Psilant replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor
Two different pts.... two different hospital stays... same room. Both pts pushed the Code Blue button claiming they were looking for the light switch.......... (it looks NOTHING like a light switch!)...
Psilant replied to ilovejose22's topic in Nursing Humor
There must have been something about the night of the 23rd/24th... because my shift was he77 too. Had one that was ripping out IVs, climbing out over his bed rails, pocketing his meds.... added to...
Psilant replied to franciscangypsy's topic in Nursing Humor
People with PD can walk you through their procedures, too. Some of them are VERY particular about how you do it. Which is completely understandable. I'm still a student, but my instructor was...
I get irked with students that have been dismissed from the program for unsafe practice... and then they turn around and blame the instructors. I'm sorry, it's obviously the instructor's fault that...
Psilant replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in General Nursing
I'm in school now. I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed in the fact that we only have clinical ONE day a week and it is only an 8 hour day. I still hear classmates complaining about how...
I live near Pensacola. I won't graduate until May, but from what I've been hearing, they are only hiring GNs that have already been a tech or LPN at that facility. Which means I might be S.O.L. A...
I guess I didn't get my point across. The OP was worried that IF her doctor divulged that she may be bipolar, that it would affect her getting into nursing school. I was trying to help reassure her...
Go ahead and start working on ABGs and Acid-Base Balance. I don't know about other schools, but mine has this stuff on EVERY test. It affects EVERY system! As far as care plans go, I use All-in-One...
As part of our nursing program, we have to attend a board of nursing hearing. At the hearing, a nurse that was in front of the board for drug use had to tell them that she was Bipolar. She is...
We have a few hospitals where I live that do not employ CNAs. They feel that the RNs need to actually assess every inch of their pts body to make sure they don't end up with pressure ulcers. They...