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Well said! Couldn't agree with u more. Maybe the powers that be will also discriminate against people who eat to much fat in their diet? We know it causes colon cancer, and God forbid, what if an applicant is over weight? Maybe 18 pounds too much is ...

I don't know any diploma nurses anymore. But I did work with many early in my career. They were always leaps and bounds better prepared than the rest of us. Best nurses I ever worked with! It's a different world now. I keep thinking it would be bette...

I worked in Newark NJ on 9/11. Around 9:30 that night, the hospital allowed us to attempt to leave our hospital, and to get home. All of the major roads leading into NYC had been closed, and the tunnels and bridges leading into New York were still cl...

When I was a student, I didn't challange the nurses who had to put up with me. I knew I didn't know what I was doing, and i knew I was there to learn. There was an instructor there if I had any problems, i utilized her. Know your limitations, open yo...

Ok, I am confused. There were no xrays, MRI, CT scan, for this pt admitted with a dx of lumbar fxs? And there wasn't info from those scans saying whether the fxs were old or new? And what made you think she was in any "stage of healing", you said ost...

Sounds so awful! Just time to move on, take your talents elsewhere. And fortunately, there are other great Docs out there to work with, and learn from. Just an FYI, it always seems to me that HR usually backs the mucky mucks. They are supposed to ...

You probably should reserve your own attitude for after you have been a nurse for a minute. After you have worked in the trenches for years, you will come to understand that you don't know what your talking about. No, it isn't right to be disrespec...

I do believe that ALL pain can and should be treated, especially in an acute care situation. It is my job, and I did not need 10mg percocet post delivery, but thats me. But some woman do. I took care of a 88 y.o.woman who weighed about 80 lbs, and s...

I have never done guided imagery in all my years of being a nurse, especialIy in oncology, it is bunk. I was talking about repositioning someone with a tumor the size of a basketball coming out of their vagina, or yes, God forbid, using an ice pack f...

I worked as an Oncology nurse for over 15 years. We did get overflow of med/surge patients if we had beds, and i remember patients "frequent fliers" who no floor wanted because we all "knew" their clocks were set for their next dose of whatever pain ...

Jesus should be capitalized.

The laws must vary from state to state. We are not allowed, under HIPPA, to ever ask what medication an employee takes. It is between you and the place yor employer has contracted with to screen your drug test. We only test for 5 drugs, which is the ...

I could care less what those 2 women on the view said. I've never seen that show and don't even know who those women are, who apparently are idiots. I feel bad for everyone who felt so hurt by their comments. I would have been mad as hello if it had...

Being a CNA, Is the hardest job in all of nursing. You are all sorely underpaid, and undervalued. I learned many years ago, that any nurse that does not listen to their CNA's and follow up on any patient/resident concerns, is a fool. You all have sav...

I have not been a member here long, but I decided i would become one, because over the years I have found many experienced based anwsers from so many real nurses posting anwsers to questions that I couldn't find else where. I see where this site coul...

You have to do what is best for you! And for a new grad, it's pretty common to job hop in the beginning. Employers won't look badly upon a new graduate looking for your niche in a new career. Like others have said, make sure it is a solid job offer, ...

We have no overhead paging. Have earpieces we can talk to each other, the receptionist calls us if there is a phone call. On off hours it picks up phone calls. The residents don't like the overheads, and the state will tag u for the noise level. It i...

I respect your opinion. I just don't agree with you. I have made plenty of mistakes, in life, and in nursing. But I have never yelled at a patient, and i think it is very wrong. Of couse I have wanted to, and more than that, it's usually family membe...

I am not talking about practicing nursing like it is 1850. And yes, I understand that nurses are highly educated professionals. The tradition and history that I am talking about, leads us all to have a professional desire to deliver the best care pos...

My compassion is for the man she yelled at, not her "crisis " He is the person u should have compassion for. Have u ever worked with a nurse, that u knew was not healthy mentally? And Florance Nightingale would not agree that that pledge is outdated,...

LuvnursingRN, I am sorry u are doubting yourself. Orientation is more of a disorientaton, we have all been there. It is true that nurses eat their young, and while we are in college, the intent is to have you graduate and be able to enter the nursing...

Worried nurse.....yes we all have had tough days, unbearable patients, but u can't yell at a patient, not ever. I am not on a "high horse", nurses take an oath at their pinning ceramony, look it up, its good for all of us to read it once in awhile. F...

You are supposed to. Do you want her taking care of someone you love? I dont. And the mere fact she can listen to the birds, and "lol" plus, she atempted a little toad catching a few days after being fired from her 1st nursing job is amazing to me. S...

All I do know, is that you can never yell at a resident. I've been an RN for over 20 years, and no matter what, don't care how bad your day is, it is not ever "ok" to yell at someone that you are supposed to be taking care of. I too have trouble beli...

I think the nurse should have taken the BP. Good communication is so important between the nurse and the CNA, and it is the nurses responsibility to make sure that communication is there. If I were the nurse, I would have known how busy the CNA was, ...