Some things I've read in ER notes: The patient was recently diagnosed with "ear and double bowel syndrome." (Irritable bowel syndrome) The wound was urinated with normal saline. These always crack me up. Made me feel a little better when I found ou...
I know this is a question from school...but I love the idea of keeping a thread like this going with other possible scenarios. I love reading answers like this from experienced nurses because, as a new grad, I'm at the point where I'm able to tell w...
I graduated 3 months ago, and I was just wondering what sources you use to keep current on nursing issues. I'm mostly thinking new research, procedures, etc. rather than the political side of things. Now that I'm out of school and not doing the con...
Hi everyone, I'm a new nurse and I'm in the process of trying to fine tune my organizational sheets to save time throughout my shift. One thing that I'd like to make more efficient for myself is calling the physician for admission orders on a newly ...
I'm looking for scrubs that are made of stretchy material that are also available in petite sizes in pants. I found NuDimension which seem like the kind of material that I'm looking for but I can't see that they're available in petite pants. Does a...
I just want to thank everyone who participates in making this site wonderful. I started coming here when taking my nursing prerequisites years ago and then started following the threads religiously when getting ready to start nursing clinicals as a ...
I'm not a morning person at all either. I just love nighttime so night shift works a lot better for me that way as well as just more convenient for me since I have school-aged kids. However, I worked the day shift for about 6 months and was fine. ...
It depends on the facility where you work. At my hospital we use computerized charting and the expectation is that each shift will complete care plans. This includes a problem list and whether the pt has met this goal and it is no longer applicable, ...
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1. When did you graduate? Will in Dec 2010 2. Do you have a BSN or ADN? ADN 3. Are you still looking for work? No 4. If not, how long did it take you to find a job? Applied to the unit that I did an externship on and currently work as an aide and was...
I thought the same thing, but once I realized that absolutely NO nurses on the floor that I was on use them I wanted to check. It's one thing for a few nurses here and there to take shortcuts but it really made me wonder when no one was doing it.
I'm about to graduate in 2 months and I know there are things that are different in the real world than "textbook." I see nurses on the floor do so many things differently than what I'm taught and lately I've been struggling with figuring out which t...
Thank you all so much for your help. RNMeg-Yes, my hospital does have Micromedex. I use it for information on the drugs themselves, but I've never realized there was an IV compatibility tab. I will definitely be looking for that! P_RN-I agree abo...