Nurse acewa

Nurse acewa

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Nurse acewa has 1 years experience.


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  1. Quitting The Nursing Program

    Nursing is not the only career out there. Go with your gut and focus on your strengths because not everyone is good at nursing and lives are at stake. It is a high stakes profession and should not be entered into without assessing one's interest in t...
  2. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    RunBaby: So true what you are saying. "I think really having the responsibilities that go with nursing for the first time can be shocking, and having to think on your feet when so much is new is tough, especially for those who don't operate that way...
  3. "Don't underestimate the impact of the continued stress." Listen to this piece of advise before you end up physically and emotionally drained.
  4. This is not good for the patients or nurses. All the pt meds are in the computer so you do not have to rewrite the list of meds on a paper chart right? We still use paper charts.
  5. Single Dosage Calc. Question! Please Help!

    Smf0903 your answer knocked it out of the park!
  6. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    There are other areas in nursing where you will shine and feel competent. Caring for more than five patients is daunting to say the least and I am wondering if you felt all alone without much of any support? I am pursing nursing at the age of 59 as a...
  7. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    Amen sister, things will get better with determination and practice and you have proven that. Thank you for sharing this is good stuff that helps all new nurses and those transitioning to new areas.
  8. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    So inspiring, beautiful and well written from experience. Thank you for encouraging so many and showing us that we can do nursing if we just do not ever give up! You are so right!
  9. Never Say the Q Word

    I don't believe in superstition but my grandmother used to throw a pinch of salt behind her back to ward of stuff. I don't believe in being punitive but instead try to treat people the way I would want to be treated.
  10. Nursing vs. Teaching for Major

    Thank you everyone for all of your feedback on this issue. To understand the pros and cons of both careers is not easy and you have made it much more clear. I would not be able to tolerate all of the injustices perpetrated by angry parents because th...
  11. New Grad Home Health Possible or Impending Doom?

    As a new grad you would benefit greatly with some kind of support. You need that support more than you even know right now. Do what Silver said above. "You may feel alone but you are not. You have a supervisor that you can consult and also make frien...
  12. Correctional Nursing Pros/Con and Environment

    What do you mean? "you only have 13 weeks and you can move on."
  13. Bronze4- Did you not know before you went to work what the pace would be? I think that this is abusive of your time and talents and you should look for another job pronto. Not all clinics are run so slavishly. We do at the most 30 and I have not seen...
  14. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired: Sleeping on duty

    Very true.
  15. Nurses Notes: Guidelines On What Not To Chart

    Thank you, Commuter; for excellent and timely advice and a reminder. I work as an intake nurse and do the initial assessment, then hand off the patient to an NP or MD. Many times the Pt. will c/o pain, and I chart this and the level. I think I am exp...