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That is unfortunate it has gone missing, more often than not I've seen fellow nurses walk off w/ a stethoscope because it was nearby, hung on a door or IV cart or whatever. I've been lucky enough to keep my Littman Cardio3 for 12years now, at the...

I apologize if this has already being posted, I'm days old in this forum... Pain Scales are used by us constantly, Pediatric Emergency/Trauma Center, yet we get those flat affect, normal vitals, stating they are in a 10 out of 10 pain. pain is wh...

you don't ask them to rate it then again you do, point received, but way to contradict yourself that quickly:sarcastic:

I work pediatric trauma, upon completion of nursing school I plan to apply to my department as a nurse... do what you enjoy, unless its pedophilia...

my wife and I normally work day shifts, but for her nursing school and my paramedic school we did night shift, for my upcoming nursing program I'm going to remain on dayshift, two 12's a week

I have a pair of all white skateboard shoes in my closet from my Mayo Clinic days, but they are so bulky and heavy compared to what I've been wearing the past 5 years, I will cringe putting them back on

for the past 5 years I've won Nike Free Runs, love them, before that was Asics and New Balance running shoes... for me the Nike Free Runs are the best, light yet comfy

not a nurse yet, but I met my wife in our emergency dept while I was a medic there, she transferred in from a different hospital w/in the same system, was actually dating someone else, didn't expect her to leave that loser for me, but it worked out, ...

I whole heartedly agree w/ this sentiment, even if you took the classier way to state it... boo these smileys, my phone has a smiling steaming pile of feces but these ones do not.... ok inserting...

as in cleaning poop is a job better than they deserve? sorry but I think you mean they think they are above cleaning poop OR cleaning poop is beneath them...

Good insight, I document what they say, I document what the parents say, in addition I also document what I see. We utilize the FLACC scale in addition to what is reported, like i said it all paints the picture, sorry if you don't agree w/ that

and while that is certainly true, I can think of one or two specific to that train of thought, the whole "I'm a nurse now not a tech," however I generally find that to be the minority. I whole-heartedly believe former techs typically can make a grea...

I can say that this is not a magnet thing, I've worked for two hospitals that acquired Magnet status while I was employed there and no clinical staff nurse had a set up like you're mentioning. Sounds like personal choice of your hospital or its comp...

your option isn't viable to all parties, hence the existence of ASN programs, also many of the BSN programs have loftier admission requirements --atleast thats the case locally for my immediate area

my understanding of this your BSN being from a university could be better for you **if you go for an advanced degree at a bigger named school, Emory, Vanderbilt, Penn. otherwise typical state universities that offer advanced degrees (ARNP/DNP/MSN) d...

absolutely, they tested positive for a substance that was on a do not use list deemed by the hospital/facility they work for. Definitely will get disciplined, if the act was against client i.e. stealing pt's drugs and using them, termination is more...

I'm sorry for your chronic pain condition and understand why you wouldn't find humor in my post. Yes there are some who suffer such chronic pain that they acclimate to it and are conditioned to it so much so that nonverbal pain indicators and vit...

I work on a campus w/ multiple hospitals, each providing a different specialty, I lose count of how many Women's Health/OB RN's bring their children in [for non-emergency complaints] then through triaging we learn they are not vaccinated. I really d...

my mom was an ARNP for years, decided to go for a change and became a legal nurse consultant, the law firm she works for represents/defends hospitals/doctors. Not for me but she said she likes it alot.