WillowNMe

I am interested in hearing what other hospitals use to communicate Code Blues. I did a search on AllNurses and found older conversations about overhead pages --- and those were from 2001! Currently, my hospital uses a pager system with an overhead p...

I was a hospice nurse for a few years... but my grandmother just passed and did something that I have not seen before. First, she had a massive stroke a week ago. Initially she had a left ward gaze. Then this morning when I woke up, she had a rig...

We are considering the possibility of moving to the Fort Worth, TX area.... any recommendations of hospitals to check into? I currently work in an inner city hospital - Level 1 Trauma... Top Burn ICU in the midwest... I work in the CV-ICU and would ...

Would you recommend any over the others? PS -- are the summers down there super hot and humid??

I have my full time job, and now I'm picking up for an agency. They are a travel agency, but I am on local contracts only... I make about $15 more an hour.

Just wanted to chip in about Regions... I graduated a year ago in May and was hired by Regions. So I have been on the unit for over a year, and there have been new grads that were hired after me. So I wouldn't shy away from applying, and so far I ha...

If you want to go into nursing, then go into nursing. I would just be open to the possibility of working nights - if that would be an instant "no" for you if you had to work overnights, I would suggest not going into nursing - or being willing to wa...

Drug seekers or unpleasantly confused dementia pts that I can't get a sitter for.

It would be nice if there was... I work at a very large teaching hospital and they surprisingly do not offer any follow up. They do have follow up for the MDs, but not for the RNs. I had my first code a few weeks ago. Fortunately it was at the beg...

I graduated last May, and due to the nursing economy in the Twin Cities, I was planning on moving. I looked into Alaska, Washington state, California, Texas and North Carolina. I ended up gunning for NC... come to think about, that all started abou...

I missed passing the second semester of patho by 2 points. It was the most difficult science class I had ever taken, with the lowest amount of points (200 total), which were based off of tests only. (Un)luckily for me, I'm not always the best test ...

I'd move to where you want to live. Something will come about - granted, it most likely will NOT be in the area of nursing you want... but it will be experience and can help you work towards your dream job. Besides, how do you know that you can't m...

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Not a funny reason, but I have never seen it labeled this way... had a pt that came in after trying to hang herself. Admitting diagnosis was embarrassed airway.

I had two jobs when I first graduated - one in hospice and one in an acute care setting. Both were 12 hour shifts and both were over nights. I told the hospice I would work one day a week (thinking like... Wednesday....) So they ended up putting on...

I also work at Regions and absolutely love it.

I haven't read the other posts, much... so I may be repeating. But it might be too much information. On my floor, we tape and then just do a quick update at handoff, which I like... and in my taped report, I given name, age, code status, admit date...

If they can do their work and a little homework on the side, I see no issue with that... I worked overnights as a CNA through nursing school for the exact reason. However, I did work with some people in similar positions that would do their homework...

As a new grad, I started on a tele floor that deals with cardiac, pulmonary, renal and observational - so we get a little bit of everything... and I love it - I think I'm gaining a really nice all-around experience.

You don't work 9-5, you work nights. I worked full time overnight while going to school full time for my BSN-RN. Was I tired, yes. Was my schedule complex, yes. Did I have no social life, yes. But I will say that I have never had such good grade...

With clinicals coming up, I probably wouldn't say anything... better to remain more flexible and leave the ball in your court for how much you want to work.

I graduated in May and I started on a cardiac floor... I would do as the others suggested - meds (BP, heart, diuretics, etc.), EKG strips and also procedures if that is done at your hospital - pacemakers, bypasses, stents, ablations, etc. I would N...

I got my BSN and I am glad that I did. Although money wise it doesn't pay off right away (there is a $1/hour difference between a new grad BSN and ADN at my hospital), it will be more notable in the next few years. It also puts me at a better posit...

If they are going to have a pacemaker put in, prepping for the procedure wouldn't be bad - NPO after midnight, possible antibacterial wash depending on where you work/study, etc.

I would say buck up buttercup, put your big girl panties on and deal with it. I have not been a nurse for long, but I am constantly trying to tell myself not to dwell on the mistakes - learn from them and move on... I have found that dwelling on the...