KC,RN

I guess this could apply to any part of life, but just curious how everyone handles it when your patient wants to talk about politics. I typically try to redirect the subject back to the care I am providing, but sometimes you have to stay in a room f...

That’s awful. As I got more experienced as a nurse I learned to say “I am a nurse and I am a professional, you are not allowed to touch me. I expect to be spoken to the same way I am speaking to you.” It doesn’t always work, but at least they get the...

I love this! Always my go to!

OMG that might be the only thing worse!

I love this! Perfect way to handle it! I’m going to use this, thanks!

My last two shifts I have had issues with very hostel family members who felt that my hospital and me were not doing enough to prevent a patients pain. I had medicated both of these patients and update the MD when the pain medication was not effectiv...

Where I live most of the prestigious hospitals and more of the local hospital want a BSN. I have my ADN and I am working on my BSN now. If you have the time I would go for your BSN because you will need it sooner or later.

I don't know if I expressed this clearly, but I truely do not think this son had any intention of causing trouble in the hospital. I think he felt helpless seeing his mother in that much pain and he was not able to do anything about it. I also think ...

Thank you!!![emoji8]

Thank you everyone. Some really good advice here that I will use in my bag of tricks to prevent this from happening again. It's tough as a nurse when you understand that someone is in real pain and there are so many channels that you have to go throu...

I know I spelled that wrong. As I said in the other posts I typed that quickly in the middle of the night without check. Thanks for correcting me. I will double check next time.

Thanks I'll double check next time.

I need to use spell check when posting in the middle of the night![emoji51]

I know I was very vague in my post because I didn't want to give out to much information. The incident that happened last night was this. Pt came to the floor right at change of shift after a hellish ER experience with pancreatitis. Clearly in 10/10 ...

Ok point taken. My point was that you need to ask about your credits, and in my experience most schools will take credits already earned for an RN to bsn program.

I would talk to the school you would like to go to. They will usually take most of your credits.

I worked in a pediatric office that nurses and ma had the exact same job description. I left because it drove me crazy, I never used my assessment skills and I started to feel like I was an ma. I left to feel like a nurse again. I'm sure ma that work...

I work in a LTC/rehab on nights Monday through Friday. They have weekend staffing that dose not work during the week usually. So the nurse that relieved me I will not see until next week. The problem I just woke up this afternoon and realize I forgot...

So I am a fairly new nurse, I graduated with my ADN in 2010. I was very lucky to find a job at a long-term care/Rehab facility two weeks after passing my boards. My intention was to stay at this facility for a year and search for a new job, preferabl...

I have felt like you have so many times. I'm just out of my first year of nursing and I still have days that I feel like that. Just learn to find the nurses you can trust and don't mind giving you a second opinion. Then find ways to improve what you ...

i'm a new grad and since august i have been working in a ltc facility, this is my first nursing job. i have found the staff very friendly and supportive, and the education department is very approachable and always wants to get my feed back about the...

i'm not an unemployed new grad, but an under-employed new grad. i graduated last may and pasted my boards in august. since september i've worked in ltc part-time with no benefits and pay rate that is well below what i was told to expect for a new gra...

During one of my clinicals I had a chance to shadow a nurse in the PACU. The nurse asked the patient if she had any drug allergies, she said that she was allergic to ACE-Is; the nursed asked what happened when she took them and the pt said “they make...

i'm a new grad and i have to tell you flash cards are still invaluable. they work anywhere! waiting in line at the store, waiting in a doctor's office, downtime at work... i could go on and on; so much easer to always have on hand than a text book. i...

Hi I am a recent grad from an RN program and currently on the hunt for a job. I filled out an application with a LTC/Rehab facility today and basically had an interview on the spot. I have a second interview tomorrow. I am very excited, but also a li...