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I know my aunt who graduated in 1976 (also my inspiration to be a nurse), has a lot of the same complaints as I did in nursing school. Being constantly reminded of how many ways they can find to kick you out, hateful mentors who are cannibals, etc. ...

My solution is to turn down the ringers, turn on the answering machine and caller ID. If I have a sick family member or there is an emergency at the kids school, I have a cell phone that work does not have the number for. I keep that bedside and it...

No you cannot just push a med and let the pump do it. You have to consider if you are using a port above or below the pump. If below, then you are not getting control from the pump for the med, if above the pump you could cause back flow into the m...

When I was with a huge health management group (they owned several large local hospitals) they gave out the "logo" type stuff. But I also received free movie tickets, $25 gift card (for coming into work during a bad snow), and we had a year end bonu...

Working (years ago) as a CNA I had been at the facility for 18 months without a death during my shift. Determined to keep my record, I had a patient whose 2 sisters had died in the previous 2 weeks (one in our facility, one not) I went in to turn B...

I do not wear scrubs for my job. I go in and out of many facilities, I see most nurses in scrubs (typically not matching each other, doing their own colors/patterns). There is one LTC facility I go to and they are still required to wear HATS. They...

It wasn't my N-CLEX exam, but the community/psyche portions of my nursing school tests. I had the worst time answering those properly. When they would start with "What would you do...." I realized I needed to read them differently. I read them as...

wow..... I think you are an inspiration to all of us already in the nursing field. You took a very tragic situation and are able to see something positive, and to turn it into something positive to benefit others with your care. Stories like yours ...

Ambulatory surgery pre-op is an excellent job. I did it PRN (ended up with 40 hrs/week because I wanted to). Being in an ambulatory center, all patients are pre-screened and you have relatively healthy adults having elective surgeries. Dealt some ...

I found that home health care just wasn't for me because of the conditions under which you work. A sterile dressing change with the family pet sniffing the sterile field or just filthy places was enough to turn me away. I feel I really need a contr...

The worst place (besides LTC) was a ped ER for me. Loved the kids, not the staff and parents so much though. The best place is IV therapy. Work M-Fr no weekends, holidays or nights. I am the only one who does my job (job security). Can't complain...

Working a pediatric ER, I know your pain. I had a patient who's obviously intoxicated father and father's girlfriend had brought in a small boy. They wanted him seen for a "rash" on his "BIRD". The rash was also on his hands and bottom. (strange ...

Here's a thought....what would daddy have done for his little girl if she had shown some sign of injury and nothing but male emergency responders were available? Could happen..so will he let her bleed to death internally. Or drive her to the hospit...

I am not doing home health. Mine is long term care. Most of those nurses are not terribly comfortable doing IVs (especially starts) But I also place midlines and PICCs. I help with p/p for infusion. I answer a lot of questions regarding flushing...

I am in IV therapy for LTC. I work for a LTC pharmacy and I service/resource to any and all our homes that need me. Just like a PICC team, I am M-Fr my hours are 8:30 to 5:00. I only take call when I want to. If I don't want to, I am covered by a...

I saw my favorite aunt graduate from nursing school in 1975. I was from then on fascinated with nursing. (they were all so impressive in their uniforms and hats looking so official) I told my kindergarten teacher I wanted to be a nurse. I then we...

Congratulations!!!:balloons: Glad to know that nursing is still making people happy. You hear so many complaints. It's a nice change to hear someone happy. Personally, I am loving my job too. I've been here almost a year. No weekends,holidays or ...

Sorry about your situation. As a mother, I was faced with an incident report at Headstart. My child had been bitten by another (not unusual for the age group) However, this same child also punched her in the eye at the same time (also the bite lef...

In my past job experience (pre-op) You find you need to be both. You have to keep on task (you have incision times to meet), however you have a very anxious patient that needs the nurturing piece. I find it easy to stay on task, yet interact with m...

10K sounds like a good start. Problem here is there is no COL increase with merit increases. And merit increases are 0-3% and the 3% are the people who really do some major butt kissing. 2% is average, which doesn't even keep up with COL. Not to ...

What state are you located in? COL in a particular area does effect pay.

I don't know that RNs dislike LPNs. I am an RN in Ohio and I am concerned about the LPNs in the LTC facilities that we service. We are looking at adding med techs in our state, so I am concerned about our LPNs (without their IV certification). The...

Went to lunch with a fellow CNA (this was years ago, before my license). The other CNA was a very dedicated lady, very mature and caring. the best CNA you could ask for. We come down the hall and see a diabetic resident sitting in her geri chair....

I found that outside of the hospital pays better in my situation. It is much more than I made before I was in nursing. However, I must say that with daily exposures to biohazards, holding lives in your hands with your decisions, no we don't make en...

We had to discuss our medical history with our lab partner, let them find pedal pulses, radial pulses. We took b/p and temps listened to breath sounds, bowel sounds (clothing remained on at all times). We did practice a bed bath, but that was just ...