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I am currently completing my master of nursing (generalist) for right now. I am debating specializing in nurse research...but I am curious to hear of anyone's experience in this area. Of course if I am spending a good chunk of money to go back to sch...

Thank you @Rose_Queen for the information!

See this all the time, and I have caught a few medication errors because of this...

Hi! I am looking into doing the General Master's of Nursing degree at Athabasca University. My goal is to get into the research field. I am interested in it as it is an online school, and I move quite frequently across the country. I am just wonderin...

I work acute care (surgical)-if needed we just put the O2 on. If they are not maintaining their sats, then we page RT to come assess and the docs as well.

Yes. As people have already pointed out, incident reports exist to identify patient safety issues. Which this definitely is.

The night before I start my twelve hour nights I will stay up until about 3 am and sleep until 11 am. Then I have a nap from about 2-4 pm. I use my black out blinds, white noise machine, and make sure my phone is on silent.

On day shifts I take the bus ($2) so I don't pay the $16 rate. On night shifts I take the car (as it is also $2).

Every generation has desirable and undesirable traits if we all wanted to nit pick. This article fosters bad attitudes towards newer nurses.

Hi everyone! Quick rant (that has most likely been vented about before). Had a post-op patient on the floor the other day. She rang her call bell and asked for some water, to which I went and got some. I entered the room with a smile and handed her h...

Thank you for the replies and great advice everyone!

I don't understand this comment. I have never fainted (yet), and I am doing just fine...some might even say I "get it."

I work on a RN and LPN unit, no aides. I do my own chemstrips, vitals, bed baths, etc. It's just a part of my shift now, though.

It blows my mind that I have to get another nurse to witness my one whole unit of correction insulin. Such a waste of time. To OP, what a horrible attitude, I hope you are not like that with your patients.

Hmmmm....paediatric oncology nurses.

I should clarify, on my unit we definitely keep it as long as it lasts. BUT I know for a fact I have not seen a PIV last 40 days, and at that point, a PICC should definitely be considered.

Never seen one last that long. Policy is something like they need to be changed every three days due to increased risk of infection. When they aren't in use, I don't think a lot of my co-workers flush them every shift, so they don't last. 40 days th...

I like to use gloves with warm water if someone has bad veins before I insert an IV. Always surprising how many gloves have a hole...

Patient's who have a list of questions for me (about things I don't know) RIGHT after the entire surgical team has just finished rounding and was in their room. I just let them know I am not a doctor, and they need to ask these questions directly to ...

How much does an LPN make per year where you are? Is it worth it financially to pay for school to make the salary of an LPN in your area compared to the 50K you make now?

Every one at work always calls me a "grazer" on night shifts because I continue to snack throughout the shift-nuts, fruits, protein snacks, etc. And lot's of water. I find if I don't do this I get sick to the stomach as well.

If I am working 7a-7p and my 5-6 post op patients are all q2 or q4 vitals then yes I am waking them....I have one hour to get all of my assessments done before med pass starts at 8a. (Also docs round at 6a). If I am working 7p-7a, then yes I will be ...

Ileostomies (the consistency), sebaceous cysts (the big nasty ones...what even are they?!), and nasty smelling diabetic foot ulcers. All hard no's for me.

^^This. We can't force feed patients. All we can do is educate, provide resources, and document. It's unfortunate but ultimately competent adults are responsible for their own health, especially when we assist with the tools we provide.

Order: Orange juice TID PRN.