Sometimes I forget that AllNurses is different than the rest of the internet. A lot of you guys are just regular, working people and don't spend hours and hours on the dark web and deep in facebook...
If you're willing to come to Salisbury (about 30-40 minutes depending on what part of Charlotte you are in), you can get hired as a new grad at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center on one of their...
On my floor (medical-surgical) it is required that all patients have IV access and that it is rotated when expired unless there is a doctor order in the chart to leave it
PrincessElleRN replied to YoutubeTheNP's topic in General Nursing
I can't even imagine. We treat prisoners all the time and if any of them ever had a chance to make a break for it, they would take it. God bless those nurses and I hope they can heal peacefully from...
PrincessElleRN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing
I currently work on an understaffed medical-surgical unit that is bleeding nurses and CNAs and we constantly work with unsafe ratios, safety cases but no sitters for them, and patients who are truly...
PrincessElleRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing
Comic nerd here!! Claire / Night Nurse from the Marvel Universe. She is currently being portrayed in the Netflix series' Daredevil, Iron First, Defenders, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage. It makes me...
I spent $0 on my study material. I spent like 2-3 weeks of "hardcore studying". This consisted of me lounging at the pool and doing questions on my 2 apps on my phone, Kaplan and ATI, and rereading...
Like everyone above has said, communication could have completely changed the outcome here, assuming the patient's family wasn't just cruel and psychotic. I usually use humor and it almost always...
PrincessElleRN replied to ajacks65's topic in General Nursing
You will probably feel a lot more at ease if you switch to working full time on a post surgical or med/surg floor for now. I would be lost if I didn't have time during my orientation to learn where...