OnlybyHisgraceRN ASN, RN

I'm going to pick on myself for a moment. I have to admit that sometimes I blurt things out without truly thinking about it. Today I said something ( without thinking) to a patient that was purely stupid. Long story short: My patient had to drink a m...

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and I hope we can agree to disagree if need be. If you are a perfect nurse, please do not read. I have seen many threads on AN about false documentation and while most replies to these threads have been helpf...

Last Thursday I had my interview for a new grad internship. Friday I got the call. Today I went in to sign my offer letter. While I was in HR I decided it is good time for me to tell the recruiter of my planned honeymoon in Sept. She was very unders...

On our flow sheet we have to document cornea reflex and gag reflex every 4 hours. I often see nurses document + cornea and gag without really assessing. My question is do you check cornea and gag every 4 hours and if so what is your technique. If yo...

My name is OnlybyhisgraceRN and I am a job hopper. Sigh. I started working at the age of 14 years old, I've had probably 20 different jobs over the past 10 years. My job history goes as follows: Age 14- Mcdonald's for a year or so. I gained weight of...

I have a rather stupid question for my ICU nurses but what exactly do you write nursing notes on? We use VAR charting and I do that well, but when there is not a variance I don't know exactly what I should be charting on my nursing note. My questio...

Im scheduled to work tue/wed nights then friday day shift. this is not my choice. have anyone ever done this? My instinct says fight this, but its a new job and I dont want to cause trouble. ( sorry for the grammar.typing on my hubbies tablet and not...

There are many things I love about nursing, however there are some things that are really soul crushing. Like, having a 90 year old patient, who is a full code, trached, has a peg, multiple pressure sores, infections, renal failure, heart failure, S/...

how does the ed mess things up? just curious. we do bedside report at the ed i work in. (please excuse grammar)

To the smokers I work with, please do yourselves and patients a favor by brushing your teeth after smoking. the smell of smoke makes me gag, and I feel sorry for your already nauseated patients. To the supervisor that baths in his cologne... don...

Its 6:35pm, census is 6 patients on a 16 bed icu.... Just as I'm about to give report, the oncoming nurses states how "quite" the unit is. Before the nurse can even finish her statement my patient who was given transfer orders goes into 40 beats of b...

I know nurses are supposed to be full of customer service and compassion in all, but when we are busy running around with emergenices sometimes we may come off a little short. Tell your grandma not to take it personally. I wonder if people post abou...

Many factors are involved. -Poor retention of new grads due to bullying, or culture shock -Not enough good quality preceptors -Ofcourse money -More new grads than jobs out there. I'm just so bless that I haven't been in a situation where I've been ...

As matter of fact. When I was in nursing school, I would take a blank piece of paper and practice signing my name LPN and RN. It was my motivation.

Congrats! It feels so good doesn't it. I still get a tingling feeling when signing my name. Proud RN!!!

I'll be on nights as well, which will be super busy. My main weakness is IV starts and drawing blood. That gives me so much anxiety.

I have very high anxiety myself. I used to take ativan regularly but I stopped because it made me kind of forgetful. Everyone is different thought. I hope I don't break down in the ED. I'm soooo nervous.

Congrats! Not sure what a joint camp is but congrats anyway!

Not another ADN versus BSN thread. Somebody Shoot me. It is simple. I getting my BSN because I need a job. I don't want anyone to have the excuse to not hire me and/or fire me because I don't have it. I got my schedule today and it seemed like a bunc...

This is me totally. I'm in deep trouble, I see. I will try to hard not to play social work.

I could have written this post! However, I know my heart belongs to OB. I used to do ICU and I'm starting the ED this week. I know this is not what I want but I figure I'd try it for the experience and to put my foot in the door. Lets encourage each...

I used to me a LPN in ALF, the OP did everything correct. Time is crucial. I don't have time to radio to tell the family member xyz, my nurse brain would have went straight to the emergency. If I saw the family member on the way to the room I would t...

Way to go Brian and AN. I hope this promotes change! Good luck everyone !!!!

I would choose job number 2. Alot of ED and ICU units want medsurg experience.

What does your heart say? You are not burning any bridges as long as you are honest and polite. Let us know what you decide!!!!