It's tough for ADN's now. I am an ADN RN with over three years of med surg experience, but no one in Western NC will even look at me because I don't have my BSN. It's extremely frustrating whether you...
ItsANurseLife replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students
I think it's kind of sad that so many people are willing to ditch tradition. I agree that it's a way to tie the past with the future and I don't see it as a sexist issue at all. My grandmother was a...
I can't help it, this made me laugh. I don't think that as nurses we should get offended by one of us discussing our nursing specialty. Psych patients are special and may God bless all the good psych...
LMAO, in our orientation the slogan was "Good ole Studor" to everything. I seriously want the insane amount of money this goofball probably gets from hospitals to peddle his key words and hourly...
ItsANurseLife replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing
Trach care with thick secretions is pretty gross to me, but after having one pt on our floor for several months that required so much care I got used to it. The absolute, hands down, worst was when...
We have Meditech, and I love it. I love the electronic medication record, it's so easy to scan pt's arm band, scan meds, pull up side effects right there to educate pt, and make sure correct dose is...
ItsANurseLife replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing
We have trackers we have to pin to our scrubs when we walk in for shift. They are programmed to work with the call bell system and our ascom phones so that when pt calls out for whatever it is they...
Yes! It has been very stressful at times, and there have been moments when I wondered what I was thinking to become a nurse, but then it is also the most rewarding job I've ever had. For example, the...