CheesePotato BSN, RN

I would love to add to this with one of my tips. If the veins keep blowing, or you arrive to start the IV and are told the veins blow the moment they are punctured, try starting the IV without the tourniquet. Tourniquet on. Identify your ves...

^^^^ This. Get your ADN. Less financial output, greater financial gain in the least amount of time. Once you have your RN license, start chipping your way through your additional schooling and career goals. Most APRN programs do not req...

I needed a job. No really. This isn't a calling or a "passion" for me. But I have been a nurse for about a decade and a half and I'm content with my career path. Motivations matter only to the person who holds them and having passion doesn't ...

Step number one: Have your moment. It's okay to feel hurt by these comments and everyone has this moment at least once in their student life/nursing career. Step number two: Collect data. Shelve emotions because this can sting. ...

Good day, Lily8424, I wanted to build on this to help you as you are a newer nurse and I know the struggle can be real. So let's talk about pain and sleep. As we know, and you can readily find the literature to support, sleep is a criti...

I am not a student at your program but it all tends to be the same: 1. Accept your enrollment by plunking down your deposit, filling out paperwork, or whatever have you. 2. File your FAFSA! <-- this will get you started on setting up ...

^^^ THIS.

Oh my little tater tot, give yourself a break! You are only 23. Be kind to yourself. This is a LOT to go through and feeling overwhelmed and lost when suddenly faced with all the harshness of reality and life is normal in a way. But I am tel...

I could write for hours and days about my mentor. I didn't go into nursing looking for a mentor or thinking I needed one. I am typically pretty aloof--like a cat. I mean, yeah, sure, I'll come around eventually, but otherwise I just hide und...

Hello PinkDoves-- I want to start this out by saying I am worried about you. Your posts on this thread are filled with a sense of almost despair and it troubles me to know you are experiencing such a hard time with this. Much of what other...

Greetings, Pandora1212-- I have been browsing over everything that was written and where I agree with a lot of the frustration expressed by others on this thread regarding the conditions of healthcare, the change of healthcare to "just another b...

No, not every school does. To keep this thread clear, I would be happy to discuss my journey to SRNA with you via PM. ?

Are there no patients on Tele? LOL. But yeah-I know what you mean. It's not quite the same, I can appreciate that whole heartedly. After all, reading about a balloon pump is very different from working with one . Sometimes when we have to...

Knowledge is not something defined by or limited by the floor of your employ. Basically speaking, even should you decide to go to tele, you can always take a 12 lead class or pick up a copy of The ICU Book and read through it. Or you could gr...

I feel like there are some things to unpack here from reading your posts. Now, granted, I have never met you and so I am going off of what I perceive from your posts, so please forgive me if I am wrong. First of all, there is the sentimen...

I appreciate what you wrote and how you wrote it. I mean that very genuinely. I know you have a great message of appreciation and want to uplift nursing and assure folks that their efforts matter and are important. And I don’t disagree that it is ...

The who what now social club? Should I know this? O.o And how freaking immature am I that something like that only makes me want to post a reminiscent, rambling diary entry a la 1800's civil war love letter. "Dearest Rebecca-- The co...

I am so very tardy to the party, but I loved this article. Like.....have you ever read something or watched something that you appreciate so much that you find yourself gesturing at the screen and nodding? No? Just me. Cool. ::ahem:: A...

OOf, have I been there with the bad days. It be like that sometimes. So, here's what I am noticing about your post--you handled a bunch of issues and then when you came home....what did you do? And what I'm looking for here is self-care. ...

Good evening, I will do what I can to help you--but I am old AF and no longer remember what is in foundations. If you can tell me what is in that course, I might be able to be more of a help. Key word--might. But before anything else, so...

^^^^ Did I write that? That totally feels like a response I would write.

Who went right into their specialty without a lick of bedside nursing? This nurse. No regerts. <--intentional. You have to have passion about what you do and I really wish they would stop pushing that tired "you need at least tw...

I just wanted to stop by to tell you: Good luck to each and every one of you! Keep that passion, fire, and hunger--don't let anyone take that from you. Ever. Pro tip--It's okay to nervous. Every nurse has made a mistake (we're human). ...

Good Afternoon, So I read through your post and I feel that there is a lot to unpack here. If I misunderstand any part of what you wrote and answer inappropriately, please correct me. So to be clear: You are a badass paramedic who is ...

Good morning, First things first—congratulations on becoming a nurse! We are happy to have you! Secondly, before you read my very, very, very long post, please take a moment to reflect on just what, exactly, is making you nervous when you i...