AspiringNurseMW

AspiringNurseMW

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  1. G1PO INDUCTIONS

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Surfandnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I want to be you when I grow

  2. students charting Assessments

    AspiringNurseMW replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Student here. Can you tell us why? It is expected of us to chart assessments (except LTC, OB, and Psych) . Assessing a patient and subsequently charting that assessment is a MAJOR portion of a nurses...

  3. Please help review for med admin through g tube

    AspiringNurseMW replied to nrse76's topic in General Nursing

    My lab nursing instructor of 25 years experience would hand me my behind if I EVER mixed meds for g tubes. And always flush in between meds, g tube or iv. One of the rationales was that if pt started...

  4. Why did you choose to become a Nurse?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to LucidDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see. I worked in retail management for 5+ years. Had a kid, ended up with a c section, and I unfortunately the retail management + newborn child weren't the best mix. One job later the company I...

  5. ASN vs BSN

    AspiringNurseMW replied to LucidDreamer's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There is no one size fits all answer. * do you have family and/or other major responsibilities? Will you be living at home with your parents? If no responsibility and living with parents I vote BSN....

  6. Words You Hate

    AspiringNurseMW replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE

  7. Another reason unions suck!

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I think shortages are localized, mainly in places where people don't want to live! I for example live in Northeast PA. I think there is a shortage in this area. They are ALWAYS hiring, even into...

  8. First semester nursing student

    AspiringNurseMW replied to courty's topic in General Students

    In many programs, first semester is almost more learning basics of the absolute basics. The first 6 weeks that I spent in long term care seemed like a drag at first. But I've come to realize and...

  9. It seems that some students are not a good fit for nursing.

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Banana nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow. Just wow. You need to take your self righteous attitude down, waaaay down if you ever want to learn to actually be a nurse. How can you know you are better, if you've never seen any of these...

  10. No pump, no drip rates - OR

    AspiringNurseMW replied to anathema's topic in General Students

    I'm just a nursing student but my lab instructor has 20+ years of experience. She told us that at a certain point, you just know your drip rates. She doesn't even need a calculator for the most common...

  11. credit checks

    AspiringNurseMW replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

    I mean though, don't unpaid bills have to be pretty old and sent to collections for it to show up on your credit report

  12. Competitve GPA?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Vfloo2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Community college here. The requirements for entrance are very lax, making it super competitive. I got in, but I had a 3.9 at the time. I think people get in with as low as

  13. It seems that some students are not a good fit for nursing.

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Banana nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sorry. I'm going against the grain and agreeing with you. I'll admit. I've always been top of class without much effort. I felt the same way during my prerequisites. I couldn't see the vast majority...

  14. Nurse Bullying

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you kindly! I owe a large part of it to the fact that I've been a registered member of AN for 3 years now. A full year before I even started my prerequisites! If I didn't know any better by now...

  15. Choices Galore. Help!

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in School, College Programs

    Hi. I'm in an ADN program right now and I don't graduate until now next year. However, I want to really have my top 2 choices down for RN to BSN because I am at a place where I can take "extra" gen ed...

  16. Choices Galore. Help!

    AspiringNurseMW replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in School, College Programs

    Thanks!! WGU is my top choice at the moment. How much time did you have to dedicate in order to complete it in one

  17. Nurse Bullying

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Im just a student and I HATE the term NETY. Why? Because bullies will be bullies regardless of what profession they are in. So either that person is miserable or you are working in a setting where...

  18. 2/27 What I learned this week: crying on the job feels so much better when they're happy t

    AspiringNurseMW replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    They doooooooo. But by the time I found out about it the applications had closed the week before.

  19. NLN guide for taking Pax exam?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Cortney2013's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There's almost too much to study in regards to science. I had only taken A&P 1 when I took the PAX, hadn't had any other science class in 10 years, and never took physics, and basically didn't...

  20. 2/27 What I learned this week: crying on the job feels so much better when they're happy t

    AspiringNurseMW replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    😫😡😢😲😖

  21. 2/27 What I learned this week: crying on the job feels so much better when they're happy t

    AspiringNurseMW replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This past week was my last week in L&D Clinicals. That went by entirely way too fast. * I learned that I am not as disappointed as I thought I would be at not seeing a lady partsl birth (2...

  22. Disturbing things that I heard Dr.s say in the Labor room

    AspiringNurseMW replied to mamagui's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    If baby was coming out that fast why did you even need an

  23. Time really does fly!

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in General Students

    I felt like I only just created my account at AllNurses and started getting ready for prerequisites. I can't believe today was my last clinical day for OB. This is the sole reason for which I entered...

  24. How to build confidence as a student nurse?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to HotMess17's topic in General Students

    I answer call lights, ask my co-assigned nurse (nurse my patient is assigned to) if she needs help with any other patients. I'll do anything, literally, even clean up spills/rooms /bathroom, etc....

  25. Drug Testing: After being accepted

    AspiringNurseMW replied to futurenurse_16's topic in General Students

    Urine, screened for 10 items. We were offered a choice of 3 different companies, and each had up to 5 different sites. We went when we wanted, just had to be handed in by a certain date. . I don't...