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Greetings, im graduating next year an really want to pursue a job in burn / trauma ICU. My area has two centers and hires new grads. I loved a very brief clinical I did during medic school years ago but didn't consider it as a career path. I love th...

Well that's a tough one. Today, I want to teach. Tommorow? Who knows. I love the idea of being able to shape the way care and flow is managed but I am not admin material. Maybe in EMS but certainly not in a hospital. Teaching sounds very rewarding an...

That is great advice. Is that the YouTube Keith RN? I do feel the broad spectrum is much better but I feel very rushed. I want to keep my EMS career and start my RN career. I am 39. While that isn't old by any stretch it does narrow my window of op...

Nurse Beth, Thank you for taking the time to respond. I y is really great when new nurses and students have someone to really answer their questions about their new field. To clarify though; the position of career advisor for nurses does not exist as...

Nothing to add that hasn't already been posted except anecdotes. I sometimes feel elderly drivers are more of a risk then teens because their is zero monitoring. Teens in this state have provisional periods at least. I've seen some truly tragic stu...

Finish my last year of school with a renewed positive attitude and a new focus. Balance family, work and maybe even add a social life. Quit tobacco. (But control the drinking, amphetamines, and glue-sniffing) Not choke any of my instructors.

I had my first patient death in 2002. I remember her name, the room she was in, what she looked like and her family. Now, I can remember a few fading details of the really tragic or super weird deaths but mostly can't recall people that passed last w...

I hear ya. I just remember so many toddlers getting boiling water dropped on them. I have two little ones and for some reason personalized them more than any other patient. The peds traumas, chronic illnesses and other stuff didn't get to me. The bur...

There has got to be a much more efficient and productive way to learn then this though. I would love to here any innovations some schools are trying. One on one mentorship seems like a better option.

Wow! It sounds like you have an outstanding Department. It is something I am really interested in and hope that I have an appealing resume. I really do not like the idea or working with peds burn at all. I worked in a peds ed as a tech for awhile and...

Clinic blows. We are mostly unpaid CNAs who give meds. (Sometimes hours late because we have to wait for our instructors to give out the meds) We also only go to peds and Med-surg for the whole program. Two areas I have no desire to work in. And then...

Yeah. It feels like my instructors and preceptors troll this site.

I feel your pain. I would hate the ration of feces I would get from my instructors if that happened. However, your health and safety and your kid's is so much more important. I really do feel where you are coming from but next time, report it. It may...

Congratulations on being a badass. 2 weeks of orientation and swimming like a shark. Awesome. It's a shame so many institutions have adopted the BS notion that a lengthy orientation process for new grads provides a more qualified care provider and be...

Thank you for your post. Whats your opinion on lido gel or spray in the nare? Have used the ice and curl technique on many pts with no problem. At least none I can remember.

You can make a connection to his agitation and psychosis to excited delirium. That covers Olanzapine as a medication that can prevent seizures. This isn't an ethical grey area at all. The pt psychologically needed the medication. The RN did not lie ...

Taking care of the sick and yada, yada. It's a job and one that needs to flex just as much as you do. I pour myself into my career and expect my career to pour itself into me. If more of us demanded that we would see that our hospitals and healthcar...

I've seen lots of new ADNs and BSNs go to acute care and more right out of school. Managers and directors are learning that straight out of school is the perfect time to mold new nurses.

I'm really sorry about the trouble you're having right now but I see it every week. I've been a military medic, ED Tech, phlebotomist and am now a paramedic in RN school. The educational content is information that I love but all the other junk that ...

Some large hospital systems will pay a relocation allowance. Sometimes $1000 or more. Hope that helps and good luck.

Thank you so much for the link. It is not exactly what I was looking for but it helps. I do not fully accept the fact that quality and highly absorbing diapers / briefs are more hygienic and provide for a better experience for the patient, family and...

I still really want to see the clinical evidence. Not trying to say it's wrong, but it does go against my understanding of skin care.

please direct me to this.

That seems like demanding respect rather than earning it.

Could someone please post a link to some peer reviewed article that shows briefs are worse than patients lying in free fluid? Not to mention what the patient themselves or their families think. I have spent a decent amount of time searching but can't...