PlanetCaroline

Long time lurker, first time poster here. Changing careers from nonprofit fundraising to nursing. I've been interested in health and medicine since my first boyfriend (a med student) gave me The House of God. Kind of dated with its attitudes towa...

Tip: When a superior is offering "constructive criticism" the best thing to do is listen intently and when he or she is finished start off by saying: Thank you for caring enough to share your constructive feedback with me. -------- I learned this ti...

In my nursing program, I won't learn IV starts, so I am asking you new grads... Where are you learning IV starts? In nursing school, orientation to your 1st job, or somewhere else? I doubt I will be very desirable on the floors w/o the ability to ...

I am interested in working night shifts, but am not sure I can cut it. How did you discover that you were a night person? Are there any chances in nursing school to test my theory that I like the graveyard shift. Can volunteer for a few night shift...

What was the shortest time you held a particular nursing job? Feel free to give a reason (only if you want to) as to why the position did not last long. No particular reason for asking the question. Just curious. Thanks. --- Caroline

Heard a rumor about a nurse strike happening at MCP/Hahnemann on Tuesday November 11th. Did a Google search and found nothing, so I am asking if it true and any details. Anyone willing to supply some info? Thanks. --Caroline

I need to find a job to pay my rent & food bill. Everything else is covered with my college loan & credit cards. I'm in an accelerated BSN program so it takes up time. My schedule is like this: Mon & Tues: Class 8am - 5pm Wed, Thur...

Nursing type jobs paying 14-16 per hour. I would definitely work in a hospital for that kind of pay. :) My top choice for work was catering. I called a company that said they were always hiring... well, right now they aren't. Catering work has s...

I'm a nursing student at Drexel & got an email saying that the closing of MCP will not affect med or nursing students & Drexel is committed to education, blah, blah. Of course the hospital closing won't affect med & nursing education beca...

So....I'm breaking up with my S.O. & am moving in freezing February into a new place. That will be in the middle of my semester of accelerated nursing school. And I'm thinking, "The pain of the break up and chilly move will at distract me from t...

Not a huge Will & Grace fan, but am loving Jack in nursing school. I love it for these reasons: Instead of getting dumb blond & bimbo jokes, the show using humor related to nursing. How bout Jack using his skills to get dates. "I'm Jack...

When I was 21, I ordered an alcoholic beverage and the bartender looked at me and gasped, "I can't serve you. You must be 13." At the time I was hurt and embarrassed. Now that I am over 30, I have noticed that people in their 20's look really young...

I went to college before Power Point & email, so maybe I'm behind the times & need your help. It seems at my school, the one-on-one individualized component to teaching is missing. Examples: 1) My 5-page personal essay on life history that ...

I feel your pain about dishes. There were times I had to throw dishes out because they were such disgusting experiments in mold culturing. One thing does work for me... MUSIC Band: New Order Album: Substance (1987) I played the B side of this reco...

See a psychiatrist to get treatment for your panic attack right away. I never got proper treatment for my panic attacks (started when I was 14) & as a result I have developed phobias of places where I often panic (on highways and airplanes). On...

Thanks for the info. I am a nursing student at Hahnemann (now Drexel University) and will try to talk to any picketers about the situation this week. After all, my nursing school is attached to Hahnemann Hospital. Talk about being on the front line...

7:15 am, I meet my very first patient. She's paging the nursing staff so she can get off the john & that is how we meet. Over the next 2+ hours, we do am care together. I make mistakes in absolutely everything I did. Bedmaking (unoccupied, whi...

Starting clinicals tomorrow and I am public transportation dependent. Inevitable I am delayed at least once a month for transportation problems (breakdowns, weather problems, fires, etc.) I am scared about getting in trouble for showing up late fo...

Punnett squares, what fun. I have a genetics midterm next week. I remember learning this stuff in high school bio & the thing that I remember the most is.... Because most genetics probs use the Punnett square, most answers are in increments of o...

I know I made the right decision choosing nursing over being a doctor. I wanted a profession that challenged me emotionally, physically, and intellectually & nursing fits the bill. Also, I like the idea that I do different things in nursing li...

Two weeks ago I caught a minor cold. I had swollen glands, a scratchy throat, dry cough and no fever or stuffy nose. The cough caused me some sleepless nights, but 8 days later I was better. But then I got gastroenteritis & was up all night cl...

I hear you. Remember you are human and have limits. School shouldn't be your number 1 priority-- YOU should be your number 1 priority. Marital strife is consider one of the greatest stresses in life, up there with the death of a parent. It sounds...

This is really interesting how education varies. Potter & Perry 5th edition (2003) says there should be no air bubble in IM, use the Z-track method, an aspirate the needle to make sure that we didn't hit a vessel. It is hard to trust the textboo...

You will never guess what happened. Before I had a chance to talk to my clinical instructor about the unreliability of public transportation, she told us that she understood occasional lateness b/c it may happen to her b/c the commute is very long....

This is one of those situations that requires me as a sticking up for myself. My train leaves at 6 am. I should get to clinical right on time. If the train is late it is rarely more that 15-20 minutes, so the WORST that could happen is I'd be 20 ...