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We just started this in two units at my hospital, because it's cut down on patient safety events between ER and ICU transfers. The problem is that we're given 15 mins from the time the bed is assigned and ready to go get our patient. Then, you've g...

I recently got hired at a Chicago-area hospital after beginning my BSN classes through WGU. I have three classes to go! I've heard that, of the program you are looking into requires a GPA, you will have trouble with transferring. But, I have also sp...

I have had MBTs since shortly after graduating, and, based on my bragging, others went out to buy cheaper versions. All of them have been injured since: tendon strains, stress fractures and a rolled ankle. I have personally almost rolled my ankl...

I ABSOLUTELY SWEAR BY MY MBTs! A former classmate of mine recommended them to me when I made a facebook post about how horribly sore my feet and legs were after my 12 hour shifts. She had tried them and loved them! The best part? I was getting a...

Did you ever hear from anyone privately?

I highly recommend MBTs. They offer all-white varieties. I was 330 pounds when I started doing 12 hour shifts. Never once did my feet, legs or back hurt after my 12 hours once I found my MBTs. I swear by them!

I just started my BSN through Western Governors University after working 2 years with my ADN. It think it's helped with the classes tremendously. There's just no substitute for real-life experience :)

I started 9/1 but had surgery right after, so I'm a bit behind. Would love to have a support group!

It's so ironic that I see this post today, and this past week's clinical group was one of the worst I've had at a long time. I usually love having students around, and love being able to teach them while I'm working....but... If I tell you I can't g...

I say we start staging sit-ins

I started applying to hospitals in the NW burbs last month and have only gotten one call, and that was from a hospital I have since heard really bad things about. I've tried to call the HR departments and am having a really hard time even getting to...

Real life nursing vs. school life nursing is different in a lot of ways. I have been known to take medications into a patient's room prior to assessing them, but I do my assessment at that time! About the only time I've given a med without performin...

We were told on a Friday that we would start using it on our post-op orthos. Orfirmev, I believe. We give it over 15mins, at 400ml/hour. Since there's no compatibility studies available, we will only run it in as a piggyback with NS. The amount of ...

Our physicians usually defer to the pharmacists by writing "Vancomycin-pharmacy to dose and manage." And, we've recently found out that our lab's "normal limits" is actually lower than the recommended levels for certain treatments, so it's really ni...

We had a new Doc start yesterday in the ER and for a patient with a uniform DNR order, he wrote "Code Status: Full LET" None of us, including nurses with over 30 years experience, have ever seen this term. We asked him what it meant, and he said "t...

My reason for using those terms is that we are a small rural facility with only one doctor in the building at all times. If I have a doc that thinks it's okay to use a term he can't even explain it does make me wonder how well he'll react to other q...

Thanks! I kept trying to think of terms the abbreviation may have stood for and go nowhere with my searches.

If you read the original post, we actually confronted him about it right when he wrote it, hence us seeing him fail to explain it and then sit down and attempt to Google the answer. I don't care how stupid I may sound asking a doc a question, if I d...

I certainly have no problem learning new terminology. But, if a new doc thinks it's okay to use an abbreviation he himself can't explain...I will remain worried about him being my only doc in the hospital.

A max of 4? I wanna work there! That being said, I've had 4 that felt like 8...numbers alone don't indicate acquity.

Totally agree! The first thing I do is get my papers together. We each get a patient summary printout in the AM (0640-0645), which I "tab" by cutting or folding away parts of the margin so I have a tab for each patient. I then print out a schedule...

*bumping* "I've been a nurse for 33 years, struggled with 33 years of handing off, reporting, JCAHO mandates, resource inadequacies, management ignorance...all of it. I see it's still worldwide. Is anyone involved in a report-off system that is worki...

I'm checking into FHSU. How long is each class? Do they offer 24/7 tech support? Any info would be great!

I am moving to Addison in a week, and will be continuing to work my three-in-a-row 2 hours south until I can find something up north. I would really appreciate any PM info you guys could provide on the hospitals around Addison... Thanks in advance!

I had clinicals at the Pavillion and loved it. But, it is hard. Not only do they have an adult, inpatient floor, but they also have a floor for minors, divided 5-12 and 12-18 years of age. I have a friend that went to work there after we graduated,...