VagariTurtleRN MSN

I would strongly advise against it. You will put yourself and the patients you are caring for in danger. Also, if you were to wreck your car after working all day and all night without any sleep, you would be no good to them dead. Is it really worth ...

I worked as a forensic psych nurse on a max security adult male unit for 8 months as a new grad. I learned a lot in those 8 months, but I can honestly say I will never work in that setting again. My advice to you is: always watch your back, refrain ...

Probably when a student attempts to do it solo with a piece of clothing, belt, phone cord ect. tied around an object (or just tight enough around their neck) and it proves to be fatal......but then again, they may just write it off as a suicide. Does...

I have honestly thought about working at a movie theater as a side job. [emoji4] For some reason, I think that it would be fun. Either that or work as a pharmacy tech. I still keep up with that license. Lol

Well this escalated quickly...lol

Thank you! Her due date is actually today and my husband and I are super excited! (She is our first!) We can't wait to meet our precious little girl [emoji4]

I'm off holidays this year because I am on maternity leave. Lol

Hello everyone, we just recently had a staff meeting and one of the biggest topics that was brought up was ways to improve communication between staff and nursing leadership (ex nurse manager, director) Some of things things that have been suggested ...

Had a 15yo newly admitted with drug induced psychosis who walked over to one of our cardboard signs, picked up it up, and yelled "Do I get a tour guide with this s*** or something?" This all happened at about 3am, while the other patients were asleep...

Double your labor, double your fun I guess...

Be careful with the paper gowns, tissue, ect too, because patient's may shove them down their throats in order to suffocate themselves...true story. (Yes, we were able to save them thank goodness!)

Nurse: Oh no, I'm having those twin hallucinations again...

Nursing Student: "Would you like some cheese with that whine?"

I was working a night shift (something I wasn't used to at the time) and charted on a manic teenager who kept us busy all night. A small part of charting should have read "Patient was seen jumping around room...". Instead, my half awake self charted ...

Scrambled eggs and hash browns. Good luck! Just go with your gut and don't overthink the questions. You will do great!!! :)

I will be starting July 2014 and would also like to make connections with classmates. :)

I know with some of the kiddos we get (especially if they are real young like 8 or 9), they feel that they will just be able to leave the next day when their parent or guardian comes to visit. If it's during an admission, as I am reading their Genera...

Nurse's thought: "Man, I really should have called security before attempting EMEDS."

You could also do polysubstance abuse (and ALL of the creative ways kiddo's get high these days. Such little chemists they are.) including: Smoking nutmeg Mixing Milk and Ginger powder Triple C ect. You could also talk about drug induced psychosis or...

I just took and passed NCLEX with 75 questions on Oct. 18th and the only two things that I used for the review was the NCSBN Review and some Saunders. When I first signed on to use the review (I did the 3 week course), I was scoring in the 40% and st...

Hello there! I don't know if you have taken NCLEX yet but the NCSBN Review was awesome!! Coming from someone who just sat for and passed the NCLEX on October 18th 2011, I HIGHLY recommend the NCSBN Review. This is the only review that I used and I pa...