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I have an interview on Friday and I was told to bring in 3 professional references (someone I have worked for....supervisors/managers). I have two professional references that I can definitely use (my current manager and previous manager) but I don'...

I have worked all shifts and 7-3 is my favorite. 3-11 was too difficult because I never got to see my kids. I was always exhausted when I worked 11-7. I like 7-3 because I can still get home relatively early and the day goes by so quickly. I like...

But you should call the doctor first and get an order to hold it. If one of my patients is going for surgery, I will call the doctor in the morning (if there aren't already orders) and ask how much Lantus they want given before surgery. Many times ...

Don't feel bad. I have seen very experienced nurses hold Lantus without a MDs order. That being said, you should never hold any insulin without a doctor's order. If one of my patients is running low, I will sometimes call the MD to see if they wou...

I don't mind working the holidays but it annoys me to work a holiday and not get paid extra for it. For example, if you work Christmas Eve or New Years Eve, holiday pay doesn't start until 3 pm. I work 7-3 so I don't get holiday pay for either of t...

It depends on how long you have been working for my hospital. You start off with 24 days/year for full time employees. PTO includes sick days, vacation days and mandatory holidays (for employees who get holidays off).

When I worked at a SNF, one patient's cytotec came up missing several times. The DON asked several of us if we know anything about it. She also asked what it was used for. All I knew was that it was used for the stomach. I guess it can also be us...

There have been times where I really felt like I was going to lose it. Usually when I haven't had anything to eat or a second to go to the bathroom. I think it is a joke when I hear "we really care about our nurses!" If you did really care about m...

I haven't worked on many units but the least stressful for me was Mother-Baby. Yes, you can have 8 patients but I felt like I actually had time to do education. This was my final semester during nursing school so I wasn't technically a nurse yet. ...

When I worked at a SNF, I had an ER nurse ask me if I pushed the patient out of the bed (this was a patient who tried to get up and fell). I was house supervisor at the time and this really made me mad! Really, you think we push our patients on the...

We use tegaderm. It drives me crazy when someone applies a patch and doesn't document where they applied it or when. We even have a spot on our eMAR for notes. And the note will stay at the top of the MAR until someone else edits the note (we use E...

Become friendly with some of the doctors you work with. I know quite a few RNs (including me!) who got hired at the hospital I work at because a doctor recommended them.

I had patients who looked like they could die any second and it turned out to be a UTI. And the strange thing was that all vitals were normal. Not even a low grade temp. I have called MDs before and said "so-and-so just doesn't look right. Can we...

I'm really good with dealing with difficult families/patients. Plus I remember random information from nursing school

I work on a skilled care unit in a hospital and we don't even give IV push meds. We remind the MDs that if the patient really needs IV push meds, they don't belong on our unit. Usually they will switch to PO meds unless the patient really needs to ...

When I worked at a SNF we would send someone to the hospital if they showed any of those symptoms. It really could be anything from a stroke to a UTI.

I work 5 8s per week and it works for me right now. I have kids so I like being home shortly after they get out of school. I live very close to work so I get home in 15-20 mins. Plus I like getting off of work earlier on the weekends that I work. ...

Generally if a patient is going to surgery the MD will say to hold all meds except for Beta blockers and long acting insulin. When the NPO order is being put in there is a section for NPO except meds or pt may have ice chips. Usually the doctors do...

There have been shifts where I didn't pee. That is usually because I didn't drink anything all shift either. I have learned to make myself eat something, even if it is only 5 mins. I wish I had someone to cover me so I could take a real break. Un...

I am fair and get along with most of the CNA/PCTs but I will speak up if they aren't being fair with me (or the patients). The other day I was in a patient's room giving him medications. A bed alarm goes off on a patient who is a very high fall ris...

I just wash my scrubs with all the other clothes. I do take them off right away after coming home. One girl did tell me that she didn't wash her scrubs every time she wore them. I thought that was a little gross

We had one nurse like that who worked on our floor. Luckily she found another job

I passed out (several times) at a concert. It was really hot and standing room only. We were standing close to the stage and I started to feel a little funny. I was trying to make my way to the bathroom and woke up on the floor several times. Luc...

It isn't the BO that bothers me. It is the perfume that I can smell from 20 feet away. People should shower before they come to work....just please don't shower in perfume! Makes me sick and I don't have asthma...

At our hospital we have the overhead page with the unit only. Plus certain people (code team, supervisor, pharmacist,etc) get a page telling them which room the code is in.