keepingitrealnursing BSN

Critical care

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keepingitrealnursing has 4 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Critical care.

Can’t cope with death, should I even go to nursing school?

keepingitrealnursing replied to danielle0206's topic in General Students

Hello. I am a nurse for close to 4 years. I have only worked at teaching hospitals and started out in oncology and transitioned to the ICU. Yes, I have encountered death on the oncology unit (literally 3 deaths in 1 week). We become really close with...
Failed the nclex on the first try

keepingitrealnursing replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in NCLEX

Hello. I am so sorry to hear that you did not pass the first time. You must not lose hope. The first step would be to try to relax (it may be difficult) initially. High levels of stress would make it difficult to concentrate. I used Kaplan to study a...
Nurses Are So Bossy...

keepingitrealnursing replied to gehrig592's topic in General Nursing

In this situation, I understand. Speaking for myself, I allow family members into the room because this helps with the outcome and help to calm the patient and aid in overall emotional support. This is your spouse so I imagine you've seen him naked l...
Nurses Are So Bossy...

keepingitrealnursing replied to gehrig592's topic in General Nursing

As an ICU nurse, we allow family members to come in on a case by case basis. There have been many instances in which the care of the patient becomes secondary and the family become primary because he/she/they may be asking multiple questions about ev...