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I left 20 years ago and went into managed care -had a nice desk job recently got a package and considered going back- shadowed at a local hospital and all the reasons why I left came flooding back- Took a job as a QM "suit"- had been looking forward to being refreshed and taking another stab at the bedside - but now just really try to make a difference for those of you still there. feel guilty for not getting back into the trenches with y'all.

IF visitors want 24 hour access and are constantly in the room they should be prepared to " see" some not so nice things.:chuckle

Elevated Cortisol levels due to stress can cause weight gain as can hormonal imbalances due to rotating shifts, and poor nutritional choices due to " grabbing food on the fly and not being able to take a break and chose the salad bar.

Thank you- for the reply I have been an RN for quite a while and never had blood return occur. I have never had a colleage ask me to witness a narc waste for this reason and have never seen this listed as a reason for a waste on the narc med sheets....... so I was naturally thinking what is it that happens when the scenario is thought through to the end?? I thought the response by smilingblue eyes was rather harsh. I would like to know from the posters who did have the experience since it is described as pretty profound what do you remember doing ? What does your unit policy say? I am going to have to some research because in our unit as I said we rarely give anything IM.

So to the people who aspirated blood- then what did you do? I can't remember the last IM I gave- just havent had to. If its a narc do you then have to find an RN to witness the waste and start over or do you find a new site and inject ? Change the needle?

I know ......this is seriously holding me back from this job - you would think instead of a sign on or in addition to a sign on it would benefit them to use a parking pass as an incentive to attract RNs- Where I currently work I do not pay for parking. and parking is plentiful. My husband seriously thinks I will hate having to hunt around for parking and this will make me unhappy -

I am thinking about moving from one job to another and am weighing pros and cons. One thing that is on the " con " list for the new job is that fact that they charge for parking, in a garage that is across from the hospital. the cost is 30 .00 a month. you can park on the street sometimes for free but its risky and very often there are no spots. This place is building a new ICU and is crying for RNs . I would be a great candidate for them but this paying for parking really gets to me. Does your hospital make you pay to park and if so how do you feel about it? Even if they pay me the $$ in my rate that would make up for it ... something just bothers me about having to pay for a safe place to keep my vehicle while I work . I think Hospital employees should park for free.