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Whichever Fundamentals of Nursing textbook your program requires. I also like Mosby's Medical Dictionary (Of Medicine, Nursing And Health Professions). Maybe one of those pocket references for nurses, like RNotes.

When I worked as a HUC, we had a confused patient leave the hospital, so we had to call the police to go look for her. I actually almost lost my job because of a major role-confusion mix-up by the police officer. Our dress code is that the HUCs wear ...

I agree with Itsmejuli. That sounds like way too much to pay to get an LPN degree. Getting your CNA license would be a good thing if you have a while to wait--both schools and employers will look at work experience when comparing you to other candida...

That handgun story reminded me: on the Neuro unit I used to work in, we had a patient with a history of physical violence toward staff members who snuck a machete into his room. "Just in case." Security came to take custody of the weapon for him unti...

We were told it had to be a watch with a second hand, not a digital one. And I got a $10 one from Target. So far, it works extremely well! And looks nice, too.

So true! It's really not a "generational thing" to want to separate your private life from those people you don't really know. I'm in my early 20s and I have no problem blocking and ignoring people on FB. My friends list is limited to those people I ...

Is there a place on your care plan where you can include your rationale for prioritizing the Maslow physiological need lower? I'd think if your rationale is well-written and well-thought-out, your nursing instructors shouldn't have much of a problem ...

You can pre-emptively block her so that she can't see your info, your name on a friends list, or even do a search and have your name come up. You have the right idea for sure--I would never be "friends" with a patient on Facebook!

I did great--I passed, in a program that's basically pass/fail. Some people talk about grades and how they're so mad/glad about the A they did/didn't get, but really...in a program that will fail you out based on one skills practical exam, the letter...

I have been both a unit secretary and CNA for four years (currently not working there b/c of NS, but left on very good terms). I honestly think the unit sec. position prepared me MORE for what I had to learn in NS. I got to talk to doctors, radiology...

We had to do this with our case studies this semester (I'm a 1st-semester ADN-RN student) and our instructors wanted actual and potential MEDICAL diagnoses along with other problems that could crop up (e.g. opioid tolerance for a person w/ chronic pa...

Are you saying you've seen that written in a patient's medical record as their medical diagnosis?

Give birth. :yelclap:

My younger sister is a med aide in a LTCF. This was recently changed at her facility, and she is now expected to give insulin as part of her assigned duties. She is pretty nervous about doing the injections--their training on this was very minimal.

My cat eats paper, including my homework when I forget to put it away overnight. Then she barfs all over whatever remains. That should obliterate the patient names quite nicely. You can have her.

I'm a first-semester nursing student. I don't have much experience working in this profession yet, obviously, but so far the stress of nursing classes is my major complaint. I feel overworked with a ridiculous number of care plans I'm expected to wri...

I get so nervous for competencies! I just had one yesterday, and I have to redo it because I got so nervous I forgot to put my gloves on! Other than that, I performed the skill (mixing & administering insulin SQ) perfectly according to my instruc...

I'm in an ADN RN program and my school (a technical college) also requires Pharmacology. I would think it's pretty essential if you're going to be administering medications...

Everyone at my nursing school uses either a wheelie backpack or a suitcase. :) The books get progressively heavier as you advance! It's not very fashionable, but at least we don't throw out our backs trying to lug all our nursing textbooks to and fro...

I trained a volunteer like this once. She wanted a quick "in" to a job, and wasn't really interesting in her actual volunteering duties at all. She was constantly asking people if they knew what jobs were available, what the hours were, how were the ...