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Hey All, I could use some opinions on a situation with a nursing student today. To give some background I've been a peds nurse for about 5 years. I'm very pro-teaching and really like having students with me. I've never had any negative experiences...

Honestly yes. Although your experiences and recs are great the competition to get into an acc program is rough. I'd think about taking some classes especially any sciences you can get your hands on. I did a 2nd degree program and had a 3.5 with a ...

I'm a nurse that was a tech before. There are lazy nurses (which I cannot stand) and lazy techs. However the hands-off of direct patient care that I've seen as a nurse disgusts me. Yes, critical thinking, passing meds, starting IVs, chemo, blood (...

You have every right to be very angry! Please make sure you document everything and make copies for yourself. The fact that they gave medications to your patients without checking with you or the instructor first would have been grounds for getting...

Wow--that's a hard question because of your gap between when you graduated and when you took the boards. Do you have any related experience outside of clinical that you can put on your resume? A BSN doesn't mean anything to most hospitals--that's t...

A couple of quick questions for you--when did you graduate, did you take the boards already, and do you have experience? NJ/NY markets are very very tight. Applying online isn't going to cut it and attending a few job fairs won't do it either. You ...

I have a pretty good relationship with the doctors that I work with and I think that it works because it's a two-way street. On my end when I do have to call them off hours for something I make sure I have all of my stuff together as well as what I'...

Bipolar II here as well. Stable on meds for about 9 years. Have been told by coworkers and patients that I'm a really good nurse. Most of the time I think I am. Medication, therapy, and support group makes it possible. I think I'm a better nurse for ...

I'm a nurse that loves to teach and precept but I've noticed a couple of quick things that I think might help students to keep in mind. 1) If you come to get your clinical assignment before clinical please don't wear a tank top with a leopard print b...

This is a good question. I think that there some nurses are more upbeat than others (that is pretty much how I am) versus those that aren't. I think it's a matter of personality. Some people complain all day long whereas some of us (not nearly enough...

You all sound like nursing students I'd like to have. I think it's the clinical instructor as well b/c she is not too hot. There is a real need for clinical instructors but the pay is not as much as one can make on the floor plus it is so hard to ma...

I think the fact that you're asking questions and have concerns means you'll be a great preceptor. I love doing it and wish we had more new grads on the floor. Students are awesome too though. I'm about 5 years in and have been only been doing it fo...

I have stayed in Peds but my original plans weren't for peds at all. When I interviewed something clicked and when I started doing it I found that I really love it. I'm going for my NP now so I think I'll be with peds the majority of my nursing life...

I'm lucky because my parents think that having a daughter that is a nurse is a great thing. That's the first thing they'll say when they introduce me to someone. When I got into a big name grad program it became "This is my daughter, the nurse, and s...

I work on peds so what we get back is an order sheet that gives the orders to flush qshift with x amount of heparin (units dependent upon patient weight either 10U or 100 U) as well as a spot that the doc checks to state that placement has been verif...

In Central NJ with 4 years and pediatric certification about $35 on days. Cleared around 80K with some OT last year. Wind up working about an an extra 8-12 a week most of the year. Good benefits for me and the husband--full medical/dental/life insur...

I took a 1 week review offered by my school and then sat for the test about 3 weeks after I graduated. Had done NCLEX questions (about 50-100) a day throughout nursing school since it helped me do well on all of my nursing tests. Had 75 questions and...

Hang in there. The first year is really rough--so much to learn and to adjust to while trying to meet the expectations of our profession. I'm coming up on year 5 and most days even when busy are good. There are some that are great where everything c...

It is ironic to hear your coworkers talk about how a patient with BP, depression, or anxiety as "the crazy one." It bothered me so much in the beginning that nurses thought that way but now I hit my "ignore" button. I'm doing my APN in psych and sti...

When I started I did disclose the medications I took but only to employee health. As far as anyone else I have never said anything and no one has ever asked. I think the medications have made me a much better nurse and I'm thankful there are things ...

After learning on the fake arm and starting on real arms it is much different. I think you need the real arm to really get the feel of things. I volunteer for as many as I can which is usually a decent amount on peds because kids and IVs are not a gr...

For me where I did my undergrad was a good school but not an ivy. It made no difference in job offers but what helped the most was my externship and working as a tech. This is going back about 4 years but I think most places look for things like tha...

I think your concerns show you're a good nurse. I still have them even though I feel comfortable with the large majority of my job. I'm the dosage checking queen but that's saved me a bunch of times. I'm also the one reading the actions/pharmacology ...

PIN, Love your posting and agree 100%. Thanks for saying it better than I did.

I'd hasten to say that responses like yours support the idea that some (by no means all) of the experienced nurses don't remember.