BlueBug

I have never heard of anything like that before! Start checking with some outside sources, Nursing board, Joint Commission, American Heart Association, ACLS instructors. Have you talked to your director about this, or is it a rumor on the grapevine?

On evenings where I am, we almost never have a CNA or any help, so that means total patient care for all patients. I have had from 4-6 patients, usually 4 patients and 2 empty beds which leaves me praying for no new admits. After 11pm we have no un...

When I was at a major children's hospital it was common for parents to sleep in the hospital beds with the kids. Why are you so offended that some moms want to cuddle and have their husbands very close? Just because the way dad curls up around mom r...

Breast feeding works on a supply-and-demand system, which means you can't just not pump or go longer between pumping without messing up your supply. If a mom needs to pump every 4 hours, she can't stretch it to 6, it just doesn't work that way. The b...

I did it. I had my GED, now I also have my BSN,RN... Good Luck! ~BlueBug

See if your place has a standardized form to use, at least to organize yourself. My place has one, but nobody uses it. I think I might start using it to give myself an outline so I can be organized. I will either use theirs or make one myself that...

Keep at it, advancing your education and becoming an RN will be worth it. Nurses do provide care, even if it is at a different level than what you are used to as a CNA. I have my BSN and work in a med/tele unit and provide alot of the 1 on 1 patient ...

I agree with the above posts. Getting some rest should help alot. When other people freak out like the patient's daughter and the doctor did, it usually has very little to do with you and alot to do with something else the person cannot deal with. ...

Hey there, practicing, often, really does make a difference. No matter how good you get, you won't get all of them, and then the ones you miss are not always the hardest looking all the time. What looks like a sure thing can turn into mission impossi...

I don't know anything about Concorde, but make sure they are accreditated and that you will be able to sit for boards after you graduate. I have seen funky programs which promise the world, but don't deliver. I also remember when I took my Kaplan r...

If Stepmom comes back again... You sounded pretty upset about what the kids mother had done, and seeing that you were informed by the kids about the injections, they probably picked up on your feelings of anger and distrust about their mother. Mayb...

I was trying to be nice the first time I posted, but I have to agree with what the other posters have said, your grammar really is awful. And no, nobody said a word about LPNs being lazy except for you. I am wondering if English is not your first l...

The above post sounds like my unit, and all beds are med/tele. We have no med/surg beds, all are up for tele if needed. We all are required to have ACLS within a certain time frame of being hired, and all are required to have basic rhythms classes...

A friend of mine was yelled at and humiliated for asking a doctor a question. Chairs flung across the nurses station, calling pharmacy and declaring the "stupid nurse" had a question, throwing everything in his pockets across the romm while attempt...

Yeah... I was offended by that above comment to. The idea that children can only be well taken care of by a stay at home parent is just not true. Babysitters and daycare are not mindless, cold, heartless, warehouseing of children. I also think the id...

Ease up on yourself. I am 31 and graduated in May with my BSN... and I still wonder what I want to do with my life sometimes. Give yourself time. Nothing says you have to pick now and carve it in stone. Parents can be a pain sometimes, my daught...

Can your dose be altered or changed at all? You didn't mention the dose or scheduling. I take wellbutrin in the winter to fight SAD and keep me going through the winter, without it I would be curled up under the bed with the dust bunnies... I start g...

How are you doing agency work just out of school. I looked for jobs listed as "graduate nurse" when job hunting. I applied at many hospitals, but only got a handful of responses. The hospitals know that the RNs that apply to these positions are lim...

I have the attention span of a chicken, so I can only study in about 20 min blocks. Then I get up and walk around, get a drink of water then start again. Breaking it up in small blocks worked for me, but not for my room mate who sat and studied for...

Some people do "work their way up" because they take little steps. A lot of the time these people need to get to work faster or did not originally plan to become RNs. I graduated last May with a BSN, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I went to the lo...

Where in the midwest are you? I had a difficult time finding places that are hiring graduate nurses in the kansas city area. ~BlueBug

I use antifungus cream at night, and cover with socks. I don't have itchy feet, nothing that screams Athlete's Foot, but this has helped ALOT. I also use a lava stone, can't remember what it's called, in the shower or after a soak in the tub. Pe...

This is what I was going to say:yeahthat: You need to go to your management so the issue is out in the open and they know what is going on. This goes beyond snide, it could ruin your career. You don't want to be accused and try to defend yourself ...

Double or triple glove...

It isn't that the elderly are just bodies that need to be wiped and fed and are denied interaction, you have to get the interaction in when you can. While the services you offer are great, the others are vital. Also, you are used to seeing communi...