NurseGuy30

My med-surg book and other sources tell me that in pneumonia, initially, ABG values for both PaO2 and PaCO2 will be low, and later in the disease Pa02 will be low and PaO2 will be high. I've usually got a good handle on physiology, but this doesn't m...

I'm currently an RN ADN with almost 5 years experience, about 3 of those years as manager of a post-acute rehab unit before I moved on to acute care. I hope to complete my BSN within the next six months. I'm looking at masters degrees. I'd like to be...

Hoping for 6 months here too, I have 34 CUs to complete.

I'm about to graduate from an NP program and already work as an LPN at an LTC/rehab facility, on the rehab side. I enjoy my job, and when I get my RN I'll make a very good wage. I plan to pick up some PEDS home health clients through an agency as wel...

Oh, and FNP specialty.

Mary, I'm hoping for ADN to MSN. Frontier looks appealing.

Thanks!

Ah! ADN program I'm graduating from,.not an np program. Sorry.

I know you need to have a year RN experience, generally speaking, to get in. Will they accept someone with only LTC experience?

I did my time as a CNA, and I don't think I could ever, ever, ever go back to being a CNA, for any amount of money. I love being a Nurse. (And a fairly well compensated nurse

Hi, I've heard it's almost impossible for a new RN to get a job in the Indianapolis area right now? Is this true? Should I start packing?

FWIW, which is probably not much, I started my healthcare career as a tech on an oncology floor. I was on-and-off depressed for some six months. Now it honestly doesn't bother it much. For me, death just took some getting used to. It's a part of lif...

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Nursing school is the hardest thing I've ever done, and having a full-time job as a CNA doesn't make it any easier. Neither does having two young children. I'm approaching middle age. I have a bachelor of arts degree under my belt which was a lot of ...

I work out three times a week. It means getting to campus an hour and a half early, but it's totally worth it. It makes me feel better all week long.

In an H&P: "Right leg was found to be gangrenous. Left leg was subsequently amputated."

You could work as a PCT or CNA at a local hospital, maybe just the weekends. Those jobs can even be hard to get. My advice: apply, follow up, go visit the hiring manager, tell them why they should hire you. Then a few years down the road you're an ob...

A nurse at a hospital I did a rotation in: "This is a Catholic hospital. A sister gets on the PA to say prayers at exactly 8:30 AM and exactly 8:30 PM. So if someone gets on the horn at 9:45 and says 'Sweet Jesus!' you know you should get ready to ru...

Tele techs practice under the RN's license. So they don't really have a scope of practice any more than a unit secretary has a scope of practice. They just have a list of things they can't actually do. Your hospital should be training you. It took a ...

--Thanks for apologizing for being snarky. I know it was a stressful day, so really--don't worry about it. --I'm sorry it took me so long to realize what a good nurse you are. --No, we don't usually get along, and there's some tension. But I've seen ...

That's awesome. I have to say that I have been very lucky in my nursing school so far. The clinical instructor I have now has a reputation for being tough, and she is. But I know she has only the best intentions. I know that her motivation is an over...

Thanks for the clarification. I had looked at it rather carefully, but apparently remembered incorrectly.

Okay, well you need to specify. I have a belief that alcoholism is a waste of humanity, but I also have the belief that I have the responsibility to help care for anyone who is (professionally) under my care. So that guy who's got ETOH withdrawal an...

I worked as a CNA/unit secretary at a hospital for a year before I started nursing school. I have to say that it has helped me tremendously, mainly in knowing how to deal with patients--bedside manner, I think. Also, being a unit secretary was incred...

Ridiculous. That's all.