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I am hoping to start grad school for clincial nurse specialist. I live in a rural part of Arkansas that does not use CNS's. I was told I would have to find my own preceptor when it's time to do clincials. For all you nurses with a CNS degree how d...

I work for CMS in Arkansas and the salary is low compared to hospitals. I have been working in a male prison for the last 5 months and while there are things I enjoy I am having a hard time dealing with my co-workers. CMS tends to hire more LPN's t...

I'm n0t sure h0w it is in all states but I was t0ld that in my state that 0nce y0u have an RN license y0u may n0t practice as an LPN. Y0u must practice with the higher license. S0rry f0r the wierd 0's. My regular 0 0n my lapt0p has quit w0-rking a...

I work the night shift and I usually take a couple of caffeine pills around midnight. They help. I won't take them after 4 a.m. because I want to go to sleep when I get home.

I know you feel devastated by what happened and are ready to give up nursing but please rethink this. When I had been a nurse for 10 months I too gave a medicine to a patient that he was allergic to. The allergy was right on top of his chart but I ...

IVRUS - Your way is the way I learned how to calculate flow rate. It is so simple doing it that way. I tried to teach my sister to do it this way when she was taking a pharm tech class and she just couldn't get it.

I agree with some of the earlier posts - if you are under stress and anxiety now it is only going to get worse on graduation. There is no shame in realizing you made a wrong choice - please do not continue unless you go through some major changes an...

While working in a hospital I had a seriously ill patient. The daughter asked me how long I thought her mother had and I said her mother did not appear to be dying and she might live several days longer. She died a half hour after I said that. I ...

I work for a prison in Arkansas and the pay is lower than the local hospitals. I am working PRN and the differential is only 50 cents an hour which I think is pretty pathetic. The stress is far lower though and the only place I don't like to go is ...

I agree with the above post - don't be afraid to try psych if that's what you want to do. There are no guarantees anywhere in health care that someday you won't get into a situation where you can be hurt. You could be helping someone who is having ...

You have my sympathy. Nursing is one of the hardest jobs you will ever do and one of the most stressfull. I've been in nursing for 3 years, have tried different units, peds, med-surg, rehab, telemetry and am now doing correctional nursing. To be t...

As far as backup with correctional officer goes - when I am with the general population I feel comfortable - there is always a corrections officer around if I need one. When I have to go to segregation to do treatments or pass pills a correction off...

I'm with you 100% on this. After investing thousands of dollars in the BSN program over three years ago I am still having a hard time adjusting and am sorry I ever did this. Hospital nursing is probably not for you. There are many other areas of n...

I think I would have told the daughter that she is interferring with her mother receiving nursing care and if she didn't back off I would call Security to escort her out of the building. I would tell her I would be happy to answer any questions she ...

I don't think the nurse should have asked you to do it and she could get into trouble for doing so. Only licensed nurses are permitted to do narcotic counts. You need to let the floor manager know what happened.

I've only been working 2 weeks at a prison and I have already been named in a formal complaint by a prisoner. Thankfully I had no direct contact with the prisoner - I was a witness to the incident. From what I hear this is part of the job.

Racing Mom said: So learn the forumulas, memorize them. Know the conversions. Mls to oz. lbs to kg etc etc etc. That's it in a nutshell. I too am lacking in math skills but I had no problem with nursing math once I learned the correct way to set up...

I was never a good math student in high school but I had no problem with nursing math. I never bother with the dimensional math - if you learn how to set the problem up correctly, how to use a basic formula and have your calculator handy you will do...

Nursing and what you have to do in order to get your license is incredibly hard but if you want it bad enough you will do it. There are many positive things about nursing, good salary, job security, flexible hours, helping people in their pain, forg...

Working as a nurse or as a CNA is one of the hardest jobs you will ever do. There are constant changes, constant challenges and you have to be able to go with the flow. I can't tell you the number of times I felt overwhelmed my first year in nursin...

If her thinking is impaired she may be at risk for falls

Racing-Mom 4 said Funny how we test ALL of our patients for MRSA upon admission, yet they dont test us...I would be willing to bet if they tested the staff they would have to let half the staff go. I was also told the same thing by a dermatologist ...

I am what they call a reactor to the PPD test - have to get CXR but have never had to take prophalactic meds. Many people react to the skin test but with them the tb germ is dormant and most likely will never become activated. I no longer take the ...

I was hired to work on a post surgical floor - previous experience was med-surg. My orientation is 330 hours with approximately 5 days of classroom training. Can have more time if I need it - hoping I don't. Peds nursing is very different from ad...

Did some travel nursing and went to a magnet hospital in Tenn. One of the worse hospitals I ever worked for - absolutely no ancillary support - the RN's did everything from PCA duties to draw your own labs. Plus they used alot of LPN's which meant ...