LollygaggerRN

I've assisted with plenty of unsedated colonoscopies. It has always been the patient's choice. Sometimes the patient wants to be able to go to work afterwards or just doesn't like sedation. I've even assisted with a colonoscopy in which a physici...

At my facility we do both RN propofol sedation and fent/versed sedation. The RN procedures are different for each type of medication, but you seem to do only fent/versed so I will speak only to that. I work at an outpt facility. Our docs typically ...

I am an endo nurse. Started at an ASC then went to hospital. Hated the hospital. Sure, the procedures were more interesting, but being on call was awful!! Dragging my butt out of bed at 2am to drive in to retrieve chicken out of someone's esophag...

Re: administering sedation I work in an outpt facility which utilizes anesthesiologists only one or two days per week. The other days of the week the RNs administer fent/versed for one set of providers, and do NAPS for the other. When doing the fen...

If tissue is routinely getting stuck on the forceps it could be the doc is taking too many bites. I work with one doc who tries to get 6 bites each pass with standard forceps. We use tweezers to pry off the "hangers-on". Doc just has to be patient...

Really, Nurse Beth, a "death sentence"? Dramatic much? I was an older new grad five years ago. MedSurg is not for me. It would never be for me. I can't even imagine doing it for a day. Just not my thing. Five years ago as a new grad I took three...

The AER is in the clean room in the hospital I worked at. The scopes are also hung in closets in the clean room.

This is funny to me. "Vet nurse" is fine. Who cares???

OP- I was never a "floor nurse". Part of admission to my nursing school was obtaining CNA certification...and I detested every minute of it. I also knew that I could never take care of the same patient for 12 hours. I have so much respect for the ...

You can read the ASGE position papers. I found those fairly helpful. If you want to familiarize yourself with the processors, scopes, etc. you can Google Olympus and ERBE. Boston Scientific manufactures many endo supplies, they have a YouTube channe...

New RNs in Portland,OR metro area hospitals start at about $35 per hour.

I know people who have graduated from each of those programs. All were satisfied, but totally overwhelmed with student debt. I was in a similar situation as you-kids, already a BS in another field. I went a different route. Earned my associate's ...

I am a school nurse in WA- where we are having the "epidemic". We are taking it very seriously, although, truthfully it is difficult to do much more than inform people and encourage them to get vaccinated. This particular outbreak also seems to be...

Gina- You can totally despise PCT work and still enjoy nursing and be a fantastic nurse!! In order to be accepted into nursing school we had to be CNAs. I took the course and hated every single moment of it. Truly. Got my certification and never ...

If this double-posts I am sorry. I thought I hit "post" but then it just....vanished. POOF! Actually, many nurses do belong to unions and nurses can get summers and holidays off. As a school nurse, I do! It can be hard for new grads to find jobs (...

I say go for it!! Why not?? I personally think you could use your Masters to your benefit. This is truly what I think.....education is very, very hard. Part of the issue as I see it is you have the same kids all day every day for nine months. Y...

I think my jobs are fun....I really do. Certainly not every moment is happy- far from it- but I actually enjoy going to work every day. I am a second career nurse....fell into it on impulse....and am so happy I did. Reading some of the posts I do ...

I understand how the online application process is very frustrating. Nearly impossible to let the real you shine through!! So, my advice to you is to look to smaller facilities. They are much less likely to have an online application process that ...

To answer your questions: I have an ADN and no prior medical experience, however....I have a BS in Psych (from the early 90s) and worked in casemanagement for a state agency for several years. I really think that is what helped me. It's not like ...

I worked from home for a while-not in nursing-but as a casemanager in a different area. I hated it and would never do it again. Part of it may have been the fact that I had a toddler at home and I depended on his nap time so I could make important ...

It isn't easy. I am a new grad (Dec 11) and have managed to land 3 jobs that didn't require one year of experience. But, I had to be creative and look outside the box..........way outside. I have three part time jobs: one in a school, one in an A...

It wouldn't be about modesty at all.....many babies are "delivered" by men. But, having a baby, as you are aware, is much more than the moment of the birth. I hate to say it, I really do, but I would not have appreciated having a male nurse with the...

Hey, SoCal-It can be done. Maybe not in a hospital- but you said you didn't want that anyway. I am a new grad (Dec 11) and this is what I have put together: I work in a school two days a week during the school year, which is 15 hours per week. I...