newbiern2006

Congrats from a St Vincent's Grad - I loved it there. God bless!:nuke:

No drinking AND driving, period. Drink but DON'T drive, I don't care - the occasional drink (or even very occasional inebriation, say, at a New Year's Eve party) is not a problem, but for God's sake, get a designated driver or take a cab home - duh!...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sister had a bumper sticker that said it bette tahn anything I've seen: "See Dick drink, see Dick drive, see Dick die. Don't be a Dick.":cry:

Yep, and I don't want one of'em to be my nurse.

Never had the flu in my entire life - had a really nasty, month-long reaction to the chicken pox vaccine, though, and now I get shingles on my face. The really stupid thing is, I HAD the chicken pox, nursed all five of my kids through the chicken po...

I don't know about you, but I don't want anybody irresponsible enough (and obviously judgment-impaired enough) to drive drunk to be giving me meds or watching (or worse, not watching) my tele monitor or ... you get the idea. And as far as smoking an...

On those cotton support hose - found a few brands. ComfoMED, cotton blend, firm compression Jobst Active, cotton blend, moderate or firm compression Jobst Sensifoot (not cotton, but claim to be "moisture wicking" to keep feet dry), mild compression, ...

Tee-hee - not embarrassed to admit it, stinky feet happen (quite a lot in my family;).) There is a brand that makes compression hose of cotton blend, nice and thick, too - I'll look them up and post it for you.

Not in my hospital - it's five days per year, period. I used up all of mine this past fall - I have asthma and allergies and get bronchitis easily in warm, wet weather, and if it happens to be Fall, with all its moldy leaves, it's even worse. My ma...

No husband, no kids - if you're fairly intelligent (and you wouldn't have gotten into nursing school if you weren't), you can do this. I had both, and homeschooled, and worked full time, and catered my daughter's wedding, and helped her with her fir...

time to chin up and thicken your skin!!! as they say in georgia (lived there three years) "done did it already!" it helped to talk with the nurses who were willing to listen, even if it meant wading through the ones who weren't. i've actually been ...

I worked crummy jobs a lot longer than three years, and I couldn't agree more, and except for God and my family, nothing is more important to me than nursing - all the more reason to protect my license with rabid fierceness. The money ain't bad, eit...

i wasn't talking about an unfamiliar drug - my drug handbook is with me at all times, as is my rn notes. i'm talking about something i don't even know how to begin figuring out for myself - like entering information from a blood transfusion in the c...

I have low arches, plantar's fasciitis, and low back spinal stenosis, and hands down, my Nikes are the best for me. I once read an article (sorry, don't remember where) that helped people pick walking shoes, sneakers, etc by the type of feet they ha...

i'm not gonna flame ya - you made me laugh:lol2: i'm new, but, except for the part about watching over a newbie (i am the newbie!) i've already been through many shifts like this - and believe me, i am not a nice person when my blood sugar is in de...

This is exactly what I was taught - and the reason for using the vastus lateralis instead of the gluteal site was the risk of hitting the sciatic nerve and causing the patient excrutiating, unnecessary pain that can last months. The risk is real, t...

I recently was taught how to do IVs by the IV nurse where I work. She taught me to open all my supplies, put on the tourniquet, feel all the veins, cleanse the one I want to access, and THEN glove up. I've only missed a couple of really tiny veins ...

Thanks, I appreciate the encouragement - but "go look it up" could never work in today's environment where hospital stays are shorter and, consequently, patients are sicker than they were a couple of generations ago. I literally don't have time to "...

Hi teleRNer - I'm a night shift tele nurse, too. I LIKE nights - I'm a natural night owl, always have been. It isn't for everyone, though - maybe it's not for you. Be that as it may, the first thing you need to do is get heavy, lined drapes to mak...

...no one expects the novice to have the knowledge level of the experienced preceptor Ha! They do where I work - I was thrown to the wolves of night shift after just two short weeks on day shift orientation, and on my own after just three inadequate ...

I just finished a graduate theory class in December, and I had to write a concept analysis paper as part of it - aced it, too! Once I got to reading the different theorists' work, I realized that the practice theories are quite helpful, and I think ...

If you have to wait two years to get into an RN program, you may as well go for LPN in the meantime - as one poster pointed out, you'll then have great earning power while you continue on to your RN. The state of Connecticut runs an LPN program out ...

Terry here - new nurse, as you can see by my screen name. I am a staff nurse on tele in a small southwestern community hospital, but will be switching to homecare/hospice soon. Happy New Year all - and good luck to those of you taking the NCLEX soo...

Congratulations and best of luck to you both, for deciding to become nurses and for choosing St. Vincent's. I just graduated from there last May, and it was the best experience of my life, outside of motherhood, that is!