KarenMS

I had a baby spike a 103 temp, HR 200 and I was a clumsy idiot and didn't flush his gtube extension before pushing his Tylenol. So it sprayed everywhere and I wasn't sure how much I actually got in. I was feeling like such a failure and just scooped ...

What about chest PT or cough assist?

Lol no. I'm not sure how this is even a question. There IS a doctor who can be reached.

I'm a new grad in the MICU and I was dreading going to nights. Like, miserable at the very thought. But it's so much better for me as a new nurse. It's still busy, but there aren't so many people around, less family, almost no traveling. It's been a ...

Even if you get a chance to place one or two now, the skill probably won't stick around until you get your first job. I had the chance to place an IV during one rotation a whole year before graduation. Now I'm orienting in the ICU as a new grad and h...

Seriously, it took 24 hours for my license number to pop up on my state's licensing website. I don't understand all the drama around paying for early results or doing these tricks.

I'm in a similar boat. I'm a 35 year old new grad just starting orientation in the MICU. I know so little and it makes me feel a lot younger/self-conscious. No advice, just solidarity

I'm an atheist and this whole thread is confusing to me. Since when is saying something about god near a non-believer "imposing beliefs?" People pray for me....whatever...they're not making ME pray or making ME observe.

Can I ask why you have to plate out all the food in advance???

So you think NO transfers are ever inappropriate?

A lot of texts have summaries at the end of each chapter. They are very valuable.

Skim. Read headers, bolded vocab, pictures and diagrams....if you have access to the power points ahead of time, follow along with them while reading the chapter and pick out what will be covered in class. I know they WANT you to read the chapters be...

That must have been excrutiating! I can't imagine since I was a mess for 26 hours waiting for my results...after only testing for 75 minutes! The older nurses have some grit.

I work for a small pediatric LTC facility that would be perfectly fine with a resume dropped off in person. But that's just my anecdote!

Normal normal normal. If you're feeling more comfortable by your 5th time on a floor, imagine how you'll feel after orienting. And yes, I've had some instructors who seems sort of checked out, but I don't think it makes much difference in the end. Y...

I used to manage the diaper order for a long term care pediatric facility. Everything usually went smoothly except for one time when the rep wouldn't discuss anything with me about a 16 year old patient who cannot communicate at all. Because of hipaa...

I think a lot of you are confused about how gallows humor works. It's not supposed to be consumed by the masses. I've made some dark jokes that would probably shock even some of you who claim to love dark humor....but it's been between one or two peo...

I think you're misunderstanding. No, it's not your *fault* but that doesn't matter. Mastery of content is mastery of content no matter the reason. You can't have a nurse who doesn't understand A&P no matter what the reason was.

Hi! Just wanted to thank you a year and a half later for this reply! I was just looking through posts I've made on this site and found this one. I've been using your tips in clinical and at work since I read this and they've been so helpful; I had ju...

Im a second semester student having a hard time finding the right words with some patients. For instance, I've had a few patients who fall all over themselves to apologize when I have to clean them up after a BM, or put topicals on private areas. We ...

It doesn't sound like a typical nursing school question to me.

Did she tell nurses how they should feel about this? Or did she express how she feels about this?

This is annoying. Because it's not the biggest problem in the world, she shouldn't figure out how she wants to handle it?

Why should he/she have stated that? It's completely extraneous information for what her question actually was. Even if she didn't have her license yet, the original question could still be answered.

It doesn't seem like ANY staff, not just CNAs, should be able to just leave black marks in an employee's file. It should always come from someone in a supervisory or managerial position. The problem you have isn't CNAs against nurses, it's the way it...