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I am an RN working on my BSN. This is a vent. Oh how I hate APA, if I never get my BSN it will be because of APA. It's not that I don't understand the need for information to be organized in a uniform fashion so that other's can easily access your re...

Practice using S-BAR alot; it will help you not sound stupid. Practice using it to explain everyday issues to your family, practice using it when talking with classmates, make it come so natural that it becomes your primary language. Had I used S-BA...

Hello Everyone, I've worked in LTC and pediatric home health. I was fired from pediatric home health because the family didn't think I knew what I was doing. I was trying to give the family a sense of control by asking them about their preferences in...

Thanks everyone, I really needed to hear some kind words. I'm probably not leaving nursing, but having the summer off sounds very pleasant. So...beach days for me! I have thought about Hospice, because in LTC, that's where I really shined. I dream o...

I don't mind your being here. Not giving medical advice, but as long term care is now, from my short perspective, I wouldn't want that either. I would want my family to look into home health first. Of course we don't know everything about this, and a...

I know a nurse with bipolar and she is a nurse I would want caring for me and mine. She is compliant with her treatment. I also know nurses with depression, anxiety and panic attacks. I think you need to take an honest look at your illness and decide...

I just put in a late note, unless it's critical, then I call and go back (once in my almost two years as a nurse have I gone back and I probably didn't need to, but CYA, CYA)

To family and friends: Regardless of the economy, if it's a calling, go for it, just know it might be hard to find a job in the area you want to work in. If you want to get rich, be a bank CEO.

Love this, sometimes we have to spend a little time fixing ourselves. Thanks.

Kudos to LTC nurses, it stinks. Nascar nurse explained things very well. As far as the falls go, you have to learn how to assess whether there is a fracture or not. Your assessment skills will probably strengthen in LTC, as often these poor people ar...

Anyone else remember high school? Quit flaming the poor kid. Yes, OP should talk to a nurse in person, but I know very few people who actually applied themselves in high school. I didn't and I could totally see myself doing something like this and th...

I've been there with my husband too, he only smoked pot in the garage, and never had a stash around (except, I persume, in the garage.) but I asked him if he was happy with the amount of money I make, "yes". I told him that any legal trouble he might...

There is this drug I give to patients, it's called Visteral/Atarax/hydroxizine, pretty sure I spelled them wrong, it was a long night shift. The drug is named Visteral if my patient is having trouble with anxiety or needs something to be symbiotic wi...

I have dealt with people who have done this type of thing. There is no forgiveness, but in a nursing home, with dementia, they are getting partial suffering (payback). Some mother rocked this baby (or should have), this child grew up in a world that...

I would highly reccomend TNCC for every nurse, we all see accidents, whether it's the nursing home resident who falls and develops a pneumothroax or seeing a kid and dad get hit by a car, it's the peace of mind in knowing what to do. I will go a litt...

It was a rough night last night. The resident was one I had worked with for years and I loved that resident. I had never seen that much mottling. Family was at bedside. Resipirations 60. Unresponsive. Eyes looked pained, not normal dying. No Morphine...

Asystole, I agree with you totally that some people just need a conspiracy with everything, but it scares me that some people don't get vaccinated, because sometimes vaccines fail. With vaccines we also depend on herd immunity and if enough conspira...

I had tried to get morphine for this guy, because I really believe that having every single organ shut down has to be painful, regardless of the disease. When they're unresponsive, I think that they can still have pain, and the hospice nurse angered ...

Wow...my brain hurts a little, but this was great education. I think of my PD residents right now and their PRNs and I think they're ok, but I will be double checking tomorrow when I go to work. I wish there was an easy way to save this thread to my ...

Have you ever read "The grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck? I would be careful relocating out of state, in state you can be assured of public assistance if things go bad. Nursing is a saturated market right now, if you love it and dream of it, then g...

The survey doesn't work

I'm pretty sure I've cared for this lady. Did she just fly in from the US over the weekend? As far as I know she's still at my facility, but she did seem like she was on the way out either heaven or hospital. BTW...I love this lady.

This was so ugly and mean from all posters. Reading this thread was like driving past a car accident with blood and guts all over the road; you want to look away, but can't.

I have been a nurse for about 18 months. I work in Long Term Care (LTC), my dream is to be an ER nurse, but the job market stinks and I'm not ready yet...so here's my story: I wanted to make myself more marketable so I took ACLS and then, a few month...

There are 6-100 different nursing theories, my classmates think this is a good thing. No wonder it's hard for nurses to be viewed as "professionals" when we can't even agree on a theory on which to base our practice. Yeah, I'm trying to do homework ...