ponderingDNP

A counselor who recommended you fail a class should be reassigned to the community. Pass the course with a C if that's as good as it's going to get at this point. Then, retake it to improve your score. Nursing programs are very competitive. You'll ne...

Your answer rests with your school and its policies....not with the board of nursing.

In addition to the above, I would mention patient teaching on health maintenance/preventive techniques in preparation for discharge, and emphasize your role in caregiver education which includes the expectation of caregiver role strain and the need f...

It was much easier to blame the trainee instead of the trainer. This facility sounds like a punitive one. Non-punitive organizations do not allow such behavior. Someone failed to evaluate your training to ensure skills competency prior to delegating ...

Group homes, personal care homes, assisted living environments, adult day care, and so many others are regulated by your state's healthcare facilities regulation division at the Department of Community Health. The owner of the home most likely create...

I had that same dilemma four years ago. I took the five day work week, became adjusted to it and rarely used any leave because of the nights, weekends, and holidays being free. I was home at a decent hour, could go shopping after work like everybody ...

I went through the same thing 8 years ago. I went per diem , working only one day per week until I located a personal care home for my mom. There was no one to take care of my while I took care of her and as much as I was the best caregiver option fo...

I don't believe that I recommended the OP seek out abs "online diploma mill". Some of the online programs are rigorous and require as much, if not more, dedication to studies than their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Online is an option and is worth...

Age doesn't matter. I was 45 when I received the RN, 49 when I received the BSN, and 56 when I received the MSN. Now at age 59, I'm three months into a DNP program. If it's what you want, go get it!😎

I say look into those positions mentioned by the previous poster. There are two programs (AT LEAST), where you can obtain your BSN in six months. (WGU and Capella University) maybe even less, if you transfer your previous coursework. I did my MSN wit...

During my bridge program, med-surg coursework came easy for me because I was working as a med/surg LPN. I was used to reviewing lab results, treatment of acute and chronic conditions, and some psych situations(we got a taste of everything on med/surg...

We had an IV pump that allowed us to connect the 10ml syringe to deliver the medication as a secondary infusion. The facility policy at that time was to deliver Protonix over 4 minutes (anything over 2 minutes had to be placed on the pump). Literatur...

A useless, jealous, spineless, humpty-dumpty twin, yes-‘wo'man of a manager that I couldn't stomach a minute longer. Didn't look back and couldn't be happier!😎

If it was me, I would continue on with the ADN coursework while checking with a BSN counselor to see how much of the credits would be allowed in transfer. If they will accept the credits, I would continue on until the start of the BSN program and the...

Something like this happened to me many moons ago, before the age of eMAR/bar code scanning. I was horrified! The patient was unharmed. I haven't made that particular mistake since. Even with the barcoding today, unless I know that it is a new order,...

Did you? You know whether or not there was another person standing there with you when you performed a waste and whether or not said person entered their info as a witness. This is not complex. Either you did or you didn't. Whatever that answer is, c...

Get the hang of the chaos on med/surg??? I once read a nurse's response to a patient's question: PATIENT: When will it stop hurting? NURSE: When the pain goes away. Sometimes the pain (chaos) doesn't go away; we just learn to cope, go with the f...

Been there, done that, and I did finally quit after a solid 25 years AT LEAST in acute care. Once I did, so many doors opened up!! Met the most caring provider of my 30+++ year career, got my MSN, transferred within the organization, and received nea...

Same here.

Plan spontaneous weekend outings to keep your mind off work. Give yourself something to look forward to week by week. That's the only way I survived over twenty years of acute care. Work is just a means to an end: gotta get thru this 12-on to make it...

I'm not sure I'm understanding. He's not contracted but he is an employee, correct?? Does his resume reflect phlebotomy as a skill? My personal opinion on this (as a former surveyor) is that nothing will come of this if he is an employee and ho...

I enjoyed nursing as a new grad a hundred years ago. Although I didn't choose this field, things were so different and far simpler back in the day, compared to today. Fortunately, I entered nursing at a time when it could be enjoyed as I learned...

I've been using Intuit by TurboTax for as long as I can remember to do my own taxes. I generally get refunded because I chose to limit my hours to start enjoying life. I even left travel nursing for a lower-paying position that was more in line with ...

My opinion: working as an LVN covers the employment gap. But there will still be a 3-year gap without paid RN experience. You might/will come face to face with that rigid employer that will scrutinize the resume, looking for RN experience ONLY. ...

I wouldn't be all that eager to secure an outpatient position with only 4 months experience if I were you. I was new to outpatient 4 years ago and the only thing that saved me was my years of med/surg exposure. I only needed to learn the outpatient p...