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I have a coworker who has cervical spine and carpal tunnel surgery. She could not return to bedside nursing. She found a position working for clinical trial doing interviewing of patients. It requires Nursing assessment and clinical skills. She some...

I totally agree. I do not hesitate to bring any order to a doctor's attention that I feel is questionable or detrimental to the patients health. I once had a doc that ordered an inappropriate (massive) Lasix dose. I repeated the order and pointed it...

I will only contribute when I know all of the circumstances. A local family had a child dying of cancer. I know their needs were very real. Travel expenses as well as taking care of their other children were very wearing not only emotionally but fina...

OH yes, the nursing cap. My favorite mem is being the last person in the elevator. My back was toward the door. The elevator closed and caught my cap. Ripping it off my head. Bobby pins went flying and the cap stayed crushed in the door. The whole el...

A girl in my daughters high school class has Aspergers and went to college and attained her BSN. She went on to do clinical research and is very successful. She lacked some social skills so she made a wonderful researcher. Very intelligent and task ...

i also remember Montgomery straps. New grads thought they were great. Especially after tegaderm ripped off tender skin. We older nurses still have a few tricks up our sleeves.

Both of my parents received Hospice care. My dad was a cardiac patient that was in failure and was placed in a Hospice unit in the local hospital. He got excellent care and the support staff was fantastic. My mom was at home with hospice care. Sh...

I am terrified that I will be unable to afford health insurance. The proposed changes I've read about include state high risk pools. If this happens, I will never be able to afford insurance. My husband was forced into retirement on disability from h...

I remember when gloves became mandatory. I always wear them for blood draws but insist I have smalls. I agree they can be cumbersome. I often feel for the vein without them. Love butterflies for blood draws.

Sounds like you went into nursing for all of the wrong reasons. Just because it is a 'family trait and occupation' doesn't mean you were meant to be a nurse. Do what is best for you, not for everyone else and don't be swayed by their comments or innu...

You were absolutely correct in transferring her to the hospital. Don't let the administrator give you the 20/20 hindsight lecture. You assessed and made your decision on facts. Stick to it. As for Medicare guidelines and payments, they will drive yo...

I remember the week gloves became mandatory. I was working ED and a patient came running in with a fountain of blood spurting from the top of his head. I grabbed a stack of 4 x 4s and ran towards him. The ED doc was screaming at me to out on gloves. ...

OH yes. I remember the nursing boards. Two days worth with the individual subjects. Sweated my butt off in a large hall in Hartford CT. Also different states had differ t passing scores. The hardest were CA Hawaii and FL. Three levels took boards to...

I agree. Something predisposed the administration to do this. Was it ? Med errors, ? Reduced insurance rates ? Ie compensation claims. Sounds like they are getting a monetary benefit somewhere for using it to assure a better safe place. Random drug ...

Does anyone remember the controlled drugs that came in plastic boxes with slide lids that had little compartments for individual pills? I remember one of my nurses calling me in a panic when the box had opened and the Seconal capsules had fallen out ...

I totally agree with what you did!! You are the patients advocate. I would like to think that if I were the patient that someone on the team would have my best interests and saftey at heart. I was recently a patient for an ERCGP and the GI doc had b...

I agree. There are many masters degrees but you have to like what you are doing or your just wasting time and money. Nurse educators are desperately needed. Bachelors degree programs are dying for nursing instructors. So if you have the patience to ...

This has happened to me several times. The last time I had an emergency run and left my 3 Oreos stacked on the counter. The top one I had taken a bite out of. I returned to find the ED medical director eating my Oreos! I lost it. 'Really' I said. "A...

One of my jobs did have 1 hr commute each way. I wasn't happy about it but the pay was great and the coworkers were great to work with. However, I did have a place to stay should the weather be unfriendly. So my suggestion is, make sure that you hav...

Your doctor is covering her butt by not being specific about what is safe patient care. An employer would be very leary should you present a note with this wording. As for not disclosing your medical condition, I would think you would have to disclos...

Congrats on passing your boards. I agree with the other posters, have someone professionally review your resume and see if any alterations need to be done. I graduated in May many years ago and didn't get hired until November. I was so frustrated. I...

I totally agree. It's all about the bucks. If insurance companies can use the data to prove that BSNs make less errors than ADNs that's what is going to be required.

I can certainly understand your concerns. Is your husband on SSDI? Are your children eligible for financial assistance?

I agree totally. Give me an experienced nurse any day. However, it is now all about the degrees. I'm pushing 60 and do have a bachelors but I got it when I was 40 because in order to have my Occ Health Cert it was going to be mandatory. Also, there ...

I can certainly relate. A coworker of mine's son was graduating validictorion oh his high school class. She advised the nurse manager many weeks in advance and was told she couldn't take the night off. She warned me that she was going to call out sic...