MayRN2987

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1. Gripe List 2017

   MayRN2987 replied to MayRN2987's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you so much for the advice. I struggle with finding valuable resource persons mostly because my shift consists of 80% new grads like myself. The best resource is usually the policy and procedure manuals and I wish I had time to refer to them mo...

2. Gripe List 2017

   MayRN2987 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Forgive the rant, but as the year comes to a close, I need to reflect on what I have found in my first 6 months as a registered nurse. No one told me that nursing was easy; however, the mental, physical, and emotional toll of night shift medical-surg...

3. New Nurse Stress

   MayRN2987 replied to MayRN2987's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your advice. I am actually only hired for 3 nights a week but I feel obligated to fill in when needed. You are right, I do need to learn to say no.

4. New Nurse Stress

   MayRN2987 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Maybe this is just a rant, but I am feeling extremely overwhelmed at work. I work midnight shift in a rural Midwestern hospital. I started this position as a new grad in August. I work on a medical surgical floor with a max patient to nurse ratio of ...

5. Choice, Pathology, and the Disease Model of Addiction

   MayRN2987 replied to Issaiah1332's topic in Addictions

   As someone who just graduated nursing school, I really appreciate this post. I recently have noticed several of my peers posting on social media regarding this issue with the stance that addiction is a choice and should not be sugar coated as a disea...

6. GCU vs. UMC

   MayRN2987 replied to MayRN2987's topic in Online Learning

   Thanks for the input. The advisor I have been speaking with from GCU has been fantastic and is half the reason I am so interested in this school.

7. GCU vs. UMC

   MayRN2987 posted a topic in Online Learning

   I am considering either Grand Canyon University or University of Central Missouri for an online RN to BSN program. Does anybody have experience with either of these programs? Just looking for some insight! Any input would be greatly appreciated!

8. Embarrassing stories in clinicals?

   MayRN2987 replied to SouthernBelle85's topic in General Students

   I was caring for a patient on continuous bladder irrigation after a TURP. I was doing my best to keep up with the fluids and emptying the Foley while making sure that there were no clots forming. I started to notice that a lot more was going in than ...

9. May graduation, no healthcare experience

   MayRN2987 posted a topic in General Students

   I will be graduating an ADN program at a local community college in May. I have no healthcare experience, and the reality of that is finally setting in. I am worried about how I will be able to get hired with no experience. It seems to be the general...

10. What Am I Doing Wrong?

    MayRN2987 replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    It is possible to maintain a 4.0 GPA in nursing school. I am a mother of two young children in my last semester and have managed to do it. I read the chapters ahead of class but I am not sure how much this helps. What I found most useful was to wait ...

11. Graduate in May, no experience..

    MayRN2987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I just want to say how thrilled I am to have found this site. With that said, I have about a million questions that I will try to condense to one post. Please forgive me. I will be graduating an ADN program at a local community college ...