donb76

donb76 specializes in Long-term Care.

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1. Conscious Sedation Certification

   donb76 replied to suzy253's topic in General Nursing

   From my understanding, there is no "certification;" my paper states "Certificate of Participation," and "...participated in moderate (conscious) sedation and analgesia." So, what I'm thinking is...it is a certificate indicating your participation (...

2. New nurse stigma

   donb76 posted a topic in New Nurse

   So here I am, having just gotten my RN license in January of 2010, with a job in a rural hospital. I'm wondering, about how long does it take for a new nurse to shed the stigma of "new nurse" to all the experienced nurses they work with? I, by no m...

3. Anyone NOT have trouble getting a job?

   donb76 replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad in those hard-to-get areas, you may have to accept relocation or travel a ways. Try applying a rural hospitals, they provide excellent opportunities for new grads to get their fingers in everything and tend to be very open to new grads...

4. How do you address your patients?

   donb76 replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

   First name, "Mr./Mrs.," and "Sir/Maam," depending especially on how long I've known the patient. Most people I deal with live in a long-term care facility, so we know each other long enough to get to a first-name basis. I truly detest hearing peopl...

5. Below 3.0 GPA and you still got in?

   donb76 replied to MsKaz's topic in General Nursing

   I've known students who flunked A&P twice and still got into the program. But....they had to wait a cycle or two (they weren't accepted the first time). There is another problem you will need to contend with, however, and that is this: if you ...

6. Has anyone considered going all the way?

   donb76 replied to Aariah's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Jennifer, I am 31 now and have also pondered lightly the thought of becoming a Dr. But, alas, I don't think I've got the ambition to do another 10 years! As you will learn, probably in your first quarter/semester of nursing school, the nursing r...