Scarlette

Hello everyone! I'm a new grad, been working on a med/surg floor for 7 months now. I really enjoy my job but I'm interested in Hospice. When I was doing my pre-req's for nursing school my Grandpa was dying of cancer. I remember what an impact the Hos...

A friend of mine passed away last month after a hard fought battle with cancer. Her daughter was at her bedside when she passed and said that there was one tear that fell down her cheek the moment she passed away. When my grandpa died 5 years ago, my...

My best friend was diagnosed with it about 2 months ago. I do know that she can't eat anything spicy, no carbonated beverages, no beer, no caffeine....no nothing. She's pretty much living on water, certain vegetables, and grilled cheeses sandwiches. ...

:chuckle :roll :chuckle I had a pt's family member come running out of the room, flag me down in the hall and say "He said he feels really hot. Do something!" I go in there and there are 4 other family members standing around the bed staring at him ...

(((hugs))) I'm very sorry for your loss. I've heard that losing a child is the worst. I don't have any children, but I can only imagine the pain you are feeling. Hon, have you ever been to any type of grief counseling or support group? I think you...

We had a pt walk into the ER saying she felt tired and "a little" SOB. Her hgb was 4.0. I think most of our docs like to transfuse at 9 or lower.

This is your life you are talking about. You don't HAVE to do it and I would suggest that you DON'T go to nursing school if you have other dreams. Life is too short to not be living your own dreams.

Gee, I'm wondering if we work at the same place.

I think everyone is scared out of their mind for the first few weeks or months of their nursing career. My first day on the med/surg floor made me realize that nursing school barely scratched the surface of what I was in for. I was nervous and frazzl...

I had 80 questions for my LPN NCLEX and passed. I had 165 questions for the RN test and passed. One of my classmates had 230 questions and passed. Good luck!

I think family members are actually afraid to touch the patient sometimes. Like there is an invisible force field that will zap them if they attempt to do anything easy and non medical to help them. Things that I have made me sigh: Pt's daughter come...

One of my nursing instructors told my class a story that one of her students had her baby on a Friday after class and was back to school the following Monday. Everyone is different. You have to decide what is right for you. Congratulations and best...

Actually, I just escaped from ICU! LOL I enjoyed being able to spend more time with 1 or 2 patients but I didn't really like the supervisor, not to mention that a couple of the nurses that I was stuck with on my shift were lazy and down right unsafe...

Yay! I start working for Hospice on Monday! I've been wanting to do this even before I started the nursing program and finally my dream is coming true! Do you have any advice for a Hospice newbie? Is it ok to cry with the family? I will be on-call n...

Thanks everyone for replying. The one thing I'm worried about is that I'm not a church-going person. I believe in God and do my own praying and such, but I'm nervous that a family might ask me to lead them in prayer. I won't know the "proper" way to ...

Take the job that will make you the happiest, and if that's the one that will leave your dtr home alone for 1 1/2 hours, then maybe try to make arrangements for her to go home with a friend after school. If you're worried about her getting into troub...

Thanks everyone for your input! I'm writing my resignation right now. I pulled out my hospital's policy/employee handbook and it states that I need to give 2 weeks notice and state why I'm leaving. I plan on taking my book with me when I hand in my n...

I had an interview on Friday and got the job. My problem is that I need to write a letter of resignation to the hospital where I'm at now. I've never had to do this so I have no idea what to say and how to say it. When I left my previous job to go to...

ROFL!!!!! Ok, note to self *no somersaults* Laughing would probably be bad too? LOL!

So just a few sentences like that will suffice? ROFL! Here I'm thinking that I need to write a couple of paragraphs to make it seem "professional". I've never had to do this, so I wasn't sure! Thanks for the congrats! I'm pretty excited about the new...

How terrible. I'm close to tears just reading it. I know how hard it is to wait 11 months for a foal and lose it but I can't imagine what you went through trying to remove it. How traumatizing for you. I am sooooo sorry you had to go through that. I...

The nurses at the hospital were I did my clinicals were so mean that a couple of them would set the students up to fail. One even went so far as to make up lies about 2 of my classmates so she wouldn't have to take students. Everyone finally got fed ...

I know this is a bit late, but thank you for your replies, they were extremely helpful! I finally decided to put my resume in at other places......wish me luck!! Thanks again!

I've been on the med/surg floor for a year now and I'd like to get into dialysis, home health care or hospice. I had no problem writing a resume last year. It was easy to explain what I did at my other jobs in a few, brief sentences, but how do you d...

Hmmmmm.......how about using numbers AND putting paper bags over the patients heads when calling them into the examining rooms just in case their neighbors might be there to recognize them!