Nurse326

Hi All, Not seeking any medical advice, am just curious to know how many of you might also be dealing with HTN. I have noticed in the last few years (from the start of nursing school) my blood pressure has been regularly high (140s systolics, 90-100 ...

Adrenal fatigue definitely sounds like what I'm going through most days. I'll definitely look into the Ketogenic diet, thanks!

A bit of a silly question, but where do you keep your trauma shears? The pockets in my scrub tops are typically so full that I can't put anything else in there. Most of the scrub pants I own only have one leg pocket (which is where I put my nurses' c...

Hi all. I recently started as a new grad in the ED, and as I've already expected and heard prior to going into that hospital-- there will be some nurse bullying and sure enough, there is. I've been there for about a month now and I'm still preceptin...

Yes, and thank you. For the interest of not flooding this thread with the same idea I've been trying to reiterate, I won't be responding to posts with those same assumptions anymore. Although yes, the new nurse is sometimes to blame for the lack of ...

I had a classmate who's mom (55 yo) decided to go back to school to become a nurse once all her kids graduated from college. A nurse at the hospital I precepted at said she precepted a nursing student who was 60 years old. It is never too late! :)

Okay, maybe I went a little overboard with that remark, and if I've offended anyone I apologize. And no, that is not how I typically respond to colleagues or anyone for that matter. Perhaps the poster telling me to "shut my mouth" about something I ...

Which other posts? I'm going through them and am seriously trying to understand what you're talking about. I have made all of 18 posts since joining AllNurses and none of them pertain to snark/disagreement. I am generally pleasant. One snippy post d...

I'm not sure what about it was nasty. Perhaps me venting my frustration with someone who completely misinterpreted my post came off as nasty to you.

I don't have a problem with getting supplies. I have a problem with tone. There is a difference between "Could you get the supplies?" VS "Get me the supplies!". As I've said repeatedly, I am not the whiny new grad seeking validity and admiration. ...

Your hospital sounds similar to mine. My new grad RN program allows for 12 weeks of orientation in the ER. One day of classroom time and two 12-hr shifts every week.

To reiterate the type of 'respect' I am talking about-- I'm not talking about seeking admiration, approval, or even validity as a nurse (I mean come on, I know I'm brand new-- I'd be kidding myself). I'm talking about BASIC human respect. The kind y...

Like another poster said, I do believe everyone deserves a baseline amount of respect. Thick skin or not, I don't think it ever helps anyone when someone shakes their head and roll their eyes at you because you don't know something. I'm not asking to...

The preceptor issue is definitely something I am working on with management. There's someone I want to work with who is amazing; we just have to work out scheduling conflicts. As the rest of you have said, I agree that having one preceptor is what wi...

I'm not saying it's not possible, but finding a nursing job in SF while also factoring in the cost of living will be difficult. Like another poster said, a 1-br in SF runs around $4k/month. A 1-br apartment in Oakland (20 min away from SF) runs arou...

@beenthere,donethat , I agree. Which is why I don't plan on talking it out just yet. I haven't received any formal feedback from my preceptors because management haven't found me a permanent preceptor yet (which is another issue I won't talk about no...

Hi all, I'll be graduating in May and it's that time to prepare for graduation and the pinning ceremony. The nursing pins my school sells are extremely pricey for something I won't likely wear again. I plan on buying something cheap off the internet ...

@pixelizedalexis Thank you!! I live in Oakland right off Broadway (by the Boston Market and Safeway specifically)...I was hoping if some of us lived close enough to each other we could find a way to carpool!...or get lost together via Bart/Muni becau...

Hey everyone! I was placed on the waitlist as well and I just got a call this afternoon and I got accepted! I have no idea how I'm going to get all of this together in such a short period of time because I was almost positive I wasn't getting in. I l...

I got a letter yesterday saying I was wait listed as well...ahhh!

So does this mean all who gets accepted will recieve a call? I didn't receive a call yet nor were there any changes to my application status. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing...but good luck to everyone!!

Based on previous cohorts, it looks like we can be waiting all the way up to May ...But I'd still be curious to know if any one of you get accepted early

Hello all, My TEAS test is in 2 days. I've studied intermittently over the last month...which is not much because I've only been studying here and there when I had time. I don't feel confident at all (especially with the Science) and I'm aiming to ...