Possum_RN

Hello, all! I am a new nurse, and I was offered a job at my local Hospice. I'll be working the inpatient unit on night shift, and they've offered a generous amount of time to train me. But, I'd like to know if anyone has any resources they think...

Sounds like a magnificent place to die. Do you also carry name-brand soda?

well, I'm not a 'seasoned' nurse by any means. But a few thoughts: As a new grad, it's best (if at all possible) to stick around for that first year. From what you say here, it sounds like you are about where a new nurse is expected to be: struggli...

Here's the brochure - http://careers.mission-health.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/05/NURS25-reSTART-brochure_V6.pdf

Well, I'm a brand-spanking-new nurse. As I was browsing for new-grad positions, I saw a posting at one of the hospitals that intrigued me: apparently, they have a whole training program for experienced RN's that have never worked in acute care, or w...

Ahhh, I remember my first day of CNA clinicals like it was yesterday. I had a resident ask me to help them to the BSC. I got gloves, pulled out the BSC, and the world titled on it's axis because I had the epiphany that "I literally just introduced m...

"covered as much as possible" seems like kind of a flimsy policy to me: lots of wiggle room there. Maybe you should cover your tat with a transparent dressing and see what they say? Maybe TWO transparent dressings! I'm nearly 30 - I'm trying to fig...

Oh, my goodness....I'm SO sorry you had this experience. Thank you for sharing though: I'm a new hospice RN, and hearing about experiences like this is helpful to me. I would DEFFINATELY speak to the manager, and go up the chain as far as I needed to...

Yeah, as soon as I saw C, I was like "thats it!", but not because I would actually do that in real life....only because I just passed nursing school and know how to answer nursing questions. Answering nursing-school-questions is just one of those sk...

Just another lil' insight: I studied with and was very close to the valedictorian in my class. I made C's, she made A's with a B or two. I had lunch with her last week - turns out, we're making the same exact base pay! I'm SURE it looked good on he...

Man....this is so bizarre to me! I am a new RN (also graduated in May), and I applied to four places. I got offered positions at two, and then after I'd accepted the second, got call backs from the other two for interviews! I did not have many shi...

Are there other med aides, or a nurse you trust, or (better yet) a policy manual you can consult? I know as a nurse at my facility, its insufficient to say "the patient reports feeling better" for a PRN pain med - there has to be a before/after nume...

My favorite brand of scrubs is Dickies, because they last FOREVER - very good stitching. I also like Purple Label by Healing Hands, just for the fit (I'm 5'1, 115 lbs, so most scrubs hang on me and drag the floor). I love my Klogs shoes. I also wea...

I'm sorry that you had this experience, I know it's frustrating. While I agree with other commenters that, as a 'fresh' CNA, it was probably not advisable to comment on the quality of experienced staff's work... I've seen bad facilities too (as a CNA...

Let me start out by saying that I recognize you from around the forum. I always read your responses when I see your avatar and generally agree with you - I admire your attitude. However (Ah, forgive me!), you concede that a mentally ill patient wil...

"C's make degrees!" Even doctors have an equivalent saying: "C=M.D." one of my friends has a T-shirt that says "75% - that means I know 3 out of 4 diseases, so the odds are good!" I was always a solid A student. Squeaked though nursing with C's, ...

So true, So true. At first the drama is like a small potted plant you can set aside on a window sill, the next thing you know.... [ATTACH=CONFIG]27522[/ATTACH]

Interesting! I worked as a CNA at a regional hospital in the deep South. I parked with the nurses, on a designated floor of the the parking deck for night shift staff - cameras and lights for our safety. We did have to leave the parking deck by 9a...

Hey, me too! I love it: I worked as a CNA on med/surg at my local hospital, and decided it was not for me: I loved my co-workers and admired their work ethic and team-mindset, their grace under fire....but it didn't call to me. I like taking time t...

Welcome to the nursing world! I obtained my ADN last May, so the needs of the program are still very fresh in my mind. My best piece of advice is to always keep your cool. As Accolay alluded to, many instructors can be 'crabby', to put it mildly. ...

To those who feel that the OP and supporters are "bad nurses"... I always think of Maslow's hierarchy of needs: on many floors and fields, we have to provide basic physiological care and safety before we can address inadequate coping mechanisms and p...

Even factoring out the whole moral issue of being a jerk to someone who is just doing their job... I would, from a completely selfish standpoint, never mess with anyone handing my food/drinks/meds. I would never mess with anyone I depended on to bat...

Goodness....I'm so sorry, I know you must be stressed and want words of comfort right now. But you must realize that your actions looks like textbook drug diversion? The documentation you provided, you admitted was false, so there is no record of wh...

Well...I really like both, to be honest, and have worked in both situations. At the hospital, it WAS nice, because travel nurses/ float pool/ student nurses/ other staff could easily identify who was a tech and who was a nurse by sight. Sure, the pa...

I've worn roughly the same thing to interviews for every job I've ever had: a sleeveless sheath dress (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Ross have these style dresses go on sale all the time), a neutral-colored blazer or cardigan over it, minimal jewelry, nude...