Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

So, while all this is true (and obvious to any patient-care-oriented person), it is irrelevant to the topic at hand. Question 1 is an opportunity to improve one particular area of this problematic system, and you are suggesting that it be rejected b...

It's not rude to inform you that things are not how you keep insisting they are. Ultrasound technicians take pictures of things. It is a technical skill (hence "technician"). They are not responsible for interpretation of the pictures. That is the...

Right. So you haven't answered my question, but I'm guessing it sounds like you're aiming to be a doctor? Which does beg the question why you're asking on a site called AllNurses, but okay. You don't need a bachelor's degree in "the field of pediat...

A) There's no such thing as a "bachelors in pediatrics." B) Do you want to be a doctor or a nurse? C) If you're in an RN program, where does sonography ("ultrasounding") come into anything?

What do you mean, a "pediatric degree"? A bachelor's in sonography is just that. To become a neonatologist, you have to obtain a bachelor's degree, then attend med school, then complete a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology. Wha...

To OP: this is a lousy situation all around and I unfortunately don't have any clear advice on what you should do (aside from looking for a new job if your management is really that bad with playing favorites). I just wanted to speak up and say that...

Okay then. How can we speak to pros and cons without knowing anything about you or your experience or preferences? Both roles involve babies. One involves adult females as well. One is more in line with the medical model of care and number-crunchi...

Heck, when I first started college I was going to major in classics and become a high school Latin teacher Glad I changed my mind early enough and was at a university where I could transfer internally to the nursing school!

The cost of an NNP program can sometimes be subsidized by your employer in the NHS in return for a work commitment of a few years, so the low wages are somewhat offset by the lack of loans/debt, but yeah, the NHS in general is paid much worse than he...

My advice to you is to take it one step at a time. You haven't even started nursing school yet, you have very little idea of what bedside nursing will be like and whether you'll even want to go for a master's down the line. There's value in plannin...

I think it depends mainly on the culture of the unit -- hospitals will have their own dress codes for staff, but some places will enforce them more strongly than others. I've worked in three places now, in all of which I had coworkers who had multip...

I recently returned to the US after living and working in London for six years. I've written about the experience in a few places, probably most extensively in this thread. Happy to answer any questions you may have, although the registration process...

"Different attitudes towards vaccines"? Is that like "alternative facts"? No. Antivaxxers are wrong. Period. As PP have said, I don't particularly care whether they feel persecuted or not. Science refutes them utterly.

Surely the example is supposed to be coming from your own experience? I can't see how interviewers would be interested in hearing other people's anecdotes.

"Of course" nurse practitioner? I'm confused. What are you now? You know there's no such thing as a CNA-RN, right? And if you want to aim for an advanced degree, you need a bachelor's first.

Where on earth were you run into the ground?

Did you have a certification (CNA is not a license) in NY initially? If so, check with NY, as it should still be there. You don't "switch" when you apply for reciprocity, you obtain a separate certification in the new state based on having one in t...

I mean, this sounds not dissimilar to the technique we use to obtain heelstick samples in NICU. Even with a baby kicking, there still isn't "blood running everywhere." Also, gloves are part of PPE. Their entire point is to keep your bodily fluids f...

Further dilution doesn't change the dose. The dose is whatever you initially draw up.

That's a weirdly worded question, I think they're expecting you to dilute what you draw out of your reconstituted vial without explicitly saying so. If you reconstitute to 100 mg/ml as directed, your 150 dose would be 1.5 ml. How much additional st...

I have worked with probably upwards of 500 nurses in the past ten years and have never once discussed bra choice with any of them. No, there is not a "go-to bra" for nurses. You don't have to gravitate towards specific brands of anything just becau...

115.60? If they really want it to the hundredth? Also, please use the "quote" button so we know who you're responding to, when you say an answer is wrong.

I wonder if they're being picky about significant digits? Strictly speaking, you shouldn't be rounding to a hundredth of a kilo because you don't know what hundredth of a pound you have. Maybe try 150/2.2 = 68 kg, then 68*1.7 = 115.6?

I'm going to guess family member.

I don't know the circumstances of why she was late to report, but you could always have pointed out to her that part of being a team means showing up to relieve your teammate on time so they don't have to clock out late.