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You know how rooms are cleaned between a MRSA pt and the next pt taking the room? Well, you could clean or disinfect any possibly contaminated surface in the other resident's room. Ie. The doorknob and as LC said, replace the qtips or wipe down the ...

Give the OP a break. The supervisor obviously put him under a lot of pressure, which is totally different from student-student pressure. OP sounds like he wants out so there is no need to berate him for the past that he cannot change. I would be ver...

I am only up to the 2nd page but questions 4, 5 and 6 are worded poorly for a research survey. They are all leading questions and designed to back-up your initial hypothesis that there need to be better designed incubators for better mother/baby bon...

You have it the wrong way around. You're the one who isn't understanding, not the other posters. It is the same all over the world in the following ways: 1) if the board says you passed, you passed 2) if you have a license no., you passed 3) if the ...

Be sure to review the thread on "Jacob Rockstar the psych RN" for handy tips on how to be on top of your game! Another thing you could review is your state's mental health legislation especially re involuntary admissions. Mental state assessments ar...

I would like to know the same thing. I've worked psycho-geriatric (hospital) so I understand the nursing role and am used to doing the medication rounds multiple times a day for the entire unit. The part that concerns me is knowing what things, uni...

I really feel for you but it was a BIG mistake to accuse the CI of being passive-aggressive. She has the power and regardless of if that is wrong or right, you need to stay on her good side. I don't know anyone who would get past a student being sn...

That's all part of my job description but then I'm in Australia, not the US. Look at your job description and see what it says. Whether you can get anything done about it is another story and depends on your managers, workplace culture and staffing ...

This site has some good resources. Also check the 'workbooks' section for self help modules that can be used as a base, in conjunction with sessions. These are all designed to be used without needing special permission. One place I worked had daily ...

I humbly request that people please stop eating "the young"™. Their posts amuse me too much. (They do sadden me but also amuse me.) I have been in their shoes and am more than happy to offer support and constructive strategies but people have to b...

Thank you to those who actually have a heart, like nurses are supposed to. I know I asked if you think my situation is fair but I didn't ask for your opinions. If you want to be mean, go to someone else's thread. This is not what my thread is for. I...

A few things: -Ask if you don't know/don't understand but pick your questions. If you leave the things that you can just as easily look up for yourself, you have more time for questions that have gray zones and intricacies. Regardless of that, ask ...

Anywhere I've worked, the team leader sends staff home on time and stays until the floor is staffed. But 45 minutes? Really?! You would hope management would deal with this. Nobody wants to stay another hour when you're dying to get home. Definit...

It sounds like you pick a medical Dx and then list examples of what kinds of nursing diagnoses you might expect to see in a patient. Eg. Congestive heart failure (med dx) might have potential for fluid overload, and/or some of the breathing related n...

Just a note: your clinical educator has not made you depressed. Nobody can make you feel a certain way and it is unfair to place the responsibility for your feelings on an external party. I understand you're frustrated, though and that's probably ...

This is not the same thing as "Students who get As are bad bedside nurses." All it means is it takes a lot more than good grades. Take anatomy and physiology as an example, if you understand the WHYS rather than the WHATS, you will almost always be ...

I doubt they'll expect you to know what you're doing straight away. It will most likely be similar to your work as a CNA. Only you know whether to quit the CNA job. It would probably be better if you hold on until you get the intern job, rather than...

If you sign your name to a narcotic, you better watch it be given and signed for with your own eyes. Likewise, if you waste a narcotic, get it witnessed and signed for as it happens or by the end of the shift if it was an emergency. Nobody has the ri...

That's a good analogy and thank you for having the courage to share your story.

Why can't the name (or initials) be written on the cup or the first lid instead of the 2nd lid?

You want to put yourself in their shoes and think what they would think. It could well be they will think you are ignorant of the day to day work life of the nurse recruiter. (I don't know.) If it's a smaller place, as NurseKarlyn mentioned, you co...

I don't work in peds but this advice would cover most nursing interviews. You're probably more worried about the clinical type questions but I think as long as you meet a certain standard of critical thinking, the interview could be decided based on...

Seconding that it is the 1st one.

In Australia, they will either be receiving their depot from a community mental health team (public) or a GP (private). Community MHT: Hand-over their last date/dose etc (enter on computer system and fax the depot chart which is basically a copy of t...

Good for you for standing up for yourself and your patients. At least you had the strength to do that and to quit when the situation was untenable. It would probably be you that lost your license before the DON did. That place sounds like a joke!