wilsonra

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1. Not Cut Out to Be a Nurse?

   wilsonra replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

   Thinking analytically comes with time. You didn't come out of the womb knowing how to walk and talk! Skills are something you build. Always look at it this way. And as far as the NP asking "why" - this is not helpful the either of you. First time mis...

2. Not Cut Out to Be a Nurse?

   wilsonra replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

   Do not delegate what you E.A.T.- evaluate, assess, teach. They're expecting you to act as an RN when you aren't licensed as one.

3. Not Cut Out to Be a Nurse?

   wilsonra replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, I have exactly the same problems you do. I'm a new grad. Recently just quit a job b/c I made little mistakes like yours and it made me question everything to be honest. But I learned a few things: "Nurses eat their Young" is something I've hea...

4. Ready for first job!!

   wilsonra posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! Looking for a job as a new grad. Just want to get your opinion on your careers. What do you like or don't like about your job? (feel free to get things off your chest if need be) I want to hear about everything! I don't know where I f...

5. Low acuity nursing job???

   wilsonra replied to wilsonra's topic in Career Support

   I talked to an experienced RN that I trusted and she recommended that I get a job in med-surge or psych nursing. The patients are typically lower acuity. She said that my focus in those jobs would be taking care of daily needs and that most patients ...

6. Low acuity nursing job???

   wilsonra replied to wilsonra's topic in Career Support

   Much like a "good death", quitting my job was a "good quit" :). I told my manager that I really did learn a lot and I will be taking that knowledge to my next job. She seemed to really like me as an employee and appeared sorry that I left. But I do f...

7. Low acuity nursing job???

   wilsonra replied to wilsonra's topic in Career Support

   I did end up quitting. I really wasn't doing well in my opinion (being late on meds, not always able to answer docs questions on the spot, getting nervous when preceptor was watching and I would fumble, not giving A+report with good flow) but its the...

8. Low acuity nursing job???

   wilsonra posted a topic in Career Support

   I am a new grad, I've been doing PCU for the past few months. I've been making some mistakes in orientation (not major ones) but enough that my manager feels that Intensive care isn't my forte. Any time I consult with my preceptor about what I ...

9. Student RN

   wilsonra replied to unsurestudent's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not an RN btw. I have to admit it seems like you have a 50/50 chance with RNs when you need help. Either they are helpful, nice, and want to be as useful as they can to you as a student, or they are grumpy and annoyed by you. I know plenty of RNs...

10. Student RN

    wilsonra replied to unsurestudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have looked into becoming a physician after nursing school (I love science, but some of these doctors have no idea about a patient's needs). You can have any 4 year degree but you have to take lots of chem and bio b4 you can take the MCAT to even b...

11. MRSA in the nares

    wilsonra replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Nursing

    Stapholococcus Aureus (methicillin-resistant Staph A) hangs out near the nares region. Probably because it is warm there and you don't wash your nose 50 times a day like you do your hands. Plus, that particular bacteria hides in the fingerprint inden...

12. How do you cope with work and co-workers:(

    wilsonra replied to lifein08's topic in Relations

    I agree with SweetseRN. I work at Kroger at the moment and its exactly the same, people leave their crud for you to clean up. Its not fair but you just have to let go, especially if your complaints to you're superiors aren't going anywhere. Just try ...

13. do you need pre reqs before entering a bsn program?

    wilsonra replied to Reminisce's topic in General Nursing

    You most certainly do for any university.

14. How do I file Sexual Harassment against a Dr

    wilsonra replied to RNdiva505's topic in Relations

    So much training to be a Dr. so little maturity. Its too bad you can't just deck him every time he does that. I think more hospitals need to be unionized or SOMETHING to make HR treat nurses with more respect. I've heard way too many stories like thi...

15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    wilsonra replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    UGH! yucky! I can deal with blood, waste, guts, pus, and phlegm. But ejaculation? ewwww!!! I don't ever want to work in geri, those elderly men have some ahem "ideas".