Michnurse03

Take a deep breath, I can completely understanding how you are feeling. I am going through something similar. Often they will only post a job for a limited amount of days, even more so if they feel like they have interviewed the "right" candidate. Tr...

HI, I'm in relatively the same boat you are. I have been a nurse for 13 yrs, with no acute care experience. I have worked in home health for most of my career and now want to get into the NICU. I will be applying in the next few weeks, so I'll see...

To go along with all the other comments - Nurses can't operate without MD orders, even the stupid orders that seem so basic. I once had to call the MD for an order to use a saline flush....he argued that I didn't need to call him for that, unfortunat...

The MD probably had little time to spend with the patient while rounding, even if the patient started the conversation with you, perhaps the best thing to do is tell him you would address that question after the doctor was done. You calling him out...

If I could snort bread, I would. I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!! IF ONLY

Diet coke, in toxic amounts I just quit 2 weeks ago...............everyone take cover it isn't pretty

I was yelling at the TV when watching the doctors on "House" put in a central line with no gloves, or anything else remotely close to sterile procedure.

Congrats, get tips.

You are not alone, it goes away after you graduate :)

I worked in LTC in my last year of Nursing school, it was a ladder program, first LVN then RN. Your license can certainly be in jeopardy, as a new grad you need to be in a position to learn, not be the "expert" on the floor. In many LTC the RN is a...

I was in banking, as a manager of a small team of office workers, I was 27 and one of the people I managed was about 22 - she was in school to be a dental hygienist and she was dumb as a box of rocks. Thankfully, I thought, if she can go to school to...

Hi, Congrats on surviving your first your first semester. I have been a nurse for 13yrs, so been around the block a few times. What I find makes a great nursing student is their willingness to learn ( don's assume you know anything). If you walk in w...

Perhaps you need to decide between your love of wanting to be a nurse, and your love of wanting to attend that specific Universtity, You can get your degree anywhere, and there are plenty of great universities out there. I attended a community coll...

I too worked as an CNA while in nursing school, When I saw an RN doing something I didn't agree with, i filed it away in my memory to be sure I never became that kind of nurse. In time, I learned the difference between good RN's and bad ones, but th...

*smiling* I had several COB teach me a ton as well, sometimes sugar coating doesn't get the job done, now I can take my place as the next generation of COBs

Nurses do have a respect among the general public, but I feel that it was been well earned. The author did bring up several points that are true, we do get paid well, and less education then the MD. The author did miss several points that make nurses...

I appreciate your frustration, When I went through the program 1 missed clinical = 5 page paper, if you missed a second clinical you were kicked out of the program. Being a nurse is way to hard without a great foundation - Clinicals is the beginning...

My son was 3 yrs old when I started the program. He has early memories of me studying and my deal with him that I would play with him and not study, but at bedtime his job was to sleep and mine to study. He is now 17 and a senior in high school, he ...

Hi Colleen, I was an older student when I completed my ADN at LCC - it's been 13 yrs and I couldn't be more pleased that I made that decision. Remember: It's never too late to be who you might have been.”~ George Eliot I have since gone on to get...

Hi Lisa, Thanks for sharing. I work in Home Health, transitioning these little ones home. I will often talk to the parents about their NICU experience and the idea if knew then what you know now, the fear that they experienced when the baby was fir...