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  1. Which types of patients should I not take care of while pregnant?

    RN 4 U posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just found out I am pregnant. Does anybody know what types of patients I should not be assigned to take care

  2. Working as a nurse at a correctional facility

    RN 4 U posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am interested in possibly persuing correctional nursing, that is nursing in a correctional institution. I am skeptical about how it would be to work in a prison on a day to day basis with...

  3. Do you think this will improve staffing?

    RN 4 U replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, someone told me that the other day as well, and that is why more patients are having their foleys removed earlier, but it is so much more than a foley that could potential cause an infection and...

  4. How do you go about handling a rude Dr.

    RN 4 U posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am still in my first year of nursing. I have 3 more months til my year is up, and one of my biggest complaints is having to put up with rude dr. i mean, nursing is stressful by itself especially...

  5. Are there many job opportunities in MD?

    RN 4 U posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    Hi! I currently live in VA, i am a new graduate. I have been thinking about moving to the MD area for a while still thinking, currently working in va. I just wanted to know about the job market in...

  6. Working as a nurse at a correctional facility

    RN 4 U replied to RN 4 U's topic in General Nursing

    Yes thank you that does help. That is exactly what someone else told me about being careful, that the inmates will play on your weakness. That does scare me though. I do have some other concerns, i...

  7. How do I get my job back after resigning?

    RN 4 U replied to PostpartumNurse'07's topic in Canada

    Cut your losses and move forward, i agree i don't think they will take you back. Sometimes management tries to sugar coat the real problem by minimizing it to you, and then next thing you know you're...

  8. How do you go about handling a rude Dr.

    RN 4 U replied to RN 4 U's topic in General Nursing

    Well in that situation, the doctor was upset about basically something that was beyond my control, something another dr had failed to write in the progress notes and yet was trying to jump down my...

  9. Strong Honest Opinions please, need help!

    RN 4 U replied to oceantides's topic in General Nursing

    Okay u asked for an honest opinion, here goes. As a Rn i am required to do a lot of transferring, lifting etc. Before i got hired on, they ask you up front if you are able to lift a certain amount of...

  10. so my year is almost up, who is gonna stay in the hospital, think I will PRN

    RN 4 U replied to Lorelai22RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My year will be here nov. 12. can't wait, i am already starting to look for other jobs, but wanted to have that solid year of exp on my resume for negotiation. i also wanted to be np, but after...

  11. Dont know if I will ever volunteer to do overtime agarin!!!

    RN 4 U replied to dmn1012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with every post up here,once i started to agree to come in 1-2 times they assumed that i would do it all the times. that is when i had to put my foot down, i learned my lesson the first time i...

  12. Second Degree Nursing Students

    RN 4 U replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    I finished up my 2nd up degree and i had to pay out of pocket, thank goodnes i had a decent paying job, i had to move back with my parents to do so though. i could not get any more loans until i paid...

  13. I had to take care of druggies today, and was disgusted!

    RN 4 U posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hello everybody. I am a new nurse and I had my first patient who was a drug user yesterday. I took care of him but found it difficult to deal with having a patient like him as he was basically using...

  14. what do you say on a interview?

    RN 4 U replied to daisygal's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    To be honest, I didn't have one ounce of experience coming out of RN school i too am a second career changer. My expectations of my first nursing job interview were that i too would be asked a lot of...

  15. Stuck by Used Insulinn Needle

    RN 4 U replied to jlhayes's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the post that said if you are looking for a sign that this is not a good co. to work for, this is it! Your employer is respon. for testing you and the client. I do not recommend you going...

  16. Difference btwn a BS+RN and BSN?

    RN 4 U replied to K os's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, I did the accelerated program and boy it was accelerated I think the whole time which was 18 month we only had 1 week off the entire time. If i had the time i would have opted for the longer...

  17. Difference btwn a BS+RN and BSN?

    RN 4 U replied to K os's topic in Nursing Career

    I think I understand your question. Are you asking why get a BSN in nursing if you already have a BS. If so it makes more sense to me to just get another Bachelors degree rather than just an...

  18. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    RN 4 U replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    220/110

  19. NCLEX Trouble

    RN 4 U replied to WannaBeAnRN2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, when i left the testing center I had a sinking feeling because it seem as though i got a lot of pharm ques. but you have to go back to the test plan of the nclex pharm ques are at least 19% of...

  20. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    RN 4 U replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    25 pre requisites. 28 nursing school. now 30 just entering the

  21. backstabbers, 2-faced coworkers

    RN 4 U replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care where you go, how good you are or how bad you are, one thing that i have learned is that there is always going to be someone that talks about you. You have no control over those things....

  22. Where were u 9/11/01?

    RN 4 U replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't started nursing school yet. I was a my first job out of college, first

  23. RN nclex

    RN 4 U replied to weld010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Saunders Comprehesive Review and Kaplan Online Course Helped me

  24. Removal of Central Venous Catheter?

    RN 4 U replied to Finally2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    a. air embolism, sorry do not know

  25. IV Push (bolus)???

    RN 4 U replied to TruDivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    IV Push is a drug route. This means that the patient has an IV site or a PICC line and the drug is administed by a syringe directly pushed into the IV by way of the vein, the medication enters the...