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  1. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    SweetieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I received an offer of employment this morning and went to HR to sign the offer. The only contingency on the offer was a urine drug screen, which I had to take immediately. The problem is that I...

  2. On the Job only 1 week and want to leave!

    SweetieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I accepted a new position and started Monday of this week and after the first day realized that I had made a HUGE mistake and that there was no way in heck that I would ever like or be happy at this...

  3. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

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  4. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ha Ha, maybe not - in case I have to pee for them again! Actually, when I got home from my drug test I did a "Google search" about OTC drugs and UDS and wound up on a truck driver's blog where they...

  5. Charting Bloopers

    SweetieRN replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    A new charting blooper written by a pediatrician that was attending the delivery of a preterm infant: "infant delivered via c-section with apgars of 8 and 9 with no signs of being

  6. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    SweetieRN replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's where the real problem lies. I have heard that taking Sudafed can produce a positive result for amphetamines - but the question is how much? I have been taking 60mg (recommended dose) at...

  7. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    SweetieRN replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    All of our managers are gone by 5:00 M-F, have their weekends and holidays off, and don't work any overtime. They sit in their cute little candle & potpourri-scented offices and wonder why nurse...

  8. Has anyone ever seen this before?

    SweetieRN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it was a key to the kingdom of

  9. Questions: Nurses leaving the Profession

    SweetieRN replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    I think that nurses leave the profession because they simply get burnt out. Hosptial nursing is HARD work. Not only are we having to care for very sick patients but we are having to cater to their...

  10. phone calls no outsider would believe

    SweetieRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Must be from the same book that you will tie a knot in the umbilical cord if you reach up over your head while

  11. phone calls no outsider would believe

    SweetieRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    We had a call from a pregnant woman wanting to know if her baby would drown if she took a tub

  12. Oklahoma City University

    SweetieRN replied to Miss Kitty00's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I graduated from OCU's RN to BSN program this year and it was 4 hours per week - either in the morning or afternoon. No

  13. please vote--change career mid life?

    SweetieRN replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what part of the country you live in. Where I am, new grads start out at about $18/hour. Not too great for someone with an advanced degree. Another thing to consider is that nursing...

  14. Will they hire me?

    SweetieRN replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, I too have had presentations that I would rather forget! Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember that we are always are own worst critics! You probably did better than you give yourself credit...

  15. L&D nights just as busy as days?

    SweetieRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work mother baby & antepartum. I recently went to the day shift after 2 years on nights. In my opinion, days are much busier. Moms have tubals during the day and baby boys have circs during...

  16. suspension

    SweetieRN replied to bradleau's topic in General Nursing

    As the owner of a cat that barfs all the time - I understand completely:barf01: But wearing a shirt that says "bite me" is not appropriate for any staff member. I do think that the punishment was a...

  17. Fun at the nursing desk! LOL

    SweetieRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG! Our fun time seems to be around 2:00 - 4:00 am. We put the radio on the 80's station and do "karaoke", but we intentionally sing BAD

  18. it sounds weird

    SweetieRN replied to chizzy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anything is

  19. Womens interest in male nurses

    SweetieRN replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    We had a half a dozen males in our nursing class. As I recall, only one was actually gay. One was a former EMT, one wanted to do nursing in preparation for med school, one was a displaced auto...

  20. Memorizing bones HELP!

    SweetieRN replied to WannaBeMaleRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The science lab at my college had "bags of bones" to practice with. I tried to find some online, but they were very EXPENSIVE. I ended up making copies of the various bones from the text (i.e. the...

  21. Oldest and youngest mothers?

    SweetieRN replied to mommy2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle I have no idea why I think that is so

  22. Cone biopsy, bad experience

    SweetieRN replied to Labrys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I understand your frustration about not being informed about the drug - but I would have gladly taken it 20 years ago when I had my cone biopsy - THEY GAVE ME NOTHING!

  23. Age when you had your first child?

    SweetieRN replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was 25 when my first child was born. If I had it to do over again, I would have waited about 10 more years because I find myself to be much more patient with very young children now than I was 10...

  24. 7p-7a question

    SweetieRN replied to fleasle's topic in General Nursing

    The patients on my unit are NIGHT OWLS. Only about 50% of them will actually sleep - the ones that don't, I offer them sleep meds if it's ordered. The ones that refuse meds and don't sleep will keep...

  25. Gender Relations

    SweetieRN replied to nurse_shane's topic in Men in Nursing

    Congrats on your upcoming graduation! If you think males are in a minority on a Med/Surg floor - try OB! There is one male nurse who works in our OB unit and I must say that all ladies LOVE him and...