AnaCatRN

If you don't tell us what kind of project you're doing or what kind of nurse you need (specialty, experience, education level, geographic location, etc.), how can we volunteer to help?

I second tokmom's suggestion of speaking with the chaplain. Even if you're not religious in any way, they are really good at listening and often have great ideas for dealing with personal issues. I've found that the chaplain will usually be very unde...

Have you considered becoming a nurse practitioner? Could be the best of both worlds. I, too, have been pressured by my family to go to medical school, but I'm going to be a nurse practitioner because I love nursing. Good luck with your decision!

That was beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss. Patients like that are gifts and exactly why I became a nurse! It's always an honor to care for them.

Nursing can be tough, and there are days I thought about giving up. I applied for two years in a row with nothing to show but rejection letters. I had astounding grades and experience as a certified medical assistant, telemetry technician, and CNA. I...

i'll give an update. i took the job with psa and love it! i had trach and g-tube experience from working in a pediatric tertiary hospital, but no vent experience. i was paid to go to a vent class. i have never been pressured to take an assignment i w...

Your claim about Illinois not regarding online degrees as acceptable applies to pre-licensure programs only. Illinois does not care if you get your RN-BSN online if your pre-licensure ADN wasn't online.

It sounds to me like you would be an excellent nurse! I'm impressed that at such a young age you know what you'd like to do and have such a passion for caring for others. I would definitely want someone like you caring for my elderly loved ones! If t...

I just finished my BSN at Chamberlain (I got my ADN at a community college in 2006). I have a good job, and none of the brick and mortar grad schools I'm applying to have said anything negative about Chamberlain. Chamberlain is fully accredited at mo...

I finally finished and graduation is next Friday. I can't wait! Congrats to everyone who is graduating this term! Now on to grad school!

It's basically one big project in several parts (seven, I think). At the end, you have to create a power point presentation based on your project. You choose something in your practice that you'd like to see changed, research your proposed change, an...

I love being a nurse! I had a lot of bad days in the hospital with too many patients and not enough time to give proper care, but since I switched to pediatric private duty (working with kids on vents), I haven't had a single bad shift. You have to f...

Could he have Tourette's syndrome? He might just be a very unpleasant man. There are plain old jerks out there. Why is the MD dancing around the issue? I'd ask for an explanation and definitely get the chain of command going. The other patients (and ...

Although I had two years of experience when I started my RN-BSN program, family issues resulted in my having been unemployed for over two years (so no employer tuition assistance and no ability to get a new job as hospitals around here want BSNs only...

This is very helpful. Thanks for posting the link!

I used them both as references for the papers. I know there are assignments based on the book in Collaborative. I think you really need to get them. You can rent them if you don't want to buy them, or you can sell them if you do buy them.

That is very true. The for-profits are very expensive. I wanted to go with the University of Illinois at Chicago program, but I didn't want to wait for the next academic year to start. I made the choice to pay more for the convenience of starting in ...

I am finishing my online RN-BSN program at Chamberlain College of Nursing this week (I'm so excited to be nearly done). I took 2 classes each 8 week session (3 classes the first session), and it took me about 11 months. It cost about $20,000, all of ...

I was terrified of Collaborative because you have to get a mentor and do a big project. It turned out to be really easy and kind of fun. It was time consuming, though. Taking Collaborative with intro to humanities should be very doable, but you may h...

I agree with checking your nurse practice act. I have worked with many NPs who take prn shifts at the bedside, so I'm pretty sure there's noting wrong with that, as long as while the NP is at the bedside the RN scope of practice is followed. However,...

That is so true!

Many facilities have 0600 meds on the night shift MAR. No harm was done, and your instructor didn't catch it, either. It was a good learning lesson for you, and I doubt you'll ever make that mistake again. Every nurse eventually makes a med error, an...

That is a rough position to be in. Contacting the public health department is a must. It seems you work for a very disreputable agency, indeed. You're right that no one should live or work in those conditions. The family may seem sweet to you, but th...

When you go for the drug test, as long as you tell them what meds you're on (yes, bring the bottles with you), you should be fine. You don't need to tell the school. They may not show up. I was told that Vicodin doesn't even show up on some tests whe...

I feel horrible for your patient AND you! You need to call the appropriate authorities to report that the family is keeping this patient in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. I don't know what state you live in, but in some states (should be all), tho...