scooterRN52

I also was not taught how to start IV's I learneds that on the floor as I was putting my organizaational skills together. You had to be good or else your career ended. Today it is fake it until you make it! That is quite scary!!!!! scooterRN52

17 years ago as a new grad I only had 6 weeks orientation and then I was on my own,Today our new grads get 6 months orientation before they are on their own. I think new grads are pampered more today than years ago. scooterRN52

I was an LPN for two years before becomming an RN and I went to a hosital school for LPN. THE LPN program taught me more than the ADN program in college. The BSN programs today are not as good as the diploma programs of the past. They are getting 6months to a year orientation to work as a new RN. WE never had that, but we had a better education.

I forgot ,the parking is much more convienient and I like the pay better too.

I prefer working night shift also, It is quiet and less people around and you know where your patients and charts are. Day shift is too crazy!!! I couldn't afford the cut in pay if I went to day shift. I have worked night shift since 2000, but I don't always sleep well.

I always remove the clotted off IV or the infiltrated Iv first before starting a new IV, they don't work anyway so why would you ieave them in to cause more damage?

I agree with you nusing doesn't pay, the only good thing about it is that you'll always have a job. I can't believe how little the average person knows about the human body and how it works. I think it should be a law that everyone is CPR certified. There are a lot of people that could be saved.

I have been a nurse for 19 years and I make almost 6 figures. I work 7pm to7am 12 hr. shifts and every 3rd weekend which is not easy, I get a lot of paid time off. If I went to day shift. I wouldn't get the shift diff of 6.00 dollars an hr. and that would be a serious pay cut. I work only 3 12 hr. shifts a week. I feel as though RN's should make more because of the responsibility we carry and the hard work we do, but we will never get what we are worth. Our society has different priorities like movie stars and sports players are more important to them. Oh well that may change, but not in our lifetime. scooter RN52

I am an ADN RN and I supervise on a PRN basis nd also work as a staff RN Ft.:redpinkhe

I say go for it, this country and our society are all about education. If you can't fight them, join them.

You are smart starting your education now, I am looking into a program That will goright from RN ADN to an MSN in 3.5 years and I can do it online. I will betalking to them this coming Monday.:redpinkhe

I am now looking into an RN to MSN program so I can teach in a few years. I am 57 years old soon to be 58, I think I should have done this sooner but I was working fulltime like I am now. I also havea mortgage on a house, so I'm not looking to retire.:redpinkhe

I did not have to break them in. I just wore them to work and they were fine, I am not a plus size, I was wearing size small-medium scubs and still do even though I've gained some weight.

I have been a nurse for 18 years and tried a lot of shoes for work. Since Ihave tried Dansko I stopped and have been wearing them for past 5 years. I have two pair of the clogs with backs on and they feel great. Everything else botherers me and they last a long time. I've been wearing these two pairs for last 5 years.:redpinkhe PS. I am not a plus size.

I don't think anything was read out of context, we all carry the same license and went through ANA approved programs,and our lisence reads Professional Nurse so we are all Rn's!!!! Until they change the lisence and NCLEX exam I think it should remain the same don't you? More education allows for work as a nurse in a different capacity:angryfire

I am an RN and Iwent though an ADN community college program of 2 years.I have been looking into BSN accellarated programs and have found them to be 20,000.00 and higher. I cannot afford this with a house mortgage which I obtained last year. I will not get an increase in pay nor will I take another NCLEX exam. My license will remain the same and it will say Professional Nurse!!! I am sending you this in agreement with your statement. BSN's really don't know as much as ADN's when they get out of school. They seem to have less clinical time and less studied science.

Thank-you for mentioning allergy to mso4, it is rare but it is out there. Dilaudid and fentany are drugs we use also and they are even stronger than mso4. If I were dying of cancer, I would take mso4 and ativan to relieve the pain and anxiety.

Pain is the 5th vital sign and pain is always what the pt.reports it as. I am an oncology nurse for past 11 years and pain rescource nurse at our hospital. I see alot of pain, believe me.

I work in a cancer center and beleive me I have seen many dying patients and mso4 is a great drug, but younger Residents are afraid to use it. Morphine dilates pulmonary vessels and helps the dying pt. ease into a peaceful sleep without air hunger and people should not worry about a dying pt, becoming dependent on pain killers when they are dying and it doesn't matter. Ativan and mso4 are synergistic and work very well together to relieve the pain and anxiety of death.:icon_wink: scooterRN52

You are right about pain, usually Doctors don't prescribe enough, and the nurse must get more ordered. I work in a cancer center hospital and the only thing we give for pain is mso4 IVP, percocet, loritab, oxycontin, MS Contin, and dilaudid IV. some of these meds are given PO for chronic pain of cancer that is nonoperable. Sometimes we give methadone IV or PO depending on the pt. Sometimes after surgery pt's. may have a PCEA of epidural medication like fentanyl/ bupicane or dilaudid /Bup or mso4/ Bup epidurally. This really makes pt. pain free.

I agree with you, I work in a cancer center and I have seen some very large doses of ms-contin and oxycontin, but we only use a mso4 gtt. in DNR pts. who are actively dying and the dose usually starts at 1mg an hr. continuous and the doctor will give orders to titrate the gtt. .5mg to a certain dose. then we usually call if the pt. needs more.

You should explain that the pt. will tell you if he/she is in pain, you are not medicating a family and shouldn't. They don't know if the pt. is in pain, you are trained to tell if a pt. is in pain the family is not. Families can get very anxious over the whole thing, but should not. You are the nurse,remember that. mso4 gtt. is used only if pt. is a DNR and there is nothing else that can be done.

I work in a cancer hospital and have seen many patients in past 11years on mso4 gtts. they are the humane thing to do for every one who is dying of cancer and wants it. I can't stand to see my pts. in pain.

I work in ahospital that does satisfaction drives for pts. and it is incredible what the public expects. We are hospitals not hotels, we have pts. staying with family members and it really is out of hand!!

It seems like it is all about keeping the pt's happy, it wasn't like this 10or15 years ago. I think pt's should be comfortable, but this is a hospital not a hotel! I agreewith you.