MsPebbles

Don't know if anyone else knows this already, but according to my enrollment counselor, I am ineligible to enroll in an RN to MSN program. Only those who are currently employed in Managerial/Leadership or Nurse Educator positions are eligible. Pretty...

Ok, sounds like you're right. My enrollment counselor had previously said it would be up to my mentor and it's a "case by case" basis if one can transfer into the MSN program, but this was clarified for me today by another enrollment counselor (as mi...

We had one too (actually 3...big unit). They lasted a month. They went off more from footsteps and rolling vitals machines/stretchers than from loud talking. They disappeared so management needed to come up with something else to wag their fingers a...

It's not that I don't like it, it's that I'm concerned for her. She is a very dear friend and I don't want all her years of schooling to be for naught. She is very aware of her short-comings when it pertains to certain things like time-management a...

This is about a friend I graduated with. She is currently enrolled in an RN-BSN program and will continue on to an FNP program. She quit her first (and only) nursing job on a med-surg unit after only a few weeks because she realized she hates bedsi...

I spoke with an enrollment counselor on 4/8 and submitted all requirements immediately, including my electronic transcript. I have some questions, and have attempted to reach him on quite a few occasions since, both by phone and email and have not he...

I'm confused too. I only waste blood if I'm drawing labs.

Overheard a conversation the other day between a pt's family member and a doctor. I was sitting at the nurse's station and he was sitting beside me. Family member walked up to him and began yelling that her loved one is not getting the proper nursi...

After 2 years on midnights (7p-7a), my body is telling me it's time to switch to days. I'm naturally a night owl, so in the beginning I thought nights would be ideal for me, but it's taking a toll on my life outside of work. All I want to do on my ...

I never looked at the patient's chart, I don't know his name or his medical hx, and I couldn't even tell you what he looks like. We are a large, but close, surgical unit. I didn't seek out any additional information. Yes, the limited details I know...

Susie, you make very valid points. It was never my intention with my original post to convey an arrogant or snarky approach to a family member or patient; however, based on the limited info I've gathered about this pt and his mother from staff who h...

He was the surgeon (attending). I normally don't have much interaction with him because I work nights and normally deal with the on-call residents, but he happened to be on my unit around shift change. With him, this isn't out of character from what ...

I wish my unit offered the 11-11 shift. That would be ideal for me!

I appreciate everyone's responses. I'll be reaching out to Mr. Smeath, as I still have yet to hear back from the other person.

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I'd much rather see hair accessories over having long hair that isn't pulled back. MANY nurses at my facility wear their long hair down and it makes me cringe. They'll don full PPE in an isolation room, provide pt care where their hair invariably b...

Beaumont hires new grads. They'll even hire you as a GN before you pass your NCLEX, with the agreement that you take and pass it within 45 days of hire.

I've been an RN for only 9 months. I spent 1 year as a tech on a gen-surg unit, then transitioned to an RN and worked another 7 months there. While I loved the people I worked with, I hated (or thought I hated) floor nursing and always felt a strong...

As I've already asked for a different preceptor twice, and was told no both times, I don't think a third attempt would work unfortunately. When I left my old unit my manager there said she was sad to see me go and would welcome me back should I decid...

I really appreciate everyone's replies and feedback. I did have a talk with my manager and she had the three of us discuss these issues. My preceptor told her that my biggest problem is that I am unable to prioritize my tasks appropriately, and tha...

I work in a large teaching hospital that is affiliated with a med school, which means residents and med students account for a large number of those we share our work spaces with daily. Up until recently, my unit had a designated area at each statio...

It's funny how this has never crossed my mind as a concern until now, after spending 2 years completing my pre-reqs and just before entering nursing school. But I happened to come across a post where someone was worried that a preemployment screen m...

Hello hopefuls, Just popping in here to say good luck to you all. I graduate in 2 1/2 weeks and remember going through this 2 years ago like it was yesterday. It's true the 2 years goes by very quickly, but at the same time I have never been more r...

And I'd pay to see someone ask a physician move to use a computer! Especially the countless med students who hog every single one at the nurses stations, including the ones used by the charge nurse and secretary! As a nursing student, we are told t...

Okay, not really, but it sure feels like it! My unit is incredibly busy and lately we've been super short-staffed, which means we are running around non-stop. As a tech, I can have up to 18 demanding patients, many of whom are constantly cold and w...