jaycam RN

All this. I am used to the roles I had to play with my parents, I have a lot of deescalation/non verbal communication training. I learned a lot of how not to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've taken every CE I could get my grubby little hands on in ...

I'm the RN on a psychosis unit, for about a year now. Before that, I was a nursing assistant in developmental disabilities/home health for about 9 years. I have about a once every three years streak of getting hit. I actually prefer working in psych ...

I went to a CNA program at a local 4-year college. It was a certificate program, 8 weeks, and cost less than that. Students were students, some more studious than others, but the deciding factor wasn't who paid for it. I was the student on a training...

The local summer camps I attend have them on site as well. Most of these camps are out in the middle of national parks. We did have an MI at one of them, that did not require the use of an AED. Even though this camp was closest to civilization, it wa...

They told me in nursing school there were plenty of well paying, 1.0 jobs...

I do love psych nursing.... Adorable little old lady comes in, hissing and spitting mad, calmed down a little by joking about my hair, but still threatening staff members, so we gave meds, which of course went over like a lead balloon. Told her what ...

"Just making sure my inner voice gets heard"

"The voices keep telling me to hurt you" Which, hey, at least they told me. :)

It is very different though. Person first labeling is more respectful in general. It is also more personal. Do you go around calling all your diabetic patients "my diabetics" or "bed 2345 is diabetic." I know it can go both ways, but I do believe i...

The provider I work on introduced themselves to me by saying "The people upstairs hate me, but that's okay because it means I am doing my job right. " Still love them to death most days. I go away on vacation and the next time they see me "Why did yo...

When I was still a student, I was doing med/surg clinicals at a trauma center. My patient had developed pneumonia and was sent for sent down for a thorocentisis. It had taken forever, and they were late for a neb treatment and pain meds. They were su...

USA Acute Inpatient Psych, Night shift. Usually 12-17

Bellevue College Nursing @ Bellevue College

A handwritten thank you card goes a long way. I did one for both my preceptor and the nurses, then included a coffee card for the preceptor and made brownies for everyone.

"I think that covers reflex testing"

Actually, there is a subset of humanity that is genetically pre-dispositioned to being awake in nocturnal hours. There is plenty of research out there about it. If you are one of the people who either through conditioning or genetics, happens to be b...

I had a similar issue back in those days. I was working as a nursing assistant/med tech in an assisted living community. These days, I sport a pastel rainbow of unnatural colors, but combo of night shift/liberal area/patient type has made it less of ...

I work 11-7:30 5 days a week as a 1.0 I actually kind of like it, but I really just like doing night shift. I spend my nights off reading and school work so I just live on that schedule. I should go to bed soon so I sleep for work, though.

Part of advocating for our patients is doing everything we can to protect them. They don't get the choice of being in our facilities, we do. If you're allergic, that's one thing, but if you're just trying to avoid the shot because it's uncomfort...

What I commonly find when people make this statement is that people didn't actually know what their insurance would cover. It may have covered basic things like preventative care for a healthy person, but what about if they found out they had a chron...

I've charged once in my first month at my first job, but it was in my job description and I was warned it could happen. While it's not comfortable, I was given help and resources, and even a bit of training. We use a lot of LPNs and NAs, sometimes we...

We can already do that. That's why I have insurance from Tennesse while living in WA.

My prescription insurance sucks with my new employer plan, but I sent my prescriptions to Target and got them cheaper that way. Inhaler included. I'm am nowhere near the point that I would begrudge people getting basic needs healthcare taken care of ...

If it wasn't for the ACA, I would have never made it through nursing school. I am an ACA success story, having gone from unemployment with no insurance, full-time school, eventually gaining access to Medicaid through being in a state that accepted th...

I seriously swear by my diva cup. I have horribly unpredictable bleeding that can suddenly pick up, but it has really reduced any "accidents." Even during heavy moments, it can last me six hours.