MN-Nurse

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  1. the "mean girls" of nursing school

    MN-Nurse replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    The prettiest and smartest in my class were not

  2. What is the #1 thing you can't go without in nursing school?

    MN-Nurse replied to mz.snuggly1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Guts.

  3. Nursing student with a lot of social anxiety

    MN-Nurse replied to tuahla's topic in General Nursing

    The best thing you can do is to keep working on ALL your nursing skills. Social skills too. You will get better with

  4. My daughter wants to be a nurse

    MN-Nurse replied to Kica93's topic in Nursing Career

    If you're paying for it, urgently request she do the BSN first. If you ain't, then encourage the LPN or ADN

  5. Can they demand a 4 week notice and pay me minimum wage? Abandonment?

    MN-Nurse replied to Marie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Nursing Union, I love you. Sincerely,

  6. How Magnet Hospitals are destroying Nursing

    MN-Nurse replied to trinitymaster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My magnet hospital employs about 15% of myADN graduating class and does a fantastic job of training, supporting, and furthering the career development of all the nurses employed

  7. What do you think? (warning: vent ahead)

    MN-Nurse replied to Nursey103's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know what it is about these patients but they sure do resemble each other. What is the reason for the 30 minutes between Dilaudid and

  8. which stethoscope?

    MN-Nurse replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I got a Littmann Classic II in nursing school and I'm still using it. It's purple. I dig

  9. Do men really have a better shot at finding a job?

    MN-Nurse replied to mcpheenom's topic in Men in Nursing

    I notice that men who graduated at the top of their class and have good direct patient care experience have a better shot at getting jobs.... ..but no more so than women with the same

  10. what do you like and don't like about your nurse manager?

    MN-Nurse replied to lily1289's topic in General Nursing

    The thing I haven't liked about various nurse managers is that they left bedside nursing behind. I mean they no longer have that frame of reference at all. For instance, my unit has a problem with...

  11. rn to bsn programs a scam...

    MN-Nurse replied to nd deb's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am an ADN grad and I never felt entitled to an easy breezy path to a BSN. I would wonder if a RN to BSN program that had no prereqs and was easy to complete in a year was a

  12. Incorporating One's Faith into One's Work

    MN-Nurse replied to Lilnurse0803's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I enjoyed reading your post and appreciate how important spirituality is in your practice. The only thing I would caution is to remember that the patients' spiritual needs always take priority and...

  13. I hate being a nurse

    MN-Nurse replied to okthen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you hate being a nurse, then stop being one. I hated being an engineer, so I

  14. Older New Grad RNs Job Discrimination

    MN-Nurse replied to kathliz's topic in General Nursing

    Did you get any experience in healthcare during

  15. Had two bad nights in a row, new RN feeling defeated and discouraged...

    MN-Nurse replied to nurseclairebear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Give the tech direct, simple orders and if she doesn't follow them, write her up. This is mainly a leadership problem. If her behavior is tolerated by management, there isn't anything you can

  16. Help remembering medication side effects...

    MN-Nurse replied to DoingGodsWork's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Repetition. Keep looking them up until you remember them. It gets

  17. career path questions

    MN-Nurse replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Why not get a job as a

  18. Do you think about...

    MN-Nurse replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Not true. MRSA and diseases like it are simply evolution in action. "Sorry, family members, I am going to make sure your beloved family member gets a UTI so I don't inadvertently develop an...

  19. Male RN in maternity

    MN-Nurse replied to lilcampy310's topic in Men in Nursing

    If he's lucky, he'll get to work with some patients! My OB clinical was kind of a drag. Moms mostly refused to have a male student. I was lucky to have one patient, c-section from a few hours...

  20. Any guys want to be penpals? Sounds lame, but I'm telling you we all need motivation

    MN-Nurse replied to Living4Peace's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I would advise participating in the allnurses forums. It's like having thousands of pen

  21. The Nurse's Role in Providing Spiritual Care - Is It OK to Pray?

    MN-Nurse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I would wager there were other issues. Here's the thing, it sounds like the RN in question was addressing his or her OWN spiritual needs instead of the patient's. That's a

  22. New Student

    MN-Nurse replied to ginna121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do whatever you have to do to get A's in every

  23. What do you think constitutes insubordination?

    MN-Nurse replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the real problem here is with management. There are a few absolutely freaking worthless CNAs at my job. Management knows about them but refuses to do anything about it. I could go to my...

  24. Nurse trying to scare me away from RN/Nursing in general

    MN-Nurse replied to camci's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She's right you should not do it for the money. I'm a new RN, my base pay is less than thirty but with differentials, bonuses and OT, I'll make about 63k this year working less than 80 hours every two...

  25. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    MN-Nurse replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah! Stop it! Even if she no longer remembers her own name, is drooling, and her resps are 4 and shallow!! Give the drugs! You are a dispenser, not a thinking