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Yep, they love to tell us all about how they know better, but they don't want to be in the room when the patient code-browns LOL, then we're all professional again!

I did not read all the other comments, but if this happened to me I would leave ASAP - especially if I had another job prospect and it was something that fit my schedule that I really wanted to do. You still have references from your prior workplace...

Congratulations! I have benefited greatly from all your posts, and I wish you joy and awesomeness in your next job, wherever it may be!

I guess I'll give my $.02, since everyone else is. A bunch of RNs I know shared this post on FB. It struck me as an angry rant, which is exactly what the poster called it. Usually, posting angry rants on FB is ill-advised. I am a fairly new nurse,...

I am a second career nurse; I was a computer programmer for 12 years before returning to school to become an RN. I felt my job making rich people richer was not very meaningful to me. Becoming a nurse made my work days a lot more stressful and a lo...

I am a new nurse too. I am 6 weeks into my orientation and I have already made 2 med errors - both were missed scheduled doses - so I feel your pain. I was "doing well" so my preceptor & bosses pushed me from 4 patients to 5, then 6. Then, I e...

Nope, this has never happened to me. And I do use a chain pharmacy. However, there are areas - one labelled "Drop Off" and one labelled "Consultation" where you can lean into a sort-of carel, with walls on either side of you. If you speak in a low ...

You sound like a really nice person, but maybe not the most assertive? Does your former DON know that you did NOT actually make a med error? Things like that matter, as far as your reputation and future are concerned. Seems like you are in a situa...

Um...because we live in a civilized society, where we choose not to allow the most vulnerable - poor children, the elderly, the intellectually challenged and the mentally ill for example - to drop dead because they can't always earn a living on their...

I agree, RubyVee. Commuter, I think you are splitting hairs on this one. When I spoke of gatekeeping in the context of my post, I was speaking of financial gatekeeping - putting an arbitrary limit on treatments on the basis of finances because we "...

Are people acting as if it is something new, or are they just saying they disagree with it? I agree with Asystole RN and the others who say this is not right. I don't care who "gatekeeps" healthcare. It should not be gatekept. When we endorse ga...

Other people covered a lot of them - here are a few I have learned in my last year: 1. Adopt an attitude of gratitude. Things that frustrate you will happen - instructors may make mistakes, yell at you, or give confusing directions or explanations. ...

FWIW, I have chosen a local school with a hybrid rather than a purely online program. The cost is more than a pure online program but less than the big universities in my area per credit hour. (It is both NLN and CCNE accredited.) My rationale is re...

Hi, I'm a student and I had a question for all you professionals... I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do about the third check of Med Administration when the patient is on precautions greater than standard. Should you bring an MAR into the...

Ok, I know we're supposed to gown, mask and glove using appropriate equiptment like the N95 for airborne precautions...AND I know we're supposed to do the three checks of medication administration - including the third and final check at the patient'...

Thank you, that helps a LOT. Do you copy the MAR page with a photocopier, or just copy it onto a sheet of paper and have someone verify you got everything? I've never seen Ident-i-hide, but I'll look for it. Perhaps one could simply leave a pen in...

Hi, I'm getting my pre-Nursing school physical soon, and I have health insurance. However, last year, when I had my physical, my doctor drew some titers and gave me a tetanus (sp?) booster - and the insurance company denied all of it. I ended up ha...

Thanks, ladies. I'll look into the health department, just in case my call to the claims office comes back "no way".

I did great in Micro and now I tutor it. I think the key to doing well in the class, for me, was doing well on the unknowns project. I read the labs thoroughly and tried to memorize the media and tests, what types of cells they identify, why you pe...

Hopefully, I'll make it through school and graduate in 2013. I'll be 42 years old. I did other things earlier in life; now is when the fun begins!

Maybe this will make you feel better - I came back to school trying to get into a program in Nursing after not being in school for 10+ years. My prior grades were actually good...but I STILL did not get in the first time I applied. It was a disappo...

We did cats in A&P I and II, and we did the sheep brain and eye in A&P I. I personally really did not like the smell, but its nothing you can't get through. The person who got to do cadavers was *lucky*!!! I wish I could have done that. ...

If you have "Human Anatomy and Physiology" by Marieb, there's a good summary of this on pp. 400-401 (8th Ed.) If you have another edition it is called "Focus - Action Potential". The graph shows that while the action potential is occuring, either d...

I think you could take anything except A&P II or Micro. Even A&P I you could do if you were very motivated.

This thread is interesting to me, because I got very high marks in my pre-reqs. I have been accepted now, but don't start lab/clinical until Fall 2011. In the process of completing my pre-reqs, I have learned a lot of the same things you guys have, ...