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I stopped working noc :) Never again unless it's an emergency cover for a different nurse and that's every blue moon but won't ever as a regular shift.

If you inflicted these scars then your mental health status should be checked out. How do they know you won't harm others. Also obviously uness you volunteer how you got your scars info how in the world would they find out. I'm just worried about you...

There's some schools with horrible schedules, these schools are not made for the working student. Perhaps go to a school that will accommodate your schedule and or will make it possible to attend school and work. I was going to go to west coast unive...

With all due respect although the NCLEX was hard, it wasn't that hard for me actually and I would have been surprised if I didn't pass. Actually I'm surprised many of my classmates passed. With that said, the bar is one of the most intense exams peri...

The hospital is in an area where we get a lot of Cuban and Haitian patients. Those aren't considered minorities or please use a better term which is people of color. What you're talking about are foreigners and common sense should tell you these peo...

Always check the reviews for anything you're planning spending money on, just google them. Plus I heard hospitals want acute care experience NOT necessarily training alone

Hello, I'm a new nurse but within a few weeks I'll have my year with my LVN license. I've been working in home health all this time with a few agencies. I was thinking of transitioning to either a long term (convalescent) or some type of facility tha...

I can't do nites either, can't sleep during the day and have damaged my body by forcing myself to work nites.

I'm an introvert and prefer nites due to all the reasons people have stated here but my biggest challenge is sleeping during the day, how do you guys do it? maybe it's not for everyone I guess. I can't seem to sleep during the day, I only sleep like ...

I couldn't do it any longer either. I'm switching after 4 months but I agree with the others, less drama working at nite, too bad I don't sleep well during the day =(

Do you work 5 nites straight or have some days off in between? I worked 5 nites straight and had weekends off. I couldn't handle it after 4 months since it's hard for me to sleep during the day lol. Then again I'm doing home health right now so it's ...

As long as you were there to witness the patient taking her meds then it should be ok, if you want to cover your butt even more, place the pills in the patients hand then the CNA and you can witness the patient take her med that way technically the C...

It's everyone business, what if this nurse also takes care of their family member or may need to in in the future? That's the problem these days, people do not like to stick up for others and have that attitude if it doesn't affect me then it doesn't...

New nurse? That's just an excuse. What she did was clearly wrong and what's worse is her attitude thinking she did nothing wrong and want to blame the DON and the concerned family member. The OP clearly doesn't like to take accountability for her act...

it doesn't matter, meds should never be left unattended that's the point

You were not supposed to leave meds unattended. How do you know she even took it. You cannot say just because she normally does. Remember if you did not give it to her OR watch her take it OR if you did not document it, then it was not given. I notic...

Yeah i forgot to mention the white noise, that celiing fan is perfect for that

Hi Sunny realize it takes time to get used to this. Your body has been sleeping nites for most of your life I'm assuming to your body will need time. I've been working nites for 3 months now and still struggling. I've tried the black out curtains, sl...

OK but apparently some people did or at least that how it sounded, if you feel you didn't or didn't mean too I can understand. I'm done with this conversation especially since you are posting childish pictures very bratty behavior so at the end you ...

That's a good idea

Thank YOU, you hit the nail on the head.

A lot of people on this site I found have been really rude and argumentative. I don't remember this happening years ago but apparently it is quite common for a lot of the replies to be against you no matter what you're talking about which is why I b...

I agree oldandintheway. There's so many other things I see new nurses do which isn't cool. Unfortunately I've seen older seasoned nurses act in such an unprofessional manner especially in this forum so this is not limited to age. I think it has to do...

Hello, I heard employers hire you faster if you have volunteering experience. Question is where should we volunteer? Hospitals? medical centers or anyone know of places near Riverside where they take volunteers quick without having to wait a lifetime...

true everyone is different. For the first month I work nites 7 days a week and I was so exhausted. I realize the weekends is my time to get sufficient sleep and catch up, because even when I worked those weekends I still found it hard to sleep during...