nadia562002

I passed my boards last week and have my state license number. It is now on file where I work as an in-home caregiver. I know that I can legally write RN after my name instead of NAR. I write down NAR but I know it is not what I am anymore. Call me p...

could we forego all of that female stuff we must subject ourselves too??? For that time of the year and month, I would rather be a man. Guys only have to drop their drawers every 5 years for a rectal and prostate exam I believe.

I recently resigned my position in a hospital and now considering a job in LTC. I have one year of experience on a step down tele floor. I am wondering if taking a job in LTC would be to my disadvantage. WIll this decision arbitrarily make it harder ...

OK. This info is too easily obtained online these days through the department of health. I think the agency involved should be held responsible too for not varifying the information. There is just no excuse.

I hate nursing diagnosis. THe outcomes and goals in those books are just plain stupid and down right lofty. It seems to me that these statements are rather judgemental and or reaching to make more work for the nurse. But I must admit that after all i...

And then you get that patient who does not fit with report at all. THat has happened to me at least a couple of times. You just have to go with what you see before you.

I recently resigned from a position on a very busy cardio-thoracic floor due to some problems. I learned a great deal and had a great experience on this floor. I am now in the job market again and wondering what I should say at my first interview on ...

Thanks for all your advice. So far, I have one job offer on the table and expecting 2 more responses in the next few days. As a point of clarification, I was having some difficulties at work and decided that it would be best to resign from my positio...

University of Washington Medical Center has self scheduling on most units or all. I am not certain if its on all. I know that we have a NICU anyway. Its a terrific place to work. The other NICU's in the area are at Evergreen hospital in kirkland and ...

I worked in an assisted living facility as a nurses aid while I was a student nurse. I found that this facility liked to hang onto to their private pay clients for as long as they could even though that client really belonged in a SNF. If a client is...

My hospital recently decided to have a back-up IV nurse in place for when the bedside nurse was unsuccessful. I believe it is a dis-service to the nurse to not be allowed to place an IV because a IV team is there to do it. A good nurse should have th...

One of those things I had to mentally prepare myself for before I chose to become a nurse was the potential for death. I know that someone will inevitably die on my watch. We all deal with sick people on a daily basis. On some units, this event happe...

I am a little confused. I had a patient this week who was diagnosed with a case of infectious herpes located on the face and over the body. Apparently it is being shed through the lungs as well. At first, everyone had to wear a regular paper mask, go...

Your issues with the hospital sound somewhat similar to a situation I had at an interview. I traveled over 2 hours to get there and I am left waiting for at least a half hour because a couple of my classmates were interviewing too. The excuse was tha...

I had one of those patients recently who seems to think that being a nurse is to be a place where you stop along the way toward becoming a doctor. Of course he does not understand the concept that I chose to become a nurse and not a doctor. Doctors a...

Dont do it. Its not good for you or anyone. I dont care how short staffed they are. There should be plenty of other far more qualified nurses around, like other parts of the hospital and other towns. Just dont let them talk you into it.

I had my first code on Oct 25,2003 at 0930. My patient was scheduled to be discharged this day and was taken off tele and her IV "fell out" during the night. SHe had been complaining of neasea so I got oral reglan for her. No more then 2 minutes aft...

In my hospital, we dont allow cell phones but the nurses must carry cordless phones which I love and hate. Its great that I can get a direct call from the doc or x-ray or whoever. But I hate getting calls when I am in the middle of something with a p...

OK. I have a few more weeks left of orientation. I know that we do not get everything we need in school to succeed. Much of this takes practice. You dont magically come out 100% proficient at the other end. Well, I had my first "day from hell" this ...

I am a new RN working in cardiothoracic nursing at a hospital so I do not work office nursing. But I do play that rather uncomfortable and dreaded patient role from time to time. A few days ago, I went in to meet my new doc. Of course I met the MA fi...

It just so happens that I work at the University of Washington Medical Center. Believe me, I had my skepticm when I started in that every hospital has it downside. There is a reason why the U has received magnet status 3 times for nursing. They reall...

I just got done with 5 years of college in May. As I was getting ready to graduate, myself and many others like me had a bad case of senioritis. Following graduation, we all studied like crazy to pass the NCLEX. THen came orientation to the new job. ...

I had the PBDS assessment too. I think it was a great way to identify strengths and weaknesses without telling you that you are a total idiot for wanting to be a nurse at this hospital. Of course I placed with the "majority of new grads" whatever tha...

When I started nursing school, I honestly thought I would be skillful by the time I finished school. TUrns out that I only got to do maybe a couple of IV starts. At my new job as an RN, we learn by doing. I have been doing phlebotomy lately with lots...

I found that monster.com or any of the other recruiters who call you were not helpful in securing a job at all. I got more accomplished by simply getting my resume out there and deciding where I want to go. I took the initiative to call people back. ...