wsunurse14 BSN

wsunurse14 has 6 years experience as a BSN.

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1. What’s with “researching” patients before clocking in?! Is this a standard?

   wsunurse14 replied to NurseOrBust13's topic in General Nursing

   I show up about 15 mins early. Put my stuff away, grab a water or coffee, and spend about 5 mins looking up my pts. Just basic stuff like name, allergies, diagnosis, meds for the night. We are allowed...

2. Feeling defeated as a bedside nurse

   wsunurse14 replied to wsunurse14's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your responses. I guess I should clarify, I feel extremely guilty for that nurse having to drive in to work to learn she was canceled. I don’t honestly care that our unit was...

3. Feeling defeated as a bedside nurse

   wsunurse14 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I’ve been a nurse for 7 months at a high acuity, very large teaching hospital. I work in a specialized med/surg unit (infectious disease), however we do get a significant amount of medical...

4. Advise on what to do/whether this is normal

   wsunurse14 replied to IzzyJ's topic in General Students

   Senior here in nursing school, at a highly rated nursing school as well. I totally feel for you - especially having to learn most things yourself. I find that the lecture portion of each course is...

5. Clinical Instructor Horror Stories

   wsunurse14 posted a topic in General Students

   My very first clinical of nursing school, I had a terrible instructor. He was knowledgable, but had very poor communication skills, poor time management, and overall was just an intimidating person...