Delirium, RN

Hey, i don't know if I posted in the right place, but here goes. I'm considering joining the Navy Nursing ROTC. I graduated with a BSN and passed my boards. I'm with a hospital now, but when my contract is out in about 2 years, i was thinking of the ...

awesome game, thanks! My mom made me go to the doc when I got sick- thought it was swine flu... ::sigh::

I would have to agree with most posters- find awesome songs that you love and will make you move! For me that's dance, trance, latin/salsa, some rock and rap and others. I mix it up with comedy routines for a quick laugh to keep me in a good mood. Al...

1. How does leadership and management theory guide your professional practice? 2. What does the phrase "powerful" nurse mean to you? 3. How do you see the image of nursing change in the 21st century? Any thoughts with these questions? Any ideas will ...

Hey all, Is anyone out there working at Lehigh that would mind telling me what it's like working there? I'm graduating soon :eek:from Pittsburgh and I'll be working at the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Cedar Crest Campus. I'm hoping to w...

Michigan- teach me, please? lol! I know a lot of docs that are snobby, but then i also know some docs that are glad to take the time to talk or explain something if you just ask...

How do you nurses treat your family? Family as in parents, not husbands or children. What if one of them had dementia or MS or anything? Would you take care of them? I love my parents, but I can't stand to be around them for more than a week, two at ...

Good points, all. Thanks for your input! :redpinkhe

I love the movie Wall-E :Dand I was wondering if anyone has seen any Wall-E scrubs out yet. I know it's probably too soon, but I was curious. Thanks for any help!

Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th ed Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins damned heavy book and big, but has lots! :chuckle

My RA last year made a list of "You know you're a nursing student when..." and one of the things was "you diagnose yourself with every disease you learn about". It was something we all did! at one point i got all stressed out and diagnosed myself wit...

That is rough! I don't have any advice other than fight it out and hang in there! Let us know how it goes...:redpinkhe

I just finished my OB rotation in school and I have to marvel at L/D nurses! You guys are very psychic when it comes to when the baby is coming. In two cases, the nurses were much closer than the docs in predicting and betting when the child would co...

Hey y'all! I'm a jr nursing student trying to figure out what I want to start out as in nursing. I've heard from many people to start out in a Med/Surg floor for experience, but I don't want to be a floor nurse. Others say it doesn't matter- if you w...

Hey y'all- I have some quick questions that hopefully won't be too hard! It concerns two ethical guidelines regarding pt autonomy and surrogate decision making, plus my teacher would like examples for each situation. Here are the questions and what I...

No, I haven't turned it in yet... lol! Thanks! I'll change it now....

henryswife, I'm a butterfingers myself and I worried, too. I constantly panicked and thought that I was doing something wrong. Guess what? I just finished my OB rotation and I didn't drop one baby the entire semester. lol! (not that dropping babies i...

Okay, so this happened yesterday during my Pediatrics clinicals. My pt was a 9 month old girl who has been in the hospital for 8 months for leukemia. They weren't currently treating her for it d/t bad lungs. Anyway, the whole day she was fine, just ...

Ok, so my issue is not really a nursing issue, but it is close. I am an Avon representative and one of my customers is impossible. "Alice" is a security guard at my dorm. She gets mad if I am not at her beck and call every second of the day. She ord...

Lol! Thanks, and I am cracking down on her, but what would you do if this was a patient? You can't exactly refuse treating them (like holding back their meds), can you?

Thanks to all who posted here. I'm bookmarking this thread because I know going back to it every so often will help me keep a level head about nursing (and maybe even life in general)!

This kinda goes hand in hand with flowery's last thread. The real reason there is a nursing shortage is nursing school. it's hell and no one wants to go through it. I don't know about other schools, but for the one i'm going to- the teachers and admi...

I'm starting my junior year this fall and I need help paying for tuition. A lot of hospitals offer to pay tuition for the last two years while you work for them. Also, I'm hoping to move down south to NC, SC, or GA. Any fellow students out there who ...

Ok, I'll be sure to remember that. Thanks!

Not sure if i'm posting in the right spot, so this will prob get moved.... oh well. here goes! I've heard all about the shortage, but no one seems to be hiring. I think my resume must suck. I'm a sophomore nursing student hoping to get a job soon for...