I'm not a CRNA. In fact, I'm still in the clinical stages of receiving my BSN, but I have shadowed CRNAs and done clinicals in the OR. Everyone always seemed like a big family and at times it was...
Healthcare in general is a place where you need to be able to get knocked down and keep on going. If you can't handle all the frustration then you might just die young from stress. I enjoy facing...
I'm kind of in the same boat being a 22 y/o male nursing student. There are plenty of male healthcare workers out there in all fields. If something feels awkward, just keep a straight face and be...
I have to admit, I liked last nights episode of E.R. I don't know why I like House so much. The formula is always the same: 1. Random person doing something... boom syncope! 2. Can't figure out what...
This is my first semester in the program. Aside from going from an "A" student to a "B" student, everything is okay. There is one teacher however, who really worries me. I'm not just flaming her...
Somtimes when I tell people I'm going into nursing they'll say, "great, maybe you'll go on to be a doctor." Ummm... no thanks. If I had wanted to be a doctor I would have gone pre-med. It's not like...
I had the same thing happen to me when I was doing my first foley cath. I have to do things a few times before I lose that shaky feeling. One thing that helped me was cutting out caffeine from my...
You really may not know if this has an impact on you until you experience it firsthand. I'm a student and I was afraid that my wound care rotation would bother me, but it didn't. One patient had a...
This is what i'm wondering. As of now I give all my meds with my instructor. Afterwards, I notify the nurse and document it myself. Most of the nurses on my clinical floor love it when the students...