Our nursing program didn't allow IV starts either. In our last clinical, we had a very nice and lenient instructor that let us start IVs on each other. Often I would ask the nurses I followed in...
I absolutely agree about giving the PRN Morphine. If the order is there, the pt's vitals do not reflect too much pain med. administration, then the nurse should of given the PRN dose. At times it's...
Just to clear the air, I was venting. In my head I was thinking botched surgery, nothing was said to the family along those lines. I can see how that could have been misinterpreted. ~ I am an...
I'm definitely not liking the above two comments. I do know that criticizing doctors and getting emotionally attached to patients are a big no-no. Although I did neither, knowing someone died still...
I almost cried two hours into my shift today. Besides being stuck w/an apathetic preceptor, I found out today that one of my previous patients died last week. The patient didn't seem that bad when I...
Sometimes on stethoscope.com they have Littmann stethoscopes w/engraving errors that are discounted. I purchased the Littmann Master Cardiology black edition last semester for around $165 or so. It...
If you are a CNA already then you have a big advantage. Like you I sucked at math. I was also ok in science and had 4yr gap after high school. I picked nursing on a whim and stuck with it. I was...
75 questions, what, no. This is what I thought when the screen went blank at 75. I did not get any math questions, hot spots, or put in order questions. It was strictly regular and select all that...