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why do you want to go to school in the south? I would recommend Florida for the babes

American Disability act-no employer should discriminate based on race, sex, religion, or disability. If a nurse has a mental disability, doing a good job and professionally. I would not have a problem with them. An employer would get in trouble for firing such an individual for no reason especially with a documented disability.

I'm half Filipino so I can relate. Well, I went to school in Memphis, TN. I've been a nurse for 2.5 years all in the south, I get asked constantly "where are you from?" I actually had one patient bad mouthed Mexicans the entire time I had him. He probably thought I was Mexican which I'm not. You won't have much of a social life either. PM me if you have any other questions.

the nursing shortage seems to be LOCATION dependent! I've been looking for two weeks for a full time job and I find are ER and ICU jobs. which I don't want! The want ads in the sunday paper was less than a page. how depressing!

could be a troll posting. maybe a psych patient. who knows if it's true.

looks like it's 50/50 on letting the pt sleep and turning them at night

maybe camille read about it??? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399626,00.html story only 5 days old.

looks like it's a 50/50 on to turn pts at night while they are sleeping

yes, violence could occur anywhere. Just trying to prevent my ear from being bit off or my nose broke.

yeah, buy the VA puts you only in ICUs in my area of TN. don't they take two months to do a background check? due to terrorism concerns? since they are federal govt and your taking care of military vets

I'm trying to decide between Acute Treatment, Extended Treatment, Children and Youth, and Forensic Treatment Program. Most likely would be a night position. Which one of these would be less likely to have violent patients? I've never worked psych before, only med surg. Thanks

When I did my psych clinical in nursing school, I talked to a girl with some dependent personality disorder who became suicidal when her ex boyfriend from two years ago got married. she talked her head off to me. her roommate told me later that she never talked in the two weeks they roomed with each other. the next day, the same patient kept telling me that she was being discharged in a few days and her brother was going to pick her up. she kept dropping hints about it and she followed me around the floor too. I'm considering going to psych myself. that's another thing I worry about, female stalkers and being attacked.

white scrubs, I don't like. usually, you can see the ladies undergarments with the white scrubs. It can be good or bad.

There's one thing that bothered me about certain preceptors. What I have seen, they are helpful when you are orienting. But when your on your own, if you have questions, some were irritated about being asked questions. I have seen it first hand, that person would in turn ask me. So I would ask when your on my own, which nurses to ask for advice from.

I always dilute with NS everytime. IV or PICC, just as a habit, plus for safety. gets you in a routine. You don't want to accidentally forget not to dilute for an IV if your swamped.

that's the thing. you can't work nights unless you try to keep a consistent sleep schedule. on your days off, try to stay awake until 2-3am, so you can sleep until noon. if you don't, you maybe in trouble. There have been many times, I was so sleepy driving home. I almost fell asleep at the wheel on the interstate. not good!

I threaten to call security. :chuckle

I worked night shift for 2.5years. You will hear from dayshift that nights are easy. so they duitifully leave unfinished stuff for you to complete when you come in. gotta love it In termns of your homelife, It will be hectic. My wife is in school, so I got to see her alot when I was off. however, if he works 8-5. you work 7pm-7am. it's going to be problematic. We had someone work 2 months on nights before getting a day job at a clinic, she was a new grad. she citied not being able to see her boyfriend or hang out with friends.

They were instituting this before I left. your supposed to ask if the patient is in pain, if they need help going to the bathroom, and something else that I can't remember. They were starting bedside reporting too. You know how many patients I get that complain that they can't get any sleep??? I think my dismissal may have been a blessing in disguise.

I have run into that alot. the patient assignments were not fair. I would get more assigned than alot of the experienced people even when I was a brand new nurse. I thought it was more confidence in me, but with my blinders off, now I think otherwise!

I need 15 posts to receive PMs? I need to start posting!

"I'm confused. How did you have anything else attached to the blood tubing? From what you wrote, it sounds like you were infusing blood via IV pump through a peripheral IV line, right? And you did not disconnect the D5 that was infusing into the peripheral line, even though you shut off the pump from the D5, right? So are you saying that you got fired for piggybacking blood through the original IV tubing that was used for meds and fluids? Wasn't there another RN present when you hung the blood? If there are two signatures on the blood slip, then you are both responsible for proper procedure. Blee" Well the IV fluids were going in, I attached the blood tubing to it. the IV pump had two channels on it. one for IV fluids and the other for blood. I turned off the channel with the IV fluids. There was a 19 year RN, charge nurse who signed and looked at the ID band with me, but she bolted before I hooked it up. I picked the most experienced person there to help me so I wouldn't mess up anything. I think it was the third time I had to hang blood in my 2.5 years there. I'm glad you brought that up, I was going to ask her for a reference since I got terminated. But she probably won't do it, since I probably caused her not to get a xmas bonus if she got wrote up for it.

It's been a week since the incident, I was told by management the patient is fine. I turned off the d5 probably 2-3 minutes within starting IV pump transfusion. When I checked the line, the normal saline was still running! Blood didn't even reach the patient's IV yet. I didn't correct the tubing situation, I failed to see it as I was overwhelmed(shift change, MD breathing down my neck in the room). Did I mention the family had a diary and wrote everything I said down and vitals, meds given, who were the nurses, etc for 3 days!?? I really don't want to think about it anymore because it's depressing. My wife is entering her last semester of nursing school this month, it's leaving a sour taste in her mouth about it. I felt railroaded. no one hasn't commented about my license situation? do I need to worry? I haven't slept more than 5 hours a day the past week and I have lost 3 pounds! Job options?? should I be upfront in Job interviews about this? There is more to this story, but please ask via PM. thanks

At shift change, blood transfusion was ordered. I hung the first unit. however, I didn't realize I left the iv fluids going until a few minutes later, which I came back and turned them off. None of the blood didn't even reach her yet, it was Normal Saline that was primed. Plus they were connectted. I just shut the iv pump fluids off and didn't disconnect. Nobody on this forum won't talk to me now

I have been a nurse for 2.5 years. I got fired yesterday from my first and only nursing job in a hospital setting. I know I'm going to need to brush up on my resume. Also, can anyone advise me what direction to go in? I'm a male nurse. I can't do OB for obvious reasons, ER, ICU, cardiac monitoring med surg floors, Pediatrics, nursing homes. I'm leaning to go into Psych nursing. I was known as the "psych" nurse on my floor. Plus I have alot of experience in dealing with psych patients since my mom is schizophrenic. My sister is a charge nurse on a psych floor and loves it. Since I got fired from my first nursing job, should I expect a pay decrease? Is there any other areas of nursing I'm leaving out? I was thinking of home health nursing but was told it's dangerous and gas prices are outrageous. Doctor's offices don't pay well. I won't have any experience except what I did for the past 2.5 years either. I don't want to do it anymore since it got me fired. I'm going to need references too. I have several work email addresses from my coworkers, would it be out of bounds to email them at work to ask if I can use them as a reference? How do I handle addressing from interviewers why I got fired from my first nursing job? Should I be worried about my nursing license? If you get fired from a hospital, do they report it to the board of nursing? I did not get fired from stealing drugs, narcotics, calling out sick, or patient's complaints FYI. I'll probably have lots more questions later. My brain is spinning. I never got fired before from any job! My wife said "I thought you had to kill someone with negligence to get fired" Trust me, no harm was done to the patient! I wasn't even on probation when they fired me.