imbatz BSN, RN

Well, my advice since you are a new grad is to get medical experience before coming to psych because you will deal with medical issues compounded with the psychiatric issues. I will not say that violence and aggression is part of the job, because it...

Khan Academy has begun developing NCLEX reviews. Here is the link. https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/NCLEX-RN

how many people do they accept into the program each year?

First, if it happened on your shift, then it is your mess to clean up. That being said, I work nights and I can't tell you how regularly I am left cleaning and picking up from the previous shift. Personally, I like to leave things the way I want to...

As I new nurse, I actively sought out units where there were a large number of experienced nurses working. I found one. Except for the three new grad new hires (of which I am one), the nurse with the least amount of experience on that unit has over...

That depends on your facility. At mine, even with assistance, if the patient's knee touches the ground, its a fall.

I am just about to begin my first position as an RN. I am looking into RN malpractice insurance. I am aware that it is prudent to have your own policy and not depend on your employers' policy to protect you. I have looked into NSO and CPH for quote...

This is a great thread! Congrats on the one year anniversary. 1st week as a new nurse (still on orientation) on an open heart step down unit. WILTW- AHA has changed the names of systolic and diastolic heart failure, use a towel to cover the patient ...

Yeah, I've seen that happen also.

There are many nurses who are total care nurses which means that we already do the "unnecessary tasks", phrase which I, by the way, take exception to. When it comes to patient care, there are no unnecessary tasks and calling them such devalues the w...

A friend recommended that I become stroke certified but I am having a hard time finding individual stroke certifications through American Heart. Any leads? Is the certification called something else or is it through a different organization?

wow. that is an incredible ratio which would be an ideal, almost dreamlike ratio. We are thrilled when we don't get tripled.

We have a taped off box surrounding the med cart at the nurses station. If a nurse is in the "box" we are not supposed to disturb her/him. Does it work in real life? No, not really.

It is considered employer abandonment not patient abandonment. With employer abandonment, you could lose your job if you refuse the patient. With patient abandonment, you accept the patient assignment but leave without turning over care to another ...

For those of you being forced to use the MY CLINICAL EXCHANGE program, scan everything in separately, everything you gave the school, proof of vaccinations, BLS cards, etc. and save it to a specific folder on your computer and save it to the cloud. M...

I completely concur with the planner suggestion. I printed off a blank 12 month calendar and stapled it together. I wrote everything in it - clinicals, tests, projects, orientation dates, study groups, EVERYTHING! including my work schedule and wh...

By those definitions, hospitalists are also not professionals.

I just wanted to thank everyone that responded. We had our presentation today. Thanks.

My group is presenting our project next week on discharge lounges, and our research is done. We were thinking that getting some global/national RN perspective on discharge lounges would be a nice addition to our presentation. So, if you could take ...

Apparently, different facilities run their discharge lounges differently. Our is staffed by 2 experienced RN plus 2 or 3 techs. You transfer your patients to their care where the discharge RNs do the discharge education, etc.

At our facility, patients are laterally transfered to the discharge lounge, where discharge instructions, etc. are completed, freeing up the room on the floor for a new admission.

Can someone who has taken the Nursing Research class post a copy of the syllabus. I don't care about how long ago it was. I am considering taking the class around the same time I am going to get a second PRN position. I want to be prepared and kno...

yeah. Thanks for the information. Rumor mills says it is tough and to take it alone. I just wanted to know what I was in for. Thanks.

I work full time at a hospital and have just completed nursing school (also full time). There is no staying awake tips other than learning to train your body to do more on less. Presently, I operate on about 4 hrs of sleep for any given period of t...

There is a lot of great advice already. 1. Yes to the planner. It will be your best friend and life-saver. 2. Schedule set times to study. It will be far easier to avoid distractions if you know that that you are studying every Sunday from 1-4p...