LeesieBug

One of my colleagues is getting working on a DNP in Educational Leadership. It is an online program, with two 5-day residencies. She is loving it, and feels like it is extremely relevant to what we do. Maybe this is the type of thing you are looking ...

I struggled with this same decision, and the answer is: There is no right or wrong way to go! It just depends on your individual interests and goals. I decided to do a masters in nursing education for several reasons. 1) I had NO desire to be an NP....

Yikes! I just found out that next semester, during our health assessment course, we have to do breast exams ON EACH OTHER! I had heard about this throught the grapevine, but thought it was a rumor. As it turns out, it's not.... I am a appalled at th...

Honestly, it is just doing them over, and over, and over......and over. Its kind of like learning to drive car...hard to give someone specific instructions on how to get better at it, you just get good with practice. I remember that being the worst ...

In the ER the problem has little to do with caring a whole lot about the report and a LOT to do with traffic flow. I don't really give a crapolla how much notice I have on pt information/condition...I care about having a couple minutes to figure out ...

Had one a few days ago on a record breaking day...had a full house, 4 squads out we were trying to place, and one rolls in with a respiratory distress...."oh sorry, we forgot to call". Guy....seriously? I wanted to holller "WORK WITH ME PEOPLE!" A f...

:chuckleIndeed, I find something inherently wrong with something that is intended for "oral or rectal" use.....gives me the heebie- jeebies.

Very rarely....In three years I have done one once (thank God...I hate them). Have often sent a fleets home with patients on dc, though.

I am sort of an oddball in the pack. Never had any interest whatsoever in ER. Got shuffled into it as a new grad. I remember taking one look at the trauma room on my first day and thinking "ohhhhhh shhhheeeeit". I felt COMPLETELY out of my comfort zo...

Also, recently read research regarding the fact that it is getting to a point where there is little difference in the actual numbers of insured versus uninsured using the ER for non-emergent complaints nowadays due to an increase in patients viewing ...

As an ER nurse, I also had such an experience where I gained perspective on why people...even the insured, are coming to us instead of an urgent care clinic. Couldn't get myself and son into the doc on a Friday for a step infection...went to urgent ...

I also agree that rotating areas helps keep things more interesting. One of the things I like about E R is that it has some variety, and that would be minimized if I was going in the the same assignment every day. I remember back when I was a new gra...

We do the rotation...I like this and prefer to have it that way. We have three groups so we only work any given holiday every third year (two holidays each year, a "major" and a "minor") It is very nice that way, and there is no arguing or discussio...

The thing I can't figure out is why nursing seems to so LOVE the "us vs them" mentality in various forms....whether it be day-shift/ night-shift, ER/floors, ADN/BSN, experience/new, etc.. There seems to be a tendency to immediately slap a group label...

Since I graduated, my husband affectionately refers to me as his "sugar mama".:loveya: He works for a community funded agency and makes a tad over half of what I do. I work with a guy that says all the time how he wishes his wife had a job that offe...

Another way to do it is to slightly modify your schedule on days off. I have been on nights for over two years and have found a rhythm that works very well. If I were to shift back and forth , doing a "day" schedule when I am off, I probably would ha...

Last night was my first round of classes....and let me say, I am right there with you in feeling a lack of enthusiasm, at the moment, for doing all this! And I am only taking 8 credit hours- advanced patho, and research. I am trying to remember that...

The TEAMWORK! The funny drunk people (not the ones that pee on the floor:no: ) I also love knowing whats going on in the city at any given moment, as I am an extreme closet busy-body. Love putting all my nursing skills to use, especially love challe...

That statement in itself is a REALLY good indication of the level of support you are going to receive (crappy).....I can't stress enough how important it is to have a supportive environment as you start out, and that "sink or swim, kid" kind of menta...

Six weeks is not enough. I would I have serious concerns about taking a job in a department that felt a new grad could be adequately prepared in 6 weeks. As a new grad in ER, my orientation was a minimum of 12 weeks with the opportunity for more tim...

I hated, hated, hated those MedsPub questions allll through school, and while studying for the test. Doing the questions was the only method of study I used. Those questions are such a pain in the butt.:grn: My opinion changed COMPLETELY after taking...

I read the article and found his logic COMPLETELY flawed.... and I read it with an open mind. I found the section on heart attack very amusing, as he spoke about exercise CAUSING heart attack. sigh. He even makes note that one of the examples he giv...

In the Army you get your passport on post, and it is a military passport (unless things have changed in the past 7 years). When I got my military passport, I do not recall a waiting time while they checked me out. I walked into the office with my mi...

FRIDAY NIGHT-NEED A LIFE: frequent fliers who seem to come in every weekend with their posse in tow with a bogus complaint so they can watch cable tv, drink pop, use the phone and basically have a party in the room. Nothing like cleaning up 6 pop can...

Allergy by Association: The friends (not even related to pt) who show up and tell you not to give the patient that Toradol you have ready. Friend reports " I had a horrible reaction to that and almost died...and my brother's cousin's ex-girlfriend ha...