TeeKay12

I have a slightly different experience: my daughter was severely injured at age 6. For years, we were in and out of EDs, ICUs, and rehabs. I went to nursing school for a 3rd career, after being a SAHM for 20+ years. I did ED, Med/Surg, and ICU. I...

By your own admission, your husband is the one who outed you. To his best friend. Is it possible your hubby told the friend, who then told his wife and forgot to say "And they really want it to remain private for a little longer"? Why are you so o...

It's my license on the line. It's my job to make sure my patients are cared for to the best of my and my staff's ability - and that includes toileting, cleaning up feces or urine, and bathing if that's what needs done. Yes, it's hectic on the floor...

I ask the patient what the worst pain they ever had, and how this pain compares. I started doing this after my nephew was in ED for RUQ pain, and stated his pain was a 4/10 to the question of "1 being none, and 10 being the worst you've ever felt". ...

One of the things I hated most about bedside nursing. Scripted performance. I'm very much for keeping the patients informed. I'm opposed to the idea of 'selling' the services of my colleagues - especially if I am required to either lie or state a ...

"I was on WebMD and......"

"It all started with a mouse." (meaning, the smallest things can become huge)

I attended a 4 year university, considered to be one of the best private schools in the state for nursing. I was an "alternate" student - I was 40 when I started! I have a disabled daughter, and I've dealt with WCs (power and manual), vents, suctio...

It will depend on frequency of contact. I currently work in telephonic case management and handle low to medium acuity clients - from infants to elderly. My case load is 350. The majority of my clients, I contact and work with no more than every 6...

I was on the interview committee for a new manager. We didn't ask any silly questions, but our interim manager, who was interviewing for the position did. She wanted to know if any of us wanted to see photos of her new baby, told us about her breas...

Mine is feet. They don't have to be nasty, they just have to be feet. Trachs, ostomies, pressure ulcers, ocular emissions, feces, vomit, all of that doesn't bother me. Make me deal with feet and I'm gagging.

First, I agree - I've seen it in every culture I've worked with (first job was a predominately AA area, most co-workers were African or AA, next job was in a lower-income predominately white area, with a large population of Burmese and quite a few Hi...

It used to be 60 minutes each way, 3 nights a week, 1900 to 0730. It is now about 25 minutes each way, 5 days a week, M-F 0800-1700. Much better!

I "failed" one class in my last semester. It was a tough semester for me, personally - I had a parent in ICU for most of the semester, another parent had 2 MIs, a child in ICU for a month (in a different hospital, in a different county), and another...

In my area, no-one hires LPNs. No-one. It's hard to find a position if you have an ASN. Experienced LPNs in the hospital network I used to work for were phased out of bed-side care and became Techs (CNAs basically), IF they were given a position at...

Yes, and no. I was an older student, returning to university at age 40! I also had a family, a part time job, a critically ill parent, and a disabled child. The ill parent and disabled child helped get me through a lot of classes (oh, you want me t...

My nephew's girlfriend has a similar problem. Her parents wanted her to be a teacher, they said because it would always be a good job, she would always be able to find work, and it was respectable. She went to college to become a teacher. She took ...

Since your kids go to a private school, I'd ask there. Let the administration know of your issue, they might know of a family who can help. Do you know another family living near where your job offer is who would be willing to take the kids? I und...

I must be odd. I don't look. Not because I don't want to, but our toilets at home are water conserving, and the 'gooseneck' is shaped such that it can hide a LOT of poo. Nothing to see here, time to move on. I got used to that, and now I don't lo...

I learned a few things: 1. I learned that the concourses at an airport are not numbered so you can stand in the central part and know the concourse is numbered from left to right. They're numbered for the convenience of the pilots, from their left t...

My advise to all new nursing students is two things: 1. HIPAA is real. Do not violate it. You could lose your position in the school and possibly the chance to work for that hospital, and if it's part of a network in a large city, you might be scre...

The facility I used to work in required bed-side report. It was a very busy, 24 bed Med/Surg floor with large, far-spaced rooms. We RNs could have rooms from one end of the floor to another. If report were given at the desk, it's easy to find the ...

They give a brand new nurse extra time, because they haven't learned to think on their feet and how to manage their time yet. In two years, you should have already learned that. I'm glad to hear you gave 2 weeks. It's true - you can get a reputatio...

i just told my future daughter-in-law that today, as she was telling me of her friends in nursing school because "it's good money, easily made". I'm afraid she'll now wonder if the insanity is hereditary due to my laughing hysterically at that and s...

1. Get out of the bed. Your loved one can actually rest well sleeping alone for the night or two he/she spends with us. You're risking pulling out IVs, and you're making my job difficult. 2. No, I will not get you and your snotty kids a drink, a sn...