OrionQuiltsRN

Excellent topic! I think some nicknames can backfire in adulthood. A friend I know was named Danny at birth. It was fine when he was young, but as a 6'4" police officer he wishes he had been named Daniel. So he goes by Dan which defeated his parents...

I saw that same episode last week! He was impressed that she was a bus driver and an RN. It certainly was burning my britches. I worked long and hard to become a registered nurse.

Absolutely go for it! I got into my nursing program at 47, graduated with my RN at 49. I am now in an RN-BSN program. Nursing is great for people of all ages. One-third of my nursing class was 40+. The youngest person in my class was only 20 at gradu...

I had shoulder surgery at the end of January for impingement syndrome. There was no tendon repair necessary, just surgical shaving of bone spurs. I am still in physical therapy here eleven weeks later. I am not able to carry grocery sacks and would b...

Last year while I was going through cancer, I had many close friends ask what they could do. I told them "I don't know right now, but when something comes up I will call you." My daughter began writing down names/numbers of everyone that volunteered ...

I can sympathize with your pain. I too have plantar faschiitis and tried every shoe I could. After 5 years of suffering I bought Z-coils. Made all the difference for me. I have a white pair for work and a brown pair for extended walking (like going t...

It was 10ml normal saline before the med, but 10ml heparin when finished using the line. Thanks for catching that. I even went back and edited my post. Yes, last year was crazy. Now I am ready to get back to nursing.

Depends on the type of central line being used. Last year during my cancer treatments I had a double lumen central line in my chest, a double lumen Groshong in my left arm, and a double lumen Power PICC in my right arm. The Power PICC is an open-ende...

Last year I was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma. My first belly tap produced 2.5 L, three days later 3.9 L, and three days after that was 4.9 L. The lymphoma was producing the fluid, and as soon as I began chemo the ascites stopped. I felt like I ...

After a year long battle with lymphoma, I am finally ready to get back to work. Clearly there is a lapse of employment on my resume. How do I address that lapse of employment on my resume, or do I? With God's blessings I will have a job interview (or...

I spent six months receiving chemotherapy for lymphoma this year. Lymphoma is gone! I am well and anxious to find another RN job. I had a power PICC in my right arm. It was probably the best thing about this past year. I had blood draws every day thr...

As an RN, I always want to have good breath around my patients. THEN, in April I was diagnosed with lymphoma and spent the majority of the summer in an oncology unit receiving chemo. One nurse in particular would come in smacking her gum which irrita...

I can certainly attest to the "phenergan power hour". I have been a chemo patient all summer. Phenergan was the drug used for my breakthrough nausea when my scheduled Zofran didn't completely work.

One piece of equipment I use when cathing females is a miner's/camper's flashlight; the one that sits on your forehead with a strap. It looks like I am going mining. I am! I can point the light exactly where I need it.

Try using "alum" for canker sores. Moisten your fingertip, dip finger in alum, and apply to the canker sore. The alum causes shrinking and helps the canker heal. Leaves a funny taste in your mouth, but works so well!

I am a new RN, graduated in June. I finally got the call I was waiting for, an interview with a L&D unit at a hospital! And the call came on my birthday. How cool was that?! I interview 7 days from now. What kind of questions might be asked in th...

I was 46 when I went to nursing school. The community college had a two year ADN program (Associate Degree in Nursing). The program was 6 quarters and I graduated with my RN. Now I am taking classes online at the local university to complete my BSN. ...

I am a new RN, graduated in June. I've worked for 3 months in a hospital, but was let go because of budgets. I have submitted close to 40 applications since September, and have had three interviews. My former DNS told me many facilities cannot hire n...

For entry into my nursing program we were required to have the following: chicken pox (or proof of immunity) MMR (or proof of immunity) TB Hep B TDap Recommended: Hep A flu pneumococcal Smallpox vaccine is not ...

Clinical sites can have more stringent requirements than nursing school or even BON. I had one classmate in my nursing class who had a DUI conviction. He was admitted to nursing school, and two of the hospitals for clinical rotations, but not the thi...

Our family dental office hires RNs because they use conscious sedation and general anesthesia for dental surgeries and extended procedures. Of course, they have their dental hygenists for dental care, and the RNs only work in the sedation/anesthesia ...

I liked the Saunders. Most of the books are set up in chapters. Review questions are at the end of the chapters, but answers are at the back of the book. I just hated that. Saunders Q&A is nothing but review questions. The pages are organized so ...

When I was in junior high, I had a teacher whose name was Milo Ball. No joke! You can find it in the phone book to this day. The joke in the school of course, was that his middle name was Harry. Two weeks ago, the birth announcements in my town news...

How long has English been your second language? The nursing class behind me had a young man in your situation. He was from Nigeria and English is his second language. I don't know how long he had been speaking English. After nursing class, he would g...

I recently graduated from my RN program and passed my boards in July! I am also a single mom, with 4 kids. I also left an abusive relationship. Take it one day at a time. Remember "it takes a village". Take your friends and family up on their offers...