kindnotstupidRN

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1. Starting WGU RN to BSN program August 1st

   kindnotstupidRN replied to teacherturnedRN's topic in Western Governors

   I'm curious...what were the interviews like?

2. PESI Seminars??

   kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks Meriwhen! I appreciate your thoughts.

3. PESI Seminars??

   kindnotstupidRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been receiving flyers from PESI healthcare for their seminars and am interested but really want to know other nurses take on them...especially first hand feedback. Thanks!

4. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

   kindnotstupidRN replied to RN_Marie's topic in Relations

   Just read your post and had to laugh. I have been working for 6 months so consider myself a new grad. What you ran into is exactly what I saw in school. Many of my classmates had this bizarre air entitlement. Lord only knows where it came from. I...

5. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

   kindnotstupidRN replied to Bonnie86's topic in Med-Surg

   I think I can relate. I am about sixth months into my first nursing job. Its days and part time 2, 12hr shifts. My last "day" of orientation I made a night shift because I wanted to be more marketable and able to pick up nights. I have done around 6...

6. med surg orientation length?

   kindnotstupidRN replied to missladyrn's topic in Med-Surg

   I am in the middle of a 12 week orientation. Before I was hired I was in contact with a large teaching hospital that also had a 12 week program. I think the reason my orientation lasts as long as it does is because our RN to Pt ratio can run high an...

7. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

   kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Med-Surg

   After the patient went AMA I have no idea. I have been keeping my eye out for the name but it hasn't come up in any of the expected places.

8. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

   kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you for the input everyone!! I think what I'm going to take away from this situation is that 1. My instincts are pretty good 2. I have a lot to learn, and 3. I need to make stronger suggestions to Doc's.

9. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

   kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Med-Surg

   Yes, we offered the pt. all sorts of non pharmacological alternatives and they were refused. The previous day we offered Toradol for breakthrough pain and that was…..refused. The more I think about this, in my position I did all I could.

10. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Med-Surg

    The "why" is what I wish I had a better answer for. Over night the HR dropped. The hospitalist who saw the pt. in the AM reduced her Coreg dose and gave more specific hold parameters. This lead me to holding the AM dose. The pt. was later dx with...

11. Accelerated RN-BSN Degree?

    kindnotstupidRN replied to Infermero's topic in Online Learning

    i too am looking for a rn-bsn program and possibly msn. first hand recommendations are always the best. wgu? is that western governors as mentioned in a previous response? if so do they have a msn program? thank you

12. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN posted a topic in Med-Surg

    i am a new nurse half way through orientation and on the second day with a patient who has chronic pain found myself in a bit of a situation. overnight the pt's hr dropped to the upper 30's and 40's and was remaining there. with the full backing of m...