hollykate

I've just started in a neurosurgical ICU where we use propofol on almost all our patients. This is a new thing for me. I understand and like how it works. I am just curious about any particular problems you have had using it, and, of course, how to...

I loved the triage questions. this is how I tackled them. First use your ABC's whose airway breathing or circulation is compromised? They are who you assess first. If no one is in that advance on to maslow's heirarchy of needs,a nd find out whoo...

How does your ED manage patient assignment??? I've recently started traveling and am on my second ED assignment. The ED I came from (A largeish Level One trauma center 50 beds plus we unfortunately usde hallways) has us responsible for our own assig...

you know, I still give up my seat for an MD, IF there is no other seat available and the MD needs to do some writing. Usually I'm right in front of the computer where the MD wants to check labs. But I don't hop right up...

Apply now. Not later. Most students are interviewing right now for the jobs. As far as how hard and easy, it depends on you, what type of position you want etc. I foudn ti easy to find a job but I have seen some posts where people have had a ver...

my 88 yr old Grandmother went to Nursing school at Syracuse University probably sometime in 1930 or so. She describes all sorts of things, and is even impressed that I am allowed to take a blood pressure and assess heart and lung sounds. She went to...

I'd recommend you head to the hospital that does the most, with good outcomes. 1-2 a year is not enough. 300+ sounds nice, but is it over the past 30 years or is it over the past 8 years. I used to take care of people with the Chiari malformation...

No. I think cheapy stethoscopes are just plain cheap. If you use them all the time, you most likely aren't hearing as much as you should. So, using them more frequently will not make the cheap stethoscope work any better, nor will it improve your ...

Well, a pacer and a port are sometimes in similar locations and both usually appear as a bump under the skin. I suppose it might be easy to look at them and make the error. However, before trying to access something, the nurse should have checked t...

Depends on the situation. Some people are snide and silly: example is one doc who walked out of a room and told me to go in and ask the able bodied pt to put on a gown. She informed me she didn't go to medical school to ask patients to put on gown...

I don't think this has anythig to do with IV teams or not. It is more one nurse, who was incompetent.

I shadowed a nurse before I went to school. I will say it was a completely useless after noon and did not help me decide that nursing was or was not for me. The school set up the shadowing experience for me even though I was not their student. Unf...

I just wanted to thank everyone for their encouragement at the beginning of my travel assignment in October.:wink2: It went great! I was very surprised on my last shift the crew had a party for me and got me a cake (With my favorite color icing). ...

your pay is going to be a bit lower in the carolinas. But the Cost of living is also less that Long Island. You probably had that figured out though. I've never worked anywhere excpt the piedmont, Eastern NC region so I can't help you out there.

Depends on what you want. Really think about what you want/need based on money considerations, and job responsibilities, and opportunities. Some areas, LPN's will not be hired into psych. In other areas of the country LPNs have broad opportunities...

Once you get more experience, you will realize that there are not that many things you "SHOULD" know. (Except perhaps how to recognize V. Tach on a monitor and act appropriately about it. ) There are billions of medications out there, and it is imp...

It seems to me that it is beyond just the preceptor. One can have a great preceptor, but if the rest of the department is making catty comments and being snotty it's almost a given that the nurse will fail. If it is only some nurses, it is probably ...

Wow the coture tops are really a bit short. Just stretch up to get something from a shelf, and pop out comes your navel. I have never though of scrubs as a fashion statement. But I do see a lot of people very interested in them, and since we do s...

I hate it when there is a screaming patient in one room and my patient wants to know all the details. In some ways it is very nice that they show any concern for someone else, but it is usually just morbid curiosity.

Have you considered a BSN program? I wanted to go to GTCC, but went to UNC because it had less of an applicant pool. I then got a NC nurses scholarship which paid for it. As an in state student the University is not too bad for costs. It might ta...

Incision and Drainage.

I think you might find it easier to be pregnant as a student, as you are already used to being a student. Being a student is stressful, but not as stressful as being a new nurse. Only advice is to take NCLEX before you actually have the baby, onc...

I think with low vision, you might have some difficulties in doing certain types of pediatric nursing- such as critical care. There are just so many monitors and medications that have small printand then there is a need to move quickly and not have ...

I find your post interesting. I have yet to find "The job that everyone wants" or an actual "run of the mill" job in nursing. My best friend and I do totally different things. We both think what we do is pretty cool, and there are a lot of people...

Darn... I could never deal with an OCD type dog. You surely have a lot of patience! Those are some lucky dogs. I'm definitely not going to recommend you move into a new place, and then get a dog the next day and go to my first day at work... Bu...