princess pickles

There was a patient/IM that had a possible seizure and the staff that responded were claiming that it was fake because she was alert and oriented. How do you handle this situation, and how do you know the difference between real vs fake seizures...

Hi all, I need some help. I have tried every trick I have been told of. I am having trouble keeping bubbles out of the syringe. As soon as you start to draw insulin into the syringe there is a divit of air that is at the top of the space. When I try ...

Thanks for all the input. I will try some of the advice given. Thanks All Nurses!!

Thanks for all the information. I laughed at the instant miracle.

Just out of curiosity, are scrub skirts allowed in correctional nursing? I didn't know if this would be viewed as a safety issue. Really just curious.

@rob72 & chulada77... well I learned the hard way the first day I wore a skirt because I had orientation elsewhere and then to the facility. I thought maybe classroom setting learning computer stuff or policy and procedures....nope. Walked everyw...

True, thanks for the info. I start a job next week and normally I wear skirts in the hospital setting. In the OR I wore what was provided and I just started thinking about where I will be working (jail type atmosphere/detention center) and the reason...

I graduated May 2010. I had interviews in So Cal and Central Cal. I had a job offer for a position at a hospital in the desert. This contract was rescended a week before I was to start work. Very discouraging, this was July. I am currently in a RN-BS...

I also would like to own my own bakery. I would love to decorate cakes and cookies for a living/fun. I do it to relax now.

How do you do one-on-one? I am shy as well but I do great with my patients. The more comfortable you become with a setting you may do better too. The more I am around the same people I become more comfortable with them. I would not do public speaking...

I had an instructor from Maine and to her a Johnnie was a gown.

Well guess what? You now have to have experience to get into a med-surg position. I am considered a "stale" new grad because I still have not been able to find a job. I have applied to countless med-surg positions and they all want experience. Appare...

hey, I graduated in May 2010 and still no job. Had one, but they retracted their offer a week before I was to start. Bummer, yes. All the males in my class and a recent one from the most current class all have jobs. Maybe CA prefers the males to the ...

I feel your pain. I graduated May 2010. Still no job. I am 42 also. Had one job I was suppose to start last week, but a week before the start date I got a call that due to budget issues (they are in a building program) they had to drop my group and t...

This is the reply from the CA BRN..." The BRN approves prelicensure nursing programs (those that prepare you to take the licensing exam and get your license in California as an RN). The BRN has no jurisdiction over RN-to-BSN or MSN programs, therefor...

Oh my that is news to me. I am currently taking these classes and didn't know. Oh my. I need to find out now. Thanks for the heads up.

Yes edema on the legs is painful. As a nursing student, my first day of a 12 hour shift during Leadership, my legs swelled when I got home. I had pitting edema on my lower legs. When I went back the next day, I told the staff, "If you ever wonder if ...

My husband called me his princess when we were dating. Then I became Princess Pickles after an old TV show he used to watch. The husband called his wife Pickles.

I have been doing a lot of driving lately. Getting ready for a job that I will have to commute to, too. Sunflower seeds are amazing!! I think the brain wakes up because you have to figure out how to open them before you can eat them. Anytime I feel l...

Hi, I graduated in May of 2010 and live in CA. How do you go about finding jobs in other states. Do you have to have a license for each state as you apply? We obviously need to move somewhere, I don't know what to do. I am about to find another new c...

Wow 500 apps, good luck everyone.

I am amazed that I was not grossed out, I was amused... I must be sick! Or a nurse...

Love It!!

@abeecal2010 I have BLS, ACLS, PALS and apparently this is not enough. I was told by a recruiter that they don't want me because I graduated in May. They only want the ones just graduating. She said it is because I have lost skills daily by not being...

I agree, the anticipation is killing me!