LouBean

Yup! BSN to DNP applicant here. Got my acceptance email for the MSN portion. Hope the DNP folks send theirs out soon! Congrats y'all!

Out of curiosity, is anyone familiar with any clinics/programs for chronic physical conditions that really do a great job of incorporating mental health services? If so, any insight as to the nuts and bolts of how they go about it? I'm doing some clu...

Aaaah! That's the lingo I was missing. Awesome. Thanks!

I second this! Put the damn body on the floor. I'm 5'1 on a good day, and even with a stool I have some difficulty.

SSI is its own order set. Low, medium and high. (For example, the low SSI would be 1 unit novolog for a blood glucose of 150-200, 2 units for 201-250, etc. With blood glucose of 351 or higher, give 5 units and notify provider.) The order set includes...

Aquacel Ag surgical dressing. MD is the only one to touch, but part of the ortho post-op order set is to reinforce with abd/tape if needed. If necessary, doc will change it on rounds during hospital stay. Otherwise, patient is sent home with an addit...

I don't know much about how PRN shifts work other places, but we have a couple intermittent RNs. They don't have a set tour, although actually one of them does do nights only. Now that our unit is fully staffed, they usually only get scheduled one or...

There is a saying in the VA -- if you've been to one VA, you've been to one VA. In other words, it depends entirely on the hospital in question. I work on a med/surg/tele unit and love it. We have a great team. The ICU is the plum job at our hospital...

Is it that you want to specifically attend *your* church service on Sundays? Or is the priority simply to be able to worship on Sundays? If you are working in a hospital setting, there may be services offered in the chapel. Even at my tiny hospital w...

This is such a worthy conversation. I'm enjoying reading the lively responses almost as much as I'm enjoying this glass of wine. As I research PMHNP programs and their curricula, I find myself emitting loud sighs at an alarming rate. As previously me...

I'm with most of the other folks here. I take report, go see my patients and say: "Howdy, I'm LouBean, I'm going to be your nurse today, let me write my name up on the board so we can both remember it. How are you feeling? Are you hurting anywhere? C...

*waves* I just graduated from Bellarmine (in Louisville, KY) from their 12-month accelerated BSN for second-degree students. I will copy and paste what I wrote to another poster on here a couple days ago. They had a couple specific questions that I a...

Hello! I just graduated a month ago from Bellarmine's accel program. The requirements aren't that unreasonable (Admission Requirements) and the impression I got in the admissions process was that if you met the requirements, you were pretty much in. ...

I have not started my position at the VA yet (three weeks away ), however, I would encourage you to contact a nurse recruiter and ask about shadowing opportunities. From what I have gathered (both from peers and from posts on this forum) VA hospitals...

I had a wonderful instructor for critical care. In my final clinical eval, she looked me right in the eyes and told me I was going to be a "safe nurse". Maybe that sounds like a weird thing to say, but it was so reassuring and it was said with such c...

I respect the previous poster's opinion, but here's mine: I think that's kind of a sweet idea, actually. Especially if you all are a pretty close-knit group! Maybe it won't have any kind of "professional" meaning, and maybe it won't be closely relate...

To echo another poster here, yes, I have worked with people who talk about church all the time. I have also worked with people who talk about their dogs all the time, their mother-in-law, their grandchild, their kitchen renovation, their study abroad...

Check your Target ad in the paper today. School supplies on clearance (filler paper was pictured in the ad), plus coupon for a $5 target card with any $25 school supply purchase. Haven't done the math, but it might be a good deal! Just FYI!

I would also hire the new nurse. I'm not a nurse yet, so I apologize in advance if my two cents is not wanted here, but I worked in retail management for some time. At my last position at a large department store, I worked my way up from a lower area...

When my little guy was young, I worked a lot of overtime. I was (am) blessed with supportive parents who were able to help me out with childcare in the evenings and weekends, when daycare wouldn't cover it. I scrimped and saved while working so that ...

What is that Red Queen quote? About running and running just to stay in the same place? Not a nurse yet, but I'm getting the feeling that's what the job is like...

Nice to know others prefer pen and paper! I am frequently the only old fogey in my classes writing my notes the old-fashioned way -- in cursive, nonetheless. As for the prices, do you have access to a Sam's Club or Costco? Haven't checked mine for pa...

Good one.

My mother always told me to choose my battles. "Fewer apples, less applesauce" is one I chose to fight several years ago. Alas, the war is long and this soldier is weary.

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