englishgarden

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1. Burnout from Tele Unit

   englishgarden replied to sarahnade13's topic in Career Support

   Stick it out for a few more months so you will have one year acute care experience under your belt. Why don't you follow your original passion of working in pediatrics? Is there a children's hospital in your area? Tele is good experience to have to...

2. dream job ended

   englishgarden replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

   Don't let one experience define you! I finished my MSN-ed and wanted more time to teach so I took a part-time position in a pre-op unit at a new hospital. My new coworkers were lovely to work with but the charge nurse/pseudo manager seemed to be loo...

3. Who cleans the poo?

   englishgarden replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

   I was always trained to clean up the bulk of things and then call housekeeping. It was never perfect when the arrived, it's a dirty job for everyone!

4. This semesters killing me

   englishgarden replied to stevosmusic's topic in Stress 101

   I am so sorry you are going through all of this. I agree with the previous post, let your nursing school know what is going on right away. If the extra shift in the ER was just for experience, maybe you can let that go for now. Worst case scenario, m...

5. scope of practice, the EKG/ECG?

   englishgarden replied to wtpsych's topic in General Nursing

   The jail needs to have a policy for dealing with patients with chest pain for the nurses to follow. If you are not interpreting EKG's on a regular basis you will not be proficient and therefore it is not in your scope of practice. There should be a p...

6. ECMO: Most Advanced ICU Technology?

   englishgarden replied to CVVH's topic in Critical

   Ecmo is an advanced life saving technology used for patients with heart and lung failure. This type of technology is not available at all hospitals. As mentioned, patients on Ecmo are very sick and require close monitoring and critical thinking. Atta...

7. 50 Yr Old Experienced RN; Should I go back to school for my BSN or MSN?

   englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I would definitely encourage everyone to get their BSN degree. I just finished my MSN-Ed through UOP at age 55. There is a lot of competition in nursing and age discrimination can be a factor when looking for a job; better to have the advanced degree...

8. Might get kicked out of program...

   englishgarden replied to qteebug's topic in General Students

   Wow, this thread really got off track! All I can say is that I hope you learned from your mistakes and were able to continue in your nursing program. I've been a nurse for many years and crushing up meds and having someone with dementia refuse them s...

9. Am I going to hate nursing

   englishgarden replied to AmberDray's topic in General Students

   Honestly, I think you are going to get your feelings hurt more than once in both nursing school and in the field of nursing. Both settings are competitive, highly stressed, and known for having some bullies. Communication is often short and curt, and...

10. Inappropriate nurses?

    englishgarden replied to hgraves64's topic in Relations

    I agree with the others and think you overreacted. This was a missed opportunity for communication and support. I'm pretty sure the two of you avoided each other for the rest of the night instead of working as a team.

11. Nursing is not for you if you don't have a burning passion for it?

    englishgarden replied to .CJ.'s topic in General Students

    I've been a nurse for 26 years and I am passionate about nursing but trust me, I wasn't in the beginning. School is hard and starting out as a new nurse can be very challenging. Only you can decide whether nursing is for you. I would not let this te...

12. Advice!? Graduating and... PREGNANT!

    englishgarden replied to libirdy's topic in General Students

    I agree, take the NClex and wait on the job. Congratulations!

13. Med surg 1 clinical

    englishgarden replied to Tj221's topic in Student Assist

    Trust me you will be getting busier! Use this time to advance your assessment skills, study your pharmacology, and look up all those abnormal lab and microbiology results that abound in nursing home. Start reading up on trach care and how to stage a ...

14. Is this a possible case of age discrimination?

    englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    What an awful experience. The person who trained you should be fired and quite honestly sued. It sounds like others have given you good advice in this blog. Can you approach your last supervisor and ask for a letter of recommendation? I too, have bee...

15. Uncomfortable Answering Interview Questions

    englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    I finally landed a job this week and the interview process can be grueling. One example of a conflict with a coworker that received a favorable response involved "workplace bullying." I described helping another nurse who was trying to enter an order...