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I am seeing SO many repeat threads here, so I thought I'd throw in a few words of wisdom.

Question: Is nursing for me?

Answer: No one can answer that but you. As with every job out there, nursing has its pros and cons. To answer concisely, if poop, puke, pee, catheters, blood, ostomy spillage, gaping oozing wounds down to the bone, or pus make you squeamish then the answer is no, nursing is probably not for you. Anything else you're just going have to work out in your head, heart, and your own state laws. We don't know you or your history, and i think I can safely say no one here can read souls to find out your true destiny.

Question: Should I move on from XYZ job?

Answer: No one can answer that but you. If you've given it enough thought to post about it on a nursing forum, you're probably ready to move on. If you're burnt out, exhausted, overworked, underpaid, underbenefitted, your nurse/patient ratio sucks, your managers suck, your coworkers suck, your commute sucks, or any combination of the above, then yes, you're probably ready for a new job. Be forewarned though, you sometimes go from the frying pan to the fire. No matter what field or hospital you move to, you're probably going to find at least one of the above things suck. If they all suck, run, don't walk.

Question: I have XYZ medical problem, advice please?

Answer: The answer is we have no advice. NO MEDICAL ADVICE CAN BE GIVEN HERE. EVER. NO MATTER HOW NICELY YOU ASK OR HOW STRANGE YOUR PROBLEM IS!

Question: What is a day in the life of a nurse like?

Answer: Shadow one in a position you're interested in. Every nursing job is vastly different, even from facility to facility. The only truly good way to experience a day in the life of a nurse is to witness it firsthand. Don't forget your rollerskates.

Question: Can you help me with XYZ nursing assignment?

Answer: Only if it's something you can't look up yourself, like an interview. Being on this forum is usually a way to decompress for nurses, and the last thing we want to do after an 8-12-16-20:uhoh3: hour shift is relive the glory days of nursing school by doing homework.

Question: What should I wear for an interview?

Answer: If we really need to answer this then you may need to go back to either Nursing101 or your professional role transition course. Also, just because it's usually the next question to follow, yes, send the damn thank you card.

Question: Why is XYZ nursing job superior to XYZ nursing job?

Answer: No job is superior to any other job. Nursing is comprised of many different fields, all with its own unique set of challenges, whether it's high nurse/patient ratios or vast amounts of paperwork. Anyone who think their field is harder than someone else's is usually playing the "mine is bigger than yours' game.

Question: What is the difference between an LPN/LVN/RN/NP/PA/MD/DO/PHD/BLAH BLAH BLAH? Followed by, which one should I become?

Answer: Do a search and stop asking this question. Only you can decide what profession is right for you, and you're on a nursing forum so take a wild guess what the majority of the answers are going to be?

Question: Is XYZ out of my scope of practice:

Answer: Check your facility and state policies. Every place is different. What one facility encourages may be completely prohibited by another.

Question: Is it okay that I never get a lunch, don't get paid for my overtime, work short-staffed to a dangerous capacity every shift, my manager treats me like crap, or that I get written up for arbitrary things because my hospital is in the process of converting to a hotel?

Answer: No. See question/answer #2.

Question: Does a new grad belong in the ED/ICU/PACU/OTHER CRITICAL CARE AREA, or is it better to start out in med-surg first?

Answer: You might as well ask if the chicken or the egg came first. It's six to one, half a dozen to the other. You're never going to get a uniform answer on this so just make the choice you feel is best for you and your career.

Question: What's your IQ?

Answer: Really?!

yay, the purty folk be back :p

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Specializes in LTC.

If I catch a co-worker having sex with a patient, what should I do? I have 20 years of nursing experience and have no idea how to deal with this.:yeah::yeah::yeah:

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If I catch a co-worker having sex with a patient, what should I do? I have 20 years of nursing experience and have no idea how to deal with this.:yeah::yeah::yeah:

you tell your coworker you hope that s/he's on their break.

simple as that.

leslie

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"oh my gosh... i just can't go to work today. all that rain and wind will muss my hair. i hope they don't get mad at me. but we're talking about priorities here, right?....RIGHT?????"

leslie

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If I catch a co-worker having sex with a patient, what should I do? I have 20 years of nursing experience and have no idea how to deal with this.:yeah::yeah::yeah:

Bust out your cell phone camera and post it on Facebook and Youtube. Don't forget to include all the pertinent patient information too. HIPAA be damned. :D

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Specializes in LTC.
Bust out your cell phone camera and post it on Facebook and Youtube. Don't forget to include all the pertinent patient information too. HIPAA be damned. :D

I know what post you are talking about. When I read that I was like " WTH"?! Yeah that was a brilliant idea. :uhoh3:

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
If I catch a co-worker having sex with a patient, what should I do? I have 20 years of nursing experience and have no idea how to deal with this.:yeah::yeah::yeah:

First of all, Congratulations...you are the first to post on this one..I've been waiting!

I think it all depends on whether or not the CNA is pretty and if the patient is like totally hot or not...if they are both good looking then it's certainly understandable...and OK. I am sure the Board of Nursing would like totally understand, so no need to even mention it.:yeah:

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

several posts have been deleted as they were not in compliance with an earlier request by staff.

let me repeat the staff request from page 36

please, do not use actual posts, real names, or other identifying information. and paraphrase loosely, if you will. the goal is humor, not ridicule.

this has been an entertaining thread, however, we need to guard against personal attacks, ridicule, etc. please keep this in mind with your posts here and in other threads.

thanks for your cooperation.

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"bust out your cell phone camera and post it on facebook and youtube. don't forget to include
all
the pertinent patient information too. hipaa be damned.
:D

"i know what post you are talking about. when i read that i was like " wth"?! yeah that was a brilliant idea. :uhoh3:"

i am sooo bummed that i missed that one. i'm guessing that's the one that got pulled ::sigh::

i never have any fun here, i'm gonna go out back and eat worms. :mad:

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

"bust out your cell phone camera and post it on facebook and youtube. don't forget to include
all
the pertinent patient information too. hipaa be damned.
:D

"i know what post you are talking about. when i read that i was like " wth"?! yeah that was a brilliant idea. :uhoh3:"

i am sooo bummed that i missed that one. i'm guessing that's the one that got pulled ::sigh::

i never have any fun here, i'm gonna go out back and eat worms. :mad:

oh it's still there... not pulled (yet). interesting comments, theories, and advice on that post.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
:lol2::lol2::lol2:

Whoa, I had NO idea!! I will have to try the bar at Applebees...here I've been going to all of the "in" night spots in Palm Beach and on South Beach....looking for the Beautiful people (I mean the other beautiful people-besides me...) and all I had to do was go to Appelbees???? Heck, I am strappin' on my stillettos tonight and hittin' it!;)

Try it! Pfffft! South beach is where all the fake sexy people go, the real sexy people go to applebees!

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Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.

I got one, I got one!!!!

"Where in the hospital should I work to have the maximum exposure to doctors? Because that's why I decided to be a nurse, so I could marry a doctor and that's why I want to know. I need to find a place where a lot of them are so they see me really fast and so I won't have to work too long."

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