BA_anthropology

Hi, Do any of you know of any loopholes for an American Nurse, who speaks only English, to work as a Nurse in Switzerland. I'm thinking along the lines of employment through the WHO or a military hospital? I'm currently a nursing student in the US. ...

1.5 years after graduation and I have not a single nursing job under my belt. What is a girl to do after spending all that money and time and work on an education? I've come up with a plan? What do you think? What if I allowed my RN license to laps...

Thanks! I live in the metro area of the East Coast. Because we can get by on my husband's salary for now, me relocating and splitting up the family just isn't something we think is a good idea for us. I've tried evvvverywhere that I can imagine mi...

Again, as indicated in the original post and explicitly stated above, I would never lie about it. That wasn't even on the table as an option. And the "sales pitch" as you put it is the exact and honest current situation. I do need to work and I do ...

THANK YOU for this response. This sums up exactly what I was going to respond, too! Also, because I saw it mentioned a couple of times, I would have been extremely upfront with the hiring manager. That is why I asked how you all thought they would...

I'm wondering if I go back for either an RN-MSN program or a RN-BSN program, will I still find myself just as unemployable? I gradated in Dec 2011 with an RN diploma degree. Right after graduation, I moved out of the country for 6 months due to my ...

Thanks for the responese!! Do you know, if I went back for a BSN would I be considered a new grad (and eligible for a job) even though I got my RN license after finishing my diploma program?

Okay, I'm sure there are a lot of posts asking a very similar question, but my situation is just a tad bit different and I'd appreciate any opinions. I'm a "new grad" nurse and I really want to get into critical care. I mean, really. For some compl...

Started a new thread, since the other threads on this topic look like they are from last year. Okay, I just got my acceptance letter in the mail today!! I was going totally mental with anxiety, checking this board several times a day to see when peop...

Today in clinical py pt has a foley that has been irrigated (perhaps it will need to be irrigated again), a PEG that needs residual check Q4H (never done this before) and has been having 300cc's of residual, a PICC line, pressure ulcers, and yesterda...

I got 10cc's of residual the first time, gave 600 cc of free water because when I got there his Na+ went way up (600 to replace insensible water loss, I learned!), titrated up his feedings, then got 350cc residual. It was very cool!! Also got to suct...

Thanks, I still changed it. I'd rather not share at all than share too much. :-/

You know what, I originally used information that was not totally true-- you know, similar in the level of care it would require but the real story "story." I was definitely thinking about HIPAA. However, this scared the crap out of me and I edited ...

Hi everyone, So traveling for 6 months after graduation has been the plan since before I started nursing school, but I'm terrified I'm going to be 100% out of luck finding a job when I get back. Initially, it was going to be a full year but that seem...

Okay, thanks for all the suggestions and feedback everyone! I'm still not 100% sure what the next best thing to do is. Hopefully, something will pan out with getting experience over there (thanks for USA jobs suggestion-- I have looked there before,...

Yes, that's the plan. Does it make any difference for finding a job when I get back?

..and I don't mean the official type. I mean the type that gets you into FIGHTS! Today, I was so studiously administering 80mg Lasix IV push over 8 minutes, and the patient's doctor walked in the room and told me to "just push it," in regards to the ...

Agreed! I actually tried REALLY hard to think of what I should say and do to make sure the patient felt safe with both the doctor and myself. Including just stating that it wasn't how I'd learned to do it, etc. I was just kind of dumbfounded!

Oooo! That would have been good. But, can we do that? As in, is that allowed if we've pulled it from the pyxis and initiated it?

So I'm still in school, but with 14 weeks until graduation (I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THAT SOOON!!!!), I'm starting to study for and think about NCLEX. I'm also trying to plan a move, as I'm spending 6 months out of the country immediately after taking t...

Any ideas as to why this patient might be on 1/2 NS @ 75mL hr? 68 years old, morbidly obese female, admitted with sepsis from UTI and C. diff. Patient also has CRF, CHF, severe pulmonary HTN (and a slew of other comorbidities, but these seem to be th...

Blech! I think almost everyone feels this way when the start. Some more than others, and some say they don't feel this way but I think they're lying. 99.9% chance you are perfectly capable of doing the job, so don't doubt that!!! I think the good d...

A good instructor understands that 99% of students are extremely nervous in clinical and that is the MAJOR learning block. This is true of nursing students, PA students, and med students. It's unfortunate that the money really isn't there in educati...

In regards to the scrotum pillow: nooooo!!! I feel for you, if that was a real situation (and it sounded like it). Before nursing school, I worked most of those other professions and it is true that they get harassed in an unfortunate manner. To me t...

I was JUST thinking about this sort of stuff last night! I agree with you all-- it sucks and there is a line where something needs to be done, but certainly not whilst in the midst of etoh withdrawal or to a dementia patient. And the "something" that...