studentmalenurse

To add i only went to nursing school once and never failed any class. I didn't post this for me because im fine. I posted it for all the others who are being treated unfairly. I expected the responses i got , I work with nurses

lets get the facts straight . I have been a nurse for seven years.Got my lpn and RN on the first try . I made 65K to start..there are others starting at 75K..I personally have seen the programs where only 10 pass out of 40..And there are many other cases like that. I know many people who have completed nursing programs but are being held back because of exit exams. Nursing programs are getting harder and if some of yall get off yall high horses you will not assume people fail because they dont try. Ive had my share of bad teachers.

And the real reason is not because your not smart. Its not because nursing is hard. As a nurse I have seen the pattern, 40 students enter and only 10 graduate. Do you know why? The real reasons why is because of money. Yes MONEY!... Look at the cycle, people failing nursing programs for silly reasons, nursing programs creating exit exams that are unfair and the state boards knows about it. Well people the state boards of nursing and the schools are all part of the reason why so many people fail nursing school. And the reason is all about money. HERE is the FACT... Nurses get paid good money almost 65 to 75k to start, nurses are in demand, So what happens when something is not in demand anymore? The value goes down. People see the amount nurses make, they go to the school, if plenty people pass and graduate, that will throw more nurses into the work field, which will cause the nurses pay to go down, If the nurses pay goes down , guess what happens?? Fewer admissions into the nursing program. Thats right its a cycle, thats the reason why nursing school is getting harder and harder. To keep nursing pay up and to keep people entering nursing programs, the school benefits where poor people who invest their hard earned money into the program suffer. So believe it, its not you. This is the reason why unfair nursing instructers still remain. Shame on nursing.

Is she experiencing anxiety or is it pain? Ive noticed at times patients on vents not having any medication scheduled for pain. How low does the desaturation go? I made the mistake before of calling a code on a patient who was desating, who was laying on there side. They werent in any distress, I was a new nurse then. Now i know that sometimes if a patient lays on their side they may desat, doesnt necessairly mean they are in distress.

..Solution is very very simple.....CALLER ID...

Stuff like that makes me really really angry...Im not just mad at your charge nurse but also your other co workers, who werent helping you to be able to leave right away. I would proffessionally remind the charge nurse that if you had left earlier you may have seen him. And I would constantly remind her in a proffessional way, and I would also proffessionally remind the staff that worked there that day. However at the same time..this is an opportunity for change for the better for all and I hope you take advantage of it. You have the opportunity to use your situation, to get staff and union and go to management and ecourage them to establish a practice for family emergencies, where an individual can leave right away in a family emergency. You can use your situation to benefit many more future nurses and staff to come. Please try to take advantage of it, so nobody else would have to go throu what you have experienced.

lol thats funny.. people love to be perfect all the time..

Hi as a nurse for about 6 years, I would like to let you know that every nurse has and will make a medication error. That will include you. There are many other mistakes nurses make beside med errors. How does one handle the situation of a med error. How would you like it to be handled if it was you who made the med error? If it was a situation where the patient isnt harmed...Would you present the situation to the nurse who made the error first and see how it can be resolved. Or would you bypass her and write an incident report. Patient safety is and will always be the priority, that is not to be denied. However theres a way to go by doing things. You will understand the best way to resolve an issue, when you start noticing and documenting all the errors you will make as a nurse. Question is will you treat yourself the way you want the others to be treated when they make a mistake.

Um yes you threw her under the bus and it was wrong. Theres two types of errors, intentional and unitentional. Question, was the patient harmed? Was it done intentionally? Or was it done unintentionally?...If the nurse has done it unintentionally, you should have pulled her by the side and discuss it with her. You should have encouraged her on how she could avoid mistakes like that. If she is the type of nurse that is sloppy, then her actions could be considered intentional AFTER you confront her and she continues to give the wrong medication. Was the patient harmed? If so then you should obviously follow the institutions policies. I dont know if your a new nurse, but EVERY nurse makes mistakes, You have and you will also make mistakes. How would you want someone to react to a possible medication error that you have made? Dont throw people under the bus unless they deserve it.

Hi , yes it does get better...However..ive learned alot of things along the way..Here are a couple of things that has made nursing better for me and many other nurses, I still see nurses struggling today who have no clue. 1) wear a watch and check on it constantly, you will be surprised at how you can spend a half an hour or more in a patients room and not realize it. 2) Prioritizing is so important along with your watch..plan your hourly moves and try to accomplish it. For example...I will give meds between 7 and 8, wont pass 8 because i have to do so and so..Hustle to make that happen cause you know there will be interruptions. 3) Avoid unecessary repitition... I see nurses do this all the time..they go to the supply room, get something and are back and forth in there the whole night...Plan ahead assume what you may need, and get as much things as possible in advance so your making less trips. 4) look for short cuts or ways to make things easier, all nurses do it, just make sure when you do its safe and legal. 5) Dont waste time..6) Make sure you take a break, and if you cant make sure you snack on foods through out day or when you feel you need the most boost of energy. 7) Challenge the things you are afraid of or dont know...meaning when you have free time, learn how to use machines that you have used but have issues with, go to codes on your free time, to learn what they do.., look for patterns during the code. If you have never done cpr or been in a serious code, make it a priority that you do.. so that way you can destroy that anxiety. 8 ) And finally learn to say enough is enough, nursing is 24 hours, Do your best and then go home, My limit of staying back is an hour and 15 minutes, after that I am out. Pass it on to the next shift. Cherish the patients that see your hard work and look towards seeing you, these are the ones that are more then thankful for what you are doing for them, these are the ones that can say one word that will remind you that your hard work is appreciated ...:)

hello, i know its hard but the answer to your problem is very simple. Do what you dont want to do now, to gain the experience as a new nurse and to get your foot in the door. If u have to work in psych work in psych, it will first ,get you a job, and second get you in an institution where u may be able to transfer into medsurg later on.

you know something , nobody comes to ever ask the people at the frontline if something is working. I do the same pain reasssessment at my job. It serves very to no little purpose. 1) a pain of 5 for one person is not the same for another person. 2) patients sometimes just guess a number ....ummm maybe its a 6 3) after i give my patient a pain medication and they are sleeping should i wake them up to ask them for a pain number? 4) what do u do with pain numbers of a 10 , when u see the person laughing or half asleep? Do u still document? When is these numbers used? never had a doctor come back and say , umm pain went from a 2 to a 7 , give him morphine stat. We tend to make things that are easy more complicated, a simple question is do u feel the pain medication is helping? And if your pain gets to a point that the medication is not helping , let us know. but as we know if u have an orthopedic patient or sickler they will let u know the pain medication is not working and needs to be changed.

I know this is a difficult time for you, keep calling different agencies, try looking into different areas, definately nursing homes and psych areas, If u drive also look in new jersey and long island. There is a position out there for you. You just have to not give up u will find it. Also consider small doctors offices. and whatever pay your offered take it. Gaining the background experience is more valuable in the longterm then the pay for now. Maybe even working at your old job may open doors for you. there were some recent employees who passed their boards and were hired at kchc. But the most important thing is whatever is offered to you take it no matter what the pay is. You worked so hard to get where your at. A little longer and you will reap the benefits of all your hard work.

Hello im sorry to hear about the problems your having, have u tried agencies? Sometimes going into an area, of nursing your not interested like psych will get you in the door.

where do u work I would love to take that job, where I work the nurse patient ratio if where lucky is 1:8 regularly its 1:9, where lucky if we dont have to do our own fingersticks, discharges and admissions, cna on average have 8 patients, So pleasess do tell me where u work, we can change positions. :)