AznMurse

Yes. Recognition please...from community, media, and even our own kind that had turned into managers. It helps when you feel supported in means of not being in the way between you and excellent patient care just because of the bottom line. No, I am not asking for cheers and tshirts and keychain and mug with cheeky slogans. I am asking for support in terms of better staffing, true shared governance, regular scheduled educational day, etc.

considering all the credits, hours, etc. spent on the ADN program which most think should be more than an ADN to which I agree, Maybe they should rename the current ADN programs as accelerated BSN and totally eliminate the 12-15 months accelerated BSN program w/c to me sounds really absurd! How can someone learn all that much and retain it in just 15 months? Granted they pass the NCLEX but that could just very well be test taking skill variable.

Unions have good and not so good side. The not so good side, it is hard to fire a lazy a$$ nurse. The good part is, it is also hard to fire a good nurse put in a very bad situation. Have you ever filed a protest of assignment at all? Nobody should have to work like this. I know it happens but it is up to us to produce the paper trail. As I see it, We, nurses are expected to document like crazy. Why not document this? OOOOhhhh some days I just hate nursing. I love my patients and I am great at taking care of them. I hate the politics and how our own kind in admin positions can not back us up like docs back up each other. Yes, I used the word HATE!!!

Yes. I can 100% relate to this. I was very focused, highly ambitious, and tremendously motivated while I was in nursing school while working full time. Then I got to the "real world." and is finding it hard to deal with the BS's and incompetence in healthcare system. My work does not suffer for I am clear on my duties and my priorities but my professional relationship is kinda rocky at best. I digressed. Going back to the topic at hand, I devoted my time and focus in completing the nursing program...in the process, I lost focus on me outside of being a student and a nurse. I became lazy and unmotivated and somehow burnt out. I was just recently thinking "I have all this time in my hand now that school is over but I am not doing anything else with my life." I go to work, enjoy as much of the work day as I can. I come home and then nap for 3 hours! I've been talking myself into getting into an NP program but I have not gotten an ounce of motivation to do so. I used to run while I was still in school to keep up the energy but now, my only means of exercise is my hurried day at work. Nah, I am not fat. lol. Nor am I depressed. I am just lost. :) I am still finding my way. I am slowly teaching myself violin (I don't have any music background). I am working on a plan and hopefully build some sort of purpose from that i.e. trying to save for a condo? anything that will give me a sense of purpose and drive. I even considered going to law school and become a JDRN but my coworker who is an NP talked me out of it. Hmmm. What's next? I guess in other words, I am looking for the next challenge perhaps other than nursing? I don't know...Now I am just a rambling fool :)

We are seldomly not busy in Specials. We have one room and a CT room for the guided drainage and biopsies. We do as much as 22-24 cases a week.

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been a nurse for two years and i have gone through millions of shoes. I did the nike shox, I am 5'6, 140 pounds that shox did not last me a and a half and it's not stable anymore. I prefer flatter soles but well padded. I recently ordered super birkis from birkenstock but alas, after further research The US does not have the white in stock and it has to be ordered from Germany. I've been waiting for mine (6-8 wks) to come, been 4 weeks now. tap tap tap. I threw away my Dansko. They are heavy, very poor traction (I was sliding side to side while pushing a stretcher with a patient in it), low in-step, stinky! :) right now i am still wearing my ill-formed shox while waiting for my German import to arrive.

Eew? why was interventional radiology not on the list? :)

I'd say go for it. I went for my AAS in nursing when I was 29 (almost 30). Whilst I had a BA in Psych and was working as a full time Case Worker (Emotionally draining at times), I still went to school at night and weekend (clinicals) all the while keeping my FT day job. I went to a community college and paid for my tuition in installments so I did not have to take out a loan. It was a social suicide since I never had the time to hangout with my friends or do anything fun because I was studying all the time but it was all worth it because I knew my goal was to become a nurse and I did everything to achieve it. I did! RN since 2007!!! All the best to ya.

Check your state practice act. Check with JCHAO. Check state RT's role. This is just too dangerous to let go. I work in IR. I let the techs run their mouths as they want but they are not going to give my patient anything through mouth or IV! You can't let the haters put your patient in harms way and your license in jeopardy.

Problem one and three seem to be related to each other. Pain can affect sleep. Also, did you have any assessment data to add to problem one i.e. mattress type, hardness, how old?, positioning, etc. I was a case manager for PLWA for six years before I went to nursing school and became a nurse. I learned how to write service plans by attending trainings given by NYS department of health.

(Clinical area) Good Stethoscope wrist watch with non-leather band A pen with multiple colored ink (red, black, blue, green) a pocket size note pad if computer savvy (PDA with drug guide) bandage scissor pocket sized antimicrobial (most hospitals have them on their walls but it does not hurt to carry ur own just in case) bobby pins for women to pull their hair back and in place (classroom) Your full attention all the time (I'm more auditory than visual, I learn first by hearing then reinforce it by reading the book) Always do practice questions (practice makes perfect, test taking is a skill that you will have to develop) Get NCLEX review books no matter if you are still far away from taking it. There are good content summaries and lots of questions to practice.

2 days for new grad? Run for the hills. 2 days for an experienced nurse makes more sense since they may just need to be oriented on where things are who to call blah blah blah. But for a new nurse? nah uh. You are looking at possible medication errors here.

a nurse is a nurse is a nurse is indeed a nurse! Regardless of our specialties, we are all nurses because we will always see things through the filter of the nursing process. i.e. assess, identify problems, do something about it, then evaluate if it worked. We think and act systematically. We don't work on crisis mode regardless of the crisis at hand since it increases the likelihood of committing mistakes.

You have pretty much all the information you need form your post. Also, get copies of assignments from nurse managers and head nurses since they have sheets that they fill out on number of patients on 1 to 1 for safety, etc, total cares, etc. Someone is keeping a record of this, find out who and makes copies.