la_chica_suerte85 BSN, RN

This is a resident doc so maybe he had his very first encounter w/ a patient who is indignant about having to be in a shared room???

The hate is probably because you said you wanted to slap the nurse for something that is incredibly common and, oh wow, would you look there? You just had your first experience of "what they taught me in school isn't practiced in the real world." Kee...

I want to second those who have said that now is the time to find yourself a solid backup plan for child care. Don't panic! Do something about it NOW. Whether or not your kids are sick, you may need someone to watch them to study or just find some ti...

This seems to be the typical issue with ATI. It's just a side note, an afterthought, that instructors may not know how to integrate it into their instruction. That's how it was at my school -- we were expected to do ATI pretty much on our own. We mig...

This would be valid but when it comes to ATI, you can have 2 similar questions that are worded differently (i.e. a 2013 version and a 2016 version) and get completely different answers w/ conflicting rationales. It's not rigged but the quality of edu...

What is the palliative care situation at your facility?

I also recommend the book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. It's a freakin beast of a text but it is so illuminating in terms of cancer therapies and what we have, where these treatments came from and whe...

I'm a new-ish grad, very freshly out of orientation and on my own. I did not have the most positive med-surg experiences during nursing school and I knew that, even though I always got very bizarre cases (I'm a magnet for strange things), it was prob...

I'm about to grill some pizzas and I'm in a fantastic mood so I'll be happy to answer the posed questions: When it comes to technology on your unit/in your workplace 1. What do you like and dislike? I like that our system alerts us when vitals have...

If a student approached me with coffee, donuts, candy, Girl Scout cookies, tea, an energy drink or delicious pineapple, I would definitely answer all their questions. Why isn't this happening to me yet??!?!

Be patient with yourself and remember that you aren't violating a commandment of God if you don't happen to get enough sleep prior to a shift. You also won't be unsafe or be falling asleep in the middle of a code brown. Make sure you have a day off i...

I recently had to write myself up for double dosing an infant on an opioid. I recovered from it fairly quickly and I am grateful that our system for reporting errors is non-punitive. With that said, I realized what I could have done to prevent that e...

I can't really speak to the specifics of the type of treatment your friend will be receiving but here are some resources that I find particularly useful. I love Medscape and used it all throughout nursing school and at work when I get a peculiar diag...

Residencies are tough to get in (something like a 10% acceptance rate for the cohort I just promoted from) but they are not impossible. A lot are going to be starting their application process for September w/i the next several weeks. Some places, li...

Based on my body clock and that I drive to a very traffic-ridden area, 11A-11:30P x 3 days/wk would suit me wonderfully (these are the IV Team hours at my hospital). Traffic considerations, however, would also make me think of 4PM-4:30A as a fantasti...

Keeping in mind that I work hemonc in a pediatric population, we get kids who come back who are about to or have already starting the process of actively dying. Many are due to brain tumors so there are some issues with swallowing and they may be get...

To add on to the debate regarding normothermia vs. hypothermia after cardiac arrest, acetaminophen is used around the clock to prevent fever. The understanding that is gradually coming to light is that it's best to be at a normal temperature so aggre...

So, technically, since it was given in a place that should not be administering it, then it would be a medication error.

I would argue technically, yes, it is because it violates one of the rights in the ever-growing list of medication rights (I've seen as many as 12 at this point). It would be under "right response" which would require monitoring that the policies in ...

I hand them an index card and ask them to write everything they need for the night down and that I'll be back to work on the list in 20 minutes. Also, if that's an issue, I'll ask if there's anything in particular they're concerned about or if they ...

As others have mentioned, there's something weird here that she always wants this other nurse but you always seem to be the one assigned to her. If it were the other way around, she'd be asking for a different nurse, probably even you, especially if ...

Commutes are terrible until you get used to them. My drive to work is about 2 hours (home is a little over 1 hour) and, even though I was highly motivated to make the commute, it was terrible at first. Now, it's nothing because the job is so awesome ...

This could change while you're in nursing school. A hospital near to where I live (which is in the middle of nowhere) that was on no one's radar decided they wanted to start a Versant RN residency program toward the very end of nursing school. They h...