I moved to the OR and while it's very different from bedside nursing, it feels more exciting than stressful. Pre-op is a decent environment, especially in the same day surgery environment, where nurses take turns staying later in the evening when su...
I always bring a grapefruit to eat when I work at night. It takes a while to eat, is super hydrating, low calorie. I buy a big container of roasted, unsalted cashews, and keep a few small containers (those little Ziploc square plastic ones) in my ...
MEINstudent replied to Guest1135302's topic in General Nursing
You are extremely lucky you did not harm her. It's good that this is staying with you. It will make you a safer nurse. You could let it get the better of you, but the adult thing to do is to remember it and move forward so that you are extra care...
I could see giving a muscle relaxant med ordered for TID PRN, closer together than 8 hours. Say, the patient takes one when he wakes up, but then likes an additional dose prior to physical therapy. But if a patient asked for a second dose less than...
I agree with above comments that it takes years to be comfortable and confident. I would say actually, about 10 years, personally. But... you should not be making med errors or any serious errors. That is carelessness and not paying close attent...
MEINstudent replied to cking14's topic in Pre-Nursing
University of Connecticut. But there are other places that have a better program in my opinion. The way the UConn program was set up, you pass the NClex but you don’t actually learn a whole lot. It’s too much too fast. And I graduated with a very ...
MEINstudent replied to cking14's topic in Pre-Nursing
No. I have a first degree in Liberal Arts - Literature. I went back and did a one year BSN program that was designed for people with degrees in prior fields, and intended for second career (i.e. older) people. There were about ten of us at the inf...
Are you on babycenter? They have an excellent "Family Finances" group that will help you figure this out. There is a budget template where you can figure out how much you need to make. A weekend Baylor shift, where you work 24 but get paid for 36, ...
MEINstudent replied to BSN_RN88649's topic in General Nursing
It's only been 18 months since you left, right? Do you live in an area with a nursing shortage, or where there are plenty of applicants for every job? I don't think you are at a disadvantage; you haven't been out for years and years. You will likely...
MEINstudent replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing
In response to the highlighted portion above, your logic is flawed. If a healthcare worker is refusing to participate in an objectionable procedure of an LGBT person, it is not discrimination. They are objecting to the procedure, not the person. ...
MEINstudent replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing
So I did not read the entire 440 pages of this new rule, but I read a few synopses of it, and it seems like a lot of the hysteria is based on hypotheticals. A lot of "it could mean" or "it could allow". Clinton signed into law the original conscie...
MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing
You want to argue that abortion is something not easily chosen. And I have no doubt that it is a painful experience. But statistically, 45% of women who have had abortions, are having more than one. That statistic comes from the Guttmacher Institu...
MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing
My primary point was that almost all of the responses to OP were outrage over the very restricted access some states are seeking to make law, but in other states, laws are being presented that allow unrestricted access to abortion. So that hypotheti...
MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing
I am an OR nurse, and we regularly do abortions after 20 weeks, sometimes for no other reason than the woman changed her mind. Perfectly healthy baby. I exercise my right to refrain from participation, and in a huge OR, the truth is that there are ...