tara07733 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School
I was JUST --like 5 minutes ago-- saying to my husband how I walk out of my school so tired every day. I chalked it up to a few things: working 5 days a week after working just 3 days per week, bring a natural introvert and the amount of contact I no...
I didn't know what I wanted to specialize in during school and I still have no idea. BUT I do know that I've never had a desire to be in any of the sought after specialties (L&D, ICU, NICU) and think I may be drawn more to non-acute care settings...
tara07733 replied to Elizabeth1414's topic in Psychiatric
It's good to see someone who has gone into a specialty like psych straight out of school. Right now I have a preliminary offer (pending background checks and all that) at a detox facility but keep wondering if I am doing the right thing. Everyone say...
One day during my nursing student preceptorship I forgot to alcohol swab my patient before giving the patient a dose of insulin. When we left the room my preceptor gently let me know that I had forgotten and to remember to do that. Well, I beat mysel...
tara07733 replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing
Thank you! For a minute there I thought I was crazy and missed some key parts of the post but it seems like some people were ready to get the sword out so they totally just did not get it.
With only 2-3 semesters left there's no question that I would go back and finish. It won't be easy with all of your other obligations but it will definitely be worth it. Good luck!
I'm a student and I always have a pen. Because regardless of the fact that many setting have computerized charting/etc, doesn't anyone take notes about what they're being taught or tasks they need to remember to do? This is akin to me to my classmate...
I agree. Before 1st semester started we got a list of books that we would be using and most have been used at different times throughout the course-- sometimes we used one more than the other but ultimately we would use all of them. I am 3 weeks away...
I am in my final semester of nursing school and last semester, in particular, I got to experience how RTs fit into the team of healthcare professionals who take care of patients. I was in the ICU a couple of days and the RTs there are like gods (okay...
Do you think that new nurses who have no preference as far as where they want to work have an easier time with, well, being a new nurse? Basically, if you take away the expectations of a dream job right of the bat, is that a big chunk of burden off...