BoopRN

It sounds like your patients didn't have any specific complaints and you seem so caring, so I am guessing it was a language barrier. We have had parents request not to have a certain nurse back where I work. This woman is a wonderful, kind nurse. ...

I am sensitive to the soap and to the contact isolation gowns on our unit. Our soap is chlorohexidine gluconate based and we have no alternitave that I am aware of. I get a light red burning rash up to my elbows on days that I wash more than usual (...

I'm 5'9" and I don't have a problem with the isolettes. The cribs and bassinets make me ache though!

I got my license in June of 2008 and it expired in December of 2008. In Oklahoma RNs renew in their birth month on even numbered years, LPNs renew on odd years. My birthday is in December.

I don't think you should feel bad at all...its not like you planned to burn yourself. I was scheduled to work this Christmas Eve. My Grandpa passed away on the 23rd. I called within a few hours of his death to say that I would like to take a bere...

Good luck! I hope the wait for results is not too long for you!

Oklahoma BON allows certain military medics to challenge the LPN boards.

My father had this 2 years ago. He ended up being in a burn ICU over Thanksgiving and Christmas. He had a spinal fusion at a small orthopedic hospital on a Thursday. On Saturday he started developing blisters over his body. Monday he was moved to...

On our unit if the kiddo has feedings ordered (PO, NG or OG) then they are either 8,11,2,5 or 9,12,3,6. If they are not on feedings then they are scheduled for hands on at 8,12,4.

NewYorkGirl, I just came across your thread. Sending a prayer up for you and your family. Bobbi

Oh my!!

I am a new grad in a very large (80 bed) NICU that usually has 3-4 Unit Clerks on per shift (one front desk and 3 others). Our clerks are so smart and several of them have been there for 20+ years. They can be a little cranky, but I totally underst...

I got dinged for not calling a fire code when a mattress was on fire! I guess that's not too bad since it wasn't nursing related.

I have a small (1.5" x 1.5") tattoo on the back of my neck and sometimes the one on my upper back peeks out of my scrubs. It is not a problem at my hospital. I wear my hair up about half the time and I am not required to cover it. I work in Neonat...

I graduated May 2nd and I do not have an ATT yet. One of our instructors took our transcripts to the board on the 21st and was told we should have our letters within 2 weeks. I can't imagine why they waited 19 days! I wanna get this over with alr...

At my hospital a Nurse Tech is someone who has graduated nursing school and is orienting to the RN position they were hired for, but they have not sat for or passed the NCLEX yet.

Hi there! I am wondering if there are any nurses on here working in a hospital near Beale AFB. I just graduated from an ADN program less than 2 weeks ago. I already have a job lined up in a NICU that I am very excited about. I have worked there a...

I am graduating from an ADN program tonight. There are at least 3 people in my class of 60 who failed a semester and repeated it. Now they are done! Good luck and hang in there. You'll finish!!!!!

I think they have changed the rules about Army medics for the state. I also tried to challenge the board as an Air Force medic and I paid the $40 for the equivilancy evaluation. I got a letter back saying that they needed more info about my training...

In case you don't know... Rose State College is in Midwest City (basically OKC). also, I think the waiting list is much shorter for career ladder track students than for beginning track students. I applied in Feb 07, got accepted in April 07, start...

You might check into Rose State College. I was able to do the LPN-RN bridge (prereqs + 2 semesters) because I was an Air Force medic. They allow LPNs, Paramedics, Air Force medics, Navy medics and certain Army medics (I guess there is more than one k...

OU Children's NICU does not hire nursing assistants, but they do have clerks and nurse partners. To be a nurse partner you need to have finished at least 1 semester of clinicals in an RN program and be in current good standing with the school. The p...

One thing they always remind us of is that you have to assess first, so be careful not to go right for that intervention. Keep your head up...you're almost done!

Question...do you think that you can be a good nurse with hearing loss in one ear? I am a student nurse with 2 semesters to go for ADN. I have had ear problems my whole life and had tubes and 2 previous tympanoplastys on the left. I recently learn...

I saw something similar to what Eliza Bells mentioned... I'm not a nurse yet, but on a peds floor that I work on there was a babe recently that had most of the fingers on one hand and part of the hand itself amputated after a bad IV infiltration. I ...