emmjayy BSN, RN

I just applied for a nurse case manager position at an insurance company, dealing with worker's compensation cases. I am not totally clear on what this kind of job entails, but applied because it's a remote position and I have a solid administration/...

Covid combined with the way hospitals are run has made me hate nursing. I hate feeling like I exist to get taken advantage of. I am currently looking for a non-bedside job and as soon as I can leave, I will.... and I have no plans to ever come back. ...

Hey, all. I don't know if we have any other folks struggling through the GCU capstone course right now, but what the heck! It seems like the most pointless busy work. I was under the impression from other posts on this forum that we would be writin...

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Yiiiiikes. I remember having wicked high levels of anxiety about taking the NCLEX and now seeing people's testing dates getting pushed and testing centers being closed? I'd say y'all deserve a shorter/easier NCLEX just for the pure stress you are bei...

There's certainly irresponsible sharing of statistics and models, with no context given to the numbers and sensationalized language throughout. For example, my local paper breathlessly reported two days ago "grim forecasts" from the Gates Foundation ...

So basically, the hours you work on your project each week count as your clinical hours. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who could possibly spend 10 hours per week working on these project components LOL, but I just said that that's what I spent and...

So.... I was laid off from my job in an elective procedural area a few weeks ago (I'm in NYS, for perspective). I was told at the time that we were going to get a massive surge of patients and that I would be redeployed back to the ICU from whence I ...

WOW!! Sorry to everyone who asked me a question directly and I did not respond to - things have been kind of crazy over here, I switched jobs, then got switched back to work COVID ICU... just very hectic. I will try to answer folks now though ? @TnG3...

Basically just organize as much as you can at the start and make sure you are very clear on what is due each week. And follow the rubrics exactly in order to get A's on all your assignments. There is a 10 week journal to complete that is due in the l...

They did! I am officially finished with school! Happy, happy day :)

Cross your fingers for me..... I apparently screwed up and didn't submit some B.S. documentation in the appropriate folder with one day to go in the class and no option to re-submit.... so am now waiting on tenterhooks to find out if I am going to be...

I don't know how to upload my sheet, but I like to know drips, lines, drains, vent settings, diet (usually a tube feed), skin issues, Tmax, blood sugar frequency, rhythm, lung sounds for previous nurse, last neuro assessment findings of previous nurs...

This student was on their very final clinical placement, for which this school of nursing does not require a clinical instructor's physical presence. They come up periodically during the week to see how the student has been doing, but it's an experie...

I've had mixed experiences with the students I've gotten. Very rarely do I get a student that I enjoy and get to teach things to. Most of the time they are just lazy and on their phones constantly. I hate that and I will give any student who does tha...

Heck no, you should not work extra if you don't want to. I have been a nurse for 1 1/2 years and can count the number of times I've picked up extra shifts/overtime on one hand. I speak up about schedule abnormalities too, and absolutely refuse to be ...

Awesome, thank you for this. I think it will help me to realize that I'm just giving them meds to take the edge off and make the procedure comfortable, rather than doing it to knock them out and keep them from self-extubating or hurting themselves/st...

Anyone have anything to add to this? I have gotten burnt out, absolutely fried to a crisp on ICU and am applying to IR (among other procedural areas). I don't think I mind the sound of taking call, am familiar with sedatives, and am detail-oriented t...

I guess I count as a millennial, although I do recall not having cell phones (born in the early 90's haha!) My night shift preceptor was also a "cut the S***" kind of nurse, held my hand for one shift and promptly dropped me on my butt for all the re...

For patho - definitely sepsis. Differentiating the types of shock (cardiogenic vs. septic vs. hypovolemic). Liver failure (all aspects - from how it affects mental status to why these patients bleed like crazy to why you can't keep their sugar under ...

Wow. You're two shifts into your ICU orientation as a new grad and are upset that you aren't doing a lot? I think you need to understand that it is very normal for ICU nurses to have trouble trusting new grads with their patients. These patients are ...

I went through a crazy long process getting rid of Facebook... first I downloaded a complete copy of my Facebook data for my own records. Then, I went through and used a script to delete every comment/like/interaction I'd ever made (this took two wee...

Here for the comments. I have just been tapped to precept a student during their capstone placement just before graduation. This is not quite the same as training a new hire but is still kind of intimidating and overwhelming to think about, since I h...

I hate social media as it exists on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I think people over-share, are addicted to the attention they receive on it, don't think through the consequences of their (virtual) actions, and rely on it as a crutch to make the...

I went in as a new grad, am almost a year and a half in, realized about six months ago that this is not for me. I am sticking it out a few months longer because I want to get my CCRN (scheduled in less than a month!!) and I want the pay raise my faci...