Medic_to_BSN BSN, RN

^^ Here's the best advice you have received so far. Do not explain any further on AN or give any additional details that can identify your case (although it is likely too late for that). These threads are not confidential and do not protect your info...

The above answers are great. Here are my thoughts: 1) Because you have not accrued student debt to this point and the maximum you will likely be able to take is ~ $6,000 per semester, your end student debt will be quite manageable. It's always prefer...

At least in the ER (all I can speak for at the moment), sedating pain medication is routinely given before and during imaging procedures (primarily for pain, of course). Usually opiates as opposed to benzos, but still sedating and CNS depressant. SpO...

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How many alarms are ignored? Because ... well, everything is beeping, all of the time. Sometimes those alarms are because the diastolic BP went below 50. Sometimes they are because there is a tiny, harmless bubble in an IV line. Sometimes they are be...

Just to put this out there - the charge carries a 2 to 12 year prison term in Tennessee. Reckless homicide is not defined the same in every state. Criminally negligent homicide, a slightly lesser charge in TN, carries a 1 to 6 year prison term. From ...

(sheepishly raises hand) ... Definitely wasn't very funny to me when I "graduated" but didn't receive a diploma until I payed about a $95 library fine for a book that I had lost a year earlier. I felt like someone who ignored a parking ticket until t...

Don't forget the arsonist ... er, nurse, ... supplying oxygen, which also feeds raging wild fires! haha

I found this story bizarre. I know that at some point, almost everyone will make a medication error. But it seems more than a little odd that this one occurred from selecting "the first medication" from a two-letter input, especially given that midaz...

I'm just a student nurse in my first semester of nursing school and with the little bit that I've seen in that time, I respect you for having been a nurse for seven years that has experienced all that I'm sure you have. It's not about degrees and cer...

A well-staffed flex team? Wow (like, seriously - WOW). Please go do some site visits (don't worry, flex staff will cover heh) and explain to the other 99% of hospitals how this is properly done!!

Now if your pillow responds that it's been short of breath and having recent gastrointestinal disturbances ...

Not ridiculous to me. Maybe I'm just being oversensitive, but this is detrimental to the quality of life of anyone who is in earshot (and, granted, if it isn't their absolute favorite cartoon or TV channel lol). But, seriously, the disruption to rest...

I'm just a first-semester nursing student, but we were taught that Z-track was only for injections that irritate the skin - like iron. However, internet sites are mixed. Nursingcenter.com advises using it on all IM injections (with very little to no ...

I don't have any particular wise words of wisdom. I just want to say this: From everything you've said in your posts on this forum - and I realize we just get a snapshot and not a fuller understanding of a person, you are a great Mom. You should not ...

So ... I was in the (often hated) Performance Improvement Dept. for quite a while (ten years) in 3 large hospitals. As someone who cared a lot about how data was collected, analyzed, and presented, patient satisfaction scores floored me. When I start...

Not you - the typical patient. You're a nurse and have extensive knowledge. However, your example is nearly perfect. Severe abdominal pain can be indicative of plenty of both non-emergent and emergent conditions. Do you really want someone with no me...

I appreciate this perspective I was given a few years ago: A patient with a sore throat from a cold / similar virus. Should they go to the ER, from a medical perspective? (No, of course not). A patient with a sore throat, due to strep? (No, probably ...

Snopes did a pretty good job of evaluating the varying claims with concern to skin contact risk of fentanyl/carfentanil powder. The CDC initially warned first responders of such a risk and later amended that as incorrect. Good sources, including medi...

One thing I've never quite understood about med administration computerized programs such as you describe ... you scan the patient wristband (beep!) and then the medication bar code (beep!), or if you were wrong - oops! - It's exactly the same beep. ...

So is Calliotter3's experience generally reflective of most nursing programs? I am about to start (just had orientation), and this site has scared me way more than anything the school could put forward. I think I am more terrified of the program itse...

I'm just a student myself, and an early one at that, so I won't speak to whether nursing is "for you" or "isn't". In fact, it would be difficult for anyone (other than you) to come definitively to a conclusion either way, based on this one post you m...

Thank you for the advice! I have to be honest - this hadn't even crossed my mind yet, so I'm glad that your comment made me think of it in advance.

Hi, this is my first post, so I apologize in advance for any faux pas. I am about to start my first full semester of an ABSN program (the summer is just about over - Patho, Nutrition for Nurses, and an introductory course - all have gone well), and m...

Thank you for taking the time from your studying! Any and all information is helpful to me right now. :) And I will keep in mind about staying out of the way! Good luck in your continued studies!