spookynurse

Hello all! I've decided to go after my BSN (finally). I currently have an ipad with a keyboard but I am wondering. Should I go for a small chromebook? I'm also enrolled in Chamberlain. Thank you for any input!?

Hmm, depends on the observer. I work in a level 2 trauma center and I used to work on nights. It was crazy when the Legal BAs would trickle in. We would know when the bars closed because the line for them would be long. Anyways I think cops have a good hard job. They're out there putting their lives on the line every time they step foot out on the streets to try and keep my city safe. I used to think excessive force in some cases but i wasn't out there when the person was being detained. People can get violent. Nowadays people are packing guns and shooting other people over the stupidest things (such as the guy who shot another in a theatre for making noise) What are they going to do to the cop who is trying to detain or follow up on a lead? At that point when the detainee has a gun and threatens to use it..it changes the scenery...the cops now shift into a different mode called survival and protection of others..so be it. And if it means extra people on this guy so be it. Cops also have to be careful of crossing that fine line because if they do and the detainee has an injury...they sue and win, nevermind he was trying to resist arrest. But there are different circumstances. So when they come in, cussing, spitting, wearing the beekeeper hat, being belligerent...what else am I supposed to think? Lastly my ongoing joke when people would come in for a medical clearance and it involved a dog bite I would look at the cops with a straight face and ask them if they ever fed the dog. Sometimes a laugh..sometimes not but in these instances I understand if there is no humor at this point in time...

I liked reading about the triage note that took 3 minutes to read. My little incident was amusing as well. I got the triage slip and started towards it when I could see from afar that it was filled! It was only the front but it was a spiral of words starting at the bottom and going around the entire paper I thought oh yeah....this triage process is going to be fun!

So I got about 75% of the Spanish language down and I had a patient who wanted to tell me he had like a cyst like piece on one of his testicles...it came out like this... "yo tengo un...-hesitates-bolita on mi huevo.." Translation...I have a ball on my "egg" aka testicle.. I had to smile and I knew what he meant but when I left I had to chuckle lightly.

I was in 4th semester nursing and was on the verge of quitting, but I didn't. I stuck it out and got through it. I made myself work and get that nifty 60 page careplan cranked out and it happened. I got through 2 years of nursing school. I didn't want to quit because we had 2 months until graduation. I told myself to graduate and that if you don't want to continue then don't..(easier said than done in my eyes). I took the boards and failed the first time, I felt like a total failure and cried and was seriously bummed out. But I buckled down and studied my rear off and took them again and passed. I feel like I worked terribly hard to get that license. The stress, tears and sacrifices in nursing school. The stress, tears and weariness to pass those boards. Now the drive to be a nurse is no longer there. I feel like I'm ready to change careers now...what did I do wrong? I currently work in an ER, but I feel like I'm in a rut....help?

Sorry this is long: Well I was here in the Fall of 2005 seeking advice. I was ready to quit in my last semester of nursing school, ICU was kicking my glutes. Thanks to all who responded. I trekked through it (with prayer and God of course), did my 60 page careplan and graduated in December 2005. I was looking into Peds in a local hospital but for some reason I branched off and ended up working in an ER for a county hospital. I think I was slightly nervous because I was almost going to be on my own soon and the ER was going to offer classes and extra training. On the day with no classes, we were sent to the floor to work with other nurses...Thus I went to the ER. Now with present day (8 months later, I've been on my present team with my preceptor for about 4 weeks), I'm scared out of my wits at times and I'm not sure why. They put me in a Trauma room for a few weeks (WOW!!!!) and they paired me up with a GREAT preceptor. My preceptor thought I was doing fine and didn't know of my anxiety. I let my charge know that...yikes can I move? Trauma was overwhelming and I was working nights. While in trauma I would get frazzled of course, before work I would want to throw up and the anxiety would kick in. I would be restless before I had to get up to get ready for work. She moved me to the urgent care part of the ER, a bit slower paced but I would be able to prioritize and get the skills back up, critical thinking too. I'd hoped the mental and emotional issues would subside but they didn't. I find myself getting nervous and nauseated before I have to go to work..I feel like this even on the days that I'm off. I think my fear is that if the pt were to take a different turn...would I know what to do? The charge says that she has only heard good things about me, my preceptor thinks I'll make a good nurse and I had a resident tell me I was a good nurse...but then the other emotional issues and anxiety would kick in. I am almost ready for a whole new career or a new place (I have been looking). There are times when I'm like...yes..go to work, you build confidence and learning with experience and I'm fine, but it disappears and the anxiety cycle begins again..I then wonder if I'm meant to be a nurse. I don't go back to work until this Friday night, but even as I write this...nervousness resides... ..Am I odd? Maybe it's not my niche?? Any feed back would be...WONDERFUL!!