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I wear glasses. I've worn glasses since my senior year of high school (which was 15 years ago). I love my glasses. I think I look good in my glasses. I am too chicken to have lasik (the idea of surgery on my eyes gives me the creeps) and I refuse to...

I think there's a forum for pretty darn near everything in here. It sounds like you're well suited to the world of neuroscience nursing from your personal experience. When do you start your new job? I start working on a neuroscience floor August 8...

Post your resume on monster.com

I am ashamed to admit that I used to hold a similar viewpoint on LPN's (that there status is somewhere between CNA and RN), until I had the opportunity at my former place of employment to work with some really OUTSTANDING LPN's who were nurses before...

I'm sorry you've had that experience, and as an RN, I can honestly say that I love CNA's! You guys are such an asset in any patient care environment, where it never hurts to have as many extra sets of hands and eyes as we can get. You are also corr...

Yes, uh, pretty much everyone in my life tried to talk me out of it, mostly because I already had a college degree when I decided to go to nursing school, so they thought I was wasting my time. Friends, family members, my parents, coworkers (who wer...

Of course we eat! At least for those of us who work night shift (carpe noctem, baby!), that's how we stay awake. Along with lots of coffee and mountain dew. Plus, glucose is the brain's only source of fuel, so we have to eat to concentrate on the ...

Greetings! I am an RN with a BSN who has experience mostly in pediatrics, but also some in adult ICU and ER. I have always dreamed of being a Navy officer (always wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was in high school, but my bad vision kept that f...

HOLY SH&*^%$*!!!!! Wow, with a story like that, and I'm sure there's more like it out there, maybe nursing schools should teach martial arts techniques. Sheeesh.

....& my second worst mistake was accepting a position from my now former employer. Don't guess it would be very professional of me to mention the name of this facility? Anyhoo, to touch up the resume....

I think it should be legalized,and I would love to see more nursing research regarding its use for medicinal purposes. And about that "gateway drug" argument? The reason it's a gateway drug is because it's illegal, and unless one has the luxury of ...

Thanks, Bob!

I'd say stick with the ER. I've worked on a general pediatric floor and in the ER. From my experience working general pediatrics, I can tell you that as a pediatric flight nurse, your patients are still going to come in all shapes and sizes. The p...

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OR you can move to Atlanta and work at the Sibley Heart Center. I'm sure they'd be tickled pink to have you!

Poor thing. You have the same problem I had my senior year of nursing school: EVERYTHING interests me. I'm not real familiar with Duke, but don't they have a big pediatric hospital? With lots of specialties? Work in pediatric CCU and cross-train ...

Wow! Go for it! If I was in better physical shape and not already happily settled into married life, I'd be all over that job!

Besides, you can't work full time and go to school full time. Believe me, I tried that once, and my mental and physical health suffered much as a result! After all, you gotta study sometime!! And(if you really manage your time wisely) eat and sleep:...

I'm doing Baylor weekends while I'm working on my MSN and work only 2 shifts per week. In my humble opinion, 24 hours per week is still enough to learn while you work, so it should be enough. It's not like working light prn, and only seeing a shift...

LOL! I know! It's crazy, but they really do gross me out!!

Please, please, please, please get some help. I recently went through a very rough time in my life (family issues, rocky start to my marriage, adjustment to life with 3 stepkids) and I dealt with these problems in a very unhealthy manner (drinking fa...

LOL! Thanks redwinggirlie. We need this touch of humor after sharing our mistakes with each other.

Get a pocket sized face shield. I have one and it never leaves my side. Just in case.

Once upon a time, in the icu, I was taking care of a patient who was receiving iv fluids and Diprivan. Sometime, during the night, I went in to hang a dose of iv antibiotic, which I piggybacked into the iv fluids. I dialed the amount and rate of th...

And I got written up last month for running Diprivan at a slightly higher than normal rate........