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I'm proud of what I have learned. I don't have them on there to impress anyone; I earned them and it makes me happy to see them on there. (No, I've never had a pt ask what any of the initials stand...

If you do things "just to pi$$ people off" you must be a joy and a pleasure to work with; a real professional. Letters after your name shows that you went to school and studied and accomplished...

I started school at 40. I had been a ST for 15 years. I was worried about being older-but about half of my class was near my age ( incl. two men) or even a few were older. You CAN do this. It takes...

Victor- There are two things that I find r/t the topic of your article; usually, and very generally there are two kinds of patients; the ones that are naturally compliant and those that will...

I can't think of many questions and answers except to have a clear idea of what you goals are and why you want them-and while it is a given that you want to help people, try to also think of other...

I'd just like to know the basics (Ive read things online, but its better to hear from real working nurses). Is it real stressful, is it busy, are you always moving, are you treated well as a nurse by...

WHen I worked L&D, a nurse I worked with had a great answer when someone asked her a health question-like at a party or something; "honey, I'm a L&D nurse, and unless you have a baby coming out of...

[QUOTE=Cute_CNA]Honestly, I would not want a male doing personal care, like a bed bath on me. Lots of people have pointed out that I'm attractive and young, and frankly, I don't want some guy to get...

I meant that all authorities should be notified, but not in your suggested order; we had an incident here where the local school board hired the dh of a teacher as a teacher "to help her out"; he...

Don't give up; I can't say that it will be easy, but you need to go in and talk to the program director and find out what they suggest that you do; at my school, students who failed out were given...

First off-"I know in the grand scheme of things nothing related to my mom was a huge deal..." it is a big deal; your mom wasn't getting good care, and having the ice packs changed, nutrition and pain...

. " can you pass this information onto the school, the BON, or an anonymous letter to the dept of education? " Sorry to post again, but I would skip the notifing the school or board of...

License = Nurse No License = Not a nurse What this woman is doing is illegal, and if the school knows about it, they are in trouble as well. I would report this this to the BON at the very...

I used to tape the wrapper (short-end) to the bedrail and return the yankauer to that; however, now, even though I like the above method-the yankauer is secure, I usually fold a washcloth over it and...

"After that I came back into the back room and I got an attitude with the lady who flipped out and did i forget to mention... TOLD THE WHOLE CLINICAL GROUP about what I did. I told her that it was my...

Do any of you have migraines or do you work with someone who does? How do you work around these? I don't want to just have to give up everything because of something that happens a couple of times a...

Maybe see if you can get a PRN or Per Diem position at the hospital-just to see what it is like. I really understand your fear of "losing" your skills. But you also need to be where you feel...

I work in a 26-bed Adult critical care unit-Our staff looks like the UN-Over 50% of our staff is "non-white" (whatever that remark means-personally, I'm kind of peachy-tan)-and we have quite a few...

But also think-you are walking down the street of your town, and even after you've explained to your son not to, he shouts out suddenly "look, mom, there's that lady who was at the hospital" or...

Having had the crap beat out of me, I am not sure what I think-but to classify what the doc did as "not liking" the pt would be incorrect.....

I was a certified surgical tech before I was an RN; I use sterile technique because it is necessary to protect the health of my patient, and because after 15 years, it is a reflexive habit. For some...

Most of our ACCU pt's are sedated to a RAMSAY scale of III-moderate sedation; the only time I have noted sluggish, or a lack of pupillary response is when there was something neurologic going on with...

We generally use SCD's and/or Lovenox, unless the pt is already heparinized or on coumadin-in our ACCU