coupletRN

Hi, I am considering Aspen U for RN to BSN.... any reviews from those who have graduated or are currently enrolled would be so helpful??

I was working a night shift on our busy Med/surg unit when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that an elderly female patient was falling out of her bed. My body totally reacted to the situation without my mind, so as I ran to catch what I thought was the patient rolling out of the bed...siderail was down....I tripped over the bedside commode and flew over her bed. Not only was the patient not falling out of bed, but I almost gave her an MI from the commotion of the commode. Thank goodness it was empty! I did injure myself and had to write up an incident report ....bedside commode accident....totally embarrassing !

Hi there, I am sorry that you have lost most of your hearing at 32. I started losing mine around that time, and was told at 38 that I needed to wear bilateral hearing aids. My hearing loss is totally genetic and irreversible....at 43 it is worsening and I am happy to say that I am still practicing. I too have a lot of trouble hearing doctors on the phone.....especially if they have an accent. It's hard to wear my hearing aids and use my stethoscope, so I am looking at a blue tooth stethoscope that will send heart tones straight to my hearing aids. It can be frustrating at times, but you can over come it. Have you considered that you are going through post partum depression since your son is only 4 months old? Please don't let your hearing loss keep you from enjoying your nursing profession. There are plenty of us out there who don't hear so well, but we are damn good nurses!!! Good luck!