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When I was a CNA and for my first year and a half as an RN I worked full time nights, 5 eight hour shifts a week. As much as I HATED it, I did get used to it and it was very convenient for school. But like you said, it's nearly impossible to develo...

Welcome, Cheerio! What a wonderful job it sounds like you have!! Hope to hear from you often! :)

Welcome!! Everyone has given great advice! I think the only suggestion I can add is if you decide to take more than one pre-req at a time, you might want to consider making just one of them a science. Once science a semester was enough for me!! L...

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Vyacheslav, I thought Youda had a great idea on buying from Canada, can you do that? Or do you have any friends or family in the U.S.? I'm not a diabetic, but I don't believe we need a prescription to buy insulin, if you know anyone here you can tr...

"F" How embarrassing!! :imbar

I agree with P_RN about asking for the short orientation, I'd also suggest double checking things you don't feel comfortable with with another nurse, like the PCA pumps (this is actually required where I work.....two licensed are present to set up a ...

I doubted myself, but I found that I kept looking too far ahead. At the beginning of nursing school I would think about the end and how far away it was. I finally just started worrying about getting through just one day at a time....it made things ...

I'm so sorry for what's happening to you and your husband.....but let me tell you, after your first post I've become MUCH more careful with my precaution patients! I used to be a little lax, I'll admit, like not really gearing up when I knew I'd onl...

I work three 12 hour shifts a week usually. During the colder months I'll usually work more....by choice. Never a shortage of hours available, but for the summer I stuck to my 3 days a week only and I took a total of three weeks off...two of them t...

I was an LNA for 1 year in a nursing home then 6 years in an acute rehab. It's certainly not necessary to be a LNA prior to being a nurse, but it can only help!! I learned how to deal with patients and their different personalities, learned the ver...

Welcome!! Hope to see you often!

Welcome!! How's nursing in Alaska?? I've ALWAYS wanted to go there! Almost did as a traveler and chickened out! LOL Hope to see you here often!

Welcome!! Nice to meet you!!

Welcome!! Nice to meet you!!

I would look back at the patients previous heart rates and if they generally run in the high 50's or low 60's, then I would have given it. If the heart rate of 59 was much lower than the usual heart rate of the patient, I would hold the med and call...

I would look back at the patients previous heart rates and if they generally run in the high 50's or low 60's, then I would have given it. If the heart rate of 59 was much lower than the usual heart rate of the patient, I would hold the med and call...

When I first became a CNA in 1993, I never wore 'em...I had never been really sick before that and I think I thought I couldn't catch anything. Well, I DID get sick...VERY sick!! I was miserable, got diagnosed with Hepatitis C (although I've been r...

Ummm.....this may sound strange, but I'd say it works about 50% of the time. Try sitting the patient on the edge of the bed, or even stand him up if he can do it. A nurse once told me this helps the prostate 'drop' a bit and the cath goes in more e...

Sorry, just re-read my reply, some typos up there!! LOL I don't know where that smiley came from, but it's supposed to say nurse to patient! And we hold 29 beds, not 20. LOL

Hi, I work on a cardiac surgical step down unit. A majority of the patients come to us the day after their surgery, a few the same day as their surgery. Day nurse to patient ratio is 1:2-3, evenings is 1:4 and nights 1:5. A-fib is a common post-op...

Very cute!!

Something like this would certainly show unity among nurses.....I'm in!

I have psoriasis, so I've got my steroid ointment, when I remember to use it!! I use Neutragena and some other really good hand lotions at work, sometimes Lac-hydrin when I see my dermatologist to get a refill. Our infection control nurse is now te...

On our unit the charge nurse on the previous shift assigns patients and takes patient acuity and nurse experience into account. I don't think there's anything wrong with your method, RoadRunner...it sounds like everyone is satisfied with it and it s...