NotYourMamasRN

I always ask for time to consider the offers. The last time I accepted a position, I took two weeks between considering the offers and negotiating pay. To be fair, I know the employers because I live in a small town kind of area. So they both knew I ...

I had a very similar experience when I did PRN at two different LTC/SNF facilities. I really thought the problems at the first could not possibly exist at the second, I was wrong. Dead Wrong! Everything you have described sums up my entire experience...

It definitely amused every person in my school! LOL

That is HILARIOUS!!!

If it is in the employer's best interest to fire someone they will do it in a heart beat. If it is in my best interest to get a different job I will do it in a heart beat. I have never not gotten a job offer from an interview. I always do what is in ...

My first day of clinicals in nursing school I went to take vitals on a dead person. Seriously, this happened. There was no butterfly sign on the door and we (Me and 3 other students) walked in to do vitals. There was a ton of family there and everyon...

Thank you.

There is a huge shortage where I live. There are 3 community hospitals here and they are all short staffed. Nurses in my area work an average of 1-2 extra shifts a week. Some volunteer and some are voluntold.

I would have not gotten so aggravated by the broken system and poor professionalism. Over the years, that has taken a big toll on me. I expected more from the career field and have been let down at every turn. When I tried to help people and do the r...

I have worked in several ER's set up like yours is now. Most staffed the back end at 4 to 1 with the exception of ICU level patients stuck in the ER for a hold or awaiting bed assignment. Usually in that instance they would go to 2-1 or 1-1 depending...

I know how you feel! I am getting out of nursing and sucking up the pay cut. There is no price on my happiness. We only live once and we weren't made to be miserable and hate our work. The Japanese surely have this figured out, their culture is big o...

Based on my experiences in trauma, I would not go there since you have been out of the ER game for awhile. I would go back to your old ER for awhile and obtain your TNCC, after some time I would then try to switch. Trauma is a lot of stress, it might...

I don't care if you resent it, I am not here to fluff your ego.

Wash with Tide and add in a scoop of baking soda and splash of vinegar.

I think everyone has something that gags them to death. Eventually you will be better able to tolerate it. I threw up in a facemask when I went into a c-diff room once.

Reasonable accommodation will be your best friend if your boss is difficult.

Once I was going 10 over and a cop followed me all the way home, riding my butt without his lights on. I wasn't in scrubs but was on my way to TNCC after stopping home for my books, and told him that when he asked why I was rushing. He gave me a tick...

If bedside skills were the only thing required of nurses, than sure a diploma or AS would be great. There is more to nursing than bedside skills. A lot of the nurses who have been nurses for 20, 30, 40 years are great at the bedside. But they are not...

I have seen a lot of this in healthcare. If you figure out a solution, please share what it is. The only intervention I have ever seen work is when they do something that HR has to take action on and it gets reported straight to HR. This was in a hos...

I understand what OP is saying about having trouble adapting to an all woman profession. I worked in a male profession for 10 years before becoming a nurse. I am a woman and in those 10 years I rarely saw a cat fight or heard gossip. One week into my...

I hate it, so I am getting out of it :-)

You must have a BSN when it says Required. Otherwise, you can apply.

I am in my mid 30's and have had managers that were younger. I did not mind, but I did mind when working PRN in an SNF and they were putting new grads in management positions to fill holes. Thankfully I left before the adverse and sentinel events.

Google How to Avoid Death by PPT. It is a 20 minute video that will explain what to never do with a presentation. Have fun with it, PPTs are a good way to show your knowledge and creativity.

I do not hang out with coworkers outside of work unless it is a work related function. I do not like my life revolving around my work, personally. So I have decided separating the two is the best for me and my family.