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  1. Fired from first hospital job

    I hear you and I empathize. I always made myself available to new nurses on teh floor due to my first experiences. Sad state of affairs. It will haunt you and to ban you... there are places in teh...
  2. Just a question

    My husband spent 50K on getting an MSN in business to top off his BSN. REsult: 50K in debt with no change in job x 5
  3. Health Unit Secretary. Front desk at Nursing
  4. Mini Cooper is smaller than I
  5. Telephonic Nursing

    Insurance companies are hiring sometimes enmasse for positions. Several now have case management available. This can be good for nurses who have physical limitations due to injuries acquired on the...
  6. Too much facebook

    Wondering if this is happening at work. I am an older nurse and I am appalled and angry about staff using their cellphones at work. I have found staff in patient bathrooms, h iding in bathrooms, and...
  7. Nursing 20 years/MED ERROR

    It was a bad day, on top of my plantar fasciitis, being in charge, people calling in like usual on a Sunday Morning (though never held responsible), I had a 12 hour shift in front of me. I took Vital...
  8. Has anyone else quit nursing for these reasons?

    Out of fear of not being able to take care of my own children, I sucked it up. I was bullied, harrassed, taken advantage of, overworked, missed holidays with my kids,tried to sleep summer days when...
  9. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    I did ask for help, it was so busy no one had time. I hung a heparin bag mislabeled on to an epidural. TWO sets of eyes may have caught it. So glad no one got hurt, and the LPNS I have worked with...
  10. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    I did ask for help, it was so busy no one had time. I hung a heparin bag mislabeled on to an epidural. TWO sets of eyes may have caught it. So glad no one got hurt, and the LPNS I have worked with...
  11. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    someone at new job heard about it and brought itup.. like 'someone actually did
  12. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    I got written up once because I had an abcess tooth (From not being able to get a timely appt with a dentist) and I called in sick one hour before my shift started because that's when the pain got bad...
  13. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    In answer to many questions: Yes we make mistakes. Do we get fired? Yes. Even with unions. If the hospital deems that an action or mistake cost them money in any way shape or form, such as in this...
  14. I worked over 22 years and five at a big hospital. I hung a bag on a patient and did not follow protocol since our floor was just soo busy; I was in charge, had a preceptee, a new nurse on the...