JZ_RN

=) I am sure I will enjoy it more than LTC where I am hating my job now lol. Please tell me about your clinic jobs!

Why do you all fax those forms day after day after day? I know they need done and I will work on them as quickly as I can but it will take longer to sort through and see what's been handled and what hasn't when there's 50 forms on my desk every morni...

I am a newer grad. Graduated last summer. Only job that even gave me a chance is LTC/sub-acute rehab. I hate it. I want a hospital job, desperately. Even a clinic, anything but this kind of nursing. All I do is pass meds, do basic, and rushed assessm...

I need something 100% online, no clinicals, no proctored exams, no nonsense. I just want to get this done. Any advice?

this program is not 100% online and I can't complete it this way. Anyone else find themselves screwed over by OU's online rn-bsn?

How do I deal with patients who absolutely stink in a professional manner? As in, complete stench of feces, urine, draining wounds full of mrsa infection, just pure filth. I have several patients with poor hygiene who have been the subject of complai...

Well the one patient was set up with SW but won't go to a care facility... which they need, because no one in the home can care for the patient and the patient can't take care of themself.. Unless the patient is declared incompetent we can't force th...

I work with some people who don't respect me, or don't like me, or I'm not even sure. They are all less educated than I am but treat me like I'm an idiot. I always try as hard as I can, I work hard, I do my work as best I can and I really care about ...

I need to take statisticss and nutrition and they haven't offered them the last time around or this time, I want to get these classes done and then finish the nursing classes. Does anyone have a complete class listing?

I don't even know what all classes I need to take, I don't understand the DARs. I am totally overwhelmed. Do you have any straightforward advice or what all is required? I'm terrified of statistics and I have no way to take a proctored exam except on...

First of all, let me start off then I believe patients when they come in and tell me they have pain. I always believe them and give them the benefit off the doubt, even if they don't appear to be in pain. I can't feel what they feel or read minds. Ho...

Thank you guys for all of your advice. Honestly, in our area, our resources are stretched as thin as they can possibly be. I've had pregnant patients and those with newborns turned away from the shelters for lack of space. We do the best we can, but ...

I have always hated wet to dry dressings. They don't make sense in so many ways.

I signed a salary contract, 8-5, I come in at 7:20 so I can have 20 minutes uninterrupted so I can do paperwork, but then I get stuck staying so late at night to finish with doctors and finish my work. All the other nurses leave at 4:45 and I always ...

I've hated him since he treated nurses like dancing servants but this is just ridiculous. Along with teaching coping skills and management of problems, antidepressants save lives. They are over-prescribed to people rather than teaching them coping sk...

I like my job and I don't want to just jump ship but does anyone have a tactful way to bring this up to my bosses? I just want pay to compensate for how much and how hard I work or a reduction in my hours (maybe 4 10 hour shifts a week since my contr...

Let's put it this way, I made more money (takehome) per hour as a CNA than I am making now.

The one patient I feel is homeless but the other I know lives in a home with running water and all of the associated facilities. I feel like she just has lost the drive to maintain hygiene. I understand the homeless patient. I've set him up with soci...

callbacks are stupid. I can't be responsible for a patient when they go home. And i don't have time for that nonsense. Sorry but that's just another customer service pile of crap.

I once got a call-in report on a patient they were planning on bringing to my unit from hours away. No other unit would take her. I normally didn't mind admissions unless they were agitated/confused or narcotic-seekers, but... She was in her 30's, ab...

Keep in mind that one is a man I have to deal with almost weekly. The other patient is a rare occasional visit. The man especially makes me almost physically ill with his smell. I once asked him if he would wash his hands before we completed some wou...

Because MAs do not provide nursing care, they are not nurses. They are paid less and have a much smaller scope of practice.

I've taken a handful of the classes (all online, very demanding and time consuming) and I feel like I'm learning nothing, it's all busywork and nothing informative at all. I want my BSN because without it, you're looked down upon and getting a job is...

I get angry when the MD calls the MA the nurse or tells the patient that the nurse will be in with them when he knows it's the MA. An MA is not a nurse and I get furious. Then sometimes the patient complains about the nurses and I have to defend myse...

I have to finish some paperwork and such but will be enrolling in another college to transfer a course I can't take through my program because of work hours and their hours for the class, but I'm going to finish it, if it takes forever haha.