Toastedpeanut

Your posts precisely reflect my mindset pretty much all shift. I couldn't have said it any better. And I feel like I too am getting a bad attitude about my profession... but you're 100% right - it's ridiculous!

THIS is why I've moved to night shift, and will never do days ever again! The family members and their demands and complaints. It made my shifts so grueling, I even thought of leaving nursing! Not so anymore, thanks to the nights. I hate when the doc...

"I thought it was another flatus!"

... a huge, diarrheic mess in the bed (underneath them).

I'm surprised they considered 30 ng/dl to be positive (unless this was your confirmation test results). In my opinion, I don't think your career is ruined & I'm glad your school won't report you to the board. I hope they'll allow you to graduate....

Here's to Dilaudid every 2 hours. Here's to wiping booty & giving patients showers. Where oh where are the PCTs! 'Cuz I'm standing in C. diff up to my knees. What about the family members, who make you insane-y? Be nice to them or they'll notify ...

I read about several entities developing cannabis breathalyzers. They detect use within a 2 hour time frame I believe: THC Breathalyzer - Cannabix Technologies Inc. And this $7 saliva test SalivaConfirm - 5 Panel (Instant Oral Cube Drug Test Kit with...

I always LOVE reading your posts! We're both in the same boat!

Have y'all seen this class action lawsuit: Class Action against HPRP Filed by Michigan Health Professionals I saw this from another AN member and wanted to share it here. I think more nurses in more states need to come together on this issue.

I'm in LA monitoring too, until November of this year. PM me and we can talk! My CO states that I am up for making a request for decreased UDS, so I am writing that request now. I test on avg. 2x per month. It's really put me in the poor house, but t...

Did you ever find a job? Just curious how you're doing now.

1- When the waitress comes to get my plate and says, "Dang, you ate that whole thing?" 2- When people drive way too close to my rear bumper. 3- While a patient is coding and the person in the next bed asks for their food to be heated up. But I think ...

To a lot of people, complaining like this makes them feel better, even if temporarily. It's exactly like passing gas if you think about it. I agree though, this becomes tiring!

I think this looks great!

I went through the same anxieties & fears when I graduated in December 2012. I passed the NCLEX in March, and had been to 3 interviews. I must have submitted over 60 applications (in a medium-sized city)... the second interviewer hired me. I star...

On my previous unit, we had many "ancient" nurses, and they were the best ones. The younger ones always went to them for advice, they handled tough situations well, and they were the most popular among the patients. This one nurse in her early 70's u...

Last summer, there was a DON in a nearby LTAC who was found to have been stealing narcotics from the workplace for quite some time. He was a friend of a friend, and my friend told me this man would never be able to work in nursing again. I mean, it w...

I really don't think this will be much of a speed-bump (hehehe) in finding employment as a nurse. I mean, we're human and make mistakes too you know? Good luck in your search!

Wow, this is quite an awesome coincidence! The only psuedo-explanation I have is that "the forces are at work." I'm not an eccentric by any means, but I've experienced just a few things in life that will forever make me wonder. My first time around t...

I've been reading these for days & holding out. I'm gonna explode if I don't share. Before I became a nurse I worked at an ante-bellum garrison on the Mississippi River. I think construction on the place began in the late 1700's. It was once used...

I can't stop laughing at these comments! I'm "literally" cryin' ova hea!

I like to make "report" sheets that I can write the other nurses' reports down on, because in the beginning there were things that I forgot. This ensures that I cover all bases. I also like to carry a little notebook in my pocket at all times. Don't ...

Have you found anything yet? Here's my experience with references: my first RN job at a huge health system sent an e-mail to my 3 references (a little form to fill out). Technically I could have gotten them to send it to a friend or my sister-in-law ...

You can always apply directly through the hospitals' websites too. Did you work as a PCT?

North Oaks & Ochsner in Louisiana (around the New Orleans area) do have new graduate programs. Ochsner's an enormous health system that hires many foreign nurses. I didn't like working at Ochsner, but it's a foot in the door. The other nurses are...