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No, it is different than acute care. However once you have experience there you can highlight your abilities and skills learned in that setting. I worked in a long term trach vent unit for infants/children and was able to highlight the skills require...

There isn't much demand for new nurses in general. Getting your LPN will limit you further as most hospitals will not employ LPN's or will phase them out. So taking longer might be a good thing since there aren't jobs waiting. I would double check...

I used to work in pediatric LTC and spent a lot of time unclogging g and j tubes. I had an order of what I would try for a J tube: Start with a 5 or 10ml syringe, it makes a BIG difference than the 60ml syringe. 1. Warm water 2. club soda 3. coffee...

I've had a lot of patients complain about a metal taste in their mouth when I flush their IV (be in peripheral or central). Strange thing, but it happens. I offer the ones I know it bothers to sip something while I flush.

You have to look at the difference in practice. From what I see, I'm in pediatrics the PA's don't get to do very much.. They see kids in the clinic and write up histories. Big yawn. I'm sure they do more in different settings, I just know what I ...

While prepping a pt for a minor surgery she was very very worried. I told her not to worry. I will never, ever say that again. She died on the table. It was one of those fluke things. I never tell a patient not to worry now, I say It's okay to be ...

Thank you so much for posting this. I am a nurse myself and have been through 2 very tough pregnancy losses (and thankfully now have a beautiful baby boy). I have heard every wrong hurtful phrase in the book from nurses who took care of me to other...

My mother has her MSN from Villanova. She is a full time floor nurse. She worked for awhile for different colleges as a clinical instructor and lecturer but the money is so much better in floor nursing(and she still worked relief while doing that)....

We have a number of kids lately who get cathed q 6 hrs for either no void or reguardless of void. One nurse brought it to my attention that you should only remove a certain amount of urine, not to cath them until flow stops. She said this prevents ...

I worked past 40 weeks. I was in early labor in my last shift at work. It was misery, but worth it to get more time home with my little one. Work for me got really really hard at about 38 weeks (I worked 12 hour shifts). But it's doable, you just ...

Very wise idea. I got my CNA prior to nursing school and when I got to clinical in nursing school I was so much better prepared. You learn so much as a CNA. Go for it. Plus if you like the unit you are a CNA on they are very likely to hire you a...

I'm in Pennsylvania and the same is true of schools in this area. They are very serious about achievement because they need to turn out safe practitioners. Also there are so many students who want to get into programs they need a way of weeding out...

Check with your state labor laws. Lunch isn't a right, you don't have to get it. It's up to your state to determine. In PA they do not have to pay you for lunch, nor even give you a lunch or a break, no matter how long you work. If your facility ...

I think you've just run into a bad crop. Most nurses and NP's I know totally understand the difference between a nurse and an MD. The nurse's role is critical and very important and nurses need to help further the reputation of their profession. T...

All hospitals in our area are getting rid of their LPN's(or already have)(In the Philadelphia area). However we have TONS of LTC facilities that employ tons of LPN's. And you don't need experience to start your RN degree, you'll have clinical for t...

Waking them? Who needs a pain pill if they can sleep through the pain? That doesn't make sense to me. Prn is as needed. End of story, not offered every time they can get it.

Get a job as a nurse tech, that schedule will work much better with nursing school. You can go to school on the weekends (if your school has a weekend program) or work the weekends (and got to school during the week). The pay isn't fantastic, but i...

Why do patients code at shift change, and of course the next shift is late... The sickest baby that has no hope for a life has the sweetest family, and the healthy grower/feeder has never had a visitor. Breaks my heart.

I had only 2,000 of debt from my first BA degree. Then went for an ASN in nursing and landed myself in 35,000 dollars of debt. It sucks. But now I'm an RN and graduated from a great private school in only two years and didn't have to wait at the c...

Boudreaux's Butt Paste and air.

I work in pediatric LTC, I've been a nurse just over a year and it is my first job. I don't know any specifics about your facility but mine suffers from lack of organization. It has made the beginning tough, there isn't a head nurse or always someo...

Ask to shadow a nurse at a local hospital. Or get a job as a nurse tech. See if you can handle it. You can't know how you'll deal until you are faced with it. We all get de-sensitized to things but there are really gross moments that get even the...

I'm only a year in as an RN but I'll tell you this: What you like in clinical and what you like in the real world might really surprise you! I hated wound care in clinical and it is so funny how excited I am when I get some new interesting wound to ...

Well their grades will matter if they intend to apply to graduate school. Grades always matter. Some people just like to make excuses for themselves and put us A chasers down!!

I am about to embark on being a nurse and a mother (I'm due at the end of the month) What I think is wonderful about being a nurse and new mom is the flexibility we are afforded. I work three 12 hour shifts. So I'll only need to work out child car...