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I am disgusted that the management gets these big bonuses (probably get rewarded for cutting costs, i.e. nurses). As an up and coming nurse what can I do to help change this so called nursing shortage? Should I write letters to congress, the board o...

Hello all, I believe there is a nursing shortage because of not enough clinical space at hospitals for students. I am a student and have had to do my first med-surge rotation at a nursing home/rehab facility rather than a hospital. I was not happy ab...

Hello Gotta Get In, I too have had dreams about school. I start my second year of an ADN on Sept 5th. We have a test consisiting of 27 pharmacology chapters and 10 math chapters on the very first day. August 30th I have my skills test where i need t...

I am very afraid and disappointed. I am in an ADN program and have 2 semesters left. My first semester was fundamentals where I did my clinical in a nursing home. For skills we did LNA stuff and a few injections. We also learned a lot of theory and p...

Hello all, I am or was in school with a woman like that. She knew everything in class and in clinical. She knew so much in clinical that they booted her out of school. We have had three rotations so far and in all of them she had been put on warning ...

I am an LNA and I fully agree that a back rub is a wonderful and caring thing for the patient but there is usually not time to give back rubs. I would love to give all of my patients back rubs but there are so many other things that need to be done t...

Hi Dee. I was in a similar situation when I started nursing school. I could not locate my records and needed to get titers, hep shots, and an exam. Out of pocket the cost was over a thousand dollars. I did not have this kind of money so I did an inte...

Hi all, I am going into my 3rd semester of an ADN program. Between studying, reading, clinical prep and clinical paperwork I can estimate my time at at least 40 hrs a week. Then you throw work, eating (ADL's), etc there was just not enough time in th...

Hi Finderkeeper. I work as an aide on a telemetry floor and 99% of the nurses treat me and the other aides well. There was one that was a real B---h. I figured this nurse had self esteem issues and tried to stay away from her as much as possible. She...

Hi all! I am a student nurse and am interested in infectious control nursing. What steps need to be taken to get a position like this? Do you need certain degrees other than a BSN? Any feedback would be great. Thank you H

Does anyone work for Saints Memorial or Lowell General? How do yo like it and what is the base pay for new grads? Thanks in advance

I work as an aide on a very busy cardiac floor from 3-11. The floor is usually full to capacity meaning their is 32 patients on any given evening. There is only 2 aides on evenings. From the moment we step ont o the floor till we leave we are running...

I work as an aide on a cardiac floor. One of the patient's had a foley that was leaking so I informed her nurse. This nurse took the foley out of the patient and let the part that was inserted fall onto the bed. The nurse then reinserted the same fol...

I totally agree with the above poster. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Finance with a 3.75 GPA. I am in nursing school and so far have received a B for Fundamentals and a B minus for Nursing 2. Our average test scores for the class were 78, 8...

Hi JillPaige, I am a lot like you. I am very fearful and anxious also and not very assertive. I am in school now and i have physically trembled when giving shots. The instructors will guide you through these skills.Your instructors will see you are a...

Hi, I feel every ounce of your stress and pain. I am also a nurisng student. Thankfully I have the summer off. People who have not been through nursing school do not understand the stress and exhaustion. It is overwhelming and unbearable at times. Wh...

If challenging the CNA exam is not possible or waiting to challenge the exam you can always become a sitter in the hospital. What sitters do is to sit with patients who need one-on -ones. These are people with dementia, delerium or have attempted sui...

Hi all, I feel every ounce of pain in all of these statements. I am going into my 3rd semester in the fall of 07 and come hell or high water will graduate in May of 08. This is the hardest thing I have ever done. What I hate the most is the clinicals...

Hi all, Are these CNA's working in a hospital or long term care? I can not imagine this behavior anywhere, especially in a hospital where people are critical. I work on a cardiac unit in a hospital and this would not be tolerated at all. I know a lot...

I work as a CNA in a hospital. I only work 4 shifts per month during school. I have found it very helpful with school. It helps you get used to dealing with very sick patients and their families. It also helps with dealing with all types of different...

Hello all, I think all units have one of these personalities. I am a tech on a Cardiac floor and their is a "senior" nurse who also works as a Charge nurse. She is in charge on the weekends I work. I actually dread working with her even though she is...

I have started to think in terms of nursing diagnoses. For instance I will say: That person has activity intolerance related to blah, blah or impaired skin integrity. It is so crazy. I also ask a lot of question when people tell me thay have a headac...

I just finished my first year of school. I studied all of the time. Any time I had I would study. Said goodbye to family and friends to get through it. It was not so much the 200 plus pages of reading that were due for each class it is the clinical p...

I totally agree wth the above poster. I just got through with freshman year and it was tough. I graduated with 3.7 GPA with my bachelors degree in Finance. I am now only pulling B's and B-'s. Enjoy your summer all. I will see everyone in the fall. If...