WishfulThinkingRN

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1. Med/Surg to ICU - Need Advice

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to howdyall's topic in MICU

   Make some connections with the nurses in your ICU. If you can get some charge nurse experience under your belt, that's a huge bonus and will open a lot of doors for you. Getting into a step-down unit is also a good option. This shows you can handle s...

2. Need Advice on Accused Medication Error

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to Shannon Dull Dunlevy's topic in General Students

   I'm sorry you were subjected to this. Based on what you've described, your actions were appropriate and you showed good judgment in having the presence of mind to ask a question and clarify. This was something your instructor should have encouraged. ...

3. Taking A&P 1&2 at the same time

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to LD1289's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I took both together in fast-tracked summer course and while I did well, I really wish I had taken them separately. That summer almost killed me. I'm legitimately amazed that the amount of caffeine I consumed combined with the insane amount of sleep ...

4. Nurses secretive about getting another job

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I really don't understand why you care. It's her life, her business. If she wanted you to know, she'd tell you. I have great relationships with the people I work with now and still stay in touch with people I have worked with in the past. Most of the...

5. ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to Anon143's topic in School Programs

   Most nursing schools have a grade cutoff between 75 and 80 percent, mine was 78. Some choose to apply this rule to individual tests and others just to your overall class grade. Most have a rule about how many times you're allowed to fail, usually onc...

6. Stupid hurts.

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

   Just because you can shove a blowtorch up your rectum, doesn't mean you should

7. Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked through kidney stones, migraines, infections, bronchitis, ear infections, strep etc. I don't like working sick, but I absolutely hate feeling like I'm putting my patients and other coworkers at risk whether it's because I'm contagious or ...

8. Help Quit New Grad ICU Job

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to lclapps's topic in General Nursing

   I'm going to put a positive, albeit long, spin on this. There are a lot of lessons to be learned here, and will hopefully prepare you for your next job. Lesson One: Dealing with conflict appropriately. Not every nurse is cut out to be a preceptor. I'...

9. New nurse overutilizing ED tech

   WishfulThinkingRN replied to thepitbull's topic in Relations

   Not sure if she's used to relying on PCTs to do vitals all the time? How comfortable is she with multi-tasking? She may or may not understand how busy the PCTs are. If this many of them are coming to you with the same problem/issue then it needs to b...

10. Vaccination for clinical

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Yes. As a patient. When you're diagnosed with measles.

11. Do you think interviews for nursing school can lead to discrimination?

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to SilverNova's topic in General Students

    Most nursing schools have interviews for the much same reasons medical schools and law schools have interviews. Being a good student on paper is only half the battle. Being able to communicate effectively with people and form professional relationshi...

12. A little off topic...

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Well, the other day I was helping another nurse place a foley and right after insertion, we immediately got sprayed with liquid feces. It came out like a chocolate geyser. I'm not sure that I've ever seen anything quite like it. I mean it was everywh...

13. Kicked out before even starting

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to Confused_nurse2b's topic in General Students

    Deadlines can be frustrating but they are a necessity. Nursing schools are at the mercy of their clinical sites and they have a deadline to keep as well. If you don't meet your deadline, they can't meet theirs and then they'd end up with a nursing st...

14. Failed first pathophysiology exam

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is a beast. You're going to flunk an exam or two, it's okay. The important thing for you to do now is accept it and learn from it. What happened with this exam? Were you unprepared for the material on the exam? Did you feel that you ha...

15. Medical Terminology is too overwhelming?

    WishfulThinkingRN replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Students

    My school used Dean Vaughn videos. They were extremely helpful and the visuals they use really stick with you. Still can't pass a gas truck without thinking about a stomach. Check out youtube for an example