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Weve all heard difficult shifts described this way.Or they say something like this:Sometimes, shifts are difficult but not terrible. Perhaps they should be...
We learned all about various nursing specialties in school, but we were never told there would be days like this. So many faces in one shift! Have you counted...
Nurses are desperate for safer staffing. Which is more impossible: Asking a Genie in a bottle to grant your wish or getting State and Federal legislators to...
Nurses, have you ever tried explaining to newly licensed Nurses how it used to be when YOU were a brand new Nurse? I mean, really. Do they roll their eyes,...
Nurses expose themselves to a host of germs every ... single ... day. To avoid catching something from patients, some Nurses have even developed...
We walk and run up and down the halls trying to care for our patients every day. And we will continue to walk, talk, and do whatever it takes to get a break...
Workaholics are everywhere these days. Some people just have a hard time complying with healthy boundaries when it comes to work. Many times that comes from...
I dont need it, Nurses are never or hardly ever sued. So, does the Nurse actually need Liability Insurance? If so, why? A couple of questions that should be...
Dear future nurses and new nurses, one of the internal, emotional, issues you will face as a nurse is when the patient or the patients family fires you as the...
We all have our vision of the perfect work day....one that includes the ideal patient load and creature comforts such as bathroom breaks and time to eat....
It probably happens to every Nurse ... the dream about the constant beeping of the IV. Almost every Nurse takes their job to bed with them and dreams about...
A big Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! So what are you eating (besides turkey) for Thanksgiving? Personally, I prefer pork over turkey? Happy Thanksgiving!...
Pain is very personal and subjective. Its difficult to assess just how much pain a patient is experiencing. There is no blood test or X-ray or other diagnostic...
Share your OR stories. It can be something you heard, experienced, jokes, or imagined. Lets have some fun!!
New hospital policies sometimes cause nurses to resort to innovative measures. I dont think this weed-whacker approach will receive too many high scores on...
And, of course the answer to that question is ... I cant tell you that. This is a joke thats floated around for years. But, HIPAA is very serious. Passed by...
Its never-ending, the paperwork. Nurses spend a LOT of time charting important details about their patients. Many times, these details can mean life or death....
Nurses do it ... They meet someone for the first time, shake their hand, and have to bite their tongue to keep from blurting out, You have great veins. Most of...
Yes, its a sacrifice, working weekends. Nurses miss out on so much family time and especially ME time. When we do get a weekend off, we try and do as much as...
One of the big adjustments that new nurses have to make to the real world of nursing is the reality that nurses do not get to take breaks. This is something...
Yes, laughter, as the old saying goes, is the best medicine. The job of a Nurse is hard and very stressful, sometimes for an entire shift. That kind of stress...
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