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1. What is your favorite specialty of nursing? (ER, MedSurg, ICU, Pediatrics, etc.)

   SharePRN replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree that new grads shouldn't specialize. At my elementary school graduation, we had to get up and say what we wanted to be when we grew up. I said I wanted to be a nurse who "helped women in labor." I didn't even know what labor really was but...

2. Type 1 4-year-old low!

   SharePRN replied to chasinRT's topic in School

   I had the same thing but with my 75 yo father...in the middle of a restaurant....while he is pounding his fists on the table and yelling about how he is NOT having a good time. Tried to get a straw into his mouth for some coke and he clenched his tee...

3. Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

   SharePRN replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

   Here is the thing about the economy when the minimum wage increases.....If people make more money, they SPEND MORE MONEY! So all those fast food places and ice cream shops have MORE business, therefore make more money. Productivity and profits have i...

4. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   SharePRN replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   I started pushing with a woman who had a 38 week fetal demise. The first push shot meconium stained amniotic fluid forcefully in my face, hair and hit the wall behind me. The baby was then crowning, so I just grabbed a paper towel and called for the ...

5. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

   SharePRN replied to Daetwin2's topic in Relations

   Next time you see him, take him aside and say, "I've been thinking about it and I want to tell you that I think you were incredibly unproffessional in patient A's room the other day. When you undermine the nurse/patient relationship over petty commen...

6. Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

   SharePRN replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

   I feel like I had a calling. We were supposed to say what we wanted to be at our 6th grade graduation. I said I wanted to be a nurse who helps women in labor. I don't think I had even a concept of what labor actually was at 11. I pushed through my ba...

7. Low census--what do you do?

   SharePRN replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

   This is a common occurrence on L&D, as the census fluctuates on a constant basis, even during one shift. When I worked charge on 12 hour nights, it was a definite skill to have the shift's staffing "just right" while also prepared for the proverb...

8. What was your first Nursing job?

   SharePRN replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

   While a senior in nursing school, I worked for 2months at LA County USC Medical center as a student nurse worker, worked L&D recovery room. That was an EYE OPENING experience! 4 laboring women per room, many on gurneys in the hallway, 4 post part...

9. switch from medical school to nursing?

   SharePRN replied to gj101's topic in General Students

   We have a large Filipino community where I live and so many of them are nurses who work very hard. They know they must support the family and often make more than their husbands. If you have a baby now and pursue your MD, it will be truly difficult. ...