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I'm trying to return to work after taking 7 months off for my mental health. I've submitted my application for licensure by endorsement in Illinois and been applying for the past month (in the middle of finalizing moving plans). But have yet to be of...

The charge nurse on my unit will be leaving in a few months, and I think management was counting on me to take over as new charge nurse after that. Management just told me that I don’t have the leadership skills to be charge nurse and that I’m not re...

***I really did try my best to keep this short in hopes of getting any feedback.?? I've been having A LOT of career anxiety lately. I know how dramatic it sounds but I would really appreciate some encouragement/advice. ? I've dreamt of b...

My nurse co worker made a comment that kinda irked me. Wondering what I should do with this situation. I am going back to school for an LPN-BSN. I am halfway through the program. Anyways I'm explaining to her in a work conversation, a friendly one, t...

Yesterday our city hosted a Trump rally. My heart is so discouraged. My 7th grader's private school is closed for 14 days due to an outbreak and some of those families were at the rally. It makes me so angry that my twice exceptional (ADHD a...

I have been a nurse for the last four years and it didn’t start out rosy. My first day on the job in a level 1 ICU fresh out of nursing school I found out I was pregnant. For months I didn’t tell my managers or coworkers I was pregnant for fear I’d b...

Hi all, I really need some advice about a recent turn of events. I graduated as an RN in November 2019 and I started an L&D Residency Program on February 3, 2020. I am scheduled to start taking Patient assignments on my own next week. Anyway, I w...

Hi, I am brand new to this website and forum, and stumbled across it because I am searching for help/advice. I have been a CNA for about a year. I got my CNA license the Summer before my senior year of highschool, aspiring to study nursing in college...

I have been a Nurse since Feb 2020, yesterday we had a patient in the Retirement home he had a puncture wound from getting blood drawn, and I documented it and took a picture. But management emailed me saying I have to complete a full Risk assessment...