It's serendipitous that you posted this TODAY. Guess where I am? In Hyden at day 1 of Frontier Bound. :-) So, I did not get into the term for which I initially applied, but I DID get accepted the next term. Unfortunately, there really isn't anything ...
I just got "wait listed" for the FNP program at Frontier. After initially crying my eyes out until I could barely see, I have pulled myself together and am considering what to do next. I read some of the threads on here about folks who have been wait...
I can't believe no one has mentioned "vomicking" for "vomiting" yet! It's annoying when patients use it, but I had an instructor in nursing school who used it as well. She also said "scrawberry" and "screet". Sorry, if I went to the trouble to get an...
If I get my MSN from WGU online (Western Governor's University), will their nontraditional format prevent me from getting a job as an adjunct? I am a Float Pool RN who has a Bachelor's in Education. I REALLY love nursing, and I REALLY want to get bac...
Leda1st replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency
ACTUALLY, funny as that sounds, it is a legit order when someone has severe scrotal edema. There is even a contraption (can't remember what it is called, sorry) sort of like a "sling" for the scrotum to elevate it. Seriously! BTW, this whole thread i...
I agree with the poster who suggested that you not float, at least for awhile. You should NOT skimp on your assessments (and I have noticed the same "oversights" from time to time in charting), but I think working in one area for awhile will help you...
LOVE it! Sounds so very much like a certain hospital in my town - I'd almost put money down that you are writing about that particular hospital. It's probably the "purdy-est", most well-decorated hospital in town, but imho it also provides some of th...
I personally don't see anything wrong with saying (diplomatically) that you felt you needed more orientation as a new grad. I'd rather have a nurse who felt she needed more orientation than one of those who thinks they know everything right away - th...
I am a "float" nurse, so I work everywhere, but I consider ER my "home" so to speak. ER is not all excitement and trauma - lots of people use it as a free clinic and come for the STUPIDEST reasons. Because of that, I like working the floor (as I beca...
Leda1st replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Stress 101
As a former educator-turned-nurse, I can tell you firsthand that education is NOT less stressful. ANY profession in which your primary role is to help people is stressful. Period. The misconception that teachers have a low-stress job is just about as...
We get this one more often than you would think: -Patient comes in, diagnosed with a mild infection of some sort (usually mild UTI or sinusitis), is given Rx for antibiotics and sent home. -Next day (or 2) patient returns to ER, same exact symptoms, ...
*SIGH!!!* Although I UNDERSTAND why hospices have "marketers", it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth that Hospice is "marketed". It is a disservice, not just to the nurses (and CNA's, and SW's, and Chaplains) to "recruit" people that are INAPPROPRI...
As a nurse who works PRN for a Hospice agency, and does Med Surg, Tele, and ER for a hospital (also PRN), I can tell you that the biggest thing I have learned is never to "judge" other areas of nursing. The friction between the ER and the floors is a...