AcosmicRN

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1. new at hospital nursing

   AcosmicRN replied to rknrobyn10's topic in General Nursing

   Yes! You need to start looking for a new place. 9 pts is not an acceptable workload for one person, except in emergencies. You should condition yourself for 7 pts on an orth/neuro/med surg floor, but anything over that maximum is not fair to you. You...

2. Didn't pass one clinical rotation, don't know why

   AcosmicRN replied to moonlite48's topic in General Nursing

   I sympathize with anyone who does that well in nursing school and then doesn't pass, but this sounds a bit like a divorce-story. You know, the kind where you only hear the one side and the one telling the story is always a saint who suffered tremendo...

3. My externship is not going well

   AcosmicRN replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   What you all say about self-esteem is critically important, I believe. I think low self-esteem is at the root of most interpersonal problems between nurses and people in general. Acosmic

4. My externship is not going well

   AcosmicRN replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't trying to be rude with the comments about NPs, and certainly, I wasn't trying to be rude to the OP. Hopefully, I was persuading her not to be an NP. It's sound advice; that's how NPs are treated where I come from. NPs derive their status bec...

5. to what degree?

   AcosmicRN replied to rica75's topic in General Nursing

   The way the world is right now, there are three ways to become an RN. Diploma from a hospital based school, ADN, BSN. I haven't heard of any MSN programs that include the basic nursing school. The truth is, you are employed as an RN when you are empl...

6. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

   AcosmicRN replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work, less than a dollar an hour is given for new grads with a BSN. The hospital makes no descrimination in hiring between ADN or BSN. The managers are BSN, but not necessarily the assistant managers. In the education department, they have ma...

7. What makes you drag?

   AcosmicRN replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

   I hear you. That sounds like a load that is too much for one RN. The max on a floor like that should be 7. Or at least that's what seems to be the norm (It really should be 6.). Why are they understaffed? Do people not show up, or does the hospital j...

8. My externship is not going well

   AcosmicRN replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   Well now, here's the thing: your nic suggests you have your eyes set on nurse practitioner, if this is so, I suggest you get used to this preceptor. Why? Because it's my experience that NPs work for doctors and are treated by them basically the way a...

9. What makes you drag?

   AcosmicRN replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm curious SCRN1: I read all your reply, but I have to get some clarification on your very first point. What is your typical patient load, and what kind of floor do you work on? And, if you would indulge me, is your hospital a small for-profit hospi...

10. What makes you drag?

    AcosmicRN replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply, because this is exactly what I am talking about. I have a problem. I feel a certain way, and you blame me for it. You put me down for it. You make me responsible for it and ignore the fact that I was talking about arrogant, ...

11. What makes you drag?

    AcosmicRN replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed. They are very cliquish. They all seem to hang out together and eat lunch together. On the rare ocassion I have sat with them (if they're in the cafeteria, and no one else from work is there, I have to sit with them--it's kind of a hospital-cu...

12. What makes you drag?

    AcosmicRN replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I think your advice is exact, and it is all that can be done. I think one thing I need to wake up to is that the more positive I become, the less un-positive people are going to like me and the more negative they will seem to me. But if I'm any ...

13. medication incident

    AcosmicRN replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: The posters below are correct: follow your facilities guidelines for medication errors.

14. What makes you drag?

    AcosmicRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to get to the root of negativity in nursing, so I was wondering what makes you drag yourself to work, what it is you hate the most about going to work, or what it is that makes you feel negative when you're at work. Arrogant people make me...

15. Cancer of the heart muscle

    AcosmicRN replied to suzanne4's topic in General Nursing

    No. I've never cared for anyone like that, or for that matter, seen anyone or heard of anyone with "heart cancer." Does it exist? In fact, is there any cancer that comes from muscle cells? Acosmic