gt4everpn BSN, RN

so i started out as a new grad working in same day surgery. Usually i was the circulating nurse, but i did work a very small amount of pre-op admission testing (mostly GI) and some post-op patient teaching. I also have worked SDS in dermatology clini...

Say what??????/What is the strangest:uhoh21: , or funniest things your pt's have told you, or that you've heard!!!!!!!!!

hey everyone, i'm not at all familiar to icu nursing but i'll get there someday lol, anyway, this question is for all icu nurses... i know some information about cpap masks and machines as that i have patients that use them, but what are some differe...

the other day one of my patients thought the admit board was a television, asked me to change the channel, I was like nope that is not a tv lol

Are you young and a nurse, or know someone who is young and a nurse many more people are going into nursing at younger ages. share your experiences!

the lack of teamwork at my facility is astounding, needless to say there are a lot of lazy nurses where i work ! i work perdiem at a rehab/ltc facility 1 charge nurse and atleast 1 medication nurse is on each unit , usually i'm the medication nurse a...

thats awesome.. I was a 17 year old LPN 3 years ago.. next summer I will be graduating with my RN- BSN at 21 y/o YAY!!!

hello everyone, i occasionally float through the hospice unit my ltc facility has, but something doesn't seem right with the how things are done, i wanted to know it this is standard in hospice or if this is unusual.. most of the patients there are c...

Just wanted to bump this up, I love all the comments, lol

Advance for nurses magazine recently put out an article about ''Horizontal Violence'' in the workplace, Please read and lets all try our best to make sure this doesn't happen where we work! http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Editorial/Content/Editorial.as...

I also think that horizontal violence can be reduced or eliminated if the unit has a good NM, if the NM doesn't step in and diffuse a situation and explain what type of behavior will not be tolerated, horizontal violence probably won't be so prevalen...

Hello!!, so to get right to it, I've beeen an LPN for 3 years working in LTC... everytime I apply to work in a clinic.. I basically never get the position. I applied to one full-time position and it turns out, its really an on-call position if someon...

well I am including agency jobs and all the open houses I see for nurses including RN's I know someone who graduated with her RN recently and she found two positions in less than 2 months. I don't think there is a shortage of nursing jobs here in NYC...

Thanks for the responses, I live here in NYC.. most LPNs work in LTC as in most other states.. usually the job just sits there until they find the perfect candidate.. my thing was why don't they just hire a candidate who is a nurse and who is qualifi...

i was reading this article on medscape nurses and i thought it was really interesting and accurate. working in a facility that uses virtually no technology when it comes to the prescription and distribution of medications, (everything is pen and pape...

Yes from what I've learned it is to be flushed by gravity esp when the state is there.. To be very honest I have 40 patients plus about 10 peg feeders and other things to do and I usually bolus or inject it because often it doesnt flow fast enough by...

I can answer all of this.. I started LIU in 2006 and am currently in their Nursing program with 1 yr to go.. since you're a student with a bachelors degree already and from LIU you can get into the nursing program without taking anymore pre-reqs the ...

I go to Long Island University school of nursing :down: and the total cost of the school for 4 yrs is $ 100,000 and counting why so expensive??? nobody knows.

This link should help somewhat http://www.dremed.com/irsrental/index.php/cPath/402_411

She maybe has an S3 or an S4 which are both extra and abnormal heart sounds. S3 occurs mostly in CHF whereas S4 occurs in HTN or CAD. Maybe you heard an S4 which occurs before S1 or the lub sound, but could sound like lub-dub-dub. Did you get to list...

Your nursing dx is on point, yes decreased cardiac output is one. You should have notified the M.D of such an abnormal heart beat seeing that she does not have a dx of heart failure or any other heart problems, HTN wouldn't cause the heart to beat in...

Sure you can do CNA classes if it'll work for you, you can also apply to paid internships in hospitals or even volunteer at a hospital until. Search online for any internships/externships, cna classes, or cna positions, best of luck ;--)

i hear you , job searching is very frustrating and time consuming.. i know i've been there, your pregnancy is more important right now especially with the pih, but of course you know that already... apply for jobs that don't require you to be on your...

it really depends on your school and what they do, my school has 4 and 8 hour clinicals twice a week. to be very honest working full-time and going to school full-time is extremely hard for a lot of people, most people in my nursing program do not wo...

It really depends on the brand you're using... where I work (hospice unit) we use the PCA pumps that look like cassette players. Look for the manufactures name and see if you can call them, or even ask your mananger or supervisor what brand supplies ...