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Hello everyone! I am looking into going for a doctoral program in nursing. Originally, I was going to go for ARNP, however one of my colleagues at work is advising me to do doctorates. I am not really sure what the difference is in doctoral vs ARNP. ...

Hello everyone, I need some help in understanding something.A patient who has diabetes and has glucose levels in the that range from 200's for breakfast and 300-400s during the day with Lantus BID + sliding scale AC/HS. The MD ordered for a controlle...

Does anybody know what causes tunneling or undermining in a wound?

Thank you for responding back. My wound book didn't say how it was caused. Much appreciated!

I just had a recent experience where I questioned the care that I have in providing to my patients has done nothing but bite me in the ass. I have been caring for a patient on hospice who was transferred over to our unit because the nursing staff wer...

Does anyone know what the difference between bumex and lasix is?

There has been a couple of cases where I have had to use a non-Rebreather mask. So here is a question for the more experienced nurses. I have a patient who is a frequent flyer to the ER. Within 24 hours he starts de-sating in the 80s on 2L. I come an...

I tried to put him back on the nasal cannula, & he would desat once again. Lungs were clear, no changes in mental status. Only issue was that off of the NRM he would desat. He does have COPD, CXR ordered, already on Xanax.

Hi guys there's is a concern that I have that I wanted to share with everyone. I would appreciate your input. Hospital discharge med lists are noted to have some meds for 30 days. What I am being told is that hospital medlists will sometimes indicat...

Yes, cuz this is the first time seeing it in long term. If I see it again, Im just gonna ask the doc if they want to continue with 30 days or change to daily.

I love doing the night shift. It's so much less stress than days. Inrecentlynchanged from 8 hours to 12 hours to have more days off. I'm finding thatbitsnhardermto adjust and I'm feeling even more exhausted. I'm actually looking for a more normal sch...

Hello everyone, I need advice on one of my residents. His ostomy continuously keeps on leaking. I started this position of wound care nurse at a LTC facility for about 9 months and am completely new to wounds. I dont really know much about ostomys e...

That's how I felt to but I left after 3 months. I really hated waking up in the morning. I just found a job in a SNF and it's a different stress level. Instead of 5-6 patients you have 20 or more patients and all your doing is pushing the cart of med...

I work from 3-11pm shift and the evening nurse told me that the blood sugar has dropped

Hi everyone, Im a graduate nurse, and I just had an interview at a SNF. I've never been at a SNF before, and I've only been in the hospital. Can anyone give me an idea what a typical day is? The training that I'll receive if I'm hired, is 3 days, 5 ...

Is it H*LL like the hospital? I almost thought I was hearing wrong, when the patient ration was 30:1. I still dont know if I heard right. But if training is 3 days to 5 days max...I figured it would just be passing meds. But than, I wanted to those t...

remember safety is always first. patient can be alert but unable to take oral meds safely. Always assess if they have any problems with swallowing.

Hi has anyone worked in a SNF before? I was wondering what a typical day might be... Thanks so much!!

It's been 2 1/2 months of job hunting for me and within this last 2 weeks I've had 2 interviews and 1 interview request. My first interview at a home health, I was offered a job. I kindly waited to hear back from them and in the mean time, I went to ...

You should apply everywhere. It's hard to find a job as a GN....Trust me!! And don't just apply to hospitals...apply to office jobs, SNF, nursing homes, etc. Some specialy offices may even start the pay at a hire rate than hospitals...trust me on thi...

flushing a line cant hurt. its just clearing the line from being clogged. you dont want to have to send the patient to hospital to get it changed. educating the family is always good. I mean they didnt go to nursing school. i wouldnt go by them, your...

my first job in the hospital during nursing school was on a GYN/SURGICAL Oncology floor. It's pretty much a medical surgical floor but a lot of tah/bso. I didnt know what that stood for until like right before i started as a gn. it stands for total a...

It sounds like your preceptor isnt very nurturing. I would request for a different one, because as a GN you should be asking questions even if theyr'e "dumb" questions. just remember as a GN there are no such things as 'dumb' questions because were n...

yea, as a gn I wouldnt take a job without an orientation. I mean, if you have no experience, how are you going to know what to do? thats weird that they wouldnt provide you orientation. thats like telling an artist to instead of painting a pic of thi...

no more than 1 hour drive...hospital jobs r difficult to find as a GN, so take whatever you can get your hands on.