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I had a patient return to see me that I had given a steroid injection to a couple months ago. She returning complaining of dimpling in her gluteal muscle where the injection was administered. I know this is a potential risk of steroid injections, but...

I am a fall 2005 ANP/GNP Vanderbilt student who will be practicing in Kentucky. I recently spoke with a PA at work who informed me that Kentucky hires many more nurse practitioners who are better paid & better utilized than physician assistants. ...

Has anyone went from working in the unit back to working a cardiac telemetry unit? The reason I ask is that I am beginning my final year of FNP school this fall. I have been working nightshift in our CCU and while I LOVE the unit, I HATE nightshift! ...

I just had a physical done with my primary doc; I work with him at the hospital; he is excellent and sees a lot of our staff. I had all my routine labs drawn; everything was perfect except my ALT was mildly elevated, just a couple points. I asked the...

Ok, so I have accepted a transfer into the CCU, will start in about 5 weeks. I have been an RN a little over a year, worked open heart stepdown 3 years total, (2 as a tech). I have my ACLS as well. Well, just a bit ago I went down to put my days on t...

I am an FNP student with two semesters left of school. The majority of my graduate education I have financed with student loans. I would say upon graduation I will have roughly $20,000 to pay back. I work in Kentucky where the state will pay back stu...

Anyone work with any of these? In both hospitals I have worked I have seen nurses of all ages hooking themselves up to monitors-telemetry, EKGs, pulse-ox, BPs, worried over the smallest things. How common of a practice is this? One nurse I work with...

Oh my! Well I'm SO glad to know others are out there like me! I have seriously considered in the past that maybe I DID have a mental health problem and should go be put on medication. I do believe it's stress from working with so many sick people and...

Well let's see...since beginning nursing school years ago I have been self-diagnosed with lymphoma, MI, colon cancer, brain tumor, basically anything that was in the textbooks we discussed in class. If I could find a similar symptom, I had it. Also, ...

Yes, I LOVE powerpoint. I am actually using it for this presentation. I have done presentations before and I usually do fine other than the nerves-it's just the dread leading up to it that gets me.

Ok, so in about two weeks I have to do an oral presentation on my research project for one of my MSN FNP classes. Can I say- I HATE ORAL PRESENTATIONS! Does anyone have any good suggestions for how to get through it? It is a fifteen minute deal....m...

I agree with the other posts...I had two years of experience in med-surg and then critical care before I began my FNP program. I am now in my third semester and just beginning clinicals. One thing I chose to do is to complete the program part-time wh...

I definitely agree w/ all of the above. The dayshift nurse explained that she tried to get him to speak w/ the nurse manager, but he was so insistent and would not wait. The clerk spoke to me when I asked and then handed him the phone. I should've ju...

Ok, well, it is truly getting on my nerves how SOME physicians can act like the biggest, immature babies! Yesterday I had a patient who had just been extubated, was on a nasal cannula yet would desat quickly to low 70's with any sort of exertion. Our...

Well, I finally got so tired of trying to unsuccessfully explain to him that he had not given me an order to move the patient, and if that was his idea of an order than he needs to clarify himself better next time if he expects his orders to be commu...

Hey Pike! I too am from that area, maybe you are familiar with Belfry? I did not attend Pikeville College, however, moved away to school. I have been a nurse now for a couple years; I started working post-graduation in Lexington on a post open-heart ...

Well, I have just finished another semester of my FNP program. I now have one full year under my belt! Since I am just going through part-time b/c of working full-time, I have four semesters left. I will be beginning my first clinical rotation this ...

Ok, well, I've been orienting in CCU for six weeks now; I have three more weeks to go and then I'm off on my own! It has been the best orientation I have ever received as a nurse; I've been out of nursing school since 2004 and will have gotten a full...

I will be graduating in May 2008, with my MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I have already been an RN for two years; am now working in the CCU at our local hospital. I currently have a total of 18,000 combined undergrad and graduate student loan am...

Well, I have been in CCU for about a month now, and I LOVE IT! My manager has been wonderful in working around my grad school schedule, and placed me with a great preceptor who is close to my age and loves to orient new CCU nurses. I have been rotat...

I had used the Littman Lightweight for many years, from my first semester of nursing school till now. I finally broke down and bought a Littman Master Cardiology from Allheart.com. I am in grad school for my FNP and wanted something more advanced. Al...

Ok, so the hospital where I work has developed a new policy to help offset the high census during winter. We now have an overflow unit, and the unit I currently work on has to take call on the schedule to help cover this new unit. We had no choice; t...

I am in Western Kentucky area now, but worked three years in Lexington at Central Baptist and LOVED it! Starting pay was around 19 base rate, with a $4 differential on weekends, around $2.50 for nights. So you could pull 25 on weekend nights, but tha...

Wow! What an awesome post! Thank you for those encouraging words. I will definitely keep those in mind as I start in CCU in two weeks! Thank you!

Thanks for your encouragement. I start in about three weeks. I am really looking forward to it; not quite as nervous now, just anticipation I guess. Good luck to you as well!