englishgarden replied to sarahnade13's topic in Career Support
Stick it out for a few more months so you will have one year acute care experience under your belt. Why don't you follow your original passion of working in pediatrics? Is there a children's hospital in your area? Tele is good experience to have to...
englishgarden replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing
Don't let one experience define you! I finished my MSN-ed and wanted more time to teach so I took a part-time position in a pre-op unit at a new hospital. My new coworkers were lovely to work with but the charge nurse/pseudo manager seemed to be loo...
englishgarden replied to stevosmusic's topic in Stress 101
I am so sorry you are going through all of this. I agree with the previous post, let your nursing school know what is going on right away. If the extra shift in the ER was just for experience, maybe you can let that go for now. Worst case scenario, m...
The jail needs to have a policy for dealing with patients with chest pain for the nurses to follow. If you are not interpreting EKG's on a regular basis you will not be proficient and therefore it is not in your scope of practice. There should be a p...
Ecmo is an advanced life saving technology used for patients with heart and lung failure. This type of technology is not available at all hospitals. As mentioned, patients on Ecmo are very sick and require close monitoring and critical thinking. Atta...
englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth
I would definitely encourage everyone to get their BSN degree. I just finished my MSN-Ed through UOP at age 55. There is a lot of competition in nursing and age discrimination can be a factor when looking for a job; better to have the advanced degree...
Wow, this thread really got off track! All I can say is that I hope you learned from your mistakes and were able to continue in your nursing program. I've been a nurse for many years and crushing up meds and having someone with dementia refuse them s...
Honestly, I think you are going to get your feelings hurt more than once in both nursing school and in the field of nursing. Both settings are competitive, highly stressed, and known for having some bullies. Communication is often short and curt, and...
englishgarden replied to hgraves64's topic in Relations
I agree with the others and think you overreacted. This was a missed opportunity for communication and support. I'm pretty sure the two of you avoided each other for the rest of the night instead of working as a team.
I've been a nurse for 26 years and I am passionate about nursing but trust me, I wasn't in the beginning. School is hard and starting out as a new nurse can be very challenging. Only you can decide whether nursing is for you. I would not let this te...
englishgarden replied to Tj221's topic in Student Assist
Trust me you will be getting busier! Use this time to advance your assessment skills, study your pharmacology, and look up all those abnormal lab and microbiology results that abound in nursing home. Start reading up on trach care and how to stage a ...
englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth
What an awful experience. The person who trained you should be fired and quite honestly sued. It sounds like others have given you good advice in this blog. Can you approach your last supervisor and ask for a letter of recommendation? I too, have bee...
englishgarden replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth
I finally landed a job this week and the interview process can be grueling. One example of a conflict with a coworker that received a favorable response involved "workplace bullying." I described helping another nurse who was trying to enter an order...