When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...
I can't even wrap my head around this one. Anesthesiologist Charged In Strangulation Of Nurse << CBS Denver
RN, ADN being absolete
I recently got in contact with a nursing school (ASA college) inquired regarding a RN program. i was informed by a counselor that they only offer the BSN being that the RN license is becoming...
Positive UDS
I tested positive for alcohol. Had a phone conversation with my case manager which was extremely negative. I was trying to be adult about it and own up to my mistake. I was met with her berating on...
Lack of Manners
I was sitting here at my desk and a second grader walks in (without knocking) and shoves her arm in my face and just says "Rash"! Then just stands there staring at me. :no: I politely asked her...
First Job: Rehab or Homecare
Hello Everyone, I have applied to several jobs, but the only ones contacting me back are rehabs and homecare. I am an entry level nurse, meaning this will be my first job as nurse. Most hospital...
Please help!!! New NP Dilemma :(
Hi All, I am a new Nurse Practitioner working in an outpatient surgical department. This department has 3 well experienced surgeons, 1 chief PA and 2 Nurse Practitioners. This practice, the...
No Meds, No School
As part of my ongoing efforts to improve student health services, question for you all: What do you do with kids who are 1) known to have a medical condition that requires emergency meds (ex....
FNP program passing grade
Wondering what program/school you are attending and what the minimum passing grade requirement is for your program?
Sick of managment but need 9 to 5
I was some how moved into management, which I admit, I have learned a ton and even received my MSN. I enrolled into FNP school, but the stress overwhelmed me. I find myself really disliking my...
Screening incentives for MS and HS
I will be conducting vision and hearing tests on my MS and HS students. They are too big now for stickers. Any ideas on what I can give them ? Theres only 30 students so I don't mind spending my own...
Terminated from my PerDiem Job... Need to vent
So, when I left my last job (FT at an outpatient specialty clinic), I was asked by my supervisor if I would like to stay on per-diem. I made it clear to them that I would, but that I would have...
I didn't wake up on time and was too late to come for AM shift?
Hi, I've never been late or absent for the past 6 months Ive been working in our unit as a staff nurse. Tonight I slept on time and woke up at 6:57Am for a 6am shift. It was seriously terrible. They...
Diastat on field trips
Looking for your thoughts on a recent debate in my district. Thanks for any insight!! If a student has diastat ordered to be given in case of a seizure lasting >5 minutes, do you send this on a...
New Grad Terrified of Choosing Wrong Job
Dear Nurse Beth, I need your help! I am a nursing student graduating in December 2018. I applied to February nurse residencies and didn't get my dream hospital or field. I have two options left...
nursing concepts, death and dying,
I need to write a small paper about an "ah-ha" moment I had in clinicals this semester. The only thing I could come up with is, one of the last senses that a person loses before they die is hearing....
Non-patient care nursing jobs
Hello all, I am thinking that patient care may not be for me. I love caring for people but my anxiety is so high all the time because I'm so afraid that I am going to do something that harms someone...
NCLEX Today Shut Off at 75!
I know nothing is certain until it's, well, certain! LOL! But I'm cautiously optimistic! I took the NCLEX this morning and it shut off at 75. It felt like quite a few fairly complex questions with...
Ugh...feel so inadequate sometimes
Kid hurt his wrist yesterday at recess. I honestly thought it was fine. Minimal, if any, swelling. Good ROM without signs of discomfort. Did not seem tender to palpation. And he was using his...
RN student DUI
Currently second year nursing student, pulled over during my first year of the program (There is not a day I don't regret it). Will have court this month. Can anyone have any advice/suggestions? Have...
