JimmyDurham9

Career is just one aspect of a person, and while it possesses a certain significance in choosing a person with whom to spend one's life, in the grand scheme the nature of your inquiry is centered on shallowness. At the end of the day, attraction is ...

Udemy and Coursera are two sites that have awesome classes that are also free.

I'd like to clarify if it is against the rules to mention resources you consider useful by name. If there's something that has helped you out and you have vetted as a resource that isn't a waste of time or a scam, then that would be amazingly helpful...

Yes, I work in LTC, and am familiar with survey inspections. And yes, I have been in some of the most God forsaken situations having to juggle critically ill patients, pass meds, and sometimes even get caught up in a tsunami of a code, and still be e...

I can see where you're coming from, but like it was said before, you may be underestimating the value of critical thinking skills. I may be in the minority, but I think a nurse with strong critical thinking skills can easily overcome a perceived lack...

Does that mean that the meds just didn't get passed? Or if you didn't meet the 2 hour time frame that you were penalized? When I worked critical care, there were periods of consistently being short staffed and I have to tell you, my eMAR flagged me a...

Those of you who discovered LTC was not a fit for you and left it, bravo. Bluntly speaking, you have no business working the specialty if you had such a powerfully negative response to it. Others still working in LTC and sharing similar adverse respo...

Thank you for your comment! I LOVE that you would not commit the patient oversights I have seen in my experience! I agree that experience plays a large part in it as I have seen RNs commit similar and sometimes worse errors and not blink twice; only...

That's been my experience too. The documentation. I'm dealing with cajoling from management to administer more vaccines an hour even though I think our nurses are going an appropriate amount of time. They are being encouraged to use the patient's co...

I'm curious about what an appropriate average amount of time to safely administer a flu vaccine is while still making the patient feel unrushed. Certainly there are exceptions if the patient has questions or the nurse assesses some patient need that...

Hard work and taxing some days. Fulfilling always despite the taxing days if you're lucky and truly want to be a nurse.

Primary care models are in a state of change currently. Unfortunately, the norm tends to be the idea "least number of staff that maintains the bare minimum of quality care." If a clinic sees approximately 50 patients a day on average, it's not unreas...

I'm starting a new job on pediatric floor, and the only peds experience I have is in primary care. I'm nervous as all get out, and reading up pediatric nursing, which is only making me more nervous. What I'm most curious about is dealing with pediatr...

Thank you for your advice and words of encouragement! I've found I do best with school age kids because I find it easy to be silly and banter with them. I tended to take more of an authoritative role with adolescents, particularly when I would have t...

I had to read this multiple times because I couldn't believe my eyes. There are sentences in this post that are absolutely out of line and disrespectful. You should be ashamed of yourself for this: "Do we want someone taking care of us who is forgetf...

I learned early on in school that a straight med surg job was not for me for the sheer fact that I saw how overworked the nurses were and just how much those floors drained them. And I see now what it does to the people I went to nursing school with....

I can't speak for in the context of this site, but you could just enter the search term "MSN + Florida" into Google and it should return some results on brick and mortar. Beyond that, the "Students" section of this site might hold some further inform...

It sounds like it's something you shouldn't address until you've begun. It follows similarly to the idea in nursing that you don't document it until you've done it. In this case, at least until you've started the internship, it's probably better not...

Can someone clarify for me what acute I/P therapies are? I'm unfamiliar with the term, and have not been successful in finding the answer myself.

Which I guess it's just another term for what is called inpatient rehab?

I've seen it in the context of job listings, and I didn't recognize it as a specialty and never saw it termed like that as unit at the hospitals where I worked. Your guess makes sense though! That gives me something to go further on in learning more ...

I think this topic highlights how important it is for us to involve ourselves in our profession by way of professional organizations like ANA. Don't just sit back, doing nothing, and getting fed up with the profession. Anyone who sits back offering n...

I say no, because according to all professional guidelines, pain is what the patient says it is. There is no objective way to determine presence or severity of pain. VS are only guideposts. VS are different for everyone, and someone with a different ...

I too despise the term "drug seeker." You don't get to cherry pick who you help, anyone that comes through the door you treat them with the respect, dignity, and care that is deserving of a human being. It's been my experience that all the complainin...

So specialize. Nursing is incredibly versatile. Find a niche and specialize; become an expert. It's not just "nursing" now. Specializations are popping up continuously. and besides education is an investment!