patients are nostalgic of the days when nurses wore whites and caps, so they espec...

I learned this trick from an ER doctor when all else failed. It really seemed to help. Plus asking the doctor for a small dose of Ativan can really help things go easier. I mean Ativan for the patient, not the nurse! Although that might help too

If you are an organ transplant recipient, do not just decide to go off your antirejection meds because things are "going so good". An awakened, ****** off nephrologist, a dose of 1000mg SoluMedrol, and an impending admission to ICU later, the patien...

University Community Hospital is good to work for as well!

I just moved from out of state to the suburbs northeast of Tampa. I have been researching ED RN positions at Pasco Regional and Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, formerly East Pasco Medical Center. The people I have met at both facilities have been extre...

How about "Big piece of meat hanging out down there" =rectal prolapse

I have just moved here (Wesley Chapel) from charlotte, nc and had also lived in california for many years, and this freaks me out too. I know it happens everywhere, but the Tampa area seems to be especially problematic. How do you do a predator searc...