I love hearing about different career paths from the people in them. Please -- more! Dialysis nursing, ICU nursing, SNF, Recovery, Pediatric Oncology. . .please post more! Thanks!

Jo Ellen

As a nursing student, I've heard tales from nurses in the field of shifts where nothing seemed to go right. Days when you feel emotionally drained and can't help but sit down and cry when its all over. To all you nurses out there who have been here before, what keeps you coming back?

Keeley

How do you transition into the new graduate paycheck and keep from getting yourself into the same financial problems before you graduated from nursing school. I can see how you would want to spend, spend, spend and soon will find yourself back to point A. Any advice on how to prevent this?

Angie

I am wondering if it is hard to stay non-judgmental about patients who come in frequently seeking drugs. We start out as new nurses being taught to always treat the pain even if we don't think it exists. How do you continue to have a positive attitude vs. oh its him again attitude?

Angie

I am graduating in May and wanted to know if anybody has any tips for passing the NCLEX. I am so nervous about taking the exam. Any experience with this process would be appreciated. Thx-

Sonya

Hi ya'll! So I'm a senior nursing student, and we just got our preceptors for the final semester. Mine are night shifts, and all the jobs I'm applying for will be night shifts for awhile. I've never worked a night shift, I am NOT a night person. Any tips, hints, suggestions to make this transition a little easier? Thanks

Katie

I'm currently in an Associate Degree of Nursing Program. I will graduate in May. I'd like to work on a Medical-Surgical floor at a hospital. I'd like to have a better idea of what employers are looking for in a new graduate nurse to help prepare me for the interview. Can you help me out?

Keeley

Ok, so nursing school is wrapping up (yay!) and I am faced with some decisions. I have been working at a hospital on a rehab floor as a tech. I LOVE my coworkers and my boss. I feel very comfortable on the floor and we always have fun (while getting the job done). I know I could stay on the floor when I graduate and [...]

I was training a new nurses aid once and one of our patients had had surgery earlier in the day. Their diet had just been changed from NPO to "sips and chips" (small sips of water and ice chips only) We were passing out the dinner trays when the new aid came to get me. She was confused because the surgery pt. had a tray [...]

A few years ago I worked at a hospital as a CNA. There was an incident where one of our RNs worked a double, (7am -11pm). By the time 11 rolled around, the RNs who were to relieve her had called in, and the DON at the time wouldn't come in either. (The DON who replaced them always put themselves on the on-call schedule to [...]