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Just recently we've had a couple people roll over the 175 hour mark... Most of the inpatient psych facilities won't take people with a history of violence... or significant medical problems... or...

The few nurses who've told me that they're intending to be physicians are kidding themselves. That, however, is a commentary only on those people, not on nursing in general. That said, the...

When my kid was in the NICU, they gave us the boot 3x/day. Several years later, I did my preceptorship in that same NICU and they no longer required families to leave. While I understand that...

Two books: 1) Lippincott's Illustrated Review: Pharmacology - This excellent book will provide a concise overview of drug classes, mechanisms, major side effects, indications, etc. 2) Davis...

You procrastinate because, deep inside, you think it's OK and you don't really care to master the topic. You also haven't hit 'rock bottom' and failed miserably. Ultimately, you need to decide...

My suggestion would be to do it immediately, either FT or PT, since it will open up more job opportunities. Many hospitals simply will not consider <BSN nurses, irrespective of experience.

I don't have the luxury of not working so I simply refuse to permit myself to 'burn out' and choose to stop working. I have been unemployed before and my job - with a regular paycheck - can never...

You need to decide just how critical is the issue and whether you really need to assess her "more private areas." If there's not a high degree of suspicion, just let it be and chart appropriately....

While I'm obviously partial to my flashcards, I do think that the primary benefit that I derived from them was in their initial creation rather than from the repetitive study of them. Even the...

I don't... Six months in and I was already jaded. To keep myself in the game, though, I go the extra mile for the 'real' patients, challenge myself to be perfect on my skills and knowledge (which...

I WOULD consider going to the right SNF for a couple of years as a conduit to an acute care job. I would also look at the little, tiny rural hospitals that have a tough time retaining staff...

I don't understand why you would make a meaningless change like 100 to 200... a bolus I would get... "freely running," or "wide open" as I more often hear, makes sense but 200/hr? In report the ED...

Statistically speaking, "it is pretty darn near impossible to get into med school" with ANY degree... though, of course, a small fraction actually make it. A well-rounded person with excellent...

I haven't figured this out yet. I'm considering running the stairs and doing calisthenics during my lunch hour. We have a locker room with shower very near the department.

Your point is well taken though I'm speaking more of the people who refuse to participate in the program due to ignorance, laziness, selfishness, or fear... or people from other countries who are not...

That's odd... they're all there on the first page of this thread.... dunno why you wouldn't be able to see them.

I find it quite distasteful, to put it mildly, that ones insurance status is a primary decider whether a person is placed on the list at all. We solicit organs from people who themselves would be...

Huh, look at that... thousands of views and you're the first one to point that out... and that is how it is in my file as well. I'm not sure what's up with that card since it appears to be for...

Your mother was a serial child abuser... and was probably abused herself.

These people are the elite from around the world... and they're on multiple transplant lists and simply fly to wherever they can get an organ.Yes, within the region of the transplant center. The...

It has happened to me, almost exactly as described. I spiked the blood as I always do but when I reached up to squeeze the bulb to prime the line, the spike popped out of the bag and blood shot...

I've been around long enough and had enough different jobs to say that - on whole - my present bedside job is pretty dang good by comparison to many jobs I've had - inside and outside of nursing.

I work in a large California ED and our ratios are 4:1 or 2:1 for ICU patients. We have no aides; the techs are only intermittently available in the pods because they're often tied up moving...

When I first started college a long time ago, the person telling me that I couldn't was myself. I bought into my own negative self-talk and nearly flunked out before I decided to apply myself to my...

Well, be sure to 'pay it forward' and let other people know about them. All of the questions on my nursing school exams, pharm and the others, were those silly NCLEX multiple-choice/SATA questions.