brrrrrringggg.... "Sacred Smattering of Hope Psychiatric Facility, this is Nurse Ratched, how may I help you?" "My husband, Mr. Wonderful, is a nurse there and we have a family emergency, could you please get a hold of him?" "Absolutely, Mrs. Wonderf...
I certainly had no intention of discouraging her, and you clearly have no idea what my intentions are. In reality (in person, not online) I have tutored and advised more nursing, pre-nursing, and other students in many areas - including math, chemist...
Since everyone and their sister has a camera phone, many that can, in fact, record videos, please take some pics and videos of the death angel and get an interview with him or her if you can. That would be so great. My favorite ghost story was told ...
I would respectfully ask that you re-write your post and remove all the text-speak and inventive punctuation. It would make it much easier to address your perfectly valid concerns and questions. Smiley faces are ok. ;-P
I thought the exact same thing as a new CNA. Turns out I was one of the few aides making sure people were shaved, had their teeth brushed, were wearing their glasses hearing aids, had (their own) clean clothes on, was using proper transfer procedures...
Intern67 replied to Silverbird501's topic in General Nursing
Some instructors get more nervous and high strung than students at clinical. Sometimes it is their superiors filling their heads with thoughts of "If one of your students screws up, YOU will lose your license, your job and we will lose a valuable cli...
Intern67 replied to GtownhoyasDC's topic in Pre-Nursing
Even sadder for you apparently. I've never used "girls" demeaning term. "Guys" and "boys" is also used, even though we are adults and no one seems to get their undies in a bunch over it. The males in my nursing school class are not only called "men...
You did what you could and doing those things will help keep your patients safe and make you a better nurse. A lot of fearful hand-wringing and endless obsessing over it will not help keep your patients safe or make you a better nurse. You choose.
I chose to go into nursing because of the infinite number of jobs, the fantastic pay, the glamor of the profession, and the great liklihood of having sex in the supply room with a cute coworker.