whyohwhy

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1. Wearing a beard as a male nurse?

   whyohwhy replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men

   Back when I was in school, no bears or visible tattoos were allowed. In my experience as a nurse, however, I'm not sure I have ever seen any explicit protocol regarding beards. I do get the impression that management wouldn't like it though.

2. New grad RN, can't land a job after nursing school

   whyohwhy replied to viviagbobu's topic in Job Hunt

   Try nursing homes, corrections, psychiatric hospitals, etc.

3. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

   whyohwhy replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

   This is part of where I am stumped though. There were definitely elements of fatigue, distraction, rushing to give the med tech her space back, having two different medications with very similar packaging, etc. But at the end of the day I know this w...

4. What do you hate about nursing and why?

   whyohwhy replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

   Who, me?

5. What do you hate about nursing and why?

   whyohwhy replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

   I'm generally bothered most by other nurses. The ones who give reports which don't emphasize what is actually important. The ones who can't manage their time effectively enough to advocate for a patient. The ones who whose basic assessment knowledge ...

6. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

   whyohwhy replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

   I have been looking to try and find this information, but I have not been able to locate it. Is there a way to find this specific information?

7. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

   whyohwhy replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

   Should I fear any licensing repercussions?

8. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

   whyohwhy posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi fellow nurses, I self reported a medication error. While administering a scheduled narcotic, an opiate, I accidentally pulled a different, similar dosed opiate. The packaging on the two was very similar and there were many distractions at the tim...

9. What are my options if...

   whyohwhy posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, thank you for reading in advance. My situation is this: I completed every aspect of my direct entry NP program, except the last 250 clinical P/F hours. Thus, I did not graduate and become an NP. My program is allowing me to re-take this ...

10. Question for Research/CAP project

    whyohwhy replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! So I can find a meta-analysis and use that question. That will make things easier. However, should I reference or use that meta-analysis in the paper itself? I'm supposed to analyze the research articles in tables. Or should I just only cite ...

11. Question for Research/CAP project

    whyohwhy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I need help with my research/cap stone project. Essentially, I need to first form a "PICOT" question. For those that don't know. That is simply an acronym for the way to phrase your research question. P = population, I = intervention, = c...

12. Very concerned at my new job!!

    whyohwhy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a recent RN. I got my license about one month ago. I applied to two places, and I ended up getting a job at one of them, in corrections. It it has only been two days. But let me tell you, it feels like a disaster. The person who was supposed to ...

13. Confused about my interview

    whyohwhy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had my first nursing interview in corrections today. I'm confused about how it went. When I left, I felt like I did great. And that the job was mine. Now I'm not so sure. The interview lasted about 40 minutes. It was really informal. I was only ask...

14. Failed NCLEX RN the second time. Now what do I do?

    whyohwhy replied to RJSQ's topic in NCLEX

    Take a look at my pos "just passed NCLEX...my advice" and see if any of that helps!

15. Just passed the NCLEX...my advice

    whyohwhy posted a topic in NCLEX

    I just found out I passed the NCLEX on the first time. There was a lot of pressure on this test for myself (maybe more so than others) because had I failed I would have been dismissed from my graduate program. Anyway, I wanted to share what I did to...