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Whenever I have a kid pull out their gtube we immediately put in a foley so that it doesn't close up (assuming it is not a mickey button in which case I would just replace myself). If surgery can't take them that day then we start feeds through the ...

To me it sounds like this kid might just be having a hard time expressing his discomfort (probably related to constipation, stomach ache, etc). It's hard to know over the internet what your patient really needs. If it is behavioral then I don't thi...

I usually ask the parents/patient what they usually do. If not I give it with the pump over 30-60 minutes (depending on volume and size of the patient).

That sounds like a disaster. Who do you escalate issues to if there is no house supervisor or charge nurse? I've never heard of swing beds...I don't understand how they can call a patient just "half of a patient". It'd be one thing for them to ope...

I would feel uncomfortable interviewing in my scrubs. I'm sure some interviewers would be okay with it but some might not be, and why risk it? If you are thinking about this now, you will definitely be thinking about it at the interview...I persona...

First, congrats on graduating! Nursing school is tough and you should be proud of yourself. I caution you though about thinking life after nursing school will be stress free. Being a nurse is also stressful and I certainly wouldn't call it freedom...

Unfortunately IV infiltrates in babies can happen pretty quickly. A small amount of fluid, say 30 cc, is going to make an infant's hand pretty swollen when it would hardly be even noticeable in adults. Babies also can't vocalize when it is uncomfor...

That's way too much! Professional Liability Insurance for nurses, nursing medical malpractice. . This is what I have and I think a lot of other people do too. I can't remember exactly how much it is (I renew every year in May so it's been a while)...

Is it bad after reading this entire thread I poured a glass of wine and immediately turned on an episode of Greys? ...guilty pleasure...

It's pretty amazing that people think tv shows are similar to reality. My friend is in med school and has not started any rotations yet. A few months ago she told me that she heard Scrubs is pretty close to reality . I corrected her, but she still...

1) Use gauze. You can't avoid blood coming out of a large vein, it is a vein after all. I usually put the gauze over the site as I am pulling out the IV and apply pressure as soon as it is out to stop the bleeding. 2) Correct me if I am misundersta...

I love being a nurse. When I became I nurse I was expecting the difficult families. What I wasn't expecting was management that wants our inner city hospital to be a hotel yet they don't give us the staffing or supplies or resources to come even cl...

I agree that ideally we wouldn't wake sleeping babies, but I disagree that it is very possible to work around the baby's schedule. I work with mostly patients who are less than 1 year old. I have 5 patients on most nights and the nursing assistants...

I was evacuated from my apartment and still made it to work Monday night. I planned ahead and made sure I had a place to stay in an area that wouldn't be evacuated. I packed two bags: one with clothes/toiletries, the other with food. I went to work e...

The fact of the matter is that you asked a question and people are answering it truthfully, it is just not what you want to hear. I work in NYC at a hospital. The job market in NY is saturated with new grads and experienced nurses. There are peop...

I feel saying "I am in medicine" is very misleading and uncomfortable. It is just as easy to say "I am a nurse". I get what you are saying about drips and hemodynamic monitoring, but you could really say that about any specialty. There are going to...

Nursing and medicine should not be credit driven professions, they should be about the patient. It doesn't matter who came up with the ideas. You helped the patient and that is your reward. You have to let that be enough for you or you'll never be ...

We're supposed to do bedside report at my hospital, but it hardly ever is done unless my nurse manager or the DON is around. Most people don't like it. Like you said, there are some things you can't say in front of the family. On one hand, it keep...

I'm a pretty shy person. Nursing is actually a good way to overcome your shyness since you will constantly be interacting with people. You'll probably be shy when you first start your job, but then you will start to get more comfortable and know th...

Has anyone worked as an RN (particularly nights) while obtaining your masters part-time at Columbia? There are a lot of threads on here about Columbia's ETP program but very few about just their masters program. I have a BSN and am working as a pedi...

I agree with gonzo1 about skillstat, it's an excellent tool to learn EKGs. Just practice A LOT. The more you do it, the better you will get. And don't get bought up in the little details (that's a cardiologists job). I think that's what most peop...

My initial thought was that she is not an RN, RNs rarely work in doctors offices. And I am quite surprised she admitted to telling you she failed the NCLEX 3 times too. My entire nursing class passed the NCLEX the first time. Chances are she didn't...

i see where you're coming from but i respectfully disagree. i personally think my hospital did a really nice job with nurses week. they included cnas, lpns, rns, nps. they did stuff on both night and day shift. they made sure everyone on my unit got ...

I think some places are trending towards just doing a national hospital week instead, then everyone gets recognized at once and no one feels left out. I would be a little disappointed with hospital week over nurses week...but I'm obviously biased be...

I always thought it was a feeling patients got from the catheter being in there, but not necessarily a sign of a full bladder. When I worked as an NA on an alzheimer's unit we had a patient with a permanent cath. Because of his dementia he didn't r...