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Hi All, I am a New Graduate RN starting in the OR (peri-operative) and I would appreciate ANY advice from experienced OR RN's. Thanks for your time and interest!

Hi Everyone, I'm an RN starting in the ICU and need some advice, instruction and time saving tricks in keeping my patients clean and comfortable. It sounds dumb but nursing school focuses on meds and procedures alot and cleaning duties not so mu...

Hi Everyone, Thanks for looking at my post. I am a new graduate licensed RN from California who has landed an interview for a "new grad ED position." I don't have experience in the ED but I do have experience in ICU and ICU Stepdown. I am curren...

Hi everyone, I'm a fourth semester RN student (almost done!) and was lucky enough to land a preceptorship in the CT ICU. I want to learn and help as much as possible. I know some of you may have preceptored students currently or in the past. Does any...

Hi there, I'm a fourth semester nursing student (almost done!) and I am here to tell you that poop is important! You need to chart your poop! Poop can alert you to the existance of diseases and GI cancer. If you are by yourself on the flo...

Hi Everyone! I'm a third semester nursing student in California and plan to move after I graduate. I've heard numerous stories about nurses in other states being assigned a huge number of patients. I'd like a reality check from those of you work...

Hi everyone, I have a BA and am currently working towards an associates in nursing. My counselor informed me I could get an accelerated masters online after I pass the NCLEX. Does anyone know the pros and cons to this time saving move? I'm 40 an...

Hi everyone, Thanks for your replies. I currently have a degree in journalism. For this reason, my counselor told me, I could take accelerated masters program online to achieve my masters degree in nursing. Instead of going back to a university to ac...

Hi everyone! These problems have me confused! If anyone has time to tackle them I'd be really appreciative! (I think the first one is 12 ml/hr) I have a pass/fail math exam in a few weeks and I'm stressed! Thanks alot for your time! 2. Your CCU patie...

Thank you guys so much for explaining. My prior belief was dividing by 60 min to acquire per minute. Your explanations make perfect sense and thanks to everyone for your time and patience! I've never seen a problem like this before so thanks again!

I don't want to sound totally clueless, but in the second problem why is there no dividing by 60 min to get gtt/min? Thanks for your help!

Hi everyone! I'm a first semester nursing student who is experiencing horrible nightmares. I've never had them before my exposure to the hospital setting. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Thanks for the reassurance! You're right they are only dreams. They are just so gory and scary! It really helps to talk them out. The hospital setting is new for me, I just have to get used to it. Thanks for your advice!!!

My dreams are gory and bloody, like intestines and severed spinal cords. My husband says they are nomal, but I'm not so sure.

I inserted a Foley on an Iraqi woman with a female circumcision.

There is an EMT in my first semester RN program and he is light years ahead of everyone else. It seems like a really great idea.

I'm a student nurse currently entering 2nd semester. A nurse once told me "If you make a mistake, make it as right as you can." Not implying you made a mistake, but you did make it right for yourself.

Hi Everyone, I'm a soon to be second semester RN nursing student. Do any of you knowledgable nurses out there have any advice for me? I want to get as much experience and be as helpful as possible. Any tips on gaining experience would be greatly appr...

Hi! I'm just finishing my first semester at Glendale College in California. During the first three weeks we practiced skills in the nursing lab (on mennequins) and after that we've been in the hospital two days a week for a total of 12 hrs a wk. We a...