HeatherRN2006

I was not in the CDP program/accelerated program. I was in the 4 year program. Most of the faculty is the same I think. They are amazing people and can offer a lot if you just ask. I loved the patho prof. Many of them have numerous publications and they are listed under faculty of the lienhard school of nursing on the website. pace.edu good luck!

the best advice i got was the start off at a community college than transfer - advice i never took. i went to pace university. very good school with preceptorships in senior year. lots of autonomy. costs a lot also - i think with financial aid ill have about 60,000 in debt overall for the 4 years that i was there.

hi. im applying for the med/surg position here. any heads up? how long was the orientation? is charting computerized?

i went to pace university and majored in nursing. i received a bachelor of science... is that the same as BSN???

doesn't sound weird to me... i was actually thinking of becoming a csi person/medical investigator... thought it might be too morbid of a job :rotfl:

:) i'm thinking of getting certified as a diabetes educator or something involved with endocrinology :) anyway, my story. pretty boring. when i was a child i wanted to be a teacher or nurse. in high school i did a lot of volunteering with clubs and thought doing something that helped people was my calling. i first thought of psychology but decided it was too vague and abstract for me. then social work but felt i wouldnt be able to make a living doing that... then nursing. i questioned my decision while in school but after being diagnosed and having to be involved with nurses and doctors i no longer questioned it. at an appointment i needed an ekg because of an innocent murmur... the nurse taught me step by step how to do it just little things like that reassured me that this profession was right for me

I STRONGLY suggest this too. I used this during clinicals and it was very helpful. I also bought the RNotes Medical Surgical version - it's more detailed regarding med/surg procedures ie. cpr, foley insertion, etc. I didn't use this as often as the original RNotes.

I'm not sure if this will help because everyone is different but I'll tell you what I did in a similar situation. I chose ICU as my preceptorship. After doing a couple days I was so burnt out that I felt like crying during and after my shift. The RNs there including my preceptor were not incredibly welcoming and made comments about other nurses (new RNs, floats) that were not familiar with the floor. I couldn't help but think what they thought of me. I ended up confiding in my clinical instructor. We had a meeting with the preceptor and clinical instructor. I chose to transfer to Med-Surg. It was the best choice I made. Ultimately, I realized that being burnt out was not going to help my patients in the ICU. The only advice I could give you is do you what you feel right. If you are unable to contact your clinical instructor confide in a professor and see what they say. Maybe if you're comfortable, talk to the preceptor.

All of these posts mean SO much to me! I just graduated nursing school in June. I just passed my boards and currently looking for work. I am anxious, nervous, excited, and scared. Luckily I have a wonderful nurse who precepted me last semester at school who gave me her home and cell number just to call whenever I'm feeling upset, happy, mad... I am not as assertive as I'd like to be and I am scared most of being eaten alive OR not trusting my gut and doing something stupid to put a patient at risk OR burning out. I hope most that I will be able pull through my first year...

not so much a patient story, but still funny at one of my first clinicals i was changing fluids on a patient. my professor was there observing. i was so nervous that i took the tubing out from the old fluid bag (to reuse on the new fluid) without taking the bag off the pole. There was still quite enough fluid to fall everywhere. a rainstorm in a patients room... i was so embarrassed. :imbar i will never do that again, that's for sure.

this isn't my story but a story from my wonderful preceptor from my senior year of preceptorship... she works on the neuro/ortho unit nights. in the middle of the night one of her patients pressed the call button and said that her roommate stole her purse... she did this a few other times. my preceptor went in to investigate. her purse was safe and sound. again, the patient presses the call button and says that her purse was stolen by her roomate. a few minutes later you see the patient walking down the hall with a foley... it was not hers but the roommates... one more from my preceptor a male patient was found in a plastic garbage bag. it turns out that he had pulled out all his lines and foley and was bleeding tremendously. because of this, he emptied the garbage bag and put himself in it so as not to make a mess.