DL-SNUP

I've been reading through the posts from the last few days, and I'm completely astonished by the "us" vs "them" mentality that is showing up between the nursing students and the staff nurses. Maybe I'm idealistic, but shouldn't we be trying to work ...

Hi Everyone, So, I'm a BSN student graduating in May, and was just offered a position as an RN at the Johnson City Medical Center. I've accepted, but I'm a little nervous because I haven't had to sign any sort of paperwork, and was told that I would...

Hey all, So, I'm a new grad as of today (wooohoo!) and am wondering if anyone has some tips about how to orient and go through my preceptorship smoothly. I've seen a lot of threads(on various sites) about how some new grads can be royal pains in the...

Thanks Esme! I have a few that have served me well in nursing school, but I'm getting the feeling I'm going to have to step it up a notch. Plus, I've never done time on a renal unit, so these sheets may be better suited than what I have.

Hi All, So, I've been offered a position at both Wellmont and MSHA, and I'm completely at a loss about which to chose. Here is the down and dirty: Wellmont Holston Valley: Slightly (very slightly) higher pay but day shift (I prefer nights), benefits...

I started applying super early because I'm paranoid. But anyway, I worked as a Med Aide/CNA in school, did lots of volunteer work, and spent hours on my applications. I was offered two positions actually--neuro and renal. I would definitely recommen...

Misrepresented how?

So, I have an interview coming up for an RN position on an Acute Renal Unit. I'm a new grad, and don't have any clinical experience on a solely renal unit (although I've worked with renal failure patients). I feel incredibly silly asking this, but wo...

Thanks for the help! I was offered the job. :)

Hi everyone :) I graduate this upcoming year, and I'm getting pretty nervous about finding a position in this economy. I do have CNA experience, a pretty good GPA, and will have a BSN.... but it seems like that is a far cry from any sort of promise o...

I'm not saying it would take 2 seconds to show me what to do....I'm saying it would take 2 seconds to tell me to grab my clinical faculty and go do it. The nurse wouldn't have to be there, because my clinical faculty would be. And, in this case, it w...

I agree with this. In my area, it's the opposite. Portland hospitals job listings are starting to spread the message that by 2013, they won't be hiring ADNs without previous RN experience, and they flat out say that at this point in time, BSNs are pr...

You know, I do see what you're saying...but sometimes it can't be helped. For example, I've never inserted an NG tube. Most of my classmates have, but I've never had a patient who has needed one. I know the theory behind how to do one, and I've perfo...

Thanks! At the end of the day, the message that I was trying to get across is that "This is how it is". Whether or it is or isn't fair, nurses have to work with students. That's real life nursing. But it's not fair to punish each other for something...

Scary! I guess I'm lucky....the hospitals here let us pull all medications except for narcotics, and we can give most meds and hang most IVs w/o an RN present (provided they trust us, obviously). IV teams have made practicing IVs tricky though... we ...

Ooh, I see what you're saying. One thing is that not all the nurses on the unit are DEU nurses--most of them don't want students. It's more that a unit asks their nurses if they want to work with students. Plus, they work normal shifts the days their...

I don't really see it that way. It's the same as having normal clinicals, except that you're in a better environment for learning. If anything, I'd say it's an improvement. I've never met a student who didn't have a great relationship with her nurse....

I do understand that. You don't need us as students. But you do need coworkers, and I'm sure at one point one of them will be a new grad who was in a situation like this. Students don't stay students forever.

DEU= Dedicated Education Unit. It's a system that my school uses that they're trying to get other schools and hospitals to adopt. Nurses from the unit volunteer to work with students. Typically, the nurse gets assigned 2 students and works with them...

That seriously terrifies me. Luckily, I feel like my school has trained us better than that and the nurses I've worked with have been able to trust that. By the time we're done our first 6 week rotation, we're expected to be able to do all medication...

I'm sorry if it came off that way--I'm really just frustrated with the situation and feel like there has to be a better way than having everyone ticked off when students work with nurses. I just don't see how it is beneficial to anyone, and think tha...

I'm really sorry you feel that way. On the units I've been on, we essentially take over as the aide so it's pretty much like communicating with them. And while the student may not be part of your permanent team, they are part of the pt's team. They'r...

No, but it was similar. The surgeon had placed a semi-permanent tube into the pt's pleura and out the skin that allowed us to use luer lock syringes to remove fluid from her pleura. They actually do it quite a bit on the peds floor I'm on right now....

Hm...that's an interesting thought. I'm really hoping that's not how I'm coming off to nurses, and I don't think that my peers tend to behave that way. If I ever told ignored my nurse or told her to find a tech and my CI found out, I'm sure I'd be pu...

I can appreciate that, but I really do believe that nurses should try to help the students as much as they can. For example, today I got to do a pleural aspiration. Yes, it took my nurse a few extra minutes to explain it to me, but then she was able ...