LadyLamp

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1. Average nurse/patient ratio?

   LadyLamp replied to annak92's topic in Psychiatric

   I work on a busy inpatient psych unit, day shift, and have a maximum of 6. With the heavy charting requirements, especially with regard to admissions, there is no way we could take on more. Plus, in psych, in order to deliver proper care, you need so...

2. Experience Psych RN Looking for a Change

   LadyLamp replied to ChiNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, psych nursing is not a huge jump into OR nursing, given how applicable communication and conflict resolutions skills are to surgical teams. During my interview for a Level I OR training program, the one thing they focused on in the intervie...

3. How many care plans do you do?

   LadyLamp replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

   I should add that not only are our care plans detailed, but they're due 72 hours after clinical. That's the kicker. With the workload we have in our accelerated program, it's rough. Is the 72 hours window typical?

4. How many care plans do you do?

   LadyLamp replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

   One?! This semester (my second), we did 5. But I'm in an accelerated program. Still, for med-surg I and II, for example, we did 3 each.

5. ABSN VS ADN

   LadyLamp replied to amas's topic in General Students

   I'm in a prestigious ABSN program: The education and opportunities because of the connections are invaluable. However, I'm in a fortunate position in that I received a partial scholarship and am paying cash for the rest. Please do not put yourself in...

6. Trying to choose between 3 NP programs

   LadyLamp replied to SopranoKris's topic in NP Students

   SopranoKris, what is the advantage of getting the DNP in addition to the FNP/ACNP for the ER? I'm just curious. Would you like to teach at some point...and/or does it make a difference on the clinical ladder? Part of the reason I am asking is becaus...

7. MedStar WHC rotating shifts question

   LadyLamp replied to LadyLamp's topic in Washington DC

   CodeRed5, thank you so much for responding to this post. I thought it had long been buried. This is very helpful. Thanks again, and best wishes with the new job!

8. Help! Nursing 2nd Career

   LadyLamp replied to alinalina's topic in General Nursing

   Not, it's not crazy! I used to feel the same, but a BA does not equate to a BSN, so it is not redundant. I have a background in literature too, though I went the route of publishing. I became interested in nursing after working on the side as a court...

9. Students Forty and over pre-reqs now

   LadyLamp replied to BRIGHTEYESv's topic in General Students

   I was in a car accident several years ago, which left me with some spine and hip injuries. The sciatica was awful. I did physical therapy, went to an orthopedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, and did everything in exercise from Pilates and yoga to spinning, ...

10. MedStar WHC rotating shifts question

    LadyLamp posted a topic in Washington DC

    Hi, could anyone who works at Washington Hospital Center, or has worked there, shed some light on the rotating shifts: How long do you typically work on day shift, for example, before switching to nights, then back again? Thanks!

11. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    LadyLamp replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Such a great thread, thank you. I am curious about a couple things regarding the perioperative umbrella. So is it correct to say that the AORN is the association of perioperative nurses, but only focuses on the OR and does not include PACU and pre-o...

12. OR hazards

    LadyLamp replied to LadyLamp's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you, Rose Queen. Good to know about your coworkers. I'll also check out Google Scholar, keeping in mind what you said. (I'm embarrassed to say that I was not familiar with Google Scholar as a search engine, so thanks for mentioning it!)

13. OR hazards

    LadyLamp posted a topic in Operating Room

    Inquisitive pre-nursing student here who loves to read all the OR threads---thank you for all the great info. I have a question about hazards particular to the OR that may be different from other nursing areas, though I'm talking beyond the obvious s...

14. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    LadyLamp replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Oops, moving my question to separate thread because I think I may be too off-topic. Thank you for this thread, though---I am really enjoying it! :-)

15. Making the transition to night shift - new nurse

    LadyLamp replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Nursing

    I've been following this thread because I was curious what a first-time experience on night shift was like. How did you fare??