BSN2004

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1. Change of shift report

   BSN2004 replied to angel333's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a med/surg unit 5:1. we do bedside report. Being primary nurses, its hard. As a solid group on our shift, its hard to help someone elses patients having no clue of the patients status. We have pt c brain mass's telling us they have to use t...

2. Insulin drips on the floor!

   BSN2004 replied to jackieRN03's topic in Cardiac

   On our Neuro Med-Surg we will often have a insulin drip pt cause they "need a ccu bed" the doctor then puts them in another category of care AMSU, advanced med-surg something and staffing has to give us another Nurse. That nurse can only have 3 pat...

3. pulling arterial sheaths

   BSN2004 replied to turquoise's topic in Cardiac

   I know we pull on our tele floor, only hospital in our state of hawaii (by rumor) we have to stand there and apply pressure personally for 20-60 minutes in order to watch the patient at the same time. cant tell you exactly yet, i transfer there in M...

4. Nurses Starting Salary

   BSN2004 replied to nursekatrina's topic in General Nursing

   Hawaii $24.77 thats base, then add on depending on shift and temp/regular/call-in status

5. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   BSN2004 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   that message just made me tear- and that is why i became a rn, to help and heal. my best friend had a hard life and was pregnant at 18, my first hospital experience helping her give birth and her nurse was a b@^$h, i went to college a month later sta...

6. Patient Transfers.

   BSN2004 replied to sparkplug's topic in General Nursing

   I am a med-surg-neuro nurse. when we get patients from ER the ER nurses do what the ER doc orders and we do what the attmitting Doc orders. They are a give and take ER, they look over the orders that they are sending with the patients and give us a...

7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   BSN2004 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   "Can you pick up my (used) tissue up off the floor?" while the patient is 2 feet away on a floor mat doing yoga.

8. those who took the NCLEX recently...

   BSN2004 replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

   I had 1 check all that apply, 0 fill in the blank. I took it in feb. of this year. The best way to help your anxiety is by learning about the test. google search it. read about how the computer selects the questions. You will learn that the compu...

9. Should I postpone starting a family?

   BSN2004 replied to jenjen22's topic in Career Support

   I'm 25 and fresh out of school. I can only say that it can be done. Nursing school is hard but there are people in the program with young children, six children, and pregnant. the only thing as far as giving birth during the school year is you are...

10. My dental hyginenist was surprised that I was an RN.

    BSN2004 replied to Jo Anne -OLD's topic in General Nursing

    I have the same problem but with age. I am 24, but I look 12 without makeup on. At least twice a week when I am in a hospital setting I get... "excuse me can you call the nurse", "are you allowed to do that?" No matter how I introduce myself, th...

11. Would you let your kid ride a MOTORCYCLE ???

    BSN2004 replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    My dad has a Harley. he had it all while I was growing up, I went on motorcyle "runs" with him. My bf cant stop talking about getting one as soon as his record clears up (insurance is crazy expensive) but for some reason it bothers me. I think it ...

12. do you iron your scrubs?

    BSN2004 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    lol. thats cute. Part of me loving the nursing career is going to work in your PJ's everyday!!!

13. When are you a Nurse?

    BSN2004 posted a topic in Student Assist

    For those of you who read the last post talking about this, sorry but I could not find it..... A while ago I read a post that talked about MA's calling themselves, or their co-workers/bosses, or patients calling them nurses. the comments went into th...

14. New here, failed boards...

    BSN2004 replied to Julie5's topic in NCLEX

    That sucks. I'm really sorry to hear that, and i am in fear that i will hear the same news. What you said about telling your family and work hit home, I'm scared to even tell my family when i'm gonna take it. Everyone keeps telling me to have positiv...

15. Silly Question but I Don't Know How To Make A Resume

    BSN2004 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Go to askjeeves.com enter nursing resume, they give alot of rubbish to go through, but also some sample resume's that you can get idea's from. the job i just got was an online application but you had to cut and paste your cover letter and resume to i...