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If you left off the rest of my sentence when you quoted me. As far as I know, "so many" does not = "all." Nor does "so many = a "majority."

What is it that makes many posters turn the OP's stated experiences around and make it something that must be a shortcoming of his own? Why is it so hard to believe that nursing can be difficult to deal with at times? He never painted the entire prof...

As an RN in the San Francisco Bay Area (Silicon Valley) I just want to say that... BLS is wrong. New grads in the Bay Area, for example, at the Santa Clara County Hospital earn $39.77 base pay. This does not include differentials which I think are $...

I'm really in between. :)

I actually don't know of any nurse who felt they passed NCLEX. We all think that we failed.

First, congratulations on earning your license. That's huge! Maybe you can look at your disappointment with NCLEX as an introduction to real world nursing as oppossed to nursing school nursing. There are going to be many realities ahead of you that n...

This is what I was thinking as well. Matt - take this: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm and apply it to something like this: http://www.informatics-review.com/jobdesc/index.html I wouldn't give up on your technology leaning dreams so easily. Now if...

Hi ask, What kind of comments are you looking for? Are you asking if we personally participate in any of these rounds that you have posted?

Not in CA.

An RN or LVN "major" pretty much anywhere in the country can make $30k a year right out of school. ~$16/hr x 36/hr wk (3-12/hr shifts/wk) = ~$30,000 CNA's where I live make much more than that.

This is an awesome learning tool and it's free and you can do it from home: Pulmonary Artery Catheter Education Project (PACEP) It's a collaboration by: American Association of Critical Care Nurses American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Americ...

I like this and I think it should be applied everywhere in every LTC and hospital for every single person, no matter who they are. What drives me nuts is when I see a transport person pushing a patient down a hallway in the hospital wearing gloves!!?...

YIKES!! I did a week in outpatient dialysis and hospice too. I bet I'm forgetting more.

I miss the comraderie of nursing school. There's just nothing quite like it. My clinicals were 6-10 weeks each (not necessarily in this order): -LTC, we worked in a SNF 6 weeks into our program and then a combination SNF/rehab facility later on in th...

Or Nurse Practitioner which is the case in many employee health departments. :)

Oh, and be seen again by your employee health - today.

If it's that bad, you need to stay off of it. Period. RICE it. Rest Ice Compression Elevation This is why you go to employee health so if it is work related you are covered and able to file workmans comp.

Sprained ankles are nothing to mess with. If you don't allow the ligaments and tendons to heal you will have long term problems. This can sometimes mean staying OFF of it for a number of days and no weight bearing for a couple of weeks. It depends...

Are you saying that a potential employer will hold that against her? If you're talking about the incident in the HCA facility in Riverside, the cna who was the sitter is in no way, shape or form to blame for anything. Suicidal patients must be 1:1, ...

Some of our longer term patients will get a schedule of methadone to help with the unavoidable withdrawal if they have been on narcotics for a long period of time. OP - I hope that guy eventually got his methadone and didn't end up on the street tryi...

I would say that until one stands in the shoes of the nurses who have those 4 patients no one can say what exactly they do. I can't imagine all that's done with those four patients is "pass meds" 2x/shift. How do you know that they haven't already ...

Maybe we could start adding classes about martyrdom in nursing school? Seriously, it's a HUGE problem in nursing and a large part of the reason nurses are walked all over. Like the essay at that link says...."Unfortunately, far too many people don't ...

Cath Lab?

Also, it is your job to write in the chart why the phenergan was given - not the docs. You could make a note stating something to the effect that MD at bedside, recommended giving dose of prn phenergan now. Med given, see MAR. You are tired. :) A lot...

What did she say was her pain? You mention giving her tylenol but you don't mention assessing or documenting her pain? I am not an OB nurse but any time the muscles in your gut are sliced through and through it's going to produce pain that will requi...