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  1. Ever had a nursing instructor hate you?

    bustthewave posted a topic in General Students

    Heeeey, so I'm in a weird situation. I just started my beginning nursing fundamentals class, of which I have enjoyed and been excited. We start clinicals at a nursing home in about two weeks! I'm...

  2. Best places for new grad hires?

    bustthewave posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    So it's hard to believe there is any kind of a nursing shortage right now with so many new grads not able to find jobs. It seems though to be highly based on location (for instance... if you live in...

  3. About to take CNA exam in NC, a few concerns and questions

    bustthewave posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey everyone, I hope I'm posting this in the right area :). So I'm incredibly nervous, and want to make sure I pass on the first go around (primarily for financial reasons). It's really psyching me...

  4. Working abroad, specifically Israel as a male nurse?

    bustthewave posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi, so it's getting closer and closer to my acceptance in a nursing program (almost there, one more semester to go :) ), and I'm thinking about all the ways I want to use nursing. One of the major...

  5. Ever had a nursing instructor hate you?

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Students

    Hey guys let me just say- Thank you all very much for the honest feedback. I have really read every post and thought about it. What I've learned here is that, if I'm going to be dedicated to nursing I...

  6. Can anyone tell me about the ICU nurse liaison position? Does your hospital have one?

    bustthewave posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys, so I'm in an english class right now. We have to write a paper interviewing someone in an area that is concerned with our major. I was lucky enough to have my dad pull some strings (he's a...

  7. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm taking my nursing assisting class, a pre-nursing requisite. I started clinicals yesterday, and I'm dreading going in again tomorrow. Not because I'm doing a bad job, I'm doing a good job, and the...

  8. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    Wanted to fallow up - If the nurses are overworked that's a different problem entirely than what I was seeing here. What I was seeing here is that there is no delegation from the top down. The charge...

  9. First day of clinicals .. does this get easier?

    bustthewave replied to Neldavi's topic in General Nursing

    Your very welcome :). Just know you aren't alone, and what you experienced really is normal I promise! What you may be doing is internalizing this too much. Don't let it decide your worth, or ability,...

  10. Smelling Cancer?

    bustthewave replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Can I just say... I work as a vet tech and this is really depressing! But it's true, animals completely have a sixth sense somehow about disease and death. They just know when it's coming. I can't...

  11. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender Nurses

    bustthewave replied to penny0314's topic in General Nursing

    I'm bumping this, because I think it's an important resource for the health of a significant American population. What I am wandering about, is does anyone else have experience with GLMA? Is it really...

  12. First day of clinicals .. does this get easier?

    bustthewave replied to Neldavi's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, OP don't worry! I can totally relate, and just had my first day of clinicals, and my second day (pre-nursing, so nursing fundamentals, CNA stuff). The first day was really tough, and I felt...

  13. Can anyone tell me about the ICU nurse liaison position? Does your hospital have one?

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    Can't say for sure, but my assumption is that it's more specialized and legitamtely so. I have actually found more resources on the actual nurse liaison role (it's easier to find once you take out...

  14. Can anyone tell me about the ICU nurse liaison position? Does your hospital have one?

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks anyway :). Your post is still helpful because it demonstrates that it really is a new position. I have found only one other hospital with this role - http://www.nepeanicu.org/liaison.html, and...

  15. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks :). And don't nurses take an oath to never willingly or knowingly cause harm? Isn't that the pivitol corner stone of being a nurse? I strongly (I cannot emphasize how strongly I believe this),...

  16. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    and nope, not at all. It's my opinion. I would rather die now than to grow old where life ends in complete loneliness and isolation, with no dignity. It kinda makes the rest of the stuff you did...

  17. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    Well, clinicals again today. It was MUCH better! The CNA who worked this time actually cared about her patients, and managed to get things done on a timely manner. She didn't turn on MTV, she spent...

  18. Terrible first clinical experience (CNA)

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was afraid of... and that's really sad and pathetic that healthcare is like this... I understand how jaded you can become, doing the same things every day with no help or support, and...

  19. Why do night shift nurses get paid more when day shift clearly does MORE work?

    bustthewave replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    K... so I'm not a nurse yet but OP you're being completely rediculous... I mean come on, I deal with this type of thing at every job I've ever had, "this person does less than me for X reason and it's...

  20. Turns out I have to take the CNA test

    bustthewave posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I'm in nursing fundamentals right now, not quite in the nursing program yet. Originally (like... last week) you just had to take this class and pass the clinicals as a pre-req for the nursing...

  21. Turns out I have to take the CNA test

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    K so I'm looking at these skills (68 total step by step skills in a big thick handout given by my instructors) and these appear to be about 10 times the ammount of skills that are actually in the pool...

  22. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    bustthewave replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, I know "code browns" will totally be up my alley , and I'm also confident I can suck it up. I just am not sure I can day in and day out soothe somebody who is dieing... if it's a situation of...

  23. Terminated from 1st job :(

    bustthewave replied to *Blessed2BaNRS*'s topic in General Nursing

    So the lesson as I'm understanding it - Doctors are complete jerks... who if they didn't want to be called for emergencies really shouldn't have become doctors. And patient restraints are a HUGE deal...

  24. Ever had a nursing instructor hate you?

    bustthewave replied to bustthewave's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I wish it was something like this, but I'm pretty good at reading people, and instructors in general. I know when I'm being rode to work harder. The issue here is, I was told in a defeating...

  25. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    bustthewave replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    So I'm just now going to school to be a nurse. My long term plan is CRNA (it'll unfortunately be after they force the doctorate I think haha). I think the pace and the crazyness of the ICU is a...