mel2067

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1. Having a Master's Degree in Nursing: A New Option for New Nurses

   mel2067 replied to Salvie's topic in Post Graduate

   Hello, I'm a relatively new nurse looking for options outside of bedside nursing. I started on a busy med/surg floor and left that after 3 months because I absolutely hated it. I took a new job as an admissions nurse at a hospital but also have the...

2. 1 year in and I cannot do bedside anymore!

   mel2067 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

   I am completely lost. I don't know what to do anymore. I hate nursing. I applaud everyone that can do it, I just can't and I can't figure out why. I loved the science/health classes in school but once clinicals started I hated going. I then started o...

3. 1 year in and I cannot do bedside anymore!

   mel2067 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone done ADT (admissions, discharge, transfers) nursing? I am trying to make a decision between a position as an ADT nurse or a nurse on a med-surg/oncology floor. The med-surg/oncology would be a 1:6 ratio on night shift. I did med-surg nurs...

4. 1 year in and I cannot do bedside anymore!

   mel2067 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the reply! I've been looking into home health but I'm worried they wouldn't hire someone with less than one year experience. I have my clinical experience in school and then about 4 months hospital experience. I honestly am lost, I want to...

5. 1 year in and I cannot do bedside anymore!

   mel2067 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad on a med-surg floor and absolutely dread going to work. It seems I cry going to work and coming home and occasionally there. Everyone says it'll get better but I'm starting to think it won't. I don't know where I fit in in nursing. I ...

6. care plan help

   mel2067 posted a topic in General Students

   I have a care plan due next week on one of my patients at a children's hospital. This patient was hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis with blood sugars above the 300s. Basically she had the flu a week before and she also said she thought that if...

7. struggling with care plan, please help!

   mel2067 replied to mel2067's topic in General Students

   I'm going to West Chester University for my BSN. I actually got a lot of those interventions and handed that part of the care plan in, the part where I'm struggling with is the knowledge deficit. I don't know what would be a good goal/interventions f...

8. struggling with care plan, please help!

   mel2067 posted a topic in General Students

   I am having the worst time with my care plan for my 94 year old client. My first nursing diagnosis was risk for fluid volume deficit related to delayed thirst response, increased urination, and cognitive and physical limitations. The second part of m...