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  1. Starting WGU RN to BSN program August 1st

    kindnotstupidRN replied to teacherturnedRN's topic in Western Governors University

    I'm curious...what were the interviews

  2. PESI Seminars??

    kindnotstupidRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been receiving flyers from PESI healthcare for their seminars and am interested but really want to know other nurses take on them...especially first hand feedback.

  3. PESI Seminars??

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Meriwhen! I appreciate your

  4. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    kindnotstupidRN replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just read your post and had to laugh. I have been working for 6 months so consider myself a new grad. What you ran into is exactly what I saw in school. Many of my classmates had this bizarre air...

  5. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    kindnotstupidRN replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think I can relate. I am about sixth months into my first nursing job. Its days and part time 2, 12hr shifts. My last "day" of orientation I made a night shift because I wanted to be more...

  6. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    i am a new nurse half way through orientation and on the second day with a patient who has chronic pain found myself in a bit of a situation. overnight the pt's hr dropped to the upper 30's and 40's...

  7. med surg orientation length?

    kindnotstupidRN replied to missladyrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am in the middle of a 12 week orientation. Before I was hired I was in contact with a large teaching hospital that also had a 12 week program. I think the reason my orientation lasts as long as it...

  8. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    After the patient went AMA I have no idea. I have been keeping my eye out for the name but it hasn't come up in any of the expected

  9. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you for the input everyone!! I think what I'm going to take away from this situation is that 1. My instincts are pretty good 2. I have a lot to learn, and 3. I need to make stronger suggestions...

  10. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes, we offered the pt. all sorts of non pharmacological alternatives and they were refused. The previous day we offered Toradol for breakthrough pain and that was…..refused. The more I think...

  11. Refued to give pain meds due to brady

    kindnotstupidRN replied to kindnotstupidRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The "why" is what I wish I had a better answer for. Over night the HR dropped. The hospitalist who saw the pt. in the AM reduced her Coreg dose and gave more specific hold parameters. This lead me...

  12. Accelerated RN-BSN Degree?

    kindnotstupidRN replied to Infermero's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i too am looking for a rn-bsn program and possibly msn. first hand recommendations are always the best. wgu? is that western governors as mentioned in a previous response? if so do they have a msn...