MinnRN

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1. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

   MinnRN replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

   The first year of nursing will be your most difficult. Remember the transition period they taught us about in school? Well, it is a part of nursing. Don't be discouraged. If possible, find a good teaching hospital to start off in. When applying ...

2. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   MinnRN replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   I dont know about the unit you work on, but the nurses on my unit pull together and work as a team, both LPNs and RNs. We are way too busy to hide and IGNORE lights. The students concerns may be valid.....I was stating expectations that have worked ...

3. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   MinnRN replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   Reapply to nursing school or clinicals. STudy!!! get your self into a good study group. Buy RN review materials and use them. The previous post was right....in most nursing schools, the grading criteria is clear, you should have been worried and wo...

4. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   MinnRN replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   OH my, I hope that you will be ready for the real world of nursing when you graduate and have dropped tht huge chip that you are carrying on your shoulder. 4 patients huh? dressings, meds, care plans and charting. That is a small part of nursing. ...

5. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

   MinnRN replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

   What do you mean....HELLO, how would an LPN know how hard your schooling is........give respect where respect is due....May I ask, How do you (BSN) student know how difficult the LPN program is. These nurses are trained for the bedside.......and stu...

6. nurse-patient ratio

   MinnRN replied to NANCPER's topic in Med-Surg

   I work in a large midwestern teaching hospital, 745 beds. The unit I work is a medical floor that specializes in endocrine, diabetes, and kidney problems, although we see a little bit of everything. Our staffing ratio on days and evenings 1:4, n...