It's hard to compare and contrast because a "doctor's" job can be so different. Are you talking about your family care doctor or are you talking about a neurosurgeon? A huge difference is that doctors can prescribe medicine and a RN can't. A nurse pr...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to *4!#6's topic in Stress 101
I take Zoloft, Xanax, invega and ambien all in the same day. Before I was put on Zoloft and invega, I was on abilify, celexa, and seroquel. Lost two jobs before we found that Zoloft and invega was the trick. The above made me drowsy and incompetent t...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to danger dan's topic in ADN/BSN
I think being a nurses aide gives you an advantage as far as providing basic care and being able to build report with your patient more readily and easily. If you're a nursing assitant who is a leader, one who doesn't short cut your patients and you'...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to silverhalide's topic in Safety
I would have given him the drugs. Have you ever given a patient a orange juice for, let's just say, a blood sugar of 50 and 15 mins later his sugar was back up to 70? Well that's the same case with the ice cream, unless it was sugar free. After that ...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to eb.oneeb.one's topic in Recovery
I'm having a hard time reading your post, but I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and anxiety and I've been an RN for 4 years. I take Zoloft, Xanax, invega, ambien and imatrex all in the same day. As long as your medications aren't causing...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Recovery
Not unless you were diagnosed and placed into rehab. I went through PA PAP, got evaluated by Marworth, my situation was then reviewed by the state and state cleared my investigation. Was found not guilty and have had two jobs without any trouble and ...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to dzadzey's topic in ADN/BSN
If you decide to get a bachelors degree in nursing, you then work 10 years in a hospital then decide you wanna go back to school, your set. If you stop at just a associate level, work ten years in a hospital, then decide you wanna further your educat...
alfrnbsn1988 replied to Cruz.Cookie's topic in ADN/BSN
You do not need a bachelors degree to be a Peds nurse, nor do you need a bachelors degree to be a medical surgical, oncology, orthopedic, OR, ICU or telemetry nurse. A bachelors degree is just continuing your education. Once your get your associates ...