Mike R ADN, BSN, RN

I agree with the sentiments that our chosen profession has nothing to do with our hobbies at home. That being said, I am a ED RN and firearms enthusiast living in a large metropolitan area in southern CA. There's a fairly decent following with the s...

Shoot, I waited for two years... It worked out in the end for me because I was able to land an orderly type job at a hospital while I waited; which in the long run enabled me to easily get a job once I passed the boards.

After I passed NCLEX, the first thing that I bought was Subway Haha!

I could never solely interact out of job necessity. It's hard to build strong trusting professional relationships without knowing what lies beneath. That and I can almost guarantee you that I'll subliminally treat a coworker differently if they appea...

The eating disorder is debatable. But the details of your drug abuse may be where your timeline hangs. In my state, yes it can slow you down a bit. But it's not guaranteed that it will inevitably deter you from achieving your goals. Here if you have...

Ditto but I used Kaplan instead. Though most would say I should have probably studied more. Oh well, I passed! Graduated 5/19 and sat for the boards 6/16. I was one of those who thought: Well, I just graduated and I'm currently the smartest I'll eve...

Odd. If you were sure the caps were tight, I wonder if the catheter itself was cracked outside of the body?

Hi Ellie, There's a couple of things I would like to touch base on. First, I'm sorry that this RN was unprofessional and rude enough to belittle you in front of others like that. She should have pulled you aside in private and had a respectable conv...

If I may ask, what do you think your weaknesses are? It's hard to overcome a difficulty if you don't know where to begin.

I use algebra all the time: I can walk on average of 4mph. It takes me about 20 minutes to do a bed bath. Assuming the patient in 2A takes three times as long as the patient in 4B to put on their gown, how much time do I have to do 8 patients before ...

Oh man, I've been pondering this for quite some time now. It's between a new camera lens, a new shiny S&W .357 or a new Honda Sabre 1300. My wife wants says I should go for the later; I say all three! (I realize this actually depends on landing ...

I was hired by my school to tutor groups of up to 6 at a time. What I like to do is have the students do most of the talking. I'll ask them what are the most important details of each disease, what do I assess for, what labs do I check, what interven...

You know, I argued the same point as pneumothorax to an ICU nurse the other week. She just said you can lower BP without any explanation behind it. Therefore, I didn't want to believe her. You however, put it quite succinctly!

I really think you're just over thinking this. Looks like a TKO sort of thing. It's 17ml/hr. Get some rest!

My sister had a classmate who was 68 by the time they graduated their ADN. She retired from her previous career and finally had the time to fullfill her life long dream. High marks in all her classes and clinicals. Age really is only a number. Defini...

Two weeks and no response? I'd call them personally for an update. They say it also shows "initiative". Good luck!

I think you're missing the point. Post partum or not, there's still excess fluid volume. You're hung up on whats normal for a baby process. But baby process isn't mom's normal state.

Were you actually able to do a physical assessment on her, or just through the charts? I can think of a hand full of NANDAs just off of what you listed. Imbalanced nutrition, sure. What's stopping you from looking further into the pitting edema? The...

We get 1 hour to do 50 questions. Two hours for a 100 question final. Scantron, so no individual question time limit.

Nope. I worked in a law office for 6 years prior as a clerk. No medical experience at all.

We had a set of twins at our hospital who were CNA's. They were each 4'8" and no more than 95lbs each soaking wet. One worked on Oncology and the other on med surge. They were there for over 15 years each and were damn good. Look inside and you'll f...

I started as a volunteer at my local hospital. I found out who the managers were and schmoozed them all. Ended up working for radiology and ergonomics later. Now I'm in the stepdown Neuro/Stroke floor as a CNA. I personally don't really feel the mana...

For us, there was also: Kaplan Fees Nurse Squared Fees

Yes, for a third semester ADN program. It included a 60min lecture, fake arms for lab (practicing on classmates was not allowed but if we did it outside of school property they actually encouraged it), a skills lab competency test and required 4 suc...

Does the facility offer lift equipment with slings?