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A few tips (I still do these and I have been practicing for 10 years) Your exam: do it in the same order EVERY TIME. I start at the head and work my way down. You also can assess while you watch them. Watch their gait when they walk in the room, thei...

I had the same problem. I do not think it is a shallow concern when you have patients looking at you and, based on your "young" appearance, feel you are not competent. It does not mean you are going to get your feelings hurt etc, the OP was just maki...

You have gotten a lot of good advice on here. I would shake it off and not worry about it (since you already have given yourself an honest self assessment of your shift with her). My coworker (I work for a specialty) is one of these "YES" people who ...

I precept Grad students all the time and totally agree with the other advice you have been given. I would definitely call the instructor for the program and have a discussion. I have not had students that did not have prior RN experience but you can ...

Which is better PA/APN? Ok you are on a nursing board...what kind of answer do you think you are going to get?? Plus it is talked about CONSTANTLY and there is already a zillion threads on it! I heard that you are going to need a PHD to be a NP in li...

Remember how the camcorders had those mini tapes and you needed a separate cassette that they went into to play it on your VCR? If you lost that cassette, which we did, you were SOL!

I LOVE this thread! I was born in 1976. 1) we did not have cable until I was in middle school. Even then I was only allowed to watch Saturday morning cartoons, Disney channel, Nickelodean and "Little House on the Prairie". NO MTV or HBO even though...

I do remember having chicken pox (this was 33 years ago), it went through my whole kindergarten. I ended up getting an abscess from an infected pox that I was scratching when my mom was not watching. Had to get it I&D'd. There was a mother of on...

When I was in elementary school, the mother of one of my classmates was in a wheelchair because she had polio as a child. She ended up dying in her 40's/50's due to complications from being paralyzed.

Sometimes we have aspects of our personality that others do not like. For better or worse, it will effect a work enviroment and you can get labeled a problem, even when you aren't. I have a very outgoing, talkative personality that I have found over ...

I did the first year but did not continue b/c of cost. During that year, I did get offered (through Sigma Theta Tau) a mastercard with a fantastic APR (fixed 9%) that I still use 10 years later. Other than that, it just looked good on my resume when ...

I work in a Urology practice and have my own clinic. We have MA's that room the patients, do VS, do dipsticks, take specimens to the lab etc. They do the same for me as they do for my MD counterparts. Of course, when they are busy (our clinics can be...

I will always take time to eat. It is unreasonable to go 8 hours (often 10-12) without eating or drinking anything. I am salaried now (I am a PNP) and my fellow colleague that works with me (although I love her) is very disorganized and often will no...

I have always worked in pediatrics. My mantra, and my friends know it well, is "I am off duty and I don't do grownups!!"

My work provides my business cards (and labcoat). Due to the template that they have, I am limited on the number of characters per line. I put my first/last name then RN, CPNP.

I walked out of my NCLEX in tears as well. I had shut off after 76 questions in 30 minutes. An employee at the test center looked at me on my way out and said, "WOW, We have never had anyone take it so fast!". I promptly burst into tears and was conv...

The infant cath kits that have the catheter that goes directly into a little specimen tube.....those tubes can sometimes create a vacuum where the urine will not flow in even when you are in the bladder.....if you loosen the cap, JUST A LITTLE (you d...

So I went to Firestone yesterday to get my tires checked. As I was checking out and signed my paperwork the guy checking me out pointed my attention to the bottom of my receipt that showed were I can go online to do a survery. As I was starting to le...

Amen!

It wasn't just the survey that got to me (they are everywhere nowadays)...it was the catch phrase "We strive for 5!" Brainwashing thing that PG (like if you say it enough time people will score a 5 no matter their experience) that floored me!

I have been at the same place for 10 years, I have unintentially memorized all the answers on all the computer mandatory education we have to do every year (there is like 8 or 9 of them). I just answer the questions, get a 100% on the quiz and move o...

I work in peds urology so a lot of our patient's have them. I would ask Mom what she does at home to make the cathing easier. some of these kids channels can be difficult and there is a certain way to place the catheter that makes it easier. If it is...

I went to the ER once as a kid. For a concussion. I had fallen off my horse and had a brief LOC. It was not witnessed and when I got home and told my mom, she took me to the ER. I was luckily fine but did have a concussion. I had all kinds of bumps/b...

If we knew for certain how to prevent the transmission of this virus, I think I would feel better about bringing them to the US. these workers were taking all the precautions to prevent transmission and they got it anyway. I do not think we have a go...