w3ndiscott

w3ndiscott

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About w3ndiscott

w3ndiscott has 6 years experience and specializes in Wound care.


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  1. Really, is this real?!?!

    I have been a nurse for 6 years and have hated both jobs. I don't hate being a nurse, just the companies I've worked for. They made it impossible to be a nurse with all of their demands that wasted time in my day and took me away from my patients. I ...
  2. Is nursing for me?

    Honestly, loving people and wanting to help make their lives better is not enough. One thing they don't teach you in nursing school is that the job is mostly paperwork, or computer work depending on where you end up. Sometimes I feel like a glorified...
  3. They fingerprint you and run a very thorough background check. If your worried you can check your own background to see what is there. Go to PublicData.com. Its not free but it is worth it.
  4. What degree is better for an RN?

    I am an LVN and in Texas the jobs are extremely limited for me. If your going to go to school it would be best to go ahead and get your BSN. I does matter what license you have. With a BSN you will have so many more options.
  5. New to this field! Have a question!

    I have worked LTC for 2 years. It's both frustrating and rewarding. You are the charge nurse, everyone comes to you for EVERYTHING from missing socks, to missing lunch trays, to fights between the CNA's. Doctors orders, doctors appointments, dialysis...
  6. Need help finding a pocket reference book

    If you have an iphone see if they have an app. I have an app called skyscape and it is an excellent reference. Not sure if they have an OB version
  7. Need advice on job problems

    There are too many jobs out there to tolerate this. Obviously this system works for them and the administrators are not in control of the situation. I would look for another job, thats my opinion.
  8. Need opinions: pro's & con's of 2nd shift

    Yeah you will probably have to work holidays being the new person but I look at it this way, it's time and a half!!
  9. How to get your CNA's respect

    I am a brand new nurse working at a nursing home. I am having so much trouble with my CNA's doing what they are supposed to do. Personally I think it's because I'm new and I'm kinda quiet. I actually wrote up a couple of them the other day and I hate...
  10. Need opinions: pro's & con's of 2nd shift

    I work 2pm-10pm (at a nursing home) and I love it. When they hired me I thought I wanted 6am-2pm but I personally think 2-10 is the best shift. There is only one meal to worry about and most of the calls to the doctor, trips out to doctors appointmen...
  11. When to send a chest pain to the ER

    :redbeatheI am a brand new nurse, just graduated 2mths ago. I am working at a nursing home. I love my job, I never thought I'd want to work with the elderly but I love my residents. I am learning something new everyday. I've got my everyday routine d...
  12. New to Nursing.... Advice?

    I'm a brand new nurse, just graduated from an LVN program 2mths ago. One piece of advice I have is to let you know you will not learn much of anything that has to do with real nursing practice in school, it's mostly bookwork. It is necessary book wo...
  13. Just One Person

    I'm a senior nursing student exhausted and burned out, taking my last few tests before graduation. You're story was just what I needed, thank you for sharing.
  14. I am taking all my end of the year tests...ugh. There are a couple of questions that I got wrong and I don't understand the reason behind them, can anyone help? One went something like this "A nurse came into report with alcohol on her breath what sh...
  15. I've had this happen to me a couple of times and I didn't know what to do. What do you do when you are taking someones blood pressure, you pump up the cuff and get the systolic number but the beat never goes away? How do you get the diastolic number?