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  1. Should I become a nurse or a teacher?

    We have a "shortage" because: 1. Nurses are leaving d/t deteriorating working condtions. 2. There are not enough nursing educators; nursing educators are paid poorly. Build all the schools you want, but if there aren't any teachers... 3. Many hospita...
  2. Should I become a nurse or a teacher?

    And I can counter every one of those stories with stories about nurses being assualted by patients, doctors, etc. Patients these days have a serious problem with "entitlement," and admin. just goes along with it and coddles them. It's more important ...
  3. Should I become a nurse or a teacher?

    I really loved my English and Spanish classes (I became pretty fluent in Spanish just from what I learned in high school). I loved writing and studying literature, so I had a lot of encouragement from both my English and Spanish teachers to go the te...
  4. Should I become a nurse or a teacher?

    If I had the means, I'd go back to school to be a teacher. It was a toss-up when I was in high school; ultimately, I chose nursing. And believe me, tencat, nurses get blamed for boatloads of stuff that is totally out of their control. Teaching doesn...
  5. No More Bedside Nursing, I Quit!

    It kind of bothers me when people rec. home health as some sort of "easier" option. Home health is very stressful, in a different way. You're out driving around, sometimes in terrible weather. Pts. don't always live in nice, neat homes. I've been in ...
  6. Overbearing pt family

    If you're aware that this is going on at the ECF, you still have a duty to report it. You can always make an anonymous report to the Office of Aging. And you can still tell them what happened at your facility. As you stated, it's happened more than o...
  7. Unsuccessful IV stick.

    Some of it is just getting familiar with the venous structures, good old A&P. I also palpate the vein as far as I can feel it. Sometimes I will stick just a little below where I first feel the vein, advance a little, and then when I get a flash, ...
  8. Overbearing pt family

    Notice how she hasn't been back to update, either?
  9. Unsuccessful IV stick.

    One other thing I forgot...ask the pt. if he's had IVs before, and if so, if one arm was better for "sticking" than the other. And if the pt says, "My left arm is better than the right," BELIEVE him! I can't tell you how many times I've seen nurses i...
  10. I guess he needs more nurses because he's run out of butts to kick.
  11. Unsuccessful IV stick.

    I'm one of those annoying people who just has a knack for starting IVs; I'm not sure what it is or why it happens, it just does. One thing I have noticed is that new nurses or nurses who have trouble starting IVs don't take their time...they tend to ...
  12. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    How are you an SRNA if you're only 20y? In any event, this site is not for giving out medical advice. And if you have an MI or a stroke, that's gonna cost you a whole lot more than a trip to the ED.
  13. NO! NO! NO! Never, under any circumstances leave meds at a patient's bedside. It doesn't matter what the med is. Any nurse who does this is setting herself/himself up for major league trouble.
  14. S/P I&D - What's this mean?

    My understanding was it usually meant "status post incision and drainage," usually done with a wound that may have closed but has underlying infection.
  15. Talk about perpetuating the myth of the nurse as a sainted, angelic figure.