I recommend getting it if you pan to do something other than bedside nursing, because I have a BSN and continued bed side nursing and did nit get any greater reward, recognition of benefit. The only thing that i do not have to worry about is if they ...
I believe that antidepressants are a way of life for most nurses. Face it, we have tough jobs. I believe that all nurses should be on them and i also believe that it should be taught in school more about how to deal with people, not patients, but mor...
preciousnurse replied to wannanbnurse's topic in General Nursing
Nursing is true hard work so if you are questioning yourself you better think twice about it. Now is the time to do that. do not wait until you are older and have no other career options. I have had the same issue latley, but you must realize that ev...
preciousnurse replied to debbie17368's topic in Med-Surg
We do our fair share of our job and everyone elses also. We take care of anywhere between 3-6 patients on day shift. MED- SURG nurses are nortorius for taking on a whole slue of responsibilites, especially if they have an aide that does not like to h...
preciousnurse replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing
I have had a similiar situation happen to me and I finally asked the family member, " why are you being so mean to me, I am just trying to help" This usually will work because it puts them on the spot and addresses the issue up front.
preciousnurse replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing
Have you ever considered your diet and the types of foods that you eat. My advice is to start a bland diet and then gradually add the foods that you eat on a regular basis and see what happens? Another question that I have is are they related to the ...
preciousnurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing
Mine was also a RN-BSN program. It is really different than getting your ADN, there is much more theory involved and not much memorizing terms and values. It is a lot of term papers and presentations. I throughly enjoyed getting my BSN and I think th...
preciousnurse replied to shannonRN's topic in Med-Surg
Our job as charge nurse from 7a-7p consists of signing off doctor's orders and putting the orders into the computer. We usually do not take any patients however float between and help the other nurses on the floor. We are a resource for others. We ro...
Mito, It is a hard chore sometimes when it comes to room assignment especially for us because our rooms are not private. Like deepoohbear says, keep infectious patients together, etc. We have some private rooms (4 to be exact) and this is bad because...
I have a Littmann Cardiology III. This is a really good stethoscope. My advice to you is to order it from a nursing uniform catalog vs buying it in a store. It will be about 20.00 cheaper on the wallet :)