Hey guys, how do you manage and deal with all the grief and sadness we see in healthcare? I am graduating this May with a BSN and working as an aid in an acute ICU. I absolutely love critical care and...
I've never heard of any quotes either. I have heard of men having an easier time finding work. I currently work as an aid in a teaching hospital in the Boston area, and our HR representative told me...
Luckily we have a lift in two or our rooms, but it is definitely an across the unit, team effort, to turn these pts. I find it hard to be empathetic sometimes. Last time I asked a pt about what he...
I know a few people who have taken a year off from school for different reasons. Some opted to take a lightened course load, while some completely left for a year to heal, and then returned back in...
I didn't read every post on this thread, but I hate sitting. Sitting is a nightmare. I can't sit still and stare at one person for 4-12 hours. I also can't study in a buzzing and beeping room....
It sucks not to have a few guys you can talk to in the class. Male bonding is important, even in the school/work setting. I agree that being a class room full of girls is a novelty, though they do...
You can get stethoscopes engraved and you can put tags on them. I love my III. If it not around my neck, it is in my pocket. It is just like anything else you carry around that you don't leave by...
No one is perfect! Stuff happens. I walk a lot because walking helps me realize that there is so much in the world. Once you get away from the libraries and textbooks and just take a good long stroll,...
I am a junior in nursing school and I think being a nursing student is hard because you are scrambling to acclimate to a real floor where you have a real patient, with real problems, real medications,...
I am in my third year of a BSN program. My schedule right now is: M: Class 8a-11a T: Class 8a-10a W: Nill R: Clinical: 7p-3p F: Clinical 3p-9p This is just my nursing schedule, and does not include my...
If anyone goes crazy over abbreviations like me, you can pick up a book by Neil M Davis called: "Medical Abbreviations: 30,000" I bought it thinking I would never use it, and wound up using it a lot....
Hi everyone, I am a junior nursing student who recently got hired to an ICU/CCU as an aid. The unit is SO fascinating and I dream of critical care nursing when I finish school. I want to succeed in...
I had a wonderful OB rotation. While it was kind of slow, I got to see a lady partsl birth my first day. (I missed the only C/S though). You will spend a lot of time with neonates, as previously...