WickedRedRN

Fellow Walden student too, starting in September. Welcome!

Starting tomorrow as well, enrolled in the MSN in Leadership and Management, transferring to the FNP program in fall. Hope to see you there! Message me if you want to exchange info?

Oh dear, I have been there way too much recently.....my mother likes to throw around the "my daugher, the ER RN at xyz in the big city" card. I can tell right away when the staff is on edge abt me because she has blabbered on before I get there. Once when she was in icu, she and my sister were so bad I made sure I sent doughnuts and a fruit tray upon discharge out of sheer embarassment!

me to icu nurse on transfer of my intubated, active gi bleed from everywhere "Blood. He doesn't have any. He needs more. That's pretty much all you need to know right now."

Worked in both and hands down I would choose med-surg over LTC any day. MS in a hospital generally tends to give you a better new nurse orientation imho. Don't get me wrong, it is stressful, but it's a different kind of stress.

Whoa! If you meant this to be a sarcastic joke, it's backfired. I suggest you step back and re-think this a bit. Until you walk a mile or two in our shoes and get a feel for what we are talking about, you won't understand where the OP is coming from. I have been cussed at, swung at and hit, spit on, had more things thrown at me than I can count, AND a broken finger and not one, but two human bite wounds inflicted on my in my 20+ healthcare career. Do I tolerate it? Abso-freakin-lutely not! You get security, restraints, charges and the whole nine yards when it is intentional. Our silence on this topic is our acceptance. We must speak up for ourselves. OP, good job for speaking up.

Can't leave the floor with an IV because I am legally responsible for their condition. If they are infusing meds, I need to be able to monitor for any potential problems/issues with med and iv. Constantly hooking and unhooking the iv puts them at greater risk for infection and infiltration, so no, I won't do it. A shower can wait til infusion is completed, and you can walk on the floor with the pole.

I trust my floor, know my co-workers and their habits. I know who I would trust and who I wouldn't. That said, I would still be right there with my family member. We are a teaching hospital and some of the interns are downright frightening!! Now, other hospitals I worry about....when my mom was ill I had all kinds of problems with the hospital. She insisted on being at the local, little county hospital. The differences are huge! I jokingly called it the band-aid station in the cornfield, but could not convince her to come to the big med center until she had a AAA they could not handle.

Bottom sheets are fitted ones at my facility, so no hospital corners here. I am particular about no wrinkles in the sheets, draws are folded "just so" and I still face the open side of the pillow slip away from the door. Funny, just the other day I was putting a pillow on a bed and I wondered why I still do that!

Hi everyone, looking for some advice from those who have dealt with this problem. Way back in the 80's I was a fresh HS grad, entering college with no idea what to do with my life. My first attempt at a college education ended poorly, through no ones fault by my own. I did not know how to apply myself and quickly drowned in academics. I left college at the end of my freshman year with barely a 2.0 gpa. Fast forward to 2008. I decided to return to the above school to attend an RN to BSN program. In between time I had grown up, obtained my LPN, then ASN with a 4.0. Worked full time through both programs, honors, Phi Theta Kappa and all. I voiced concern with my counsellor over my prior (1980's) grades. I was told there was nothing I could do about them, and all scholarships, honors, etc were based on my current performance in the BSN program. I graduated that program with highest distinction, Sigma Theta Tau, and BSN student of the year honors. My nursing gpa again was 4.0, with an ending overall gpa of 3.2. I have been applying to MSN programs. So far, I have been turned down at all of them. When I called to ask what the issue was, I was told my gpa was a 3.2, which is not considered competitive enough. I really hate this. I feel like I am still punished for poor judgement at 18, when I am now 43 and my life experience shows differently. Anyone faced this situation, and if so what did you do? I am almost considering going back for another round of classes, but not sure I can since I have already earned the BSN. One thing I have learned, bad grades will follow you FOREVER! Heck, even bankruptcy is forgiven after a set number of years!! Thanks in advance!

Excellent! Such a good experience for you, and when you are ready to take on the role of preceptor yourself you will have a wonderful role model to follow! I wish more facilities would embrace this level of thought when it comes to matching orientees. Glad to hear you are having such a good experience.

I am fortunate in that my husband carries the insurance for the family. It was financially better for us to have him carry us, as a family policy through my employer would have cost us more than $350 per pay, and that was just for the health ins! He also carries the dental, although it is no great policy. Seems to me most dental policies don't cover much. In any case, I have worked in the corporate world prior to my nursing degree and I can attest that hospital and health care workers get the worst insurance out there. Cost per pay is astronomical and the deductibles are atrocious.

Many years ago when I was a CNA, I worked in a good LTC, just on a horrible unit. One of the nurses I worked with was the bomb, always took the time to talk to me, answer my questions and show me things. She knew I was in school at the time and always tried to find out what we were studying so she could find things to correlate with my learning. Awesome lady and I think of her fondly to this day. Now, the other charge nurse was awful. Lazy to the hilt, mean and condescending to everyone. But, she was tight with management so no recourse here at all. I dreaded the shifts I walked in and she was on. The good of this job far outweighed the bad, and I even learned from the bad. My fav nurse asked me on my last day what had I learned while I was there. I said I learned how "NOT" to treat my CNA's, techs, or other people. She just laughed and said I had probably learned the most important thing of all then. You will learn there, and experience is a great teacher. Don't stop looking for another position while you are there, but any opportunity can provide you with a wealth of knowledge. It's all in the perspective.

Reading on a slow night like that used to just do me in. I would lose focus so quickly. My go to task for slow times is cleaning out the drawers of junk in the nursing station. Always intersting what you may find in there!

Having worked in an LTAC, yes, as you are an RN, they will want you to work in their ICU/SCU, hi-obs, whatever it is they call it. That being said, they should TRAIN you and have you orient before you take an assignment there. Speak to the nursing mgr asap and clarify this.