Topics About 'Nurse Life'.

This article was written by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Due to the topic and emotionally charged nature of the article, the member wanted the topic out in the open so nurses could discuss it. Because she is afraid of retribution if any of...

Ashley rolled out of her snuggly bed into the dark cold while her husband, Jake, snored without missing a beat. She quietly stepped out of her cozy flannel jammies and pulled on her scrubs. The cold fabric hit her skin, justifying her sour mood. It w...

I work as a charge nurse in an ICU. I am having a problem with a nurse sleeping while on duty. I'm not talking about sleeping while on her 30 minute, unpaid break but rather, sleeping for hours at a time, every single shift. She doesn't let anyone kn...

I graduated in December 2018 from an ADN program in Virginia. The commencement speaker said a few things that impacted me when I graduated. She stated that there would come a time in your nursing career where you will feel like you are not learning...

My Dream Job as a New ICU NurseI have always known that I was meant to be an ICU nurse. Call it intuition, divine planning, or blind ambition. Since I was a child, my dream was to heal the sick, to protect those too weak to protect themselves, and to...

I used facebook to reach out to nurses working in hospitals in many places in the U.S. I’ve rounded all numbers to protect the identity of the nurses who agreed to be interviewed. I offered to pay all the nurses I interviewed for their time, but they...

I've been working on the cardiac ICU step-down for 8 weeks. It's my second day off of orientation and I'm beginning to realize just how much of the job my preceptor shielded me from. Its 8-something PM and I've just finished my first round of vitals ...

“Every member of the colony has a job to do and their altruism is what makes them so successful.” - by Robin QueenDuty CallsIn the wee hours of a pitch-black Pacific northwest morning, I’m jolted out of a dream by the grating sound of my alarm. The ...

Does anyone work at a critical access hospital? I've worked in 3 of them. My new job is really interesting and dynamic. It is really providing an enormous service to a rural part of my state. Of all the hospitals I've worked at, this one has the feel...

I began my CNA training which was conducted in a very large nursing home. Within the first couple of weeks, I met a patient who we will call "Sylvie" for the sake of her privacy. Sylvie was a very large woman and required extensive assistance to be a...

I was new to the floor and greener than the hunter scrubs I wore. I had been warned in a report that she was very uncooperative, and to expect being tossed from the room since everyone else had been on that particular day. I had to get her vitals, an...

With my minimal PPEs, I was nervous entering the room on my first day on an unfamiliar unit in the hospital. All clinic nurses had been deployed to the hospital. No training, just show up and plugged in where the need was. I told the charge RN that I...

"You might want to take Stephen," one nurse told me. "He's not a cancer patient, but he's interesting. He'll be here a while." This rotation I had all women, mostly 20's and unusually green. I expect to have a few "mature" learners and a guy student,...

It's 10am, I have been here for 3 hours and "all" I have managed to accomplish is making sure everyone has their medications. In the middle of pulling a locked narcotic that a patient needs now, the phone rings informing me that a patient has a criti...

Every now and then, though, we get to care of someone who shows us exactly why we do what we do. Those cases, those patients, provide us with the inspiration we need to do our jobs despite how taxing they can be. I had the pleasure of taking care of ...

Everyone knows that when you mention the "Q" word, hell breaks loose. And, we all know that there are some nurses that are just the magnet of bad things. Any stories you want to share? Any rules that should be followed?

Years ago when I worked in the MICU of a midwestern university teaching hospital, I took care of a patient named dan. Dan's original problem is lost in the recesses of my memory. I honestly don't remember why he came to the hospital in the first plac...

I was charge nurse Saturday night and was walking down the hall in the wee hours of the morning to compliment an LPN on her charting when a patient, Dobbs, came out of his room and asked, "Why is there a mannequin in my room?!" I replied, "There is n...

Eighteen days. That's how long it took to lose you. Surrounded by four walls, no windows. No healing touch from loved ones. No last kisses or hugs. Unable to hear your infectious laugh because it was covered by a mask. Your family anxiously waiting o...

Wyckoff Hospital is in Brooklyn, New York, and Amy has had a busy week after being named as one of the 100 Influential People in 2020 by Time Magazine. Her image graces the cover, representing the heroism of nurses and other frontline workers. Time c...

0445Alarm goes off. Day 3 of my back-to-back 12-hour shifts. I hear regularly from friends (none of whom are nurses) “You’re so lucky, you only have to work 3 days for a full-time job”. Hmmm, wonder if any of them are getting up this early? 0615Wait ...

Today was a really hard day for everyone at work. One of our employees died at the hospital. He was just 24 years old, married with kids. Earlier today I was in a meeting and was called by one of my locally employed staff supervisors and informed tha...

Hospice also has a role in serving the community through educational speeches and work shops. Our liaison educates staff in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Doctors offices, and hospitals about the services Hospice provides. Hospice is...

In a place surrounded by numerous rules on patient confidentiality, I can't help but share the story of one patient which might get some people to their senses. Let me tell you about the story of Elizabeth (not her real name). To put a little twist, ...

Each day working as a nurse can be as unpredictable as the weather, but you're ready to tackle whatever comes your way because you know you can count on your coworkers. Together everyone works to make sure the job gets done smoothly. Well, almost eve...