danaheil

My husband is a new nurse. He has been on a medsurg unit for less than 6 months. He has already been asked to assume charge nurse role, and feel unprepared to do so. He has had no training or orientation to charge. His organization is short staffed...

Right on, I totally agree with you, anne74. I worked for this company in my first year of nursing and they did the same thing to me. It was a big part of why I left. Yesterday when my DH went to work they once again told him that he would be charg...

Thanks guys, We appreciate all your responses. Dana and Harlan

It is more like an ICU step down for trauma pts. Occasionally a post op from the OR is admitted when space is unavailable elsewhere. Most of the admissions come from the ICU.

NO, he was not offered the job with more pay. He just went to work one day and the staffing office said that he would be charging now. He works the night shift, and the charge nurses at this facility are required to take full assignments as well as p...

my husband just started in med surg less than 6 months ago. He is already being asked to charge, and he feels unprepared for this. He has received no orientation to charge, and has no desire to do so. Can he refuse this assignment. Advise??? Thanks ...

Does anyone know the incidence of secondary cancers after radiation? Pelvic radiation specifically. How much time goes by before this becomes a distinct possibility for patients? I know that pelvic radiation can cause bone density problems for many p...

absolutely. I brought my husband to the facility where i work after he had a terrible experience with a VA systems hospital. He was much happier, better cared for and his exact words were "I feel much safer here."

Agree completely with Kelly_the_great and Strong_willed. I have also been questioned about my views on medicinal marijuana in the small town atmosphere i live in. However, I have seen the effects of MJ for use in appetite stimulation when my dh was o...

My BSN class started with around 40. 2 had to drop to part time for personal reasons and finished school in the next graduationg semester. All of the class graduated and we had a 100% pass rate for the NCLEX.

It should be decriminalized completely.

I agree with prvious posters, that you need to look around in the forums and also contact the schools you are interested in. As for the difference in associates and bachelors, there isn't really much difference. By the time you count all pre-requis...

I am pretty sure i was excused a couple times when I was in college because i was a full time student. I don't know if the same rules apply in your state.

Teamwork is absolutely important. It makes everyone's life easier. That is why many places call it a treatment team. And besides, no one person is expected to know everything. It is important to patient care and safety for us to work together. If the...

You have to do what is best for you. If you feel it is important to you to be in this orientation program, (if it is the only new nurse orientation program in your area for OR) and this is the area of nursing you are interested in, you might decide t...

I really like the idea of computer charting. I can type about 4 times faster than i can write anything out by hand. The problem is that our particular unit is caught in the "in between" stage. We have the ability to do all charting in the computer, b...

i think that nurses fall into two classes regarding germs...the paranoid and the blase I suppose this is somewhat true. Although, I have been known to switch from one group to the other dependant on my situation at the time. My unit usually does not...

I have a BS in PSYC. When i origionally considered nursing school it would have taken me the same amount of time to aquire a BSN as it would an ADN, so I went ahead and got my BSN. Univeristy of Texas systems consider you "core complete" if you alrea...

DH tested for GED at age 17. Recently finished bsn program with top marks. Now works ICU. You should have no porblems. Good luck!

blinn college also has a branch in Bryan, TX.

pre term births, fetal demise cases, abruptions and twins definately happen in threes. Had a uterine prolapse recently, so I hope there aren't more of these on the way. checking and preping the OR at beginning of shift will usually ward off the evil ...

I usually have problems absorbing material when studying in a group as well. I had a rather long collegiate journey and have had opportuniies for many study groups. I have never had social issues arise from saying "I really study better by myself, ...

I work in L&D, but have worked other places beore. My favorite part of L&D is the opportunity to be a part of something, that for most people, is one of the happies times of their life. It is also rewarding to help new moms overcome some of t...

I don't think that colorcoding departments (i.e blue for nursing, green for housekeeping, ect) or even colorcoding based on speciality (purple for L&D, red for cardiac, ect) is a bad idea. However, white is not a feasable color for anyone that ha...

Pts regularly comt to my unit asking if it is too late to get their "epidermal" (epidural). Often seen on tentative diagnosos section of adission paperwork "thinks water broke" as opposed to "r/o SROM" or something similar that might be taken seriou...