rnICU303 replied to musicianRN's topic in Job Hunt
I felt that way a little bit too, especially when the OP wrote 'my patients'. I agree that we should all dress professional for an interview but diversity in the workplace is also important and a lot less boring.
I agree with the fact that as an RN you have work that only you as the nurse can do. CNA's cannot pass your meds or do your charting, call the doctor etc. So of course we all help out when we can but there are times you need to focus on your 'nurse ...
Most units in my hospital admit from the ER, where they go depends on what type of patient. We have a short stay/obs unit that mostly takes ER admits and extended recovery patients from day surgeries. The type of patient admitted there tends to be S...
rnICU303 replied to enytsyrhk572's topic in New Nurse
Yes, I agree with the other responses. A year is a respectable amount of time to stay in any job before a transfer. My hospital limits transfers to once every 6 months. Plus you will gain invaluable experience.
rnICU303 replied to futurnurse16's topic in Career Support
I'm sorry I cannot recommend any nursing programs that are 'easy' to get in to or make it through for that matter. My best advice to you is to look at why you aren't doing well. Do you need to get a tutor or extra help in certain subjects? Perhaps yo...
rnICU303 replied to futurnurse16's topic in Career Support
I'm not 'pretending' anything. Many people struggle in school or in certain subjects for a variety reasons. Nursing is so much more than 'a science related field'. Some of my classmates from school that struggled the most are now some my most respe...
rnICU303 replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in General Nursing
It is a major issue on so many levels. The biggest one being the nurses who are witnessing this are not following policy regarding medication administration and therefore putting their asses (licenses) on the line in the event of an adverse outcome.
rnICU303 replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in General Nursing
OP, I strongly encourage you to protect yourself in this situation. Nobody else is going to. For starters meds are given per protocol, so if you witness your patient not taking them you need to take them back and waste them appropriately, otherwise...
Like others have mentioned I would only stop of no one else was on the scene yet. The other day i was the first person to come across a man who had crashed his motorcycle on the country road near my home. I called 911 and made sure he wasn't hemorra...
rnICU303 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Relations
It's funny how quickly someone would be arrested for threatening or assaulting a police officer, yet nurses deal with this daily and the perpetrators suffer zero consequences.
rnICU303 replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency
I have an interview for an ER nurse intern program this week. I've read the posts and suggestions of others and it's been extremely helpful. Thanks! Any suggestions would be appreciated in preparation. I've been an RN for three years in a busy step d...
Hello! I'm a last semester RN student (LPN) and I'll be starting a clinical at Denver Health on Unit 8A wondering if anybody knows what this is? Med-Surg perhaps. Ok, Thanks!