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I've been in my nursing career for 8 months now...learned an awful lot - still have A LOT to learn of course. However, I do feel I can carry my own. I've handled so many emergencies, caught low lab values, questioned orders that don't sound quite r...

I applied to the SF program. They told me that I should hear something in the next 4-6 weeks but that would be when the semester starts. I am so frustrated. Like you, I feel like I need to plan my life for this. I hope this is a little more "cate...

One thing that may be compromised with rude/nasty/troublemaking patients and even family members is continuity of care. Our hospital spreads these assigments out so if I cared for this rude/nasty/troublemaking patient yesterday, I will not be assign...

I would fill out an incident report. They are usually used as "learning/teaching" tools and identify system problems. After all a pt was almost harmed by this system breakdown.

Congrats on such a HUGE accomplishment.

Heimlich maneuver, sorry if I spelled it wrong...

So I was working a night shift last night and my post-op arrived at around 2100. When I accepted the new orders, the order for the nerve block and PCA were DC'd but that doesn't make any sense because those things are in place for post op pain. I p...

the pain meds were in place and infusing as "originally" ordered. I never DC'd them b/c it didn't make any sense to DC pain meds literally "immediately" post op. I just left them as is and kept paging the doc for clarification. Literally in a 12 h...

So I went to nursing school with the idea of becoming an employed nurse to support my family better while doing something I love. I got a job right away at well known, respected hospital. Lust like most would do I packed up the family 60 miles away...

I can possibly go back to the old house, it hasnt been rented.

Hi! I switch back and forth between days and nights. At first that sounded like a ridiculous idea but now I see why it might be a good idea. I benefit from experience on both shifts (which are quite different in a few ways) and I benefit from the ...

I start PCAs and replace PCAs on every shift for more than one patient every shift. Every new syringe I set up starts at 30.3 or 30.2 or even 30.5. We document the starting volume and each subsequent "pump check" should match with pt's use against ...

I'm wondering how other 12 hour nurses manage the exhaustion on your first day off after two or three 12 hour shifts? I can't seem to function much for most of the day. Is it just me?

Interested in hearing what your interpretations of this are... "His current nurse has the gentle nurturing instincts of a Clydesdale. "

Geee I always wondered why the second P

which is exactly why I ask...a patient's family member actually posted this on their blog and it spread through our unit like wildfire! We cannot figure out what it means. Kinda makes me feel like we should have some kind of protection maybe NIPPA i...

My ID is clipped to my scrub top. In my right scrub top pocket I carry: 1 sharpie 1 black ball point pen 1 pair of scissors 1 pair of foreceps In my left scrub top pocket I carry: 1 pager 1 worksheet In my left pants pocket I carry alcohol wipes and ...

Sent my application to Stanford in mid May, heard back a couple days later, interviewed a few days after that. Good luck.

So, tonight I started my RN to BSN classess and left feeling even more confused and lost than before. I have a husband and two young children who dealt with my going to nursing school. My kids and husband missed me while I went to class/studied/cli...

I agree with you but haven't seen most of what you're saying. I mean bring kids to an interview??? To work??? That's a little outlandish. Most of the people I know knew what to expect in terms of salary. One of my classmates had a DUI from 10 yea...

The first thing I want to tell you is what you are going through is so normal. While I was on my orientation I gave lasix without knowing the K level. No sooner did I give the lasix, I was paged that the lab needed to report a critical lab value to...

For those of you who were hired as a new grad on a unit at the same time as one or more other new grads, how was the relationship between the new grads? Was it supportive or competitive?

Totally true! I'm glad I alternate shifts for that exact reason, I don't ever want to be a night shift nurse that doesn't appreciate the workload of the day shift nurses.

I am a proud ADN nurse, graduated last year and was hired right away at a well known teaching hospital. Its been great and I do not feel "behind" at all. That being said I am starting my BSN next month because I do think it will help in advancing m...

Should have never gotten out of bed. Got to work and nothing went right. Please tell me you've had these days? You know, the days that everything spirals out of control. Somehow I managed to get everything done after a day of nothing going right ...