AcosmicRN

If I've passed my NCLEX, I will be working on a cardiac stepdown unit. We get CABG patients, various cardiac conditions, ICU overflow. So, what kind of certification should I eventually seek? CCRN, RNC in cardiovascular nursing? what? Thanks for you...

Yes! You need to start looking for a new place. 9 pts is not an acceptable workload for one person, except in emergencies. You should condition yourself for 7 pts on an orth/neuro/med surg floor, but anything over that maximum is not fair to you. You...

I sympathize with anyone who does that well in nursing school and then doesn't pass, but this sounds a bit like a divorce-story. You know, the kind where you only hear the one side and the one telling the story is always a saint who suffered tremendo...

What you all say about self-esteem is critically important, I believe. I think low self-esteem is at the root of most interpersonal problems between nurses and people in general. Acosmic

I wasn't trying to be rude with the comments about NPs, and certainly, I wasn't trying to be rude to the OP. Hopefully, I was persuading her not to be an NP. It's sound advice; that's how NPs are treated where I come from. NPs derive their status bec...

I'm trying to get to the root of negativity in nursing, so I was wondering what makes you drag yourself to work, what it is you hate the most about going to work, or what it is that makes you feel negative when you're at work. Arrogant people make me...

The way the world is right now, there are three ways to become an RN. Diploma from a hospital based school, ADN, BSN. I haven't heard of any MSN programs that include the basic nursing school. The truth is, you are employed as an RN when you are empl...

Where I work, less than a dollar an hour is given for new grads with a BSN. The hospital makes no descrimination in hiring between ADN or BSN. The managers are BSN, but not necessarily the assistant managers. In the education department, they have ma...

I hear you. That sounds like a load that is too much for one RN. The max on a floor like that should be 7. Or at least that's what seems to be the norm (It really should be 6.). Why are they understaffed? Do people not show up, or does the hospital j...

Well now, here's the thing: your nic suggests you have your eyes set on nurse practitioner, if this is so, I suggest you get used to this preceptor. Why? Because it's my experience that NPs work for doctors and are treated by them basically the way a...

I'm curious SCRN1: I read all your reply, but I have to get some clarification on your very first point. What is your typical patient load, and what kind of floor do you work on? And, if you would indulge me, is your hospital a small for-profit hospi...

Thank you for your reply, because this is exactly what I am talking about. I have a problem. I feel a certain way, and you blame me for it. You put me down for it. You make me responsible for it and ignore the fact that I was talking about arrogant, ...

Indeed. They are very cliquish. They all seem to hang out together and eat lunch together. On the rare ocassion I have sat with them (if they're in the cafeteria, and no one else from work is there, I have to sit with them--it's kind of a hospital-cu...

Yes. I think your advice is exact, and it is all that can be done. I think one thing I need to wake up to is that the more positive I become, the less un-positive people are going to like me and the more negative they will seem to me. But if I'm any ...

:uhoh21: The posters below are correct: follow your facilities guidelines for medication errors.

No. I've never cared for anyone like that, or for that matter, seen anyone or heard of anyone with "heart cancer." Does it exist? In fact, is there any cancer that comes from muscle cells? Acosmic

I have never seen nurses pushed too hard, where I live anyway. Even in the nursing home where I worked as an aid, the nurses didn't run from room to room; they barely did anything at all until the end of the shift. But man, did they ever complain. Ev...

I don't even see where the TSH is high, but both books I have indicate the test in mU/ml (2-10 mU/ml) but the guide in my PDA shows it as WNL.(0.4-6 mU/ml). I'd bet its just a benign growth being that it's WNL and asymptomatic. Even so, like you say,...

Nursing is the greatest profession in the world. It is the highest calling for building the kingdom of God. I have a lot of energy; I'm a mover. I jog several times a week so that I can be fit to do my job as a nurse. I keep my weight down so I can ...

OK. I don't get it, because it sounds like it mathematically works out. two clients get the same drug One client gets twice as much as the other half way through it is realized that the drugs were switched That would mean that client A has gotten th...

Professional? What is that? Is it someone licensed by the state? Barbers are licensed by the state. Is it someone who makes money at what they do? That's the burger flipper. Is it someone who is completely autonomous in the decisions they make while ...

I'm entering nursing at a time when diploma, ADN, and BSN are all entry level educations for nursing. I don't want to get a BSN. But will there ever come a time when the ADN nurse will be fired for not having a BSN? Or will the BSN become the only en...

Should I join the ANA? How many nurses are members? I heard it was only like 5% or so. I don't want to join the ANA, because they are pro-choice. I don't care about Democrat or Republican (as I tend to switch parties quite regularly anyway) but the p...

I'm older. I've had other careers. I was a publisher (excuse me, did I say "publisher"? I meant a grossly unsuccessful publisher) an eduction counselor, and was in the military for 10 years. I have a B.Sc. in Liberal Arts and three Associate degrees ...

You're doing the pre-reqs now, what about a CNA course in the summer? Then you would be qualified to be hired as an aid. Acosmic