Nurseinprocess

I had a classmate who delivered right at the end of a semester, which was the winter one, and that enabled her to take a lot of time off over the summer before hitting the books again in the fall. She had her baby and was back taking an exam 2 days ...

My employers force their staff to get the flu vaccination. You can decline if you have a valid documented reaction or some religious reason, but you have to wear a mask October through March. You cannot just choose not to get it and wear a mask, th...

I didn't even realize that you could start BSN classes before you complete an Associate's program. That is quite a load! Are you just taking classes or are you actually in a Bachelor's program? I would wrap up the Associates and the NCLEX before y...

Are you a nurse assistant? Where I live techs are usually nursing students working as nurse assistants. I can't imagine working as a nurse assistant and having 20 pts on a med surge floor, that is nuts. When I was a nursing student I don't think w...

I don't think you do any prereqs for a bridge program, you just pick one that suits your style (some have clinicals, some are all writing papers and taking tests). I think most people pick a program based on cost. My coworker is halfway done with...

Not a pt comment, but the mother of one of my post partum pts asked me if it takes a few days for the baby to open its eyes . This lady had presumably given birth to the pt, lol.

We had a pregnant classmate in my nursing program. It was her third kid. She was due right at the end of our OB rotation, so she picked a clinical site that was the hospital she was planning to deliver at, just in case. She did fine, I don't remem...

Go to the least expensive one closest to where you want to work. Don't take on too much debt.

If you are being a nutty, unreasonable, horrible patient you may find me talking about you to my colleagues. I am not one to use foul or inappropriate language, though. I only work with maybe one or two people who use unprofessional language when d...

I've never done that, but whenever I have bad dreams about work I am not dressed right and have flip flops or some other bizarre thing going on with my wardrobe. I have shown up missing an earring a couple times. Ooops.

I don't wear mine. I am actually shocked at how many of my coworkers do wear their big fancy wedding sets to work.

Where I work you can clock in 12 minutes early, but you won't get any extra pay for that, it just ensures we all clock in on time. We can clock out 12 minutes early if have given report on all our pts. A few of my coworkers have their phone alarms ...

So you are working three twelve hr shifts in a position that isn't RN? I first read it thinking you were RN bridging to BSN. How long is your BSN program? Is it 4 years? Is it accelerated? There are too many factors to answer your question. Nur...

I would not want to take on A&P with any other classes so my vote would be to take it over the summer so that is your only focus. It is a very tough class that I know many people struggle with and end up taking it more than once (I managed an A-...

I guess I am confused, when I first read your post I thought you were asking about taking a RN job that wasn't patient care. If you mean getting a first job that isn't as a nurse at all, what was the point of getting a nursing degree? And how is th...

Depends on what the job is. It also depends on what your goals are.

Whre I work we are allowed to accept gift cards and food gifts, well, pretty much a lot of stuff from patients and their families. No cash, of course.

It sounds like if you are already comfortable and smart at your position then being Charge shouldn't be a stretch for you. I was charge before I was a nurse for a year, but it only meant I got one less pt that everyone else and I made the assignment...

I think you are smart to do it now. I went through a regular 2 yr ADN program 10 years ago and my youngest was 4 and oldest was 8. I pushed off my kids a lot onto their dad (thank God he was so helpful!). I feel like it definitely has an impact on...

Just take it sooner than later, before you forget all the material that is in your head. If you did well in school you should be okay with the NCLEX. Good luck! Go for it!

18 minutes, about 10 miles one way.

Considering that I have had more than one pt actually pull their own picc line out , I would have to agree with you that it does not necessarily need to be a sterile procedure.

Wow. Some other hospitals have way different processes than ours. Where I work the L & D nurses do the baby catching and apgars/initial assessments of the babies. They spend about two hours recovering the pts and assisting with breastfeeding. ...

The worst smell I have had to overcome is STINKY FEET. Man feet. Patient husband feet. I can't believe some people can live with a mate and not notice or fix their rotten stinky feet. We have had to put an air purifier outside the door of some pa...

I don't understand why your boss told you that they were sending/or reporting this med error to the State. What is that supposed to mean? Is that something you have to be afraid of working in an assisted living? I could see a report going in your ...