NottaSpringChik BSN, RN

Some people and nurses seem to think that anything but acute care in a hospital is not "real" nursing. That's just ignorant. The more you learn about nursing the more you will realize what "real" nursing is. It is much more than a set of tasks.

My cousin worked in the NICU for years and toward the end of her career she found she was not immune to several diseases in spite of repeated immunization. Turns out she has a problem with her B cells. She has had to retire early due to other healt...

I say you should move closer to Fort Morgan if at all possible. I believe there is housing in that area that is more affordable than Denver area. I think this could be a dangerous situation because I know clinicals are also in Fort Morgan. It is ...

I'm sorry you had this experience. You were very smart to walk away from that! I think it was very poor planning to throw you onto all those different floors. I think you should have had the opportunity to become comfortable with one routine. Thi...

I never thought of the "articles" as scholarly. I think of them in the same way as entertainment "articles." I classify my time on AN as entertainment or social time. It isn't scholarly time. I guess I never checked any of these surveys for a cla...

I started nursing school as a second career in an ADN program when I was 55. This was the best thing I have ever done in my life. I'm just a late bloomer! I will graduate with my BSN in May. Several of my classmates were 50 also. I never went t...

I instructions are to always call the doctor for any change in condition. My current client has expressed the wish that I not "bug" the doctor office because she feels he is doing her a favor by being the PCP for her child. He has other physicians t...

BSN ha! If they are mini anything it is mini P.A. l I couldn't believe the things my daughter did when she worked for a Internal medicine practice as a M.A Good training but it really wasn't fair to her. She is a very bright girl and the doctor r...

I wonder, why anyone who was a CNA and thought the best part of their day was stocking shelves would go to nursing school?

It is my impression that oten when you first start with an agency you get a case they can't keep nurses on. That was the situation with my first case. It was mutual decision between child's guardian and me for me to be off the case and I was relieve...

I almost failed my last medical surgical clinical but thankfully my school stuck up for me and gave me remediation, which the hospital based educator agreed to and I passed. I did make a med error of giving a patient 1000 mg of antibiotic (a whole t...

Nanz B, thanks for your post. Seems like you were full of adrenaline. I hope you get some rest on your days off. Sounds like a pretty great job and that you are learning a ton and really being challenged. Don't make what your nurse manager says t...

Well, aside from any Joint Commission or OSHA standard, computers and liquid don't mix, food and keyboard don't get along well either. I came from an electronics background - no liquids allowed anywhere near the equipment. I still cringe when I see...

Best comment ever noyesno! I work at a jail and I once had an inmate tell me, "The service here has just been terrible this time." Yeah.... okay, I'll get the Sheriff ... heads will ROLL! Lol!

You had me at unlimited gloves and paper towels - lol!!

Phoenix2541, I really applaud your attitude. You are accepting responsibility and self-assessing in a constructive, positive way. Whether you should or should not have been fired is a moot point since you were. But I so admire the candid post so ot...

I can't imagine how you could possibly get all of that done.

You are very talented!! I'll hire you to do my cover letter - lol!

Of course, when talking about them to custody staff or writing in the custody log (I usually avoid saying inmate and refer to them by name - Mr. XXXx), but I make a point of referring to them as patients in the medical documentation. Many of my fell...

=♪♫ in my ♥, I agree with you very much and I would say that your philosophy is exactly what I was referring to that nursing would demand the best of personal domains. The ability to bring excellence to your tasks and remain unattached is a difficul...

Yes, I started reading this Forum when I was doing my prereqs. I almost didn't go forward and become a nurse. I would say that if there was a forum for other professions it wouldn't be all happy jello there either. When I was in nursing school I r...

I really admire your courage and wisdom.

I wouldn't mind a "per Mom" note if it wasn't unnecessarily nasty. I worked on one case where one of the nurses had been on the case for a long time and I never came to work that there wasn't some kind of a snippy little note in the pass on book. ...

I have always been weak in math and had pretty much the same experience with it in HS as OP. The thought that I couldn't do it kept me from a lot of things, including thinking about Nursing, which I really wanted to do. Fast forward many many years...

Gosh, I am puzzled by your statement that someone could find out you failed by "looking at your registry page." I didn't know anything about the NCLEX was part of any record until you passed, and then it is that you passed! Not how many questions o...