delirium

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1. Does anyone work for HCA? I need to know how long their orientation is?

   delirium replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know, 6 weeks doesn't sound like an adequate orientation for a new grad. But maybe that's just me. Mine is 12 weeks with an 8 week

2. Teen daughters 1st pelvic exam...

   delirium replied to itsme's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My first visit to the gyn was horribly traumatizing. I was 12. There was something wrong with me... I had just reached menarche a few months before, and I was bleeding excessively. I remember one...

3. New Grad sign-on bonus negotiation

   delirium replied to sitterwoman's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. This is what I did: I attended a few hospital open houses, I went to the job fair at my school, and I sent out my CV and a cover letter to area hospitals that I was interested in. I received...

4. Let's talk about acrylic nails ...

   delirium replied to SC RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   They're against policy at my hospital. Also at my nursing school. So guess who doesn't have acrylic nails? My nails are nice and strong, though. Attractive.... but what I wouldn't give for a full set...

5. What does med/sug. nursing entail?

   delirium replied to Kim33's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I had a great time in my med-surg clinicals, nasty unit secretaries notwithstanding. We take 5-6 patients each. I even did my first NG tube the other day. That was, uh,

6. Jessica's family's lawyer opposes medical mal. cap

   delirium replied to Tilleycs's topic in General Nursing

   I should have been a lawyer. Maybe there's still

7. how do you keep a nursing cap on?

   delirium replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

   I can't believe there are places where you still have to wear the caps. I think it reinforces a lot of negative sisters of mercy stereotypes about nurses, but that's another thread. I'm just glad we...

8. how do you keep a nursing cap on?

   delirium replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

   Staple it to your head using one of those high powered staple guns as seen on Trading

9. Physical Assessment lab sign off?

   delirium replied to javamom's topic in General Students

   You'll be fine. All check offs are sort of nerve-wracking because your instructors hover over you waiting to pounce on any mistake (or mine were). Did they teach you the ape to man heart auscultation?...

10. Physical Assessment lab sign off?

    delirium replied to javamom's topic in General Students

    We had to do this with no cheat sheet and really its a piece of cake. Have you been in clinicals at all? Just truly do it from head to toe, think of the body systems.... like start at the head, do the...

11. Time you can miss in your program (absence)

    delirium replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Students

    We cannot miss any clinical. If we do miss, for a *really* good reason, we have to make it up by a certain time. GIT is "mandatory" but so far they haven't punished anyone for not attending. If...

12. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    delirium replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess she's referring to a particular

13. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    delirium replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    We also have an instructor with us on the floor at all times. If we float to specialty areas such as ER or ICU there are only limited things we're allowed to do.... passing meds is *not* one of

14. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    delirium replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I was not suggesting that any nurse graduates feeling competent and secure in his or her abilities. If you'd read my post in its entirety, you'd know that. I am suggesting that if you continue...

15. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    delirium replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about having to repeat. More likely is that you'll graduate and feel clueless once you're actually working as a GN or an RN on a unit. You are paying to be trained, and you deserve...