Majoraty RN

I know your post was a while ago, but I am now seeing it and I work on a unit that gets pretty much everything except cardiac - though we are primarily general, urological, and vascular. A fantastic resource I got was for studying for my CSMRN but it...

Yes yes yes yes yes. Especially working nights, many orders don't get "cleaned up" and in my facility I as an RN cannot get rid of them. But in the MAR it'll say something like "PACU Level 2 If not controlled, advance to level 3..." or something like...

I'm almost at a year experience on a busy surgical unit where I've had 6:1 ratio many nights and my aide has 22 patients. (0/10 do not recommend). We get general, urological, and vascular surgeries. 1.) This is incorporated in below answ...

I searched and couldn't find a topic covering my question. Hi all - I'm a new grad, 4 months in. I work in adult inpatient surgery, so 98% surgical pts (mostly general, vascular, urology) and the occasional medical pt. I have asked a few RNs on my un...

I just finished my 160 hour CNA course. I was so lucky to have an incredible instructor who really cares about nursing. I really enjoyed the class. The lecture portion got a bit boring, but was necessary to build the lab and clinical portion off of. ...

I had a Fitbit Flex for a year and a half (my boyfriend now has it), and a Fitbit Charge HR, and both were really great. The Flex bands did wear down, but I wore them every day but the bands can be replaced. The Charge HR was really great - had for ...

I'm in process of doing my prereqs now for a BSN program. Next semester I need to decide which school I want to try for, because some of the classes differ. There's pros and cons for both schools, but I didn't know if someone here had any input. Both...

Another one of these threads.Many of the threads I found though were from 2005-2012, and would like to get a more UTD perspective. I did one year at a traditional 4 year university, and didn't adjust well. For various personal reasons, I made a not-...

Thank you both for the feedback. I have always excelled well in school, and am currently learning anatomy on my own since it is new for me, and I find it completely fascinating. It was more of a confidence issue vs. actual results. I did well in scho...