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I live about 45 min. from the Charlotte area but work in Concord.. I have worked there since graduation in 2003 and currently work on a medical observation floor.. I am planning on getting married in 1-2 years and will probably have to move to wilkesboro or Mooresville.. my boyfriend lives in wilkesboro and works for the lowe's corporation.. he will be graduating in december with a business degree and will either have a job in wilkesbor or will have to move to the main corporate offices in mooresville.. any ideas of area hospitals? If we live in wilkesbor I have thought about Forsyth in winston salem or Lake norman if we live in mooresville..

The hospital I work at has started computerized charting in our ECC.. and are in the process of making a program for the other units.. we already have our medication system computerized where we have to scan the patient and the medicine before giving it... as well as lab work.. I look forward to the day when I no longer have to spend all my time writing assessments and can chart as I go.. not to mention not having to hunt down door charts the doctors have put all over the unit before I can sit down to chart

In the 2 years of nursing, I have found that every nurse is different in their expectations of report... I am particular in what I would like to hear from the reporting nurse.. I always want to know the basics (history, orders, lab work, etc.) and also like the things that are not in the medical chart (iv site, their personality, what type of things to expect, how they take medications, etc.).. I have been fortunate that on my unit everyone pretty much loosk for the same things so we all know what to tell each other and what to leave out.

I am in some desperate need of advice... I am trying to find a way to lose weight (I am very overweight but do not want to turn to surgical options) but cant seem to find something that is managable with the hours that a nurse has to work... the days i work I dont get home until 7:30-8 and dont have time to go to the YMCA, and it is too humid and stuffy to go for a walk.. Not to mention not being able to eat dinner at a regular time.. i come home starving and stressed and end up overeating.. the days I am off I have no energy to do anything because I have pushed myself so hard the days I work. I am only 24 but know I am headed into a downward slope if I dont get a hold of this now. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can do to lose weight and get in shape? I am at a loss for ideas and do not want to end up like my patients. Thanks!