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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?!

We are too much :loveya:

Thanks for the laughs!!

Good work drinking policy! :cool:

Well I am only in nursing school right now,so we can't drink during clinicals or in class, but I can't wait to be able to drink at work as a nurse!:smokin: and be able to work 9-5 Monday-Friday holidays off cuz I am 'pecial and make $79K per year right off the bat with 7 weeks paid vacation with 120 days personal time! I can't wait! All this as an LPN!

Specializes in geriatrics.

That's what the license is for Needchangeofpace!

License to drink...heck yar!

Hoots and hollers...

:cheers:

Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
I like to drink beer while I am at work. I don't see the problem though because I share with the residents. It's not like I am being a beer hog. I leave my cans at the nurses' station covered for Pete's sake. :smokin:

I posted pictures on my fb page of me with the residents drinking Keystone together. We had a blast and even the combative residents were calm. I don't see the problem but my NM is having a hissy fit. She stated that it was a HIPPA violation. I offered her some but she refused. What is her problemo? Hey, a little booze never hurt anyone.

The best part? The residents pass out for the night and stay off of the call light leaving me free to imbibe in peace, yo.

:cheers:

I had to quit drinking beer at work. No, not because I got caught. I got a urinary infection from the cath I had to put in Q noc. :uhoh3: All that beer made me pee at night. And you can't watch the pts if you are in the can all noc. I'm not only good looking, I'm a great nurse, too. :heartbeat

I had to quit drinking beer at work. No, not because I got caught. I got a urinary infection from the cath I had to put in Q noc. :uhoh3: All that beer made me pee at night. And you can't watch the pts if you are in the can all noc. I'm not only good looking, I'm a great nurse, too. :heartbeat

I'll bet you are ;)

Well I am only in nursing school right now,so we can't drink during clinicals or in class, but I can't wait to be able to drink at work as a nurse!:smokin: and be able to work 9-5 Monday-Friday holidays off cuz I am 'pecial and make $79K per year right off the bat with 7 weeks paid vacation with 120 days personal time! I can't wait! All this as an LPN!

Just wait until you take the continuing education course on mixing drinks! The recipes they give you at the end of the course, alone, are worth the price of tuition! Then, there is advanced bartending and concierge finesse! :cool: :cheers:

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

It's not fair. My instructors are just jealous. They keep telling me that the market is saturated and I'll be lucky if I get a job and make $18-20. I don't believe them. I think that as a new grad nurse (practical but I think and nurse who graduates deserves the title GN as GPN sounds stupid) I am well deserving of a starting salary of $45/hr. Sure my last job was minimum wage but since I"m so good looking I was able to make much more in tips. I just know there's a nursing shortage. It's all over the interwebs, the news, and all the magazines I look at. Plus even the government thinks there is a shortage of good looking nurses that they want to make it even easier to import good looking overseas nurses. So that just PROVES there IS a nursing shortage.

Since there is such a shortage, I'm such a really good looking new nurse I should definitely be able to make $45/hr to start, day shift 10-4 (I can't do 7AM as I need my beauty sleep, and if I don't leave by 4 I won't be able to get ready in time to party all night.) Surely they is such a shortage I'll have no problems getting my preferred schedule. No weekends or nights, as I do have a social life.

I should be able to get this job right away, as since I graduated yesterday so I am now a nurse. The NCLEX and license don't make me a nurse, right? That's just some extra paperwork.

No negative responses. Only encouraging replies permitted, preferably from positive, good looking nurses who also have a social life. Thank you.

I guess I will just go and get plastered in the parking lot outside my facility while on break. That shouldn't be a problem, no? Maybe if I drive my car to the roadside, it shouldn't be a major issue. Ugh, management and their rules just inconvenience me.

What I do on my break time is none of their bidness. :nuke: The 15 minutes is my time and if I want to drink the three kings (Jim, Jack, Jose), I will.

That's what the license is for Needchangeofpace!

:smackingf I knew there was a reason for that License thingy.:D

Specializes in geriatrics.
I guess I will just go and get plastered in the parking lot outside my facility while on break. That shouldn't be a problem, no? Maybe if I drive my car to the roadside, it shouldn't be a major issue. Ugh, management and their rules just inconvenience me.

What I do on my break time is none of their bidness. :nuke: The 15 minutes is my time and if I want to drink the three kings (Jim, Jack, Jose), I will.

Jack Daniels, Jose Cuervo (tequila?), Jim...? Who's Jim? I forget....

Jack Daniels, Jose Cuervo (tequila?), Jim...? Who's Jim? I forget....

Jim Bean :smokin:.

Not to be confused with Jimmy Dean sausages.

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