DennRN replied to JustWannaWork,RN's topic in General Nursing
I haven't been in Med-Surg long but the managers have already discussed how I should get some more experience and can transfer to the ICU in a few months if I want. Their words were "med-surg will...
Some people would subtly hint that CNAs aren't licensed, but that's not me hehe What I meant to say was welcome aboard, we'll be passing through some rough weather ahead but the temperature at our...
Social Studies is the closest related field to nursing? You sir have officially crossed into the realm of the Grimm's fairy tales. :igtsyt: Beware all ye who venture beyond this point. All travelers...
DennRN replied to rn/writer's topic in Psychiatric
The first 3 min of my psych rotation a 300 pound guy started posturing like a gorilla and staring at me. I edged behind the nurses station and he pounced on another male nurse punching him in the...
I grabbed a 3ml syringe last night while rushing to my last med pass. I never got a chance to even look at what I was holding because another nurse saw me with the insulin vial and asked me what...
Or was the pt actually receiving plasma to restore blood volume after a coumadin overdose with bleeding, given vit. k which would reverse all coumadin, switched to heparin while inpatient and waiting...
To Imthatguy, Because if nursing is not a science than nurses are doing tasks without the basic principles of why these tasks need doing and what might be the right task to do for one patient, is...
Um no, your understanding of the scientific process is flawed Tippy. I agree with most of your post, however you forgot the part about how evidence based practice uses data to further refine...
"I don't think nursing is because the theories and the applications don't seem scientific in nature." Hmmmn name one field of science that hasn't had questionable theories? When it comes to energy...
It depends upon dosage and if the pt is opiate naive. I would address the Rights of Medication, if you need clarification, go straight to the source and ask for clarification from the prescribing...
The answer is simple but not easy. The ones that are good do everything regardless of what shift they work. The ones that are trouble will try and duck out of the"little things" because they either...
Wow, this thread is starting to scare me... Nursing IS a science, let me elaborate with just one real life example from last week. A pt presents with an abdominal aortic aneurism, as new grad I rely...
Thank you for posting OP, This is certainly a topic that impacts us all. Personally I got a great education for 30k worth of loans. Payments are ~$430 Unconsolidated, and I'm rounding up to $500 a...
Yes, after a while it became easy. I just transitioned to listening for moment while the second hand of my watch moves to a position I'll be able to remember. While I'm doing this I listen to the...