I have been an RN for a little over a year. I absolutely love my job (most days) but I am having trouble not bringing the job home with me. I know that caring is the core of this profession, and without it I would not be the kind of nurse I want to be, but it has really begun to take a toll of [...]

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I am soon going to be graduating and have had one day experience in the OR. I really enjoyed it and thought it was interesting. I know that one day isn't a lot of experience in the OR environment, but it's the area I like the most in nursing. I have found a job opening in OR and spoke to a recruiter. He said [...]

I am currently 40, married, mother of two, working full time, and doing my prerequisite courses at a local community college. If all goes as planned, I will apply to their RN program a year from now. I understand I will not be able to work once in nursing school, at least not at my current job, or full time. I also currently [...]

I work on a Maternity & Term Newborn unit and lately a number of our nurses have been pulled to the Intensive Care Nursery or the High Risk Maternity units. We are told that we should only be assigned to take care of infants or women who we would be capable of caring for on our unit.Last night our nurse who had been pulled [...]

I'm currently on probation with the boards and i have 1 and 1/2 year left to go. part of the probation is to work for 6 consecutive months. i am not a criminal. the thing that brought me in trouble was not really my fault but i have paid dearly for it. i couldnt render services with medicare and medical re-embursements for 5 years. [...]

If you have been diagnosed as suffering from psychotic episodes can you get a nursing license?

Jennifer

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good online medical dictionary.Thanks,

Stacy

Hey! I am a newly graduated RN with an associates degree. My long term goal is to become a health care teacher at the high school level. However, I am not sure what the requirements are. I am wondering where to go from here, to get a Bachelors in Nursing or to get a Bachelors in science education? Does anyone have any idea or a [...]

"Are you the devil?" asked Michelle, peering at me intently. I shook my head "No" I replied. "Are you sure?" she asked again, her voice sounding suspicious. "I'm sure" I replied calmly. Obviously satisfied with my answer, Michelle shrugged her shoulders and wandered off down the corridor towards her room. I headed for the treatment room to get Michelle's dinner time medications, nonplussed by Michelle's [...]

I am a senior nursing student graduating in May and I have just discovered that I am pregnant. My husband and I are shocked - this will be a "pill" baby!Anyway, my question pertains to new graduate job positions. Most of them are full-time and I am not planning to work full-time once the baby is born. How do I go about getting a job? [...]