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At my old hospital our supervisors often had to be in the numbers so we would be giving report to them. We had one who was, I guess, trying to model it for us so she was right next to the bed near the head with the other nurse right beside her. I u...

I work on an adult inpatient psych unit currently (1 year), worked at an child/adolescent psych hospital (1 year) and worked adult med-surg (3 years) Psych nursing can be so boring!! You don't spend much time with the patients. The milieu therapist...

I didn't like my med-surg clinical rotations and had been a nursing assistant on a medical unit and didn't like it, BUT when I graduated I took a med-surg job just to get the experience. I wanted to actually use what I was tested on in my skills lab...

I used to work med-surg at an 800-bed Level 1 Traum/ Academic hospital and the charge always had a full load. 5:1 daylight but getting to be 6:1 when I left and nightshift 6/7:1. The pay differential was, I think, 75 cents. Oh, and we paid 80.00/m...

Psych nurse 100%. The learning curve in ICUs is incredible steep, as it should be, but not that conducive to sanity and you need most of your sanity to stay focused on school. Psych is not easy but it isn't as technically/mechanically as difficult ...

I agree with the poster who said tv commercials give information and then suggest that the patient talk to their doctor. I think that we can give public information and tell them to talk to their doctor with any other questions if interested in lear...

I was a K-12 public school teacher in some very rough areas and my job is psych is very, very similar in that we are trying to get people to do things that they don't want to do and sometimes can't do, their mood and emotions are not able to be manag...

As a new grad I worked the first 2.5 years on a crazy busy med-surg floor in a hospital that is poorly run in many ways so I know of the exhaustion that you are talking about. I switched to inpatient psych a few months ago and it's better in many, m...

One can be on ADHD meds AND anti-depressants!! I would look into that ASAP!!!!

That is so funny!!! I heard a story of a someone saying that another person was Indian and they weren't sure which type was meant so they responded, "Indian feather or Indian dot?"

We do not ever draw from the PIV. I guess if it were a dire emergency.... If patient had a PICC, only nurses can draw labs from it other wise the lab team does it.

Even though everything was pointing to switching careers and be a nurse, looking back it was the worst choice I ever made. There are many, many reasons for this but I wish I had not done it. Maybe in time I will not feel this way but that's how it ...

I completed it. GOOD LUCK!!

(((NursingInChaos))) Thank God you were there to offer CPR the correct way. As others have said- take care of yourself after something so traumatic happens. I am praying for the family.

I think you are on the right path looking stuff up on your own! I love that stuff too and I don't get to really delve into on my crazy med-surg unit so I go to youtube and Periscope a lot. I also just found VuMedi but haven't signed up yet and than...

There is no nursing shortage in my area as we still have diploma schools, community colleges and universities. We have some poorly managed hospitals that are always hiring but that's a different type of shortage. I live in the Northeast/Mid-Atlanti...

Aren't Charter Schools public schools in TX? They are in my northern state. They have great autonomy with curriculum and that kind of stuff but I would think the school nurse requirements would be the same.

Maybe we live in the same Mid-Atlantic state!! When I received my first license I carefully removed the wallet sized copy and got it laminated and kept it in my wallet. It was like $4 for the size of a credit card! My second one is ripped and ...

I am shocked that they are pushing you to give pain meds >4 when so many hospitals-including mine- are cutting down due to the opioid epidemic. I DO NOT mean to imply that individual RNs are at any fault for the liberal policies in place. They a...

I posted my resume on Monster or Career Builder and have gotten inundated with emails, texts and calls from several agencies about Geisinger Health Systems in PA needing travelers the most being from Medical Staffing Options. Good luck!! 9200 Wort...

We can't give medical advice but can give some resources to help. addforums.com is a good resource for those with ADHD as well as parents, and teachers.

I was pulled over when I was a nursing assistant coming from work when I was almost home. I was scheduled 2pm-10:30pm but there was a call off and they asked me to stay over for a while so it was around 2:00am when I got pulled over. The hospital...

I think you work at my hospital!! Mine has really great commercials that run on almost every channel in my region about what innovative, state of the art OR equipment they have and what great life-saving medical care but they always fail to mention...

I am a union rep for my unit and I was also in another union in my former career. Take your union rep with you to: -Ensure respect is given as the situation is discussed. -Act as a witness. Your manager is allowed to have another manager or super...

I've never given birth and only had experience with new mom's and babies in a very limited way during clinicals so maybe this is why I don't know certain things: 1. I thought that "Breast is Best" was first and foremost about the baby getting breast...