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  1. Caught diverting methadone.

    Best of luck to you! Also, having that "secret stash"...wow! That sounds really sketchy. Hate to get lawyer-ly about the whole thing, but a clever attorney might use this fact to your advantage when fighting to keep your license intact and backgroun...
  2. Almost the exact same rule change occurred at my school, with various HESIs each semester...some counting towards a grade and two "high-stakes" HESIs (one for med-surg and one our final semester, the dreaded exit HESI). However, my program phased in ...
  3. My program never allowed a nurse to administer ANY meds (esp. high-alert insulin) without the **direct** supervision of either an RN (during our final semester "leadership" clinical) OR the clinical instructor (all other semesters)....always someone ...
  4. Am I right to be angry?

    The OP's post is sobering. In two separate health systems, I am asked about medications (for pain) I was prescribed ONE TIME and never ended up even taking (rx'd for pain related to surgery complications that thankfully subsided and is no longer an i...
  5. LTC Staffing Levels

    RE: The "Going to be fired" thread aside, LTC staffing levels, generally speaking, are inadequate. Even all of my nursing instructors admitted this fact numerous times. They stated unequivocally that most LTC facilities in my state (IL) are not adequ...
  6. could get fired!

    Probably depends on how much paper work is involved and who will look good or not look good if this situation gets exposed to a wider audience w/in the agency and how much pressure the department is under to keep costs in check. Firing a new nurse to...
  7. Medsurg one (adult nursing) and mental health

    Generally speaking, for therapeutic communication questions you will find on your MH exams...some basic rules are: 1. The RN generally should avoid giving any type of advice. A better answer is "What do you think would help you accomplish xyz".... ve...
  8. Medsurg one (adult nursing) and mental health

    Every program is different, but mine bundled med surg I and mental health in the same semester as well. I would say focus more on med surg b/c that tends to be the tougher class. For mental health, doing practice questions on therapeutic communicatio...
  9. Could this be discrimination?

    The agency you work for does not sound very consistent or organized. As competitive as nursing is, I am quite surprised your HR dep't is not more conscientious and thorough in formulating and articulating a standardized hiring policy for current and ...
  10. Quit during orientation

    OP made an economic decision to leave based on the work the position required, the work environment, and the rate of pay & benefits offered. We all make these types of decisions. I do not see anything wrong with leaving. Yes, the job could have a...
  11. I got reported to HR

    HR departments typically have a set protocol to follow when investigating employee reports such as described by the OP. If they feel one is warranted based on the presenting details of the report, an investigation can and may have already been launch...
  12. Parakeet, I only got through about one half of the comments. Based on what you have stated, it is my opinion that you should NOT be providing care to transgendered patients (or perhaps any LGBT patients, for that matter). Your strong (what might be d...
  13. Please help! Greetings!! I am currently enrolled in MedSurg II. Our professor has entirely revamped the course. A new and significant component of the course is the use of Evolve Adaptive Learning and Quizzing. My first impressions are: I really lik...
  14. Hostility

    Wow OP that is too bad you have had the experience you describe. My school's cohort is amazing. We have a class Facebook page (yes, I realize we must be careful about that...I've read the warnings on this forum about the pitfalls of having a class ...
  15. Newbie CNA shocked "care" given by CNA co-workers!

    I'm sorry if I sound jaded, but for profit nursing homes will cut every corner they can get away with. I have a friend who is an LPN a nursing home. She regular has a patient load of 45+. How is that safe? She has very little time to provide indi...
  16. How Are You Easing Your First Day Jitters?

    OP: My take? You absolutely WILL NOT FAIL OUT! The fact that you are thinking about all of these things and having concern is to your benefit. I'm in my third semester of a BSN program. We started with 100 students; we are now down to about 65. T...
  17. This will be a tough year

    Beautiful post. Thank you for sharing and best of luck to you as you continue to make your mother proud.
  18. NY Med - a great reminder about social media and nursing

    This response is not to Katie Duke, but in general (based on responses). The firing does not surprise me. The fact that the MD did not get reprimanded (or even questioned, apparently) also does not surprise me. As others have stated, large corpor...
  19. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

    I'm sorry you are going through this rough patch and having trouble connecting with family and friends outside of work. My best hunch judging by your post/ tone is that you are a very caring nurse and a great employee (one of those "over, above, and ...
  20. Help....I Can't Take it Anymore! - Nurses Coping with Stress

    Great stuff in there. I agree about the breaks. A short break re-energizes. It's not...can you afford that 5 minute break...it's can you afford not to take a 5 min. break imo.
  21. How ready are you for nursing school?

    Physicality was not a problem throughout my first year of nursing school at all. In clinicals, there was always another student available to help turn or lift a patient. Ideally, there will others to help in the real world too (notice I stated idea...
  22. This needs to be stated.

    It's funny, b/c a lot of the guys in my program feel the same way about mother baby. They know they will never work in that area of nursing and it is quite different from the rest of nursing in many respects. Also, in my program it is one of the to...
  23. What is a Calling to be a nurse?

    Good point!
  24. What is a Calling to be a nurse?

    This is a good thread. Out of everyone in my orientation last year, only 2 of us stated we were in nursing school because it's a decent career option in terms of pay, flexibility, benefits, etc. I was the first to go. I actually felt a bit guilty ...
  25. The NCLEX is far down the road for you. If the BSN program is as good as it sounds, they will build a LOT of NCLEX style practice into your curriculum for your (and their) benefit. It is in your program's best interest that a really, really high pe...