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Don't worry your will find some way to manage. I was not very good with people throwing up or really strong adverse smells but I knew I wanted to be a nurse since I was 5. In fact when I worked as an aide in college I used the hum the theme from St. ...

Zelesther, As the current Director of Maternal Child Health in an acute care hospital I can tell you I would hire a male new grad in a heartbeat if I thought he was committed to women, infants, and children. In addition to truly wanting to learn 4 sp...

Go for it!!! Even if it takes you 4 years to finish you still have at least 15 years of working You might as well enjoy what you are doing! Good luck!

In my past, that news would not be considered nerve-wracking. This time my adrenaline was pumping as I jumped into the shower. I work in a small rural hospital, on the border of Canada, and we don't have those kinds of deliveries here very often. In ...

You really have to just leave yourself extra time to get there. I live in an area where there is snow from October til May and everyone is expected to get in. We have a lot of dirt roads, etc. The maintainence guys go out and pick up staff. We even h...

Thank you for a wonderful article. When I was a young PICU staff nurse at CHOP I had the opportunity to care for children of many different cultures. I was working nights and one of the fellows was an Orthodox Jew. I realize this is different from Ha...

I completely agree. I have been a pediatric nurse for 17 years in the PICU and Peds ED. I am in my final year of my PNP which I am doing as primary care because I live in a rural area. But my preceptors are training me to do both. I am in the office ...

I am doing a PNP program (online) and working 5 days/week as a director of Maternal Child Health. I had 8 credits last semester and I have 9 this semester. After this semester it will get lighter. I am married and have 3 kids. It is not easy. I do my...

I think it all depends on what you want to do. Where I live LPN's work mostly med/surg and LTC. Many speciality areas no longer hire LPN's. As far as tuition is concerned there are many scholarships and grants available to students through national o...

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Yikes! I know I only read page one so far but here is how I see it. Look at American society these days. Everything is instant gratification whether that be fast food, buying a new car, drive thru car wash, hotels and hospitals. This society is also ...

Looking at your staffing of 2 per shift I assume you are at a rural hospital. I am also at a rural hospital and we have the same issues. I oversee the maternal child and ICU areas. The MCH nurses do float to MS but they DO NOT take an assignment. It ...

Steph- At least the doc wears shoes!!! We have one older doc who frequently does deliveries in the middle of the night barefoot!! Or just as bad an old pair of shoes rumored to be from his med school days! Disgusting!!! Does anyone from IC address hi...

I would absolutely recommend nursing to anyone. I have worked in a variety of positions and I have enjoyed every job. Both of my daughters gag at the sight of blood and can't stand to watch "gross" stuff on TV and neither have any interest in medicin...

I have been a nurse in many different settings over the years. Right now I am in management (a choice I sometimes question). I think some of the best days are when I am successful in "winning one" for my nurses or when I speak to patients and they ha...

............pediatric intensivist ............open a daycare for kids with medical needs or technology dependent children so their parents can return to the workforce and have confidence that their children are being well cared for. ............own a...

As everyone has already mentioned you can't work independently on a temporary license if you have not taken the NCLEX. 4 weeks IS NOT adequate orientation at all!!! Come on up to VT. I have 10 weeks for new grads on M/S and I am anticipating orientin...

I am the director of a maternal child unit. From a management perspective although you have been in L&D for a year you are just barely out of the novice stage. You will make mistakes. We all do. I have made a couple of really stupid mistakes. I w...

It is a very sad situation but it is a medical decision. Brain death protocol is a very strict protocol. If the child has been proven to be brain dead then further medical care is futile. It will only be a matter of time before death takes over no ma...

Hello, Being a Peds nurse I suggest one of 2 things. 1. Speak with your 16 year old patient and find out about her home life. I am sure this grandfather is not putting on a special show for you. Her home life can't be that great. 2. If you don't feel...

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My budget for L&D is based on hours per unit of service (deliveries) and we are budgeted for 9 hours per delivery. NST and Labor check are considered outpatient tests and are budgeted separately from the regular L&D budget. 3 hours per NST se...

Jeff, Hi there. I am in VT and we transfer kids to you. Your director of nursing (Aden) was my assistant NM when I was a staff nurse in PICU at Childrens in Philadelphia. Is that a small world or what?

I went to PICU right after school in 1991 at a large children's hospital. I am now in management. Since you are a new grad I would ask you why you chose nursing to be a profession. It would be helpful if you had something creative to say. Everyone sa...