LeggyNurse

Hello! I was wondering if anyone here has applied to or been accepted into Samford University's RN-DNP program for January 2018? Deadline for applications is August 1st. I submitted my application on July 1st and got my acceptance letter per email on July 10th! I would love to reach out to others that will be in the program with me!

PRN does not = Covering shifts that "fulltime nurses" do not want. Also, as a fulltime nurse I never in 3 years went in on a day that I was not originally scheduled. Yes, it's nice to "help out" when you can but I am only required to work 36 hours. I will always do that. Anything else is optional. If she meets her required shifts then you can't be upset because she's not covering the days you need her to for your convenience. I hope you guys get more help!

I worked at a facility for 2 years where bedside reporting was mandatory. Honestly, I think bedside reporting allowed me to know the most about my patient and their care. Also helped to keep patients involved in their care. Patients won't mind being woken up for report when they realize it's the normal practice. We had Patients who would actually get upset if they realize bedside report didn't happen for some odd reason.

Most will order Calcium Gluconate as well.

If you're ready then YOU are ready. Don't let anyone else dictate that or discourage you. Good luck!

When I accepted my first Nursing position, I chose nights. That helped me to get into a good routine and get my feet wet. Nights gives you a slower pace that helps you get a good routine going and more learning opportunities where you can actually take in everything that's going on. After 9 months of working nights at 1 facility, when I moved to my next location, I chose days on a busy med-surg floor. I feel that working nights really helped me to jump into day shift. It still took some getting used to but I didn't feel like I was going in totally naked.

Does not sound professional at all. I'm glad you understand the consequences and I hope you learned from it and move on. Good luck.

This has happened with me twice (2 different patients). Once in November and once in February. Funny thing is, both patients received the Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccine but in different deltoids. The Pneumo vaccine caused intense pain along with swelling from shoulder to elbow. Starting to dread when my patients say they want the Pneumo vaccine!

I don't think that's a weird qwirk. That is nursing judgement. Yes, CNAs are responsible for taking vital signs, but it is up to the nurse to verify those that are out of range or those that we question. I always recheck manually after an abnormal from the CNAs machine. It is expected, in my opinion. CYA - Cover Your .....butt? :)

I've been nursing 6 months and I don't have any anxiety. I stopped having anxiety my 2nd to last semester of clinical in nursing school and was surprised that it never came back. I just take it one day at a time and take every day as a new learning experience. But, no anxiety. Maybe dread sometimes just because I don't feel like going into work that night :-)

Those patients that hit the call light all day are still hitting the call light throughout the night. Still needing to be cleaned every hour (with no aids) and still wanting pain medication every hour on the hour. I'm not complaining because I love my job but night shift is not all fun and games. It depends on the patient load just like it does for day shift.

Well I guess it depends on how its setup. I work on the Mother/Baby floor but its split up into 3 units. Labor and delivery, nursery and post birth unit for mothers, and womens surgery (all women's med/surg). I work womens surgery but the babies never come into contact with the area and neither do the mothers in labor and delivery.

I use Nike Fusion ST. They're very comfy but have mesh over the toe area. I use a slip resistant cover over my shoes that covers that up.

I work on Women's Surgery floor which is part of mother/baby. This whole floor wears Squad blue/turquoise and can mix and match white and aqua. The other floors wear a royal blue.

Type up your own. Use the same basic layout of the one you use at your facility and add more space to write, add a space for comments, or any additional spaces you feel that you would need. I have done this since nursing school since we used the same report sheet as the actual nurses then. Still works for me.