Nurse Valium

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  1. What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    Nurse Valium replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    ClaireMacl Mine is sarcasm! Coming from Scotland, its virtually second nature FINALLY!! My long lost

  2. i hate my nursing job

    Nurse Valium replied to Mylife's topic in Nursing Career

    Home health is definately not a walk in the park - I did it for 8 years through hot Texas summers. It is, however, a completely different type of nursing. "Hands-off" nursing jobs that come to...

  3. Did preceptors get paid more or receive bonus by precepting new nurses?

    Nurse Valium replied to atlanta's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The facility I work in does offer minimal compensation (hourly) for precepting but does offer a couple hundred $$ if your orientee is still employed here after one year - I guess, like my precepting...

  4. The people you meet.......

    Nurse Valium replied to Bolts's topic in Emergency

    I constantly try to remind myself that different people have different pain thresholds. Mine is (apparently) enormously high so I have been known to "slip" and not be impressed by another's pain. I...

  5. Moving to Austin

    Nurse Valium replied to texasmedicrnj's topic in Texas Nursing

    Brackenridge is the regional trauma center and is (was? not sure) the 'community hospital'. It has a reputation for "madness" & "crazy" and I am considering applying there myself to work in the...

  6. Moving to Austin

    Nurse Valium replied to texasmedicrnj's topic in Texas Nursing

    :balloons: Welcome to Austin !! I don't know about paramedic wages but have found that RN salaries run mid-$20's. What type of nursing do you do? I've lived in Austin area most of my life - let me...

  7. i hate my nursing job

    Nurse Valium replied to Mylife's topic in Nursing Career

    There are tooooo many choices in nursing to throw in the towel already! If nights/weekends/12hr shifts aren't for you, have you considered MD office nursing? Home health? There are also a ton of...

  8. Breastfeeding after c-section

    Nurse Valium replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am thrilled to see progressive thinking in the L&D forum. I am not an L&D nurse but am a mom & was overall pleased with the birth of my son though with a few bumps along the way. He...

  9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Nurse Valium replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all 54 pages - but has anyone mentioned the family members in the ED that walk behind the nurses station? What is that??? Do they walk behind the counter at McDonalds?? Adding...

  10. Puuuuuuulese!!

    Nurse Valium replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    "My script blew

  11. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    Nurse Valium replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Geez...and I thought it was bad Thursday when a patient in the ER said to our tech "Have my waitress bring me a glass of

  12. To tattle tale or not tattle tale... that is the question.

    Nurse Valium replied to bluesky's topic in General Nursing

    [quote name= So maybe you should quit feeling sorry for yourself, try to make friends with the queen bee, and learn from every patient you take care of instead of whining about your...

  13. To tattle tale or not tattle tale... that is the question.

    Nurse Valium replied to bluesky's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you!! Does such a place exist? That must be nursing

  14. Relocating to Philly--Recommended Hospitals?

    Nurse Valium replied to TraumaRama25's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I did a 6 month travel assignment at Methodist hospital and would discourage anyone from working there - it wasn't fun, it wasn't staffed and it was filthy (nothing like escorting an awake, alert...

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Nurse Valium replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    My very first day of orientation in the ER a 20yo female came in with c/o "severe pain" (abdominal), she said that she was at work & felt like she was going to pass out. Further questioning...

  16. Shingles

    Nurse Valium replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    EMS brought an intoxicated homeless guy into our ED - intoxicated but still somewhat coherent. As our ED doc is trying to obtain his past medical history from him the conversation went like this:...

  17. Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

    Nurse Valium replied to jaycrue's topic in Travel

  18. Admitting Diagnosis

    Nurse Valium replied to mir4777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got a chuckle from an H&P for a patient with CHF & a Lasix drip that the transcriptionist listed under Plan of Care to "continue to monitor eyes &

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Nurse Valium replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite ghostly nursing story was actually experienced by my husband who is also a nurse. He was working at a small private hospital on a med/surg unit in a large metropolitan city. One of their...

  20. CVP and SV02 monitoring in the ED

    Nurse Valium replied to Kireri's topic in Emergency

    Good morning all! I have a similar question/concern - what is standard practice in EDs when a patient is admitted to CCU with similar orders (ie CVP/SVO2 monitoring, vented) & they end up being...

  21. Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

    Nurse Valium replied to jaycrue's topic in Travel

    Just curious - why are the names of agencies (good agencies) only shared via PM? I thought that was the purpose of this site, to share information amongst