Skykomish

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1. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

   Skykomish replied to lostrnugh's topic in New Nurse

   Definitely stick it out for 1 year. Opens a lot of doors. But the great thing about nursing is there are so many different things you can do with it. Maybe you need to be in the paperwork side of it. Doing audits and chart reviews, or research, or pr...

2. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   Skykomish replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I felt exactly like you do at exactly the same point you're at, 2 months before graduation. My mom (who is an NP, so she aught to know better, right?) Really pressured me to apply for jobs every single day and I would get rejected before making it pa...

3. Why don't you just read the chart?

   Skykomish replied to Guest219794's topic in Relations

   We are not allowed to research patients prior to admit for 2 reasons- 1, it locks the chart so docs & ER nurses can't access it, and 2 HIPPAA. What if the patient dies & I never see them? Or leaves AMA? Not my patient yet, not mine to know ye...

4. I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

   Skykomish replied to hershdawg's topic in Relations

   I didn't read all of the comments, but I have actually had several CNAs tell me "I wanted to be a nurse but now that I've been a CNA I'm definitely not going to because of how much you nurses seem to hate your jobs". One even said "I haven't seen one...

5. PICC Maintenance

   Skykomish posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm doing a presentation for the clinical staff at the rehab hospital where I work. I've noticed that some of the nurses are making errors regarding PICC line maintenance and I wanted to fix them. I've found some research articles and some excellent ...

6. So check this out....

   Skykomish replied to mindlor's topic in Relations

   I have about 15-18 patients depending on the day. Sub-acute rehab. With extensive wound care, HBO, dialysis, and at least one trach/Jtube. I often find myself wondering what a bathroom is, and if my blood sugar's going to crash to the point I'm dizzy...

7. Do you have family members who are nurses?

   Skykomish replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Relations

   My mom is a FNP, working on her doctorate. I really had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, only that my present career (I used to own a dog kennel) was not going to work out financially. My mom is 100% the reason I started nursing school, I we...

8. How to get acute care experience?

   Skykomish posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   I graduated a year ago in May with my RN/BSN. I have only been able to get a job with Mollen and in a LTC/Rehab facility. All of the hospitals want at least one year of ACUTE experience... how can I get that without having it to begin with? Should I ...