AlynnSN

Was just talking to an aide today at clinical on the med/surg floor and the hospital just had a new company take over and they are making their lives hell she said. 1 aide per 10pts from now on (they do 12 hr shifts and might have to go to split 6 hr shifts so everybody can keep their job) 16 patients today with 2 RNs New company thinks there are 131 full time employees too many in the whole hospital with 12 of them being in med/surg Boo!!

My nursing school is an ADN program and we don't have a waitlist at al :) People come from all over the united states to our program. It's very clinically based as well. Don't give up your dream and settle for less. There is always more out there, you just have to turn over the rocks to find it. Good luck in whatever you do!

Well that's kind of rude! That's great we have CONCERNED volunteers! Obviously OP is suspicious the nurse's breath smells like alcohol. Preventing something from happening before it possibly does is the only thing OP is trying to do. Overzealous is not fitting in this situation.

Waiting until signs of intoxication show up might put patients at risk in the meantime.

Never would have thought of this! Good advice to know BEFORE starting work as an RN in a couple years!! :)

I can't really say much about the teaching but coming from being a patient myself in the hospital and being in clinical 2 days a week for 8 hours a day with sick patients, I wouldn't want a non passionate nurse. They are NOT fun to be around and can make the day seem foorrrrevvverrrr. "Rolling through the motions" should not be used in the same sentence as "Nurse" , although sadly, they are too often You said you wanted opinions and that's mine.

Sounds like a complete personal theory to me. Good job!

Oh good. So since I will be graduating as an RN from an ADN program in Nov. 2011, I should just continue onto my BSN while awaiting the "explosion" of hiring within the next 5 years?...

I think A's are completely practical. I'm a straight A student myself. I have no kids though and I do work part time. One thing that is having me struggle through mental health nursing this term is the fact that it's far less interesting than this website GOOD LUCK!!!!!

I too am experiencing the same thing as you! It has got to be normal I would think. I am in an ADN program that is clinically based. Clinicals 6:30-2:30 every single Monday and Tuesday. I'm pretty sure I will get over it, by the end of the RN program, but since this is my first rotation outside LTC, it is scary. We hear horrid stories about mess ups, people's lives in danger because of this and blah blah blah. You just have to remember why you are doing what you are doing. Personally, for me, I love the nursey nurse feeling. Examples: Last week when I reported off to my RN at the end of the shift, my foley output was only about 21mL/hr so I made sure to point that out and she was SOOo grateful because she was suppose to call the doc about it and it was her first week on the med/surg floor. It was an awesome feeling. Sometimes, our uniform can make others look down upon us because we are "only students" but I am very often reminded that I AM capable of doing what my RN is doing because she was once in my shoes as well. Keep your head up. We chose this profession for a good reason :redpinkhe

Good point! I wasn't even thinking that we would still assess their PERRLA knowing they were blind. It always comes back to "chart what you see" which would mean that you would still assess it.

Just curious how you would chart someone who is blind? We are taught in nursing school how to assess PERRLA and how to chart it but what if someone is blind? Can you just chart "pt is blind" ?

aha! I thought you meant it was good advice, but not for this topic and I was going to say ummmm....

irrespective of the topic?

geesh! way to be nursist!