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What Happens When We Leave Our Dream Job?

Sometimes we find our dream. Sometimes we go for it. Sometimes life has a funny way of changing it. What do we do then?
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What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

Just curious, what's the meanest, rudest, nastiest thing a patient has said to you? Tonight I had someone tell me they wished I would die and go straight to he!!
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Why Do You Get Stressed? (hint: It's How You Think!)

I think that there's been enough written in nursing about the positive and negative ways that we can deal with stress. And I've probably practiced all of them, the good AND the bad.
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Why can't I get a job??? Keep hearing the same thing: "Not enough CURRENT experience".

Dear Nurse Beth, Does it matter from which school I graduate and get my BSN? Why am I being passed over constantly for jobs? They are not even calling my refs. I have 2 letters of reference; one from my current employer.
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Has anyone else "sensed" when something was wrong with a patient?

I just want to see if anyone’s had a similar experience. For background, I used to be Catholic, then agnostic, now I’m a there’s-something-for-sure-but-I-have-no-idea-what-ist.
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morbidly obese patients

I have been a nurse for almost a year and currently work on a women's gyn and med/surg floor at a major hospital. The last few weeks I have been assigned a couple patients who are very morbidly obese.
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