jrkingRN

If you're happy in your trauma ER and your local CRNA program will accept that as the critical care requirement, I suggest staying put. If you want to become more familiar with vasoactive gtts and vents try finding a PRN position in a critical care u...

You MUST have at least one year in a critical care unit. CRNA school is competative, so the more experience the better. Also, once you start working in said unit, you will realize how valuable that year is. No matter how great your school is, you don...

Vandy pays for 12 hours per year (not semester) if you are taking a NURSING degree. The 70% off is for non nursing classes.

Resign. And make sure the LVN got written up too, and the pharmacy. 0.75mg is a LONG way from 75mg and someone else should have noticed the error before the med was dispensed. The LVN should have asked why she was handing someone 100 pills instead of...

I know the feeling. But working in an ICU setting will further your career. Maybe you could look into some per diem work? I had a doc tell me yesterday that if he had to think as much as a nurse all day long he would need a pay raise!

If everyone was healthy and perfect we'd all be out of jobs...

I would love to see the look on her face when she realizes that CRNA's deal with a LOT grosser excrement than poop. And a previous poster was correct, you HAVE to have at least 1 year in an ICU setting. You can't go straight through to CRNA. And by t...

I think you have to have a years experience in an Intensive Care setting.

Ok so let's assume you're going to do your careplan on Angina (chest pain) 1.acute pain 2.ineffective tissue perfusion 3.activity intolerance ??? Any good?

Definitely get a lawyer. Definitely definitely. The lawyer will halp you get to the medical records of the patient. Hopefully good nurses notes were taken. What if this patient has made this claim about other nurses? A lawyer could help you find out....

I've been (and still am) in that EXACT same predicament. I spoke to my manager about it. Unfortuately, there wasnt much she could do scheduling wise because EVERYONE on nights is a new grad (except me) One night when we all finally had 5 minutes to t...

Anytime...Now that I'm a nurse, care plans seem so obvious. And I LOVE to help with them :)

Well you hit the jackpot! If I had a patient with a history of Afib that fell I would DEFINITELY be thinking about afib's tendency to cause blood clots. And then maybe that blood clot traveled to his brain and made him dizzy, (impaired gas exchange!...

Tell me more about the patient, maybe I can help you out...

Because there are so many things that could happen with a fat embolism, I can see why it's hard to pick just one...

Or how about risk for ineffective tissue perfusion?

Chronic Confusion Risk for falls http://www.ehow.com/how_4612257_nursing-plans-alzheimers-patient.html

I thought "Increased Risk of Fat Embolism" was one...how about risk for ineffective air exchange?

I'm sure you will be able to. Are you a nurse? I have my NY license and have NEVER lived there.

Hmmm... what WAS she admitted for? Angina is certainly a disease, and you CAN do a care plan on it, however if you KNOW she has a bicuspid aortic valve, perhaps you should do your care plan on that? Angina and fatigue are certainly side effects of Bi...

Don't worry honey...your social life may suck now, (mine did too in nursing school) but when you graduate you'll be working 3 days a week and wondering what to do with so much free time!!!

Look at other hospitals besides just your rural one. I don't know if you have a family or if you can up and go, but most moderately large hospitals have a "student nurse tech" position (it may be called something different in your area). These positi...

:redpinkhe I agree with the first post entirely. I've worked nights for 3 years now. If you have self scheduling, try to work your 3 nights in a row. When you get home from your last night only sleep until about 1. That way you can get up, tired, but...

OMG. RUN from that facility right now! If they are treating you this way already, things are going to go downhill fast. When hiring new grads a GOOD place to work is going to have a special program JUST for new grads. As a preceptor myself i LOVE whe...

3 holidays. No sick time but we get PTO (paid time off) of about 12hrs a month which can acrue as long as you like. 401k, no pension. Health insurance varies.