stephalina6 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Medical-Surgical
I wish we could give each other a hug, lol! I'm also on nights. Everything started out great but I'm learning real fast that I cannot handle confused patients at all, mentally I can't handle them (new...
stephalina6 replied to stephalina6's topic in General Nursing
Thanks everyone. With restraints, our floor manager says we are not allowed to use restraints on our floor. Apparently, a few years ago, a patient died in restraints. I don't know the full story...
stephalina6 replied to kmarch1008's topic in Florida Nursing
I had a great experience with Keiser in Tampa. For me, personally, it was worth to pay the extra to get in and start right away vs having to play the waiting game with a community college and their...
I've been on my own now as a new nurse in bed side nursing for 2 months and I just don't want to do bed side nursing any longer. It is just not for me. My background includes a BS in Business...
stephalina6 replied to stephalina6's topic in General Nursing
I really liked my clinicals and I did well ... but our teachers said we were "glorified CNA's" during clinicals, true story. So I spent a lot of time with pt's and their families instead of following...
stephalina6 replied to AlaBro2010's topic in Florida Nursing
Hi! Was hoping you could provide an update on your experience with the program. What kind of clinical hours do they require? I currently work on a telemetry unit at a hospital ... do you just fulfill...
I've lived in Pinellas County my whole life and can say Dunedin, Tarpon Springs, and Safety Harbor are lovely places to visit for the day and live! I noticed you did not have Seminole listed ... not...