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The concept of RN total patient care is based on each nurse having few enough patients to make teamwork by all of the RNs to make very high-quality patient care possible. With the levels of acuity...

I also carry malpractice insurance and have since I graduated in 1969. My thought process has always been that if a hospital had to choose between sacrificing a physician who brought millions of...

OK. Who's this fellow Munchausen and why do you people think I have his syndrome?

Several posters have suggested that alcohol should not be allowed in the hospital. UNLESS the person is admitted to the hospital for treatment of alcoholism -- and that's whether it is voluntary or...

The ACA (too often called "Obamacare" as if he could pass legislation all by himself) is not a perfect bill, but is the result of compromise, as is all legislation that gets passed in this country. ...

BusyMommy, unfortunately, the local hospitals aren't hiring, as far as I know, and the largest one is trying every trick in the book to reduce nursing hours. The hospital nurses are unionized so...

"I have 7 yrs experience( med/surg, tele, ambulatory surgery) would that help if we are thinking of moving to the Portland area? Are there prn options? How easy is it to get a RN license( have ny...

Florence Nightingale was the person I know of who first defined nursing as putting the patient in the best possible condition to heal. Is that not much of what nurses do today? We have many more...

"Apparently she's NOT one of the girls from the hospital."

Oh Wise One, PLEASE explain doctors with God complexes and teach me how to get good care from them for their patients.

At the recommendation of my podiatrist when I had plantar fasciitis, I purchased a pair of Brooks Addiction Walkers. They come in widths so I can buy the narrow width that fits my foot, and they...

I suggest speaking to a recruiter about joining the reserves as an enlisted corpsman and discovering what options exist for financial support while you pursue your BSN (if that is your goal). Such...

Explore the job market VERY carefully before you decide to relocate. Jobs are scarce in many areas. If you're considering a move to Portland or the Eugene/Springfield area I'd suggest waiting until...

I wonder why your Mom failed clinically. The possibilities are endless and I won't speculate. However, in my 40+ years (off and on) as a nursing instructor, I've been aware of a few individuals who...

I've known for a LONG time that if men had to have every other baby in each family, each family would have a MAXIMUM of 3 pregnancies: Hers, His, & Hers. :-D

I'm a nursing instructor -- I've taught in one LVN program (in California), 3 ADN programs (California, Georgia, & Oregon), and 3 BSN programs (Tennessee and Georgia). I love teaching student...

OK -- I'm not a student, but I've been an instructor for a LONG time. Herding Cats has it right -- you eat an elephant one bite at a time. I add to that, if it looks like an elephant (overwhelming)...

OK. I've only been a registered nurse since 1969 (when I graduated on Friday the 13th; I wonder if that was an omen?). I don't want to require a CNA prior to admission into the clinical classes in...

Long ago and far away (thank goodness) student nurses were too often kicked out of their diploma (hospital connected/owned) nursing schools for being "not fitted for nursing". Since no one ever...

For those who have taken the NCLEX-RN within the last 5 years or so, did you have questions on the test that required really knowing NANDA type nursing diagnoses to answer? If so, approximately how...

SOME LPNs operate very much like RNs in regard to critical thinking and decision making -- many don't. Being able to do all of the tasks that an RN does does not mean that one is overall as capable...

One word of caution regarding Excelsior. There is at least one state that will not approve graduates from Excelsior to sit for the NCLEX-RN for initial licensure -- i.e., not for the ADN or for the...

By all means tell your program. And continue to work with your physician (hopefully a sleep specialist -- mine is also a neurologist) to assure you're trying all of the combinations of medication...

Once you know the results of the lab tests that have been ordered, insist that someone knowledgeable with CDC recommendations discusses your risks and whether any sort of precautionary anitviral...

As a previous person posted -- if a patient decides to sue a hospital or provider, everyone whose name appears in the medical record as a provider of care during the episode of care during which the...