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  1. Refresher course for personal reasons

    Ya know I think that's be best advice. Also, I found an ANA website where you can review topics and take quizzes that count as continuing education
  2. Finally decided to quit nursing

    How does a nurse say "**** you"?? when they say "trust me" Its sad. There are many things I love about floor nursing: the hours, lots of time off, exciting days on my feet. But sadly, the worst thing...
  3. Tips for Psych nursing

    God, you are a rude
  4. How to ask questions...

    I passionately disagree with this statements implication with every fiber in my being. Even if you "know your stuff" it can't be unprudent to brush up on a procedure you haven't preformed in a year?...
  5. Challenge at pedi floor

    We have a treatment room we take the kids into. I never let the parents come unless they insist. They way I see it, it is hard enough to start an IV on a kid, I need to be able to focus and get the...
  6. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    Guess I didn't get the memo of using the term "floor nurse". I still use it, as does everyone I know :) I guess, I was just trying to get across that I saw a lot of people on this thread freaking out...
  7. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    I just turned in my capstone paper yesterday All in all, I LOVED my experience at GCU! For me, the best thing about the program was the flexibility! Each classflies by, and you can take one to two...
  8. I wish I could sleep through the night. I typically have five days off in a row. I have tried to come home at 7am, sleep till 10, stay up till 11 and sleep but I will wake up three hours later. At...
  9. I have always been a night owl. Working days was challanging because I always needed a sleep aid to help me fall asleep so eairly (2100-2200). Been working nights for a year and a half. I have always...
  10. This has ALWAYS ALWAYS annoyed me, but the OP sounds like an objectively "good" nurse. For me, I've never quite understood the whole point of a lecture in reporting. I have trouble remembering...
  11. Anyone left nursing TOTALLY...what are you doing now?

    I am realizing that I HATE nursing. I suck at charting, remember all the pointless little tasks, and am just not willing to waste any more of the precious time in life striving for somethat that is...
  12. Okay, I'm gonna level with everyone I REALLY want to be a travel nurse. It has been my dream for a while. I have 2 years exp in Med Surg and 1yr in Peds, but I still don't know if I would consider...
  13. I have been a nurse for almost three years, and I had an experience that shook me yesterday. A pediatric patient came back from a lap coly. Her HR was 146, pretty high but I thought I'd give her a...
  14. What is your process for removing a PICC dressing while still maintaining sterile tecnique? I set up my field, partially remove the tegaderm (sp), glove up, slide my sterile hand under the teg and...
  15. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    We had a nurse, who had something like 15 years exp at a busy Boston Hospital, hire in at our rural facility and just crashed and burned. Management was suspicious of her, so they checked her omnicell...
  16. How do I know I am "ready" to be a travel nurse

    Thanks a lot for the thoughtful advise, man. Really appreciate it. I feel like I am ready, although it may be good to stick to my first plan and gain two years in PEDS. I already have PALS, ACLS,...
  17. Orientee Horror Stories?

    I've been a nurse for two years, and I can remember what what kind of insulin Humalog is. My hospital doesn't given it. I had to LOOK IT UP and, per my suspicion, it's a rapid acting insulin. So that...
  18. Orientee Horror Stories?

    Finally! Some humility! I mean, why is this such a big deal. So she isn't familiar with Humalog, BFD! Just look it up and move one. Honestly, reading this thread reinforces why I really hate most...
  19. Actually, you guys are absolutely right. Imagine how much we would grow if we would just take every bit of negative criticism, apply it to out practice and grow from it. Nursing is very hard and only...
  20. I think to be a great nurse, you not only have to master the art of the practice but be perfect in your charting and completing all the minutia. I have a lot of respect for people that can do that,...
  21. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    I think I will be able to pull it off... I don't mean to brag (because I barely passed nursing school, lol) but my world record is writting a paper, from first looking at the signment to turned in in...
  22. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    Yeah, which class has two papers a week; that is the one I will take on my own. I talked to my counsler today and we decided I should take: patho alone, one class, two classes at a time So, it would...
  23. Oakland Community College Applying for Fall 2014

    You guys have to take the HESI now? In OCC as in Michigan? Wow, thats new; we never needed to take it
  24. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    Thanks so much Jrich, that is incredibly helpful. Can you break down Trends for
  25. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

    What I am thinking is take two weeks off... do Spirit and leadership... take two weeks... do path and trends... then the capstone. Again, if someone could tell me how many papers are in each class,...