The one thing that helped me through school was note cards to study. I punched wholes on them and put them all in a huge key ring type deal and they went with me everywhere. Lots of places to study...red lights, restroom, waiting in line at the drive...
I was working as a tech on the cardiac floor while attending nursing school and there was a little old lady that passed away on our shift. It wasn't the post mortem care or even the actual watching her pass that got to me. For my first, I believe I h...
kissbug26 replied to smorgan1228's topic in Safety
Please, please, please do not put yourself or your license in jeopardy to protect any other medical professional. I've been there and done that! You worked way too hard for your license. As they beat over our heads in nursing school..CYOA!!!
kissbug26 replied to kissbug26's topic in Recovery
Hello, Twoyearnurse! I understand we are all in the same boat. Regardless of why, we all have insight, info and encouragement that we can share. I agreed to surrender my license simply because this was a huge ordeal. The NP I worked for actually did ...
OK, so just curious how many of you have had to deal with recovery trek and the God awful random drug screens. I worked for a NP that got in trouble for some stuff and drug his whole office down with him. Needless to say I have to do this junk for a...
I'm a charge nurse in LTC and I would love, love, love to have a treatment nurse. We have 35+ residents whom all have meds and then doc orders, ect. Sometimes the wound care is the last thing that gets done. There is a lot to actual wound care that r...
Hi there! I too was just like you. Except that that thought of being a nurse never crossed my mind really. My older sister was a nurse and I remember asking her how in the world she used to deal with that sort of stuff. Wounds was a biggie for me. I ...