brat514

I am leaving my job and need help with a resignation letter. I am an ER nurse in a hotspot for covid. I don’t feel like I can give my patients the care that they deserve due to being overwhelmed with patients. We have been holding patients in our department, majority of them are ICU patients. Administration is scarce and doesn’t care. We typically have one tech for 30+ patients. Our ratios are usually 1:4-5. That being said, one night I was assigned 5 ICU patients. All of this has also taken a toll on my mental health. My anxiety is through the roof. I spend my days off in bed all day and dread going to work for my scheduled shifts. I would truly appreciate any advice on what to include in my resignation letter. Thank you in advance

Another nurse and I were inserting a Foley into a patient. Doc came in the room as we were doing it. He said. "oh, you have the one-eyed monster out!"

Wow! What a first clinical day. I agree with the previous poster, just by being with your patient I'm sure you made her last moments special. Just out of curiousity (I'm a student also), why was she on 5L of oxygen? I've been taught that if someone has copd that they need to be on a lower dose of oxygen since their body is accustomed to decreased levels of oxygen and increased levels of carbon dioxide, and that higher doses of oxygen can be toxic to them.

My suggestion is to really read the question and even underline the key words that it is asking. Don't read more into the question and add little scenarios in your mind, think about only what the question asks (an example: on of my past test questions had something to do with cleaning the eyes, in my mind somehow the person had a prosthetic eye, but that wasn't even brought up in the question lol). Sometimes you will have 2 completely wrong answers, but 2 that are both right. Chose the MOST right answer. Also, make sure you read all of the choices thoroughly, sometimes there will be one word that makes that answer wrong. I'm in my second semester and we just had our first test last week, I got a 94%. I just made sure that I knew the information forwards and backwards. Good luck!! Like a couple of others have said, if you don't do as well as you want to on this exam, don't let it bring you down. Look over your test, see which ones you missed, and figure out why you missed them. Learn from it and move on! :)

Thank you grntea! Ya know, I had posted 0310 at first then overthought it and edited it. Oops! To the OP, sorry! I hope I didn't confuse you even more

For me, the easiest would be to add the 420 to the time it was started: 2250 + 420 = 2670. Once you get the 2670, then you will subtract 2400 (since you're working off of a 2400 clock) so 2670 - 2400 = 210. So 0210 (2:10 am) would be the completion time. Hope it helps!

We just moved not even a month ago, so I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to get my house organized as much as possible before I start school. Luckily in this house, I have my own study room. I also have an enclosed front porch where I've set up a table. I'm sitting out here now :)