Karen

You actually said to her "this isn't my first rodeo"? If so you owe her an apology, that's rude and condescending to someone responsible for your work as it is your first day on the job. And you are working in a psych facility with those kind of comm...

Totally False

With more than 3,000,000 nurses, yes that is 3 MILLION PLUS nurses in the US why aren't we ruling? Just think if every nurse emailed their representatives in government and told them to stop trying to block access to contraceptives, sexual education,...

Yes healthcare for all would guard the general welfare. If you look at what was considered healthcare in 1776, there really wasn't any. Nor could they forsee or even imagine the possibilities of today.

Wow, that sums up a lot. I worked in Florida, so lots of elderly and sadly this is often the case. One vivid memory I have as a nurse was a shouting match on 4th of July with the oncall cardiologist (and it was a colleague cardiologist who had admitt...

If religious employers such as hospitals and universities want to discriminate then they should not take any medicaid/medicare or other federal monies. Easy as that, no responsibility to government because you take nothing from them. There is no reas...

I guess that isn't the college Newt Gingrich worked at

There are already many preventative care measures that are required by law in Florida (and I am sure in many other places, not like Florida to be forward thinking) such as well child visits and other preventative screenings. This is preventative care...

Lets face it if men became pregnant contraceptives would be basic health care and no one would question it. For those saying BCP costs $10 month, where are you getting them because in this area $30-50 is what the going rate and even at PP depo shot i...

I haven't heard of that but in general for someone without a lot of insulin resistance (which type 2 diabetics would have) 1 unit of regular insulin will reduce blood glucose by 10. So in terms of having an idea of what will happen when you give it y...

Here's the thing people believe life starts at a certain point based on science and/or their religious beliefs. I feel religious beliefs have no business deciding law because that is a persons personal belief and should not be forced on anyone. Now e...

Totally agree

It is an awkward situation for people to receive cath care and comments like that are a real teachable moment. I think your response about it being very important about preventing a UTI was spot on and probably she was embarrassed and needed some rea...

Is this from the same people who were shocked they had a baby in the first place because they drank mountain dew. Probably some tired mom made it up to get a break.

Because urine is so dilute this works for urine (may not work for other fluids) remember to weigh or zero out the scale with a dry diaper on it so you don't include that weight.

I am sure there are organizations that need volunteers, a good place to check would be your local health dept or planned parenthood office.

Any RN's or ARNP's on the treasure coast interested in volunteering as little as 3 hours a month to prevent teen pregnancy and STD's in St Lucie County Florida? My sister is a health educator and director of teen zone, that runs a reproductive health...

I reread your post and realized you weren't just coming for a winter contract. That hourly rate is probably what to expect for a full time position with benefits

Personally, Brandon is a nicer area. It is basically a suburb of Tampa. Brandon is a newer area and tampa has a lot of fun stuff/culture, near beach etc. Kissimmee was an old small town and it became a touristy area on the way to disney world in the ...

This is not complicated if you know what a unit of blood is, what hgb is, and can see what the situation is....Ok 8-5=3, that is all the math in your question. The context is what makes it confusing as does it for most math questions early in nursing...

I am sure you have learned your lesson but you should have gotten in your car and driven it back immediately to the hospital the minute you pulled it from your pocket.

I have found new nurses have difficulty with lab values. Also, I rotated shifts when I was just out of school and found the back and forth on sleeping made me a wreck in more ways than one (I even rearended someone, however minor, because I dozed of...

Another vote for "Definately shoes!" No need for a nurse to spend big bucks on a stethescope, a low end littmann is all you need

Look how your text is organized. There might be 4 chapters on Cardiac with the first being patho. Most people read chapters in order but a lot of times the Nursing Care is in the later chapters. Start with those and look back to the patho and diagno...

When I taught nursing I saw a lot of this mostly from stress, poor eating, lack of exercise. Some schools have gyms students can use for free or at least have areas safe for walking. Some students would walk the campus during lunch or just after clas...