halkogirl

They spent five years traveling through space only to find out there is no nursing shortage.

For those of you who are under twenty-one and are wondering how old you have to be to serve alcohol- in most states the age is eighteen. It does vary by state. However, as a nurse following doctor's orders I would assume that the rules are different....

If I had a dollar for every time I said that and a nurse rolled her eyes, and then had to stick me eight times before calling in a SWAT nurse to do it, I'd be retired.

Unfortunately, in this current economy, employers have much more power over their employees than in the past. There are a wealth of people in every field that are unemployed and willing to take a job. Companies are able to make demands of their emplo...

Potassium chloride and normal saline would be my guess. If a person is suffering from dehydration, there will be a loss of fluids in both the cells and extracellularly. Hypotonic and hypertonic solutions will leave one or the other still depleted. No...

My first son had shoulder dystocia. They pushed my legs back as far as they would go and the nurse got on the bed and pushed with her fist. I couldn't see what the doc was doing but I swear his arms were in up to his elbows trying to do something. I ...

I used to have four pet rats. They are very smart animals and fun to have. However, I developed a severe allergy to them (confirmed by my allergist). I wouldn't be able to come within five feet of the linens that the rat had been on without breaking ...

Way to think outside the box!! You must be a wonderful nurse

The only one I considered keeping was my A&P book. I got $90 bucks for it at the bookstore buyback, went on eBay and bought a ten year old version for $4.85 (including shipping). A&P hasn't changed much in ten years, so I still have a book fo...

I also absolutely LOVE office supplies!! I love Pilot Easy Touch clickables, medium point. Fell in love a few years ago and never looked back. I also always have a Sharpie marker with me at clinicals- I never know when I will need to label something ...

I would really love to be a WOCN eventually, although I think that I would also enjoy ER or ICU nursing (which, I believe, can be hard areas to get into). I was an EMT and really enjoyed the fast pace. My life growing up was very chaotic, so I almost...

Ativan.

If it is in writing, get a copy of it, stick it in an envelope that seals up well, and mail it to yourself. When it comes, don't open it- stick it in a safe. Continue to chart when you contact XYZ about an order, etc. If they try to fire you, contact...

The fact that you are willing to seek help here and from others makes me feel like you will be a great nurse. It will come with time. I was the opposite- I cried all of the time with patients and their families. Now that I am in my thirties, I have l...

I learned to live with a mess- not disgusting, but things may not have always been put away in a timely manner and the bathroom didn't get cleaned daily like it used to. I used to be obsessive about having a spotless house. Learning to let that go wa...

I had bad credit and got a job for an insurance company. They ran a credit check and never said anything. I had way worse credit than you, from the sounds of it. They still hired me, and I had access to people's social security numbers and bank info....

Bottom line, if the situation could POTENTIALLY be unsafe for you (ANY car accident is potentially unsafe) your only obligation is to call 911. I live in MN, which has one of the most strict GSLs in the nation (Google it!), and I found out (while bec...

I have the same problem! My tonsils are always so swollen and inflamed and my breath is HORRIBLE! I also have GERD, which seems to make it even worse. I have been begging for a tonsillectomy, but my doc is opposed to it (and my hubby is also, he alm...

I heard this advice once for doing a phone interview and it works great- sit in front of a mirror while you are doing the interview. That way you can make sure that you are smiling the whole time. It sounds silly, but if the look on your face is frum...

I used to manage a business, and part of my job was hiring new staff. Believe me, I hired more than one person who had been fired from a previous job. If someone came to the interview and stated that the problem was all about the previous employer- b...

In our program anything 0.50 and above we round up, anything below that we round down. However, if it is a peds patient, then we always round down. Hope that helps!!

You CAN colonize staph on your skin. A bee sting introduces the staph into the skin. The reason that nurses clean an area of skin with alcohol before administering any type of injection into the skin is so that anything living on the skin, such as ST...

I am not a nurse yet- I am currently in the nursing program and working as an aide- but I did get cellulitis. I got a bee sting and developed a nasty infection at the sting site. My doctor said that working in health care more than likely caused t...

I was alternate #77 last year for Century, and I got in for the spring. I got a letter at the end of May that I was in. My class is 60 people so I am guessing that it will be the same. Plus, since IH and CC split, I am guessing a lot of people applie...

If this was a girl, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Girls can dress in boy clothes and have short hair and never wear makeup, but nobody says boo. Many girls put on loads of makeup and perfume and look around to see if anyone is watching them....