ontheway2crna replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing
I am an ICU nurse who used to work on the floor and none of what you said is true. Floor nurses get stat orders, their patients may still need imaging or additional IVs, and their diagnosis may be...
No salary is "deserved", it all comes down to economics. I dont think professional athletes "deserve" millions of dollars every year, but it is all about
You can hear breath sounds and the heart by putting your ear against someones chest, a stethoscope just helps you maintain a comfortable distance when you are doing that, so I dont see why you are...
ontheway2crna replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing
I think experience is the best teacher, not earning a BSN. I am currently doing a BSN online program and much of the content is repetitive and is what I already learned in my ASN program. I feel that...
The rad techs always pull pillows out from behind patients and never replace them, so the other day I made 2 techs help me reposition the patient before they left the room because we had just turned...
ontheway2crna replied to jrobbin44's topic in General Nursing
A lot of the things you mentioned sound like newbie "mistakes" I guess you could say... It takes time to learn how to properly delegate and I dont think it should be something mastered when you are...