EmTheNewRN

So jeggings are a healthier option? Who knew!

I had to laugh at the sudden image of supervillain Emesis the Nemesis... I was going to say "not much grosses me out" (I'm the kid who loved staring at the human slices in the Museum of Science and Industry and grew up watching veterinary medicine of...

I see the political side (If you come here legally and contribute to the economy, welcome to the U.S.! I do believe if you're mentally capable you should the effort to learn functional English, and that its unfair to increase the cost of healthcare b...

This is why I feel strongly that people should be provided with written info on new diagnoses/treatments/advice. Not everyone is an auditory learner to begin with, but when faced with the stress of a health problem, it's even harder to learn. If we h...

As someone who is in a not-the-greatest first nursing job in LTC, I don't have a lot to offer, but perhaps a little. First and foremost, take any constructive advice to heart, regardless of whether the nurse giving it says it nicely or not. Be assert...

Thanks for the article! I would clarify, though, that the body does not secrete "two types of insulins," rather, the healthy pancreas secretes more insulin at times of specific need.

None of us had licensure handed to us by technology, we earned it by learning & testing, same as nurses before the advent of the mobile phone. As far as I'm concerned, being showered and wearing clean clothes was enough for class. But as a recent...

I care about each patient as a person, which is a valuable trait in nursing; however, it is important not to be consumed by it. I am working on learning to maintain a healthy work-life balance because "taking them home with me" doesn't help anyone. T...

Have you used any other company's practice exams? Do you notice a trend in what you are getting wrong? Are you taking the practice exams too frequently and fatiguing yourself? Look at what you got wrong and the rationale for the answer. If you are mi...

I wish my school had given me info about it! My first day on the floor for Med-Surg I, I was in the hospital before daybreak with a sundowners lol. She was distressed: she was outside, she was in the wrong hospital room, there was a hallway in her ba...

It is so rough when their reality is not one that is comfortable to stay in. I'm very early in my first LTC job and had a woman who was reliving fear (related to what my gut tells me was a very real long-past sexual assault). I've been encouraged to ...

My facility (I'm in orientation) has a unit that dispenses the little baggies. There are no more than 3 meds per bag and each comes with the med name, strength, # of pills, and the med's physical description. It is very simple to identify & withh...

"I told you nurses enjoy the poking, prodding, & probing way too much!"

My college provided access to an interview prep site that said questions like those aren't about whether your answer is accurate, they're designed to show the interviewer how you think. If you come up with a viable way to calculate the answer, you su...

trinity hospitals in minot, nd. finding housing in the area would be extremely difficult (nearly impossible with pets) and there are definitely drawbacks to the hospital, but it's work. there are discussions about the place here and a ton on city-dat...

CapeCodMermaid, I wish there were a "Love" button.

The fact that you are upset over the situation is great: it means you care, that you take the responsibilities of the job seriously. I'd be more worried about someone who only said "Yeah whatever, I'm human, it's ok." Which is mostly true! As long as...

I felt like walking at commencement (which I did for family) was impersonal and a little ridiculous, since I only had the option of attending commencement in May when I still had summer classes to attend. No one skipped commencement due to pinning - ...

Talk to your nursing staff and get a few more details. Will they still let you start an RN program from scratch after you've got your LPN? How competitive are admissions to the transition program? My school's transition program was very small, and ba...

I don't know any reason why honestly documented experience of any kind shouldn't be included on a resume. As a new grad with work experience but no nursing experience, I got all kinds of conflicting advice on resume content (including to list my spec...

I worked as a kennel attendant for a year and saw/assisted with a lot of the other hospital things. It's honestly probably no harder than getting needles in kids, possibly easier since I imagine parents would throw a fit if they thought their child w...

Sure, in many fields the title is determined by the degree or licensure, but many professions are not regulated in that way. In those cases, the job title is what the person does, ie chef or banker. In the literal sense, a vet tech nurses animals (so...

Not in OB, but seen with my own eyes: Demonique. "Demonic?!" went my brain. No, it's "dee-moh-NEEK." Male. Precious Emmalee Candida Sheomababy (don't know pronunciation or gender, it popped up in a search for another patient) Mazen Grace (friends of...

I'm still learning how to use these forums... My comment was a reply to CapeCodMermaid :)

I have just accepted my first RN position in LTC/sub-acute, and I have to say your posts (all over AN) have been incredibly encouraging to me. I really want to believe that the place I'm headed into values the right things, but I have all those fears...