Silas

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 nursing as a whole, but the amount of pain & ...

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 new grads who are not internal do not get hired. T...

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 does/where he eats outside of our very acute unit, an...

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 the fall to finish their degree.

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. Sometimes your patient will be calm and asleep, but I've ...

Coping. Doesn't pancreatic cancer have a 20% survival rate after five years regardless of treatment? 39-44 is awfully young to die.

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 make waking up early easier, but even with the men in...

Hi everyone, I am a nursing student who just landed a job as a CNA and am worried about keeping my back healthy with all the lifting, turning, etc. What measures do you take to keep your back healthy? Besides adherence to form, does any do exercise, ...

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 this job through giving my best. I was hoping this c...

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 itself. It is a tool you will have for a very long tim...

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, it totally clears the head. Choosing B instead of...

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, and real needs for treatment. You need to be comp...

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 elective courses. Bear in mind that the brunt of ...

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. It makes my life so much easier. http://www.amazon...

Also look into other teaching hospitals near you for other internship opportunities. Good luck!

I had a wonderful OB rotation. While it was kind of slow, I got to see a vaginal birth my first day. (I missed the only C/S though). You will spend a lot of time with neonates, as previously stated, because women will feel uncomfortable with a male n...

I don't know of any websites, but I did find the following books EXTREMELY helpful. They were simple, fun, and had exactly what I needed to know (My bread and butter:) Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: Pathophysiology http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Nu...

Dress well, see them in person, explain your situation, explain your interest in the subject, and promise to do well. What more could they want?

I have ZERO motivation to study where I live. I HAVE to go to the library and I've just accepted it. Find a special place where all you do is study w/o distractions and focus on getting work done as soon as possible. The further along I get, the less...

Forget Northeastern and any other school besides a state as far as I am concerned. You are going to get the same salary regardless of how much you debt you have to get an RN license. NEU is nice for the co-op, but RNs have been getting prepared for a...

Our seniors last year had shirts with Maslow's Hierarchy on the back... Last year they sold black zip up fleeces that have become a staple in all of our wardrobes because they are so warm! They are also classy so they work great when we have to dress...

Those words "just keep swimming" got me through a whole lot of reading the other night. Thank you. I have to be sure to watch Nemo again this winter It's hard but I always figure if someone else can do it, so can I

CPR will not give you a challenge. Just relax and let the information soak in. Nothing is going to be hard or complicated, you just need to focus on the here and now with some head-tilt-chin-lifts and solid compressions.

Save your study groups for special classes, you can usually tackle material yourself I never ever ever study in groups or with more than myself because I feel like I know what I need to do and where I need to concentrate. I don't want to be "held dow...

Class of eighty students, eight of us are males, graduating 2011. Half of us are normal college students, the others are ex-military. We don't really associate with each other (any of the males) which is unfortunate... but in a school that has a gene...