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I'm doing my rotation on the cardiac floor and need help with thinking of at least three learning experiences and activities to achieve those objectives. I'm kind of at a stand-still and any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

My apologies for this being such a novel! There's a lot on my mind and I'm not sure who or what to do at this point, so I'm going to let it out here and maybe one of you wonderful people can offer some advice. I've only been a nurse for about a year...

Thank you SO much for the advice, guys! Honestly, for a while, I felt like this was all in my head, and maybe I was reading too much into the situation. But one thing I was taught as a kid is if someone is in a constant accusatory mindset, more than...

Thank you guys for your advice. I feel a little better knowing maybe I'm not crazy thinking this way. Another thing I forgot is last Thursday, when everyone in the office left to go home, the other nurse and I stayed after a little while longer to g...

Oh I am, believe me. Especially after yesterday when I do believe I caught her off guard asking about the Adderall. Thank you for the advice!

Does anyone know of any good RN to MSN online programs with decent tuition?

So I am going into my second week off of orientatjon, and I literally go in every night preparing myself for the day shift nurse or night supervisor to list all the things I had done wrong the previous night. I had 6 weeks of training, but honestly t...

I'm sure I'm not the only one to ever go through the wide range of emotions that come with graduating nursing school. But honestly, I don't ever remember being this scared about anything in my life. In just a couple weeks, I will be graduating from ...

So, I've FINALLY made it to the last semester of nursing school!! So far my classes are going really well, but what a long road it has been... In about 2-3 weeks we will be starting our practicum hours. Does anyone have any advice on what to expect ...

I know the steps to CPR have changed -- compressions first, then give breaths. But we just had a test in my Med Surg class that had a particular question that, to paraphrase, said: "you come across an unresponsive person lying on the floor, what is t...

So I'm working on a paper regarding trach care, and one of the questions asks to compare outpatient and inpatient care. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but can anyone tell me what the differences are and/or provide a link where I can find the correct i...

Thank you for the help! I appreciate it so much! But to be honest, I've already done the Google search with inpatient vs outpatient, and like I said, I may just well be overthinking this (which always seems to happen!), and I've found nothing. Litera...

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Please tell me there are other nursing students who fail their skills the first go around!? First semester, I failed only one skill, but this semester I've failed every one. I don't know what it is. This past time was over IV push and IVPB. I did rea...

Yes, we practice quite often. But another thing that got me was the doctor's order I used to check off with simply had two medications that were IV. Neither one said IVPB, so right off the bat, and as silly as it may be, it confused me so much that I...

For some reason, I'm getting so confused by IV pump settings, and I *know* it's easier than what my mind is making it out to be. For skill off on IVPB, we are all going to have one 100 mL bad of fluids to use, so that already gives us the VTBI. But w...

I am so very confused by the IV pump and i don't know why. Ok, so if the doctors order states 200 ml for 2 hours, what would be the VTBI and rate? Someone please explain this to me!!!

So if a 250 mL bag is available, and the order is 200 mL for 2 hours, what would be the VTBI and what would be the rate?

Is there anyone else, be it a current or former nursing student, who has severe anxiety? I know in my heart that nursing is my calling, but this anxiety is almost getting the best of me. I totally freeze during clinicals and even when skilling off. T...

So Monday begins my second semester of nursing school and I am absolutely nervous as crap! My classes are Med-Surg I, Pharm I, and Behavioral Health. I was told by others that if I can make it through Nursing 101, then the rest will be cake. Well, I ...

"Bad" as in just totally had an off day and every little small mess up you could make, you made, with the teacher around to witness. Today was AWFUL. Every move I made, there my teacher was. It wasn't on purpose, I know. But still I don't know what ...

So I just took my fourth nursing exam, and one question asked about a diabetes patient who had symptoms of lethargy and weakness. Well, two of the answers made sense, with one saying to ch3ck the blood sugar first, and the other said to give sugary f...

Yes, that is what I was thinking, but what got me is we just had clinicals recently, and someone in my group was in this exact same position with a patient having those symptoms, and the first thing our professor had her do was check blood sugar. It ...

I cannot remember if the med administration window is 30 minutes or an hour before and after the scheduled time. Can someone shed some light on that for me? Thanks!

Last night was my second night as a CNA. I have had my license for over a year but I worked at an Assisted living facility. Ok, I am not the greatest and I get that, but the way the nurse was last night almost makes me want to not even go back. Peopl...