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 quite sociable. The CRNA had control of the IPOD.
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 problems that I am responsible for fixing. I have cli...
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 professional. If you show feelings of awkwardness the ...
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 is wrong with pt 3. House belittles people 4. Produ...
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 because of something she's done to me, I'm genuinely co...
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 my grades weren't good enough. Many people just do...
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 diet. I couldn't believe what a difference it made.
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 stage IV ulcer so large and with so much tunneling yo...
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 come in because we really handle our patient by ours...
So this is only my first semester in the program. I'm currently doing clinicals on a med/surg. I only have clinicals once a week and I wish I could do them more often. Everyday I finish I have a huge smile on my face and I just feel like I was born f...
I'm a nursing student currently doing clinicals on med/surg. My ears are stretched to 00 but I only wear solid plugs during clinicals. You can not see a large hole through my ear. I have two large tattoos on my biceps that are covered by my sleeves t...
I would suggest talking to your adviser. Most of friends trying to do pre-med have gone into biology or EMC. Nursing is a different path and takes too much focus, determination, and hard work to just be considered a back-up major.