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Have a safe and happy flight curlygirl8!! I hope you don't have any delays. Let me know how you two make out. Good luck with your assignment also!

[/size] I am compteplating travel nursing for 2011, but one thing that has me stressing out already is how to travel with my two adorable cats who don't love being in the car! My husband is ready to go now, but I keep coming up with excuses on why n...

Thank you for some good ideas! I like the pillowcase idea. So you actually give them water in the car? No spilling as you drive? By everything you've written you are obviously a wonderful pet parent.

I have been self evaluating and reflecting for the past year on what to pursue as my Master's degree and thought I had found the answer with a MHA program from Ohio State University. But after reading some of the comments from this thread I wonder if...

I feel confused and sad. Having heard for the last few years about the nursing shortage and job security for RNs, what has happened? My hospital brought in a consultant and now we have staffing grids, to make sure there are no extra RNs or aides b...

Absolutely not! I went back older than that and the oldest person in my class was 60. Do a search of this site and you will find many who have asked the same question. Good luck and start getting your paperwork ready!

One of the most helpful things is if your RN manager supports it and schedules people to make the meeting. I try to get the message across to people they are getting paid their regular salary to sit in a meeting and no pt care, sometimes this works....

We have started. I think the easiest way to get started is with your unit based councils. Elect a chairperson, vote on council members and begin addressing things in your unit that could be improved. As a council you can decide how you want to vote ...

Too funny! Thanks for the laugh after a looooong day!

Wow, awesome! Wish I felt the excitment about being a new nurse that you do!!

I think holding off for a semester is a good thing. I just graduated in May and started working in August in critical care. I had planned to start on my master's right away but decide to give myself a year to learn how to be a RN. I am glad I did! ...

Just in CCU for 5 months....how about learning everything regarding the Swan-Gantz catheter?

"I really value this job and this work enviroment and I want to stay here." Your statement above I think is a good way to start communicating to your NM and coworkers. However, I am not sure why your coworkers are upset that you don't need a lot of ...

I see you are only twenty, so my advice my not apply! Having graduated in May, started working in August and passed my boards in October.....my suggestion is to quit work if you don't need the extra $$ and use this time to get organized. Will you be ...

lisaRn41 That's me crying along with you! I started writing this to you yesterday, but I was so wiped out and upset I had to stop. I am about the same age you are and I am 2.5 months into this new exhausting and frustrating career! I also wanted t...

My advice is to ask and seek out every "basic" skill level you can tube feeding, foleys, IVs, PCA pump...make a list of every thing you should have from your NS books. Take the list to you clinical instructors and tell them to find where these proced...

Congratulations! Obviously you are on the path to being a very compassionate nurse! The moments you had with this patient and his wife are what will make the bad days a little better!:balloons:

How about inviting this RN to lunch and saying most of what you just said in your last posting. Food keeps most calm and she may feel less threatened by the conversation if it is done away from work.

Have you spoken to her directly about your concerns? Sounds like you are a pretty direct person, so talk to her about the issues she apparently has with you. She does not sound very proffessional! As you said you can't change something you are not t...

Kate0140-- I am on working for just a month in CCU and I come home emotionally, mentally and physically drained but I have to find the energy to study. So I say wait if you can! The other posters seemed to have done alright by starting, but why add...

Lany_RNphil There is a forum devoted to the NCLEX exam. You will find all the info you need there. Good Luck!

I am a new grad to the CCU and I have a very sarcastic preceptor. Who comments to me "where did you go to school? and what DID they teach you!" (fyi I went to a "good" school and did well, so I know I am not incapable of mastering this job but my pre...

sweetie715- This is so ironic I was just having this conversation to myself, except unfortunately it was after my day at work!! I just graduated in May from a "good" BSN program and started working about three weeks ago. I am working in CCU and have ...

If you do a search on NCLEX studying advice over and over and over again Suzanne4 will recommend just using Saunders. (Seems she knows what she is talking about!) I am in a similar situation to you I am taking mine on the 22nd this month (unless I ch...

chrisvs- I have posted to your thread before that each time you vent or celebrate your days here I can tell the confidence you have gaine this summer! :yelclap: I am just starting my unit orientation and right now what stresses me is having people a...