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I have been working in a neuro ICU for a year now and I have tried so hard to like it but I just don't. Before this I worked on a Med/Surg floor for a little over a year, and while I really enjoyed working with all of my co-workers, I felt like I was...

I am an ICU nurse who used to work on the floor and none of what you said is true. Floor nurses get stat orders, their patients may still need imaging or additional IVs, and their diagnosis may be pending if they are waiting for bloodwork, imaging, e...

Ours are 2 percent to 6 percent annually based on an evaluation.

No salary is "deserved", it all comes down to economics. I dont think professional athletes "deserve" millions of dollars every year, but it is all about economics.

You can hear breath sounds and the heart by putting your ear against someones chest, a stethoscope just helps you maintain a comfortable distance when you are doing that, so I dont see why you are putting this lady down , if she says she heard wheezi...

I think experience is the best teacher, not earning a BSN. I am currently doing a BSN online program and much of the content is repetitive and is what I already learned in my ASN program. I feel that I learn so much more while I am at work every day...

I accrue 5.3 PTO hours biweekly and I feel that as long as you are not taking PTO a lot, you will get enough hours to take a week off here and there.

Try to apply to Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL. It is a large teaching hospital that always hires new grads. At least you can get your 1 year of experience.

Check your inbox I am going to PM you.

Only because it was all under the search results of this topic...

You had a much different tone in one of your posts from 2006 when you were getting crap assignments....

The rad techs always pull pillows out from behind patients and never replace them, so the other day I made 2 techs help me reposition the patient before they left the room because we had just turned him 2 minutes before they showed up and I would hav...

I fortunately work with world-renowned surgeons and I am able to reassure my patients they are at the best hospital for the treatment of their condition

A lot of the things you mentioned sound like newbie "mistakes" I guess you could say... It takes time to learn how to properly delegate and I dont think it should be something mastered when you are not even off of orientation. If the pt was not harme...

I have heard docs throwing their peers under the bus during rounds a few times...

Lol. I am sure I had a crazy expression on my face, it was just astounding to be asked that.

Even CNAs, clerks, PTs, doctors, etc, etc who work with us do not know what a nurse "does" unless they themselves were to become a nurse and finally "get it". Everyone thinks they can do it, cuz we just sit at a computer all day, apparently. I wish ...

I had a 18 yo female patient, who was close to being discharged, ask me to shave her vagina! Seriously.

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Thank you all for your thoughts. I think I may hang in there one more year and then try SICU. MICU, as others have said, has a lot of patients with chronic issues and may have frequent fliers, which is similar to M/S and I did not like that part of...

I am working Easter too. My hospital does not consider it a paid holiday, although I think it should be. We are going to have a party and everyone's bringing in food, so that should make it a little better for us having to work.

Next time, by the 2nd request, I would ask the nurse to please explain to the patient why he is not getting it.

They will call you at home to waste your meds if you forget at the end of the night. I would not personally let other nurses get narcs out under my name. If you return a narc, you should have another RN with you because it will ask for a witness pass...

Just take a leap of faith and go to nursing school.

I work with nurses with 20+ years of experience who are also nurse practitioners and they run the other way when they are offered to charge. I always hear it is not worth the extra 2 dollars for the stress. Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise. May...