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  1. What is it like to work as an agency nurse in corrections?

    I have to try and keep this somehow, b/c I, also, am in the works for being cleared to work in Corrections thru an agency (prn). NEWBIE to Corrections, in fact; have never been inside a jail. Thank you, thank you, for all these tips; will get to ...
  2. Meow.
  3. What the Hell?
  4. Two weeks notice?

    ALWAYS distribute a resignation letter to more than one person / dept. Always. Your immediate supervisor, and HR are two of these I speak from experience, of mine and nurses I know. Be very clear on what will be your last day worked.
  5. Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    I guess I'd see whether I could direct the channel to a cartoon that at least I can tolerate SpongeBob. Family Guy ? Used to love Courage the Cowardly Dog
  6. Hospital nursing or bad management?

    What is a " huddle!?". Is that report time? Never heard of this except in football ?
  7. Allegation of Neglect

    I'm flabbergasted. Since the patient has to drink the medicine out of SOMEthing, why not just pour it into one of those 30 ml plastic med cups to begin with? Then it's measured ( i hope?), And they ingest it. What , pray tell, we're they drinkin...
  8. Need Support and Advice

    So sorry, DaveyDo! í ½í¸¥
  9. Nurse abuse

    Check out the list of " Patient Rights and Responsibilities" sometime. That ppl are given when they check in HEAVY on the Rights; LIGHT on the " Responsibilities". Very And I was always told ( and complied with ), WE can be abused - physicall...
  10. Nurses Eat Their Young

    Often
  11. about to fail nursing clinical

    Thank your lucky stars , and find another career Not even half- kidding And no , she really shouldnt go by secondhand hearsay . Good luck
  12. I'm pretty sure I just saw a humble- brag in action. Never fully understood that term until now And " finally it just clicked"? It took That long ? I agree with Sour Lemon, 100%
  13. Pay cuts

    Yes. A hospital here in North FL ( name similar to that I just typed), did this a couple of years ago. They are losing people too. They don't seem to care. They just work everyone short. Then have job fairs ! Every time I get an enthusia...
  14. Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

    this thank you !
  15. License Fears

    This is a serious question. Why do I see in so many posts, constant pervasive FEAR of losing ones nursing license? It's mentioned in so many posts, that I wonder what is wrong with ME! TO Whit:. 24 years a RN. Many different jobs , and Sel...
  16. If you could start all over, would you choose nursing again?

    1. No 2. Too many to go in to 3. DD - 15 years
  17. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    The way it was explained to me once was the God's ( doctors) make money for the hospitals. The nurses are a COST to the hospitals. Hence the parking situation, along with other things like FREE MEALS FOR DRS AND NO WAIT TIME IN FOOD LINE I know ...
  18. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    Well then, I won't disappoint you regarding the smart- mouths. BYE !
  19. Do you get woozy when you are working? Like dizzy/nauseated? Or did you mean "Wussy?" Every time I see your title, I think you're about to fall out. ha ha
  20. Quitting my job before my shift starts

    I was preparing to ask you people why are you saying this to her , then I , too , reviewed her posts. Hmm. Shows a definite pattern. I hate to agree with others saying " leave the profession" but ---- perhaps exploring alternatives is good at th...
  21. Is Nursing this terrible?

    Yes, none of that you describe, surprises me. At all. So if that is your criterion, then Yes, it IS that/ this terrible
  22. What I Wish I Had Known Before

    Before -- What? Before becoming a nurse, of course 1. That " nursing school" has little to do with what you really do as a Real Nurse. That it is pie in the sky idealism and reality hits you right away 2. That healthcare is run by non- med...
  23. Not sure how to handle this situation with recent interview

    A theory- maybe the woman you were speaking with did not send the email? Before the telephone interview, did you have to take one or more of those utterly Bogus " personality tests?". Because I heard from a nurse I was sitting with at the time , t...
  24. What I Wish I Had Known Before

    You know, back to the school thing for a minute :. Our nursing school spent TWO WEEKS ( Semester 1) on BED MAKING. Bed making. I seldom. actually have made a bed in my career, and certainly no one was grading me IRL about how the corners were ...
  25. What I Wish I Had Known Before

    And that's fine. That you don't know any, I mean But that is not the case for others I'm sorry about your AI disease.