OldNurseEducator

It's just sick. Welcome to the real world...just sayin'.

I will probably get flamed for this...but if the job you have is so great, why become a nurse? Nursing school is never easy...whether it is LPN or RN. I think I would think long and hard about this. And it will be a long time before you have enough e...

Why ould you EVER recommend bankruptcy to ANYONE? WOW!! Terrible advice.

This!

How true this is!!

My thoughts exactly!:)

I think it would be a good idea for you to go to the Director of the program. Perhaps she or he is unaware of the problem with instructors not declaring their individual expectations. Their expectations should be in writing and given to the students....

I think what you are called as an "aide" and what your duties can be is controlled by each state's Board of Nursing. Just my !!

I think the OP is missing the point of the above reply. Keep in mind that aspirinn would be part of the CHF protocol. All doctors should follow a certain STANDARD for every CHF patient, no matter how they get paid!

I would have never documented the hospitalist not being there in the patient's chart. It sets the hospital up for liability and it really has nothing to do with the code. A doctor was already there (the ED doc). I would have reported it to the Medica...

I thoroughly agree with this poster. Nursing hmes (now caled LTC) are not what they used to b e. They get much more acutely ill patients than they used to 10 to 15 years ago. Hospitals discharge patients long before they are ready and send the patien...

You make $80,000 in Canada because the price of living there is very different from many parts of the U.S. Your home prices are ASTRONOMICAL compared to most areas in the U.S. That's like comparing California to Ohio or apples to oranges! I would nev...

If your daughter is over 18, then she must be making her OWN decisions. I would never force anyone to finish anything they didn't want to. My son at 18 years old went to a small college (part of tOSU) for landscaping. He hated it. He lasted three qua...

If you look at all the employed people in the world, I think you would find that most, no matter what profession they are in, complain from time to time! Nursing is tough, there's no getting around that fact. But so is education, engineering, medicin...

"The school I am hoping to attend has 100% job placement as well." That is not true. If they told you that, someone is telling a mistruth! No school is ever going to promise 100% placement!

I'm not sure what the difference is. I figured OB would be L&D... maybe it's including everything (postpartum, antepartum, etc??) It didn't say in the job description. I was just curious and wondered if anyone else might know :) Yesra ago, a pers...

An EXCELLENT example of how patient teaching really made a difference!

I love this!!:yeah:

does your institution have a policy on removal of the picc line. i would always follow this and you'll keep from getting in trouble. lesson learned...

In Ohio, you don't get a "license" per se, to become a STNA (state-tested nursing assistant). It means you took the course and passed the test. Only nurses (LPN and RN) have licenses. Check with your Board of Nursing.

As a much older nurse than most of you writing posts, I feel I must tell all the readers that IO means "intraosseous infusion". I had to get into the textbooks to find that out. Please don't feel bad for not knowing. Every nurse cannot know EVERYTHIN...

You're right, klone. I used to do Home Health. It requires a long orientation, exoerience you can fall back on when you need it (almost every day), and lots of good skills. I constantly learned new things in Home Health. I would not hire a new grad i...

Is this used only in pediatrics?

I have never heard it said that home Health is not a DIFFICULT area of nursing. Where are you hearing this?? Maybe nurses who have never done Home Health??

Taking the NCLEX-RN takes quite a bit of money. Perhaps this is why the OP isn't taking NCLEX-RN right away. Also, in most schools, you must clear your debt with the school before the "powers that be" notify the BON that the student may sit for NCLEX...