I work in the ED and our doctors are pushovers! I work night shift and we get a lot of chronic pain patients and drug seekers. We know them all by name and our doctors just go ahead and order all the Dilaudid, Phenergan, Benadryl or Demerol (or any combination) that the patients ask for. They even

It gets on my nerves - I feel like [...]

Related: Nurse Jackie, Perception of Nurses

Ok, here's how nurse Jackie should really be...

It's based on Akex the male nurse. He didn't do nursing for the right reasons. He went into nursing because he'd gone to an all boys' high school and was female deprived. He sees that at his nursing college there are 65 femals and 3 males. He thinks his odds are good.

By the time Alex graduates, he realises [...]

I've been working as a graduate nurse on a med-surg unit for five or six weeks now. Soon, I will be coming off orientation, which means I'll be on my own with my own patients and no preceptor for guidance. Well I am sooo nervous! I have no problem with assessments and medications, but its the paperwork, checking for lab/test results, and [...]

Related: Career, Failure, New Nurse, New Nurse Tips, Preceptor

I'm a new grad (May 09).

Our initial orientation was supposed to be 8 weeks, but I was thrown out on my own a little sooner than I would have liked. I started at my hospital June 1st doing orientation and by the fifteenth they had me on my unit with a peceptor. I did that for two days and by my third day I [...]

Related: Healthy Living, Latex Allergies and Nursing, Nursing Trends

I stopped nursing due to a latex allergy and now am frightened to continue becoming a nurse practitioner.

Reading how progressive a latex can become with continued exposure has steered me away from the medical profession, even though I miss it. Latex gloves should be removed from healthcare an alternative in place to ensure safety of patients and staff. If latex is removed from healthcare settings [...]

Related: Bureaucracy, Healthcare Debate, Nursing Trends

Again, I've been careless and raising my blood pressure by listening to Fox News. As the debate over government funded healthcare rages, Fox News decided to support their ideas by saying the British health system is a disaster as well as the Canadian public system. They may as well have attacked my New Zealand system because we have a national health service.

Naturally they highlighted some [...]

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I started off as a new grad in a very very busy surgical floor with a huge learning curve ahead of me...I made some mistakes (or as I am approaching them now learning experiences) and unfortunately had conditions placed on my license as a result. I have worked closely with the registration body and am good to go in thier eyes-with the conditions mind you- [...]

I am a student in CNA school and I am so nervous about clinicals.
I Start shadowing a post op nurse next week and I am worried about getting pucked on or something gross like that that might turn me away from becoming a nurse. Any advice??
Thank you!

Casey

I married the wrong guy, long story short, brought parents home to live with us. I had to quit my nursing job for this, dad had a brain injury andmom with dementia. the addition to house was supposed to be 140000 ended up being 280000! his parents estate money got eaten up in the stupid house. well, sisters pushed and pushed and pushed finally state [...]

Hello fellow nurses:

I'm a 22 year old new grad (graduated in may 08) and work in a medical ICU. Last month after 8 months of pain and symptoms I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I'm currently on medications to manage the symptoms and potential flare-ups but frequently have to work with pain.

I went to my rheumatologist who pretty much stated that my unit [...]