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WORD OF ADVICE: When I first started my nursing career, I met another new nurse who was only one month into her nursing career. She told me and practically everyone else that she knew she was in the wrong filed because she absolutely hated her patien...

Once I had a pt who for three consecutive days at dinner time had BS between 60 and 70 and had and order for both scheduled and sliding scale Humulin. The first two days I called the MD she said hold the scheduled dinner time insulin. On the third da...

I never before thought that this could be an issue. The facility that I work at doesn't have the policy of checking placement of patches, and there have been several times when I have had an order to remove a patch and when I check the pt and bed the...

it was great having another new nurse around, we both shared similar fears and concerns and ended up supporting each other

Not sure of your situation, but my first week of four days of orientation was in a class room no where close to my unit and half of my 5th day was spent touring the facility and my assigned unit and during that first week I was considered an employee...

I agree. so far 98% of the time when I ask more experienced nurses to start IVs on "hard stick" patients, they can't do it either, plus there are times when they ask me for help with their IV starts - so that tells me that I'm not the only one having...

Try hanging in there a little longer maybe say an additional month and see how you feel. When I first started (ortho/neuro and general medical) I felt unsure of a lot of things and documentation took forever. I began feeling a tad bit ok after 8 week...

Don't be too hard on yourself, just keep on trying. I wish you all the best

well said!!!

When i mentioned "taking on slack" I didn't say "always take on slack", slack was probably not the right word choice for me, what I was trying to say is when it comes to team work - and lets look particularly at nursing school - if you have one team ...

i smiled when i read the op's above statement because it reminded me of a quote from the literature book in high school written by author george orwell's titled: animal farm which says "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than othe...

This is the reason why I love the allnurses website: u see and hear stuff you probably you would not know of elsewhere - it is such a cool video!!!

I already have a bachelors and masters in Biology and most people expected me to either attend medical school or pursue a PHD. I was told by family and friends that doing nursing was like going "backwards" that nurses were just "wound dressers" and t...

Ahh, that definitely illegal.

:smackingf OMG, Sorry for the long post above, I am working on being shorter and to the point in the things I want to say, but sometimes when I am writing in the moment I don't realize how long the post is until after I have posted it. My apologies a...

I cannot understand the impatience of seasoned nurses with new graduates, I just don't get it. Prioritizing comes with experience. Did they at least allow you to complete your orientation period before showing you the door? Gosh!!! Let me tell you s...

I'm not surprised, They said that more studies are needed to determine why this happens. Its probably just the body drawing from its arsenal of compensatory mechanisms when an imbalance is detected. For example a drop in blood pressure generally occu...

AMEN!!!

When you need to call them on the phone concerning a patient condition, start by writing down what you want to say, then without procrastinating call them and get it over and done with. Then when you see them in person, introduce yourself to them. Fo...

Your MS in biology may help u skip over certain courses, It did for me, but I don't know if most schools do that. They also considered my MS GPA, but again this may depend on where you go to school. Having an MS degree however, definitely has no bear...

Hi, I don't know what State you are in but companies that hire research nurses as well as Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) (who they often prefer to be nurses) include Quintiles and Covance. If you can afford to it would be good for you to get CRA...

I literally force myself to chart (99% of the time) right after each patient unless there is a definite emergency that I have to attend to right away. As a matter of fact, I go into each pt's room with their medications, my computer and my assessment...

Very Funny!!! he is actually an orthopedic doctor

thanks for the info to you and the other post that responded to my question. it makes more sense to me now. i guess regardless of whether one is an np or a pa, one important thing is knowing how to get the most out of the position/career one chooses.

I'm not trying to change the direction of the OP and previous discussions, but I have a burning question - I'm just curious: Why is it that there are nurses out there who want to become PAs on the one hand and PAs wanting to become NPs on the other?...