rn2bnwi

rn2bnwi BSN, RN

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  1. Do nurses talk about their patients when the leave

    I think that nurses wouldn't talk behind your back about stretch marks but refusing to have a medical assessment done because of you insecurities really ends up bringing more attention to what your...
  2. I just got the email that i got in!!!! I hope to hear great news from others
  3. I work with a nurse that is in her 70's and 3 other nurses that retired and came back... not sure about their ages but in their
  4. Law school instead of a MSN

    Lol, so
  5. Law school instead of a MSN

    I don't know I have friends with law degrees...and experience that cant get work right now because of the economy. the grass is always greener but there are lawyers that make little pay as well . But...
  6. They are all of them depending on who they find to be your preceptor, you could be doing pms, nights or days. And i don't beleive you can make any kind of request to accomodate children. its 52...
  7. 2nd semester finals and i'm a borderline grade

    that definately could be most classes in this area require a cum. test average before they will include homework in your average. not always
  8. 2nd semester finals and i'm a borderline grade

    I just had to come back to this because the numbers weren't making sense to me. i add all your test together and divided them by 6 and y our average is just below a 70 percent. I think you should...
  9. Question about patient's death and ethical issue

    what i have heard nurses say and what i have told family myself is that sometimes people wait until their loved ones leave to take their final breath . and it is the truth and on the other hand i...
  10. 2nd semester finals and i'm a borderline grade

    Don't shoot for a 77 Percent shoot for and A. you have to use your time wisely. ...... stressing about this is going to hinder you so you need to put that aside, you can't change your past grades...
  11. The patient who wouldn't stop screaming...

    Yikes!
  12. How do I explain my new job?

    As someone whose child was in the nicu , i think its an amazing thing you do and never once though the nicu nurses were hurting my baby. I say you proudly say i will be helping them, not hurting...
  13. Can someone please explain per diem to me?

    I think that policy will vary depending where you work. Typically Per diem would not mean agency but an actual specific facility. i know that around here most of the hospitals require you be...
  14. My son wants to be a nurse????

    PUt your faith in him! its a great
  15. I have done CNA nocturnal work at a hospice facility and it should NOT be back breaking work. Turns go very, very quickly (and more comfortably and less invasive i might add) when there are two people...
  16. for 5 to 6 pts the two of you should be able to handle total
  17. even as a nurse you will still be dealing with Vomit and poop. its true. I work as a cna and start my nursing program in the fall and after a year it has gotten much easier and natural. I work more in...
  18. Where to buy custom scrubs?

    look on craigslist i have seen ads on my local site for a local person that does
  19. I fear my CNAs! lol

    Wow, that is too
  20. Severe back pain...born with it??

    my bil has neck and back problems from forceps at birth....as well as
  21. Can anyone insert a foley? Inject IMs?

    I was a caregiver in college, and we did meds, g-tube feedings, enemas, stoma care and wafer placing, as well as restraints for sib (under the guidance of a pyschiatrist) While I look back and am...
  22. Good luck to you! i would definately become a Cna and see if nursing is for you from there. you are very young. while your working as a cna you can take your
  23. Any nurses out there still wearing a cap?

    I have only seen a cap once, it was at a nursing home and she was the director of nursing, and get this it had .............DON on her cap.
  24. NO , its disrespectful, unprofessional and in my own opinion hateful. I know you may not know the extent to which using that word in that term hurts but youthfullness is not an excuse for using a...
  25. What are my chances?

    I know at the schools i have gone to a D can't be counted so you would have to retake speech and such. The classes for nursing are very hard even the pre-reqs so i would suggest some study courses to...